2004 Renault Megane 3-Door Hatchback (Mk. 2) #15B (Andros Trophy - Val Thorens)

Series: 2004-2005 Andros Trophy - Val Thorens Stage
Class: Elite
Driver: Philippe Gervoson
Results: 32nd in Day 1, 30th in Day 2

I got this older release from Majorette. The info about the real car is actually quite scarce, as well as the pictures. In fact, most of the info I was able to find were either in French or in the website called "prostfan" which I believe posts the results of all the races that Alain Prost has participated in. This car in particular participated in the 2004-2005 edition of the Andros Trophy.

The Andros Trophy is French ice rally competition held every December of the year until January of the following year. I believe they also held some races outside of France but I am not sure how often they held those. Other than Alain Prost, there have been several other famous racing drivers who participated in this race such as Martin Brundle, Olivier Panis, and Yvan Muller. I'm pretty sure there are several others as well but they were the names I encountered when doing some research that I actually remembered.

The pictures I've seen of the actual car actually have the B crossed out in the numberplate which kind of makes it look like 15B but the line that goes through is actually diagonal instead of being fully horizontal. It seems that there were 2 drivers who drove the #15 car during the Val Thorens stage of the 2004-2005 edition: Laurent Battut as #15 and Philippe Gervoson as #15B. Now I do apologize because I am not familiar with either of the drivers but it seems that Battut is the full season driver while the drivers of the #15B car would change every now and then as the aforementioned Martin Brundle actually drove it in one of the other stages. Unfortunately, I believe the championship just held its final edition last December to January because global warming has made it difficult for the organizers to find ice and snow in France.

I would also like to add that I will try finding an additional copy of this casting and then just put a line on the B to kind of replicate the #15 car driven by Laurent Battut.