Sports
In its days the GS was a fairly succesfull rallycar. It has participated in many rallys and has even won a few. Taken the fact that most competitors where cars with considerably bigger engines, the GS has preformed well. In 1977 certainly one of the most remarkable achievements was made. A GS finished first in the south african touringcar championship. In the later 80's and 90's GSs and GSAs where fairly popular rally cars, since they where reliable, easy to maintain and solid build.
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Rally 1000 pistes |
Rally of Bandama 1973 |
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Rally of Maroc 1976 |
Rally of Maroc 1976 |
Rally of Maroc 1976 |
Rally of Maroc 1976 |
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Touringcar Championship South Africa '77 |
Rallye of Portugal |
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Rallye 1000 pistes 1975, Jean-Paul |
Touringcar Championship Spain, where |
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Rallye of Portugal 1974, the |
Jean-Paul Luc in the Sachs Baltic |
Palamares
Year | Rally | Car | Team | Ranking |
1971 | Rallye of South Europe | GS 1015 | ? | 1st and 2nd place in General Classement |
1972 | Course of relais "Finlande" | GS | ? | 1st (team of five cars) |
Rally SanSalvador - Mexico - Sansalvador (Guatemala) | GS 1015 | Rodriguez | 1st | |
Rally Gymkhana/Minirally (Dominic Republic) | GS | Bobadilla | 1st | |
Ghiaccio Trophée Rallye (Chamonix, France) | GS | Patrick Depailler | 5th | |
1973 | Rally of Marocco | GS | Francisco Romaozinho (Group 2) | all cars did not finish |
7th Rally Safari-Calédonien | GS GS | Claude Laurent - Neugy D. Laurent - Persan | 6th | |
13th Rallye of Bandama (Ivory Coast) | GS | Claude Laurent - Marché | did not finish (after accident with a truck) | |
1974 | 8th Rally Safari-Calédonien | GS | Claude Laurent | 5th (5 cars of 27 finished) |
UDT World Cup Rally | GS 1220 | Claude Laurent | 10th | |
Sachs Baltic Rally | GS Gr.2 (ex Maroc 73) | Jean-Paul Luc (private team) | 31th | |
Rally of Var (1000 pistes) | "" | "" | 51th | |
Rally of Portugal | GS 1220 | Francisco Romaozinho - Silva | 8th | |
Rally of Maroc | GS | Bour- Ferry | 14th | |
1975 | Rally of Monte-Carlo | GS X2 | Claude Laurent | 1st in his class |
Rally of Maroc | GS | Claude Laurent - Marché | 13th in General Classement | |
Rally of Portugal | GS | Claude Laurent | 1st and 2nd in their classes, F. Romaozinho 8th, Laurent 14th in General Classement | |
Ronde de la Première Terre | GS Gr.2 (ex Maroc 73) | Jean-Paul Luc (private team) | 22nd | |
Rally 1000 Lacs | "" | "" | 41st in General Classement | |
Rally Torre del Ore (Spain) | GS | ? | 4th | |
1976 | Rallye de Séquanie | GS X | Francis Ullman (private team) | 1st in group 2 and 5th in General Classement |
Rally of Maroc | GS X2 | Claude Laurent - Marché | 17th in General Classement | |
Rally of Portugal | GS 1220 | Patrick Lapie - Michel Guerton | 19th in General Classement | |
1977 | Touringcar Championship South Africa | GS X2 | 1st Overall | |
1977 | Tiger Rally Cyprus | GS | Michalakis Theophanides - Petros Demetriades | 3th Overall |
1977 | Tiger Rally Cyprus | GS | Vahan Terzian - Andreas Petrou | 3th Overall |
1979 | Rally of Portugal | GS X2 | Michel Odin - L.-P. Dandroyes | 3rd in group 1, 13th in General Classement |
Rally de la Plaine | GS X3 | Loïc Ferrefend (private team) | 2nd in his class and 49th in General Classement | |
Rally des vallées | "" | "" | 2nd in his class, 37th in General Classement | |
Ronde hivernale of la Première Terre | GS coupé | Ricard Edmond Ricard (private team) | 1st in his group | |
Rally of South America | GS |
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1981 | Rallye of Monte-Carlo | GS X2 | Jean-Michel Ranque (privé) | 2nd in his categorie |
198? | Touringcar Championship Spain | GSA X3 | Fermin Sanchez | 1st overall (1300cc class) |
1986 | Rallye terre de Provence | GS | Marc Briffa - Eric Briffa (private team) | 17th in his group and 3th in his class |
The trip of Andre Costa
In 1976 Andre Costa, a French Journalist took a trip of over 16.000kms in a GS Break from Paris to Kaboul (Afghanistan). The trip included 1200km through the rough inlands of Afghanistan. The GS didn't suffer from any severe problems. The drawings where mad by Afghanian Artists. The car is now regulary at display at several occasions.
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GS visited by UFO during rally
A nice story on a less serious note is the following. During the Rally of South America in 1979, two Chilian rally drivers in a GS competited. Whilst driving the rally in the surroundings of the Argentinian town of Videma, they saw a bright light. Moments after they're GS was lifted by an UFO, that took the fuel out and then gently lowered them on the ground. Leaving the drivers unharmed, but with an empty fueltank so that they were not able to complete the rally.
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The driver and his co-pilot of the UFO visted GS |
GSs in the Rally Le Citron Presse
The Rally Le Citron Presse is a present rally for classic Citroëns. GSs can join in the fun also. Underneath a couple of pictures of GSs in this Rally.
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