Jean-Louis comes from New Caledonia and has been a regular competitor in New Zealand since his first rally here – the Heatway in 1972. He has been rallying around the world since 1971 and is the 13-time New Caledonia rally champion. He also did the famous single seater driving school at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France where he finished as a finalist.

Jean-Louis Leyraud - 2009 Skoda Fabia Group C

Jean-Louis comes from New Caledonia and has been a regular competitor in New Zealand since his first rally here – the Heatway in 1972. He has been rallying around the world since 1971 and is the 13-time New Caledonia rally champion. He also did the famous single seater driving school at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France where he finished as a finalist.

2009 Skoda Fabia Group C:

This car is factory-built by Skoda Motorsport and has been bought by Race Torque in Australia to do the Asia Pacific Raly Championship (APRC). It has been driven by Chris Atkinson, Esapekka Lappi, Gaurav Gill. It has won the APRC and is a New Caledonia championship-winning car. Jean-Louis bought it in 2015 to do the Pacific Championship and he finished second behind Pontus Tidemand.