[CH/ERC] Rallye du Valais 2009...

[Tom206wrc]

Hi,


Entrylist of next week's rallye du Valais is available http://www.swissrally.ch/saisons/2009/engages_valais.html
Not too bad entrylist finally :)

Final of the swiss championship between Florian Gonon and Ivan Ballinari and final ERC between Giandomenico Basso and Michal Solowow...

Fantastic battles also in the Clio R3 Cup between Guigou and Bettega, and in C2 R2 Cup between Bouffier and Neuville :D

Overall I expect a fight between Basso and Hotz for the victory...

PS: http://www.riv.ch/

[HaCo]

Don't forget Princen in R3 Clio :D

[Tom206wrc]

OK this is this coming week-end, so up :cool:

[Tom206wrc]

Today afternoon start first leg :cool:

http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/?id=748

[urabus-denoS2000]

I think there is no hope for Clio R3s against Princen... ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Forfaits for von Dach(broken wrist)and Mauffrey(police removed him his driving licence...don't what happened exactly) :mark:

Other useful link for result http://62.2.243.237/rallye/ralspeciale.php?rid=202

[Mirek]

Results also here: http://mmcr.vysledky-rally.cz/rallysport/2009/erc/valais/1all.php

[PLuto]

And with Istanbul rally this is second time, where I am missing on ERC event :(

[Tom206wrc]

Big battle for the lead between Basso(SS1 win) and Hotz(SS2 win) :p :

Crazy time by Guigou, Bettega and Bouffier on SS1(6th, 7th and 8th fastest) :eek:
No time for Neuville yet though...

[Mirek]

Neuville lost almost 15 minutes. Let's hope it's timing mistake...

[wwbroe]

Neuville is loosing almost 15 minutes on stage one, anybody knows what happened? :( :confused:

[Mirek]

There is a big mess in the results... he was removed later. Now also some crews missing in SS2. Let's wait...

[Mirek]

Princen out :(

[wwbroe]

Yes, it looks like something is wrong with results, let's wait and see what comes up later on. ;)

[wwbroe]

Also no time for Princen on stage two, does anybody have any info? :(

Edit: Mirek, is it sure that Kris is out, and with what?

[Mirek]

Yes, it's sure. No reason though...

[HaCo]

Walter, he's on the abandon list :(

Hotz wins second stage :)

[wwbroe]

I don't see Neuville after second stage? :(

Edit: he is there now.

[Mirek]

Princen went off

[wwbroe]

]Princen went off

I see, is the car heavily damaged or can he restart tomorrow?

[HaCo]

The C2-R2 must be a really great car...

[PLuto]

We will see after finish of the stage.

[wwbroe]

What is happening with results? :eek:

[Mirek]

There are some strange problems... I have no idea what's going on :(

[HaCo]

Or it is raining?

Edit: oops, didn't look at the 2nd stage. Indeed, something is strange...

[HaCo]

They are corrected now... Hotz jumps over Basso.

[Tom206wrc]

Great !!! Victory won't be easy for Basso seeing pace of Hotz :D

[PLuto]

Now, Giandomenico is only one point from European title...

[wwbroe]

Now, Giandomenico is only one point from European title...

Yes, i am sure he doesn't take any risks and is just cruising at high speed but not at maximum attack. ;)

[Tom206wrc]

The C2-R2 must be a really great car...


Simply crazy what Bouffier is doing :eek:

[Tom206wrc]

Crazy time of Guigou, 1'19" faster than Hotz on SS3 :laugh:

[Tom206wrc]

SS4(Les Cols - 38km)running ;)

[urabus-denoS2000]

Did drivers receive points for yesterday?

[Tom206wrc]

Hotz 15s faster than Basso :)

[Tom206wrc]

Burri :confused:

[Ondra WRC]

nice time Hotz, Basso guarding position before the Solowow
Burri accident or puncture :confused:

[urabus-denoS2000]

Neuville faster than Bouffiewyczc on SS4 ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Both Burri and Ballinari retired...Gonon is swiss champion already :mark:

[Tom206wrc]

Very nice start of rally also for Laurent Reuche, swiss contender of the french Volant 207 :)

[Mirek]

There was a serious crash on SS4. Berard Laurent, driver of car No.37 was taken to Sion hospital by medical helicopter. No more news in the moment.

[andre93]

Photo of Punto of Rywalski???

[[Madeira-Rally]]

The C2-R2 must be a really great car...

Don't forget Neuville and Bouffier are using C2 R2 MAX

It's very differente from a normal C2 R2....

