Belgian Rally News [Archive] - Page 8

janvanvurpa

11th March 2017, 00:41

An Opel Kadett with 2.4 engine. Giving the limited experience of my driver (only his 5th Rally) I think the result was very good. Some very good stage times with faster cars behind us in the morning (when it was still a bit wet). When it dried out we lost some places, but overall very happy with the rally :)

Opel! I like Opels! I kept that last Opels competing in USA/Canada going some years back...We got Kadett A which mercifully nobody bother with and then Ascona and Manta A with the CIH 1900...And one friend bought what i believe is the only Ascona B in America which was brought over for Olympus WRC and then stayed here..Built a good motor for that one in 1987 and last year re-did the bottom end with new even longer rods and much shorter and very light pistons, then made him a couple of steel flywheels....that one is 1965cc and then next one will be 2020cc-----if the guy ever pays his bill..

What can you tell me about how that one got to be 2,4? Normal iron head? What clutch? What gearbox? I want to see photos!

Rallyper

11th March 2017, 11:21

Opel! I like Opels! I kept that last Opels competing in USA/Canada going some years back...We got Kadett A which mercifully nobody bother with and then Ascona and Manta A with the CIH 1900...And one friend bought what i believe is the only Ascona B in America which was brought over for Olympus WRC and then stayed here..Built a good motor for that one in 1987 and last year re-did the bottom end with new even longer rods and much shorter and very light pistons, then made him a couple of steel flywheels....that one is 1965cc and then next one will be 2020cc-----if the guy ever pays his bill..

What can you tell me about how that one got to be 2,4? Normal iron head? What clutch? What gearbox? I want to see photos!

I love Opel too. Built two Ascona B which I rallied in late 80´s and 90´s. ANTE Malmgren built the engines, 2,0 with 48 Weber. The 2,4 litre I believe is a bored 2,2 litre engine which was in the model Opel Rekord. Or else it´s the 16V which was in 400. I don´t know ...

dupanton

11th March 2017, 12:19

I love Opel too. Built two Ascona B which I rallied in late 80´s and 90´s. ANTE Malmgren built the engines, 2,0 with 48 Weber. The 2,4 litre I believe is a bored 2,2 litre engine which was in the model Opel Rekord. Or else it´s the 16V which was in 400. I don´t know ...

It's a 8v 2.4 engine from an Opel Omega. Explained it all to Jan in PM, not to further spoil this topic. It's the Belgian Rally News topic, not Dupanton Rally News :p

mas-racing

13th March 2017, 18:17

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20moor%202017_zpskgjct7xa.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzduUk2k58A&feature=share)

dupanton

15th March 2017, 20:53

Very nice entry list for the 2nd round of the Belgian Championship this weekend.

Cherain (DS3 RRC): my favorite for the victory
Princen (Fabia R5): won first round and can challenge Cherain
Verschueren (Fabia R5): 2nd in first round
Abbring (208 R5): 3th in first round but here the car is less important than in Haspengouw.
Dilley (Fabia R5): First time with Fabia, but top 5 is possible
Demaerschalk (DS3 R5): Talented but not much experience in an R5. And it's a DS3...
Allart (Fabia R5): crashed in Haspengouw
Debackere (Fabia R5)
De Cecco (208 R5): Could be around 5th by the end of the Rally.
Lim (I20 R5): Curious to see what he will achieve
Fumal (DS3 R5)
Maeyaert (Fiesta R5): New car for last year Historic champion. Only tested the car last weekend in a Rallysprint. He wasn't slow but there is still a lot of progress possible.
Fernémont (Fiesta R5): competitor for De Cecco, Debackere etc
Kenis (Mini RRC):
Albert (Fabia WRC): only WRC at the start. Can maybe finish somewhere around 5th.

