Equipe Vaillante get ready to race

At the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, one third of the Chevrolet team have just finished setting up everything for their first appearance under the Equipe Vaillante’s banner.

Alain Menu had already got into the part of Michel Vaillant, undergoing make up and wearing customized racing clothes; his Chevrolet Cruze car and one of the trucks have been repainted in the red-white-blue colours of the Equipe Vaillante.

As for the team members, they have been also dressed up with Vaillante uniforms – including Chevrolet Motorsport manager Eric Nève who plays the pat of Michel’s elder brother Jean-Pierre Vaillant, Vaillante’s technical chief and team manager.

Even the setting of Menu’s garage has been completely re-arranged to the last detail, the Chevrolet’s logos and colours replaced by Vaillante’s.