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Drifting through Monaco: celebs enjoy rallying up close and personal

Idris Elba, Renaud Lavillenie and Jacky Ickx on board the Polo R WRC

The fastest city tour in the history of Monaco: the Rally Monte Carlo offered celebrities the opportunity to discover the city on the Côte d’Azur from the cockpit of a World Rally Car. Among those stepping into the role as co-driver for double world champion Sébastien Ogier in the Volkswagen Polo R WRC were Hollywood actors, world-class athletes and racing drivers.

Sébastien Ogier welcomed British actor Idris Elba (“Luther”, “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”) into the passenger seat of his Polo R WRC, before taking the Golden Globe winner on a tour of the principality’s winding streets on a specially cordoned off circuit along the same stretch of road used for the Formula One Grand Prix in Monaco. Top French athlete and Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie, who also holds the indoor pole vault world record at 6.16 metres, and French rugby international Mathieu Bastareaud were also given a taste of how it feels to be flung sideways through the urban canyon, as was legendary racing driver Jacky Ickx (six-time Le Mans winner, Rally Dakar winner, and runner-up in the Formula One World Championship in 1969 and 1970). And high society was also given a taste of what it feels like to compete in the WRC: guests included Pierre Casiraghi (Prince Albert’s nephew) and Jan Koller from the Czech Republic (former professional football player of the German “Bundesliga”), actor Francois Cluezet (“Untouchable”) and DMSB President Hans-Joachim Stuck.

The FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) made an extremely positive impression in Monaco: with the sun shining, many spectators made their way to the circuit to cheer on the WRC heroes and their celebrity passengers.

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