Andros Trophy

Andros Trophy

Category	Ice racing
Country	France
Inaugural season	1990
Official website	www.tropheeandros.com

The Andros Trophy (Trophée Andros) is the French national ice racing championship.

The championship is currently holding its 35th and last season.

History

The 2010 Trophée Andros at Serre Chevalier

The idea of an ice racing series first became an idea when professional racer Max Mamers (French Rallycross Champion 1982 and 1983 with Talbot Matra Murena) and the owner of the Andros company (jam and compote producers), Frédéric Gervoson, met as rugby fans in 1985. They spent the winter racing with friends on ice circuits.

On 27 January 1990, the idea of a series came to life at Serre Chevalier with the first round of four.

The series quickly grew, with a round at Paris (Pelouse de Reuilly) in 1991 creating a five round series; and a seven round championship in 1992.

In 2003, the trophy gained an international aspect with a race at Sherbrooke in Canada, a race that was held for three seasons. For the 2005-06 season, the trophy remained mainly national, the exception being one round held in Andorra.

The championship made a switch to full electric cars for the 2019-20 season. The 2023-24 season will be the last, in part due to global warming making it harder and harder to find predictable ice and snow in France.

The current series

The series now runs with a number of different races and classes.

A Fiat Stilo (all-wheel drive prototype) racing in the French Trophée Andros 2005/2006

Elite Pro Class

This is the original and highest class, featuring the most prominent names.

Elite Class

Starting in 1994 (named Promotion), this class is for the smaller teams, encouraging them to take part in the Trophée Andros. To partake in this class, there are three conditions: the drivers cannot have finished in the top 20 over the general classification; must never have participated in the Elite Pro Class; and cannot be a professional driver.

AMV Cup

The motorbike races for the Andros Trophy first appeared at the 1996 championship final at Super Besse, after an idea of Mamers and Claude Michy. It became a series in its own right in the 1997/98 season with a race at every round from that point.

Trophée Andros Féminin - Sprint Cars

Created in 2002, this series combined two categories. The 600cc 6-speed buggy-styled car was shared between a female driver and an experienced driver, who also was the instructor for the female driver. They competed in two different races at each weekend they attended. The Féminin trophy was discontinued as of 2011, with some of the female drivers from the series moving into other categories of the trophée including the main series and the electric cars.

Famous names

Three times champion Alain Prost in 2010

The driver with the most championship wins in the history of the series is Yvan Muller, who has won the championship 10 times with 48 race victories. Jean-Philippe Dayraut holds the record for the most race victories with 54, having taken the championship 6 times. Another multiple championship winner is Alain Prost, with 3 championships and 38 race wins.

The series always attracts names who were famous in other series before moving to ice racing – including Formula One drivers Olivier Panis, Romain Grosjean and Jacques Villeneuve.

The "Superfinal"

On 14 February 1999, the series held a "Superfinal" at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris. Using 700 tonnes of ice, an oval track was established around the edge of the stadium, allowing for racing in front of around 60,000 people, with no championship points at stake.

The Superfinal was held at the Stade de France for three years, before moving to an oval track at Nœux-les-Mines in 2002. No Superfinal was held in 2003, but returned to the Stade de France in 2004.

In 2005 the races were held at Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, and once again at the Stade de France in 2006, 2008 and 2011. Various other locations have been used, but in recent years the Superfinal was almost always raced at Clermont / Super Besse.

