Watchonista Tour Auto 2014

Follow the Watchonicar this week at the famous French historical race, the Tour Auto Optic 2ooo Official 2014!

From Paris to Marseilles, we will be racing on open roads and mythical race tracks on board of a very special car.

Step by step, follow the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spyder NART n°136 racing the 23rd edition of the Tour Auto on Watchonista!

LAST DAY
 

Tour Auto 2014 arrival at the Marseilles old port. What an epic tour! We did it! 

After an epic five days and more than 2000 km drive through France we finally arrived at the Marseille old port.

"Many thanks to our fantastic one-off Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Group 4 NART Spyder, to the highly professional Tour Auto organisation Team led by Patrick Peter and Watchonista." — sais Andrej Friedman - Co-driver

All the Watchonista Team warmly thanks Michel Abellan - Driver & Andrej Friedman to have share this racing experience with all of us! THANKS and WELL DONE!

Andrej Friedman and Michel Abellan

 

DAY 3


From Mulhouse to Aix les Bains.

Today on the menu: Circuit session & 475km of special stage on open raod . The longest leg of the race. Exhausting!

Still in the race and a lot of driving on beautiful roads and exceptional french landscape.



The Lancia Stratos Groupe IV




The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Spider NART 1975 & the Ferrari Dino 246GT 1971

DAY 2


Start of the race at the Chateau de Vaux le Vicomte, various stops and laps at the Dijon Prenois racetrack before arriving in the night at Dijon city after more than 400km of fabulous driving in the French countryside.

The race goes on and stay tuned for the next legs and pictures!




Gentlemen start your engines!
Leaving the Grand Palais at 6:55 am heading to Dijon.

Good Luck to Michel Abellan and Andrej Friedman.

The one-off Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spyder NART leaves the Grand Palais




The Road Book: Essential to drive thru french open roads. GPS is banned from this type of historical race... Better be focus ;-)

DAY 1


Pre race @ Grand Palais, Paris

At every edition of the Tour Auto, all cars and pilots meet up at the Grand Palais in the heart of Paris for a pre-race exhibition. All day long car passionnates will join to discover historical cars and participants of the 23rd race!

A beautifull and ultra rare Ferrari 250 GT SWB


Andrej Friedman, Co-Pilot, with the Watchonicar

Inside the Watchonicar - Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spyder NART

Hublot is the official timekeeper of the 23rd edition of the Tour Auto
 
 
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