[Tom206wrc]

News about 25km long SS7 ??? No time after the 20 first crews :s :confused:

[Mirek]

SS7 was interrupted after crash and there haven't been any times given by marshals yet.

[HaCo]

Neuville is 6th right now, only 25secs behind Bouffier. What do you guys think of this German speaking Belgian? :D

[Tom206wrc]

Neuville is simply amazing...even more amazing than Bouffier regarding experience of both driver ;)

[HaCo]

Just read how Kris Princens rally ended on his website.

The guys with one number lower than him, started with a Punto S2000 in only their second rally! After 7km in the first stage, Princen was already right behind him, but the driver did not want to make any place. They even accidently hit them in a hairpin.

The next stage it was even worse. Where there was so many place to get passed (two lane road), Princen got next to him, but instead of letting him pass, he cut of the corner and ended next to the road against the mountains... :( :( :(

Extremely well done by 'Rywalski Josias', for what I read on the site of Kris Princen (muc more details than my poor description), Mr Rywalski should be banned for live from rallying...

[Mirek]

It's just one side story. Shouldn't be judged without knowing from third side or at least both...

[Mirek]

Basso is European champion, congratulations!

[HaCo]

]It's just one side story. Shouldn't be judged without knowing from third side or at least both...

In previous rally's Princen had onboard camera, so let's hope to see some footage, but you're right.

Congrats to Basso and Abarth and tomorrow for victory!!!! :D

[wwbroe]

]It's just one side story. Shouldn't be judged without knowing from third side or at least both...

I agree with you Mirek that it is just one side story. But on the other hand i don't understand how they can let somebody start with this kind of car in only his second rally of his career. In Belgium you will not even be allowed to start with such a car after only one rally. To be honoust i don't understand organiser if he let this guy start just in front of Princen who is leader in Clio R3 Cup, it was to be expected that he would catch up with them on the stages. :( The fact that he didn't let him trough as quickly as possible makes it only worse.

[Mirek]

ok, I don't know how much rallys he did before but I remember that he drove Valais last year...

[wwbroe]

Neuville is loosing about 4 minutes on second run in Col des Planches, does anybody knows what has happened with him? :( :confused:

[andre93]

Photo of Rywalski??

[Jarek Z]

HaCo - thanks a lot for the translation from Princen's website! I really appreciate it.

wwbroe - but how do you ban somebody from driving a car that he wants? If what Princen says is true then this Rywalski is probably an idiot, but if he can afford Fiat Punto S2000 I don't think abybody can stop him from driving such car. It is sad, but it's only a question of money...

All in all, it's a shame to see someone like Rywalski carrying a Polish last name. I hope it's just a coincidence and he doesn't have any roots in my country.

Congratulations to Hotz, Basso and Gonon!

[Jarek Z]

Final results:
50. RALLYE INTERNATIONAL DU VALAIS
1. Gregoire Hotz/Pietro Ravasi (CH) Peugeot 207 S2000 2:53.29,8
2. Giandomenico Basso/Mitia Dotta (I) Fiat Punto Abarth S2000 +53,7
3. Michał Sołowow/Maciej Baran (PL) Peugeot 207 S2000 +5.27,7
4. Florian Gonon/Sandra Arlettaz (CH) Subaru Impreza WRX STI N12 +6.34,5
5. Bryan Bouffier/Nicolas Gilsoul (F/B) Citroen C2 R2 Max +11.20,8 (1. R2)
6. Alessandro Bettega/Simone Scattolin (I) Renault Clio R3 +11.42,7 (1. R3)
7. Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Klinger (B/F) Citroen C2 R2 Max +13.39,1 (2. R2)
8. Jean-Philippe Radoux/Jean-Noël Gregoire (B) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +14.19,5
9. Jan de Winkel/Radboud van Hoek (NL) Renault Clio R3 +15.38,0 (2. R3)
10. Pascal Rossoz/Letizia Rossoz (CH) Renault Clio R3 Access +20.05,8 (3. R3)

ERC standings:
1. Basso 112, 2. Sołowow 95, 3. Fontana 78

[HaCo]

Jarek, that was a free translation of course... not literaly, sorry.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Pic of Gonon?

[Jarek Z]

I made a mistake in my previous post. This is the real ERC classification:
http://www.rally-erc.com/standings.php

[eloyf1]

In previous rally's Princen had onboard camera, so let's hope to see some footage, but you're right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8tNkW2AR2A

[Helstar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8tNkW2AR2A
lololol ! if somebody had doubts...