{"id":118883,"date":"2018-04-30T12:02:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T11:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/2018\/04\/ph-sport-and-thibault-durbec-a-winning-combination\/"},"modified":"2018-04-30T12:02:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T11:02:50","slug":"ph-sport-and-thibault-durbec-a-winning-combination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/2018\/04\/ph-sport-and-thibault-durbec-a-winning-combination\/","title":{"rendered":"PH Sport and Thibault Durbec, a winning combination!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Triumphant in the opening round of the French Asphalt Rally Championship with St\u00e9phane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau, PH Sport repeats in the Gravel Championship with the victory for the DS3 WRC of Thibault Durbec and Jacques-Julien Renucci on the Terre de Causses Rally, rewarding years of loyalty and shared work. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Having been around rally since he was a child, Thibault Durbec has steadily moved his way up the racing ladder between his debut in the French Championship in 2013 and his maiden win on the national scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am as passionate as ever, but I wanted to establish a stable professional situation before getting involved\u2019\u2019, said the 24-year old during his first start. \u201cThis has allowed me to get the right people around me and build my programme with \u00c9ric Fabre, who has been by my side since the beginning.\u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Touquet Rally reserved a cold greeting for his debut. \u201cFrance was hit by a snow storm\u201d, he recalls. \u201cMy plane was cancelled, so I drove across country only to be welcomed by snowdrifts. Up until then, I thought that all rallies were like the ones I had been to. Antibes, Sainte-Baume and the Durance…So it was quite epic to come across black ice on the asphalt and intersections.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following his learning year on asphalt, Thibault Durbec moved to gravel and had a decisive meeting. \u201cPH Sport was set up next to us on the rally. \u00c9ric Fabre drove for them and he introduced me to Bernard Piallat to talk about the Citro\u00ebn Racing Trophy. Bernard perfectly embodies his company. He told us that there were not many spots, but he wanted to work with us. At the end of the year, we got a R3 DS3 for the Vaucluse Rally and we won the two-wheel drive category, which was the perfect result to celebrate the debut of this alliance!\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2018, the collaboration begins its fourth campaign and both parties are still on the same page. \u201cI run car dealerships, which is a rather straightforward industry\u201d, explains Thibault Durbec. \u201cI like the discipline and employees who know what they are doing. And this is how they do things at PH Sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everything is done on time, no detail is overlooked and the personnel are highly-competent. There is the team leader, Bernard, but everyone has their role: Kevin, Corentin, and so many others! In all respects, that’s the best thing. My co-driver, Jacques-Julien is a stabilizing factor. This is a great environment for improving, to become more consistent, and make few errors. While I am not the most talented driver, I have gradually improved to the point of this win in my third Terre de Causses Rally.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"\u201cWe were very well prepared with a warm-up rally and a good test session with Christophe, our engineer\u201d, continues Thibault. \u201cI felt good behind the wheel and just had to apply myself. We were first car in the stages from the start to the finish against some serious competitors who attacked hard. Just until the final special stage, we hadn\u2019t thought about the win, but this victory was not by accident. It was built entirely between PH Sport, Jacques-Julien, Eric and I. It was also the perfect occasion to join the list of drivers that have won with Yacco \u2013my title sponsor- on board and a lot of exposure for my new Roure Comp\u00e9tition livery, which is the racing parts store that I will open in September!\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that Thibault Durbec is a winner in the French Gravel Rally Championship, will he be raising his objectives? \u201cThe season is very long\u201d, cautions the Frenchman. \u201cThis win is gratifying after all the work that has already been done, but it is always harder to back it up. We will continue to work so that or future success will be even greater\u2026If there will be others, because nothing is ever guaranteed in this sport!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Triumphant in the opening round of the French Asphalt Rally Championship with St\u00e9phane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau, PH Sport repeats in the Gravel Championship with the victory for the DS3 WRC of Thibault Durbec and Jacques-Julien Renucci on the Terre de Causses Rally, rewarding years of loyalty and shared work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[50,75],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ph-sport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}