Trophy winners

Season	Rounds	Elite (1990–15) Elite Pro (2015–)		Elite (2015–) Elite 2 (2014–15) Promotion (1990–2014)	Pilot Bike (1998–15) AMV Cup (2015–)	Féminin and Best Dame	Sprint Car	Andros Électrique
		Driver	Car
2022-23	5	Aurélien Panis	Audi A1	Julien Febrau	Vivien Gonnet
2021-22	5	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Renault Zoe	Jimmy Clairet	Vivien Gonnet
2020–21	5	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Renault Zoe	Sylvain Pussier	Vivien Gonnet	Clémentine Lhoste (Elite Dame)	-	-
2019–20	6	Aurélien Panis	Audi A1	Jérémy Sarhy	Sylvain Dabert	Clémentine Lhoste (Elite Dame)	-	-
2018–19	7	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Renault Captur	Dorian Boccolacci	Maxime Emery	Margot Laffite (Elite Dame)	-	Christophe Ferrier
2017–18	7	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Renault Captur	Eddy Bénézet	Sylvain Dabert	Margot Laffite (Elite Dame)	-	Aurélien Panis
2016–17	7	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Renault Clio	Nathanaël Berthon	Sylvain Dabert	Margot Laffite (Elite Dame)	-	Christophe Ferrier
2015–16	7	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Renault Clio	Eddy Bénézet	Sylvain Dabert	Clémentine Lhoste (Féminin Sprint Car)	-	Matthieu Vaxivière
2014–15	7	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Mazda 3	Lionel Daziono	Sylvain Dabert	Marine Mercier (Féminin Sprint Car)	-	Nathanaël Berthon
2013–14	7	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Mini Countryman	Jacques Wolff	Sylvain Dabert	Bérénice Demoustier (Dame)	-	Christophe Ferrier
2012–13	7	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Mini Countryman	Laurent Barbieri	Maxime Emery	Anne-Sophie Lemonnier (Dame)	-	Christophe Ferrier
2011–12	7	Alain Prost	Dacia Lodgy Glace	Nicolas Bernardi	Sylvain Dabert	Marlène Broggi (Dame)	-	Christophe Ferrier
2010–11	7	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	BMW 1 Series	Andréa Dubourg	Sylvain Dabert	Bérénice Demoustier (Dame)	Frédéric Bourlange	Nicolas Prost
2009–10	7	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Škoda Fabia Mk2	Lionel Régal	Sylvain Dabert	Anne-Sophie Lemonnier (Dame)	Laurent Macouin	Nicolas Prost
2008–09	7	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Škoda Fabia Mk2	Eddy Bemezet	Eddy Richer	Aurélia Marti (Dame) Marie-Pierre Cripia (Féminin)	Olivier Dexant	-
2007–08	8	Alain Prost	Toyota Auris	Olivier Pernaut	Maxime Emery	Aurélia Marti (Dame) Anne-Sophie Lemonnier (Féminin)	Olivier Dexant	-
2006–07	9	Alain Prost	Toyota Auris	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Maxime Emery	Aurélia Marti (Dame) Audrey Roche (Féminin)	Olivier Dexant	-
2005–06	8	Yvan Muller	Kia Rio	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Maxime Emery	Margot Laffite (Dame) Marlène Broggi (Féminin)	Olivier Dexant	-
2004–05	8	Yvan Muller	Kia Rio	Yvan Lebon	David Baffeleuf	Justine Chicherit (Dame) Margot Laffite (Féminin)	Olivier Dexant	-
2003–04	8	Yvan Muller	Kia Rio	Steve Stievenart	David Baffeleuf	Aurélia Marti (Féminin)	Benjamin Riviere	-
2002–03	8	Marcel Tarrès	Citroën Xsara	Evens Stievenart	David Baffeleuf	Emilie Petit (Féminin)	David Beziade	-
2001–02	8	Yvan Muller	Opel Astra	Jean-Luc Richner	David Baffeleuf	Véronique Patier (Féminin)	David Beziade	-
2000–01	8	Yvan Muller	Opel Astra	Laurent Fouquet	David Baffeleuf	Patricia Bertapelle (Dame)	-	-
1999–2000	8	Yvan Muller	Opel Astra	Jean-Noël Lanctuit	Pascal Roblin	Patricia Bertapelle (Dame)	-	-
1998–99	8	Yvan Muller	Opel Tigra	Philippe de Korsak	David Baffeleuf	Patricia Bertapelle (Dame)	-	-
1997–98	7	Yvan Muller	Opel Tigra	Claude Millet	David Baffeleuf	Jutta Kleinschmidt (Dame)	-	-
1996–97	7	Yvan Muller	BMW 318i Compact	Frédéric Morel	-	Florence Duez (Dame)	-	-
1995–96	7	Yvan Muller	BMW 318i Compact	James Ruffier	-	Caroline Barclay (Dame)	-	-
1994–95	7	François Chatriot	Opel Astra	James Ruffier	-	Michèle Mouton (Dame)	-	-
1993–94	7	François Chauche	Mega	Eric Arpin	-	Patricia Bertapelle (Dame)	-	-
1992–93	5	Dany Snobeck	Mercedes 190 16S	-	-	-	-	-
1991–92	7	Dany Snobeck	Mercedes 190 16S	-	-	-	-	-
1990-91	5	Maurice Chomat	Citroën AX Sport	-	-	-	-	-
1990	4	Eric Arpin	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	-	-	-	-	-

The title for the dame was awarded in to best women in a selected class in each season.

External links

• Official Website (in French)