Patricia Poelaert is President of the Association of Châteaux of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, and owner of Château de Couches, located in Saône-et-Loire. She is taking part in the Tour Auto for the 14th time. We intercepted it near Dijon, at the end of the first stage of this Tour which this week links Paris to Cannes:
“The first day on the road is an essential exercise since it precisely allows us to control the mechanical quality because, then, we leave for 5 days. And during these 5 days, the mechanics, every evening, look at the car. But it It’s more up to us, the drivers, to take care of it during the day. We have an assistance truck, which allows us every evening to have a certain overhaul of the car, so that it can set off again. the next morning”.
The route of this 32nd edition of the Tour Auto has 5 stops on closed automobile circuits. What are the tests?
It is a question of following, in regularity, a speed on the circuit. Let’s say that each circuit has its particularities, the great pilots would describe them to you. For my part, I like all the circuits because they allow to have, each time, different experiences.
