List of rally test tracks (in France)
By RobinB on 03 December 2024 RallyIt is often very difficult to obtain the necessary permits (via a municipal or prefectural order) to close a road for a few hours or a day and conduct real-condition testing with a rally car, legally and safely.
To shake down your race car, work on your pace notes with your co-driver, or fine-tune the final adjustments before the events on your calendar, companies, associations, ASAs, and even private drivers offer private test sessions on closed roads and/or on test bases.
Be sure to check the insurance requirements before your session. At a minimum, liability insurance is often required for the vehicle.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of organizers and test bases available in France. If you know of a test base not listed below, feel free to send us an email so it can be added to the article.

Find a test base in the Northwest of France
The Northwest of France includes regions such as Normandy, Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Île-de-France, and Hauts-de-France.
TC Motorsport Training (Thomas CHAUFFRAY)
- Department: Calvados (14)
- Contact: 06 22 07 45 52 - tcmotorsporttraining@gmail.com
- Facebook Page
Find a test base in the Northeast of France
The Northeast includes regions such as Hauts-de-France, Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, and part of Île-de-France.
Combe Saint-Pierre Test Base (Charquemont)
- Department: Doubs (25)
- Available Tracks: 5km asphalt test base (round trip)
- Rates: €250
- Contact: JUIF Sport team - 06 74 82 25 98 - styve.juif25@gmail.com
- Facebook Page
JPM Sport Auto
- Department: Doubs (25)
- Available Tracks: asphalt bases with various profiles: fast, slow, wide, narrow, bumpy, etc. Routes ranging from 4 to 8 km round trip.
- Facebook Page
Autosport Capellois
- Department: Aisne (02)
- Available Tracks: three asphalt bases of 5, 6, and 7 km. One session organized each quarter.
- Contact: autosportcapellois@gmail.com
Find a test base in the Southwest of France
The Southwest includes Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie, a very active area for organizing test sessions with many permanent bases open year-round.
Rally Test Base Estaing Le Nayrac (A.R.S.A, Association des Amis des Rallyes Sport Auto)
- Department: Aveyron (12)
- Available Tracks: a dirt track (2km) and an asphalt track (8km)
- Rates: asphalt track: €400 per day (8:00 am to 6:00 pm) + lunch for the three track marshals (or €250 for a half-day). Dirt track: €800 per day (8:00 am to 6:00 pm) + lunch for the four track marshals (or €500 for a half-day)
- Website

Pôle Mécanique Alès-Cévennes
- Department: Gard (30)
- Available Tracks: a modular asphalt track (3675 meters) and several dirt tracks.
- Website
Drive Control Driving School in Monteils
- Department: Gard (30)
- Available Tracks: rally dirt track. Private site with accommodations and dining options.
- Website
Plannes Circuit in Saint-Brès (PPAC rally driving school)
- Department: Gard (30)
- Available Tracks: dirt track and asphalt rally track.
- Website
Mechanical and Leisure Test Base – Domaine Château de Lastours
- Department: Aude (11)
- Available Tracks: over 80 km of tracks, including 1 WRC-style test track, 1 Rally-Raid style test track, and 2 crossing areas: one dirt, one rocky.
- Website

Fontjoncouse Test Track
- Department: Aude (11)
- Available Tracks: 10 rally dirt bases and 9 asphalt bases.
- Website
Find a test base in the Southeast of France
The Southeast includes the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions, and Corsica. A particularly well-stocked area for test bases.
Association des Supporters de Sports Mécaniques (ASSM)
- Department: Rhône (69)
- Available Tracks: 10 different asphalt bases (all in the Monts du Lyonnais)
- Rates: €90 + €240 (RC organizer reimbursement to be shared among the cars participating in the test day) and meal expenses for volunteers.
- Facebook Page
- Contact: delorme-bernard@orange.fr

Team Essais Rallye Sport
- Department: Ain (01)
- Available Tracks: asphalt track (5 asphalt test bases ranging from 1.2 to 7 km and modular)
- Facebook Page
- Contact: 06 89 27 67 14 - michel.rochaix@orange.fr
Domaine de Lucéna - Rally Dirt Test Base in Visan (84820)
- Department: Vaucluse (84)
- Available Tracks: 5 km dirt track.
- Contact: 06 34 64 34 73 - tompellerey@yahoo.fr
- Facebook Page
R plus Racing Abc
- Department: Ardèche (07)
- Available Tracks: rally roads, asphalt, dirt, or snow.
- Website
- Contact: 04 75 25 61 24 - renaud@rplusracing.com
Promo Autosport (Florian Bernardi)
- Department: Vaucluse (84)
- Available Tracks: asphalt
- Facebook Page
- Contact: 06 60 38 76 91 - promo.autosport@gmail.com
Ceerta in Issoire
- Department: Puy-de-Dôme (63)
- Available Tracks: dirt track ranging from 1,000 m to 3,000 m (asphalt auto circuit also available)
- Website
If you know of a missing test base, contact us!
If you manage a test base, are an organizer, or know of a base that is missing from this list, please feel free to contact us at this address with all the information so that we can add it to this list: contact@gotothegrid.com.
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