Why Monte Carlo success could spark another past master’s WRC revival

By:

Tom Howard

Jan 31, 2023, 10:15 AM

Some 39 years on from his Monte Carlo Rally debut, World Rally Championship legend Francois Delecour continues to pick up silverware. Proving that age is purely a number, the 60-year-old's desire to compete against the WRC’s latest young talents could be the start of a new chapter in the Frenchman’s storied career

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They say that once the motorsport bug bites, it’s very difficult to let go. Four-time World Rally Championship event winner Francois Delecour is a case in point – now 60, he picked up the WRC2 Masters Cup class win on the Monte Carlo Rally last month.

Delecour’s passion for rallying has never dwindled. The 1994 Monte Carlo winner is as hooked on wheeling a car through its famous twisty mountain roads as he was when he made his event debut as a bright-eyed future prospect, driving a Talbot Samba in 1984.

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Tom Howard is a News Editor working across both Autosport.com and Motorsport.com websites. Starting out as a sports reporter in local newspapers, Tom focussed on motorsport covering several national championships in the UK, including the BTCC.

After a period working as a freelance journalist, Tom moved to Australia in 2013 landing a job at leading Australian motorsport news outlet speedcafe.com, covering international motorsport events including F1, WRC and Supercars. Progressing to Editor in 2017, Tom was named Motorsport Australia Journalist of the Year for his work. He is also a two-time winner of Supercars Journalist of The Year (2017,2019) and a Supercars Championship Media Award winner in 2019.

Tom moved back to his native UK in 2020, firstly working in BTCC, before joining Autosport and motorsport.com in 2021.