Arnaud dunand

The Rallye Terre: Pragathi Gowda continued her hot form in her maiden international gravel rally experience in the Rallye Terre de Lozere at the circuit near Lozere in the Occitanie region on Sunday. The Rallye Terre de Lozere, a round of the French national championship, which hosted 126 participants from across the world saw Pragathi finish 15th in Rally 5 Class and 53rd overall with a timing of 1:42:03.7.

Pragathi faced a steep learning curve in a rally with challenging terrain in the volcanic mountains, which was a first for her with ruts as deep as 3-4 feet dug up by the 4-wheel drive cars. With all top French drivers participating in cars including the WRC -1, 2 and 3 spec and Rally -4 cars, Rally-5 cars, and historic cars, it was a challenging outing for Pragathi.

Pragathi reflected on the fantastic drive saying, “This is a rally where world champions like Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier have learnt and come up in. To make my gravel rally debut here is a special feeling on its own but to be the only Indian to have achieved this feat in a European/ French national championship round is the icing on the cake. I cannot thank Sidvin Engineering enough for this tremendous opportunity.”