Also 4 Porsches at the start (Snijers, Duez, Bouvy, Claerhout) and a lot of fast FWD cars:
http://sparally.com/fr/node/104 (liste engagés BRC)

2x2 stages on Friday, mostly on and around the Spa Francorchamps Circuit. 3x4 stages on Saturday.

dimviii

16th March 2017, 18:05

watch Abbring at 0,50sec

https://youtu.be/1J2CeCfDvJw

Jarek Z

16th March 2017, 23:03

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

HaCo

17th March 2017, 06:27

Ready for the rally of Spa! I'll be leaving around noon, looking forward to this one! :D

dupanton

17th March 2017, 06:41

This was also the shakedown... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1QzygMmFSo

Fast Eddie WRC

17th March 2017, 12:09

watch Abbring at 0,50sec

https://youtu.be/1J2CeCfDvJw

Still get blown away by the noise of those Porsche's !! :cool:

Jarek Z

17th March 2017, 22:35

Kevin Abbring smashes the opposition and leads Spa Rally with over 1-minute advantage after just 4 stages! What's wrong with the other drivers?

Spa Rally after SS4:
1. Kevin Abbring/Pieter Tsjoen (NL/B) Peugeot 208 T16 39.51,5
2. Chewon Lim/Martijn Wydaeghe (ROK/B) Hyundai i20 R5 +1.08,9
3. Cédric Cherain/Jean-Pierre Delmelle (B) Citroën DS3 RRC +1.20,8
4. Kevin Demaerschalk/Bram Eelbode (B) Citroën DS3 R5 +1.35,7
5. Melissa Debackere/Didier Bostoen (B) Skoda Fabia R5 +1.39,0
6. Guillaume Dilley/Stéphane Prévot (B) Skoda Fabia R5 +1.41,1
7. Benoît Allart/Kevin Fernandez (B) Skoda Fabia R5 +1.46,6
8. Armand Fumal/Michael Louette (B) Citroën DS3 R5 +2.12,1
9. Kris Princen/Peter Kaspers (B) Skoda Fabia R5 +2.15,9
10. Frédéric Bouvy/Jean-Louis Hottelet (B) Porsche 997 GT3 +2.17,5

dimviii

17th March 2017, 22:42

Chewon Lim ahead of Cherain?
Princen 9th?

EightGear

17th March 2017, 23:00

Some strange stories about Princen. Apparently he got showed a yellow flag so he slowed down for the rest of the last stage, but nobody else got that yellow flag so he lost a lot of time.

Mirek

17th March 2017, 23:02

If he has an onboard he shall get a notional time. What happened to Verschueren?

EightGear

17th March 2017, 23:03

Verschueren did one 'lap' too many on the first stage I believe.

dimviii

17th March 2017, 23:20

Abbring took a lot of time at ss2 too
http://speedactiontv.be/Spa_Rally_ES2__Abbring_leader_moteur_casse_pour_De _Cecco_et_de_Mevius-19450-1.aspx

timing
http://spa.liverally.be/spa2017/result.jsp?r=1&s=1

dimviii

17th March 2017, 23:28

time of Princen corrected btw

leighton323

18th March 2017, 03:11

Chewon Lim in second place?!
Wow impressive and not expected at all.
I thought he would struggle to make top 10

Ucci

18th March 2017, 08:47

Still get blown away by the noise of those Porsche's !! :cool:

you are not alone...belive me. Even those who hate 911, have a smille when they hear this melody.

Mirek

18th March 2017, 10:22

Chewon Lim in second place?!
Wow impressive and not expected at all.
I thought he would struggle to make top 10

He broke wheel in SS6 though :(

leighton323

18th March 2017, 10:25

He broke wheel in SS6 though :(
Mirek, do you have a link to the timings?

EDIT: Ignore, I see it's posted above

Mirek

18th March 2017, 11:50

The gap is now down to 20 seconds. The fight for the victory may start again.

Mirek

18th March 2017, 13:01

Abbring missing?

denkimi

18th March 2017, 13:05

abbring smashed a wheel. probably the end of the rally for him.

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p235x350/17352041_10155161110689507_7628309438690755200_n.j pg?oh=5ba7f7dfd488b911cfec527903e014c4&oe=596E7CF9

HaCo

18th March 2017, 16:13

My picture :-)

I'm quite disappointed by Abbring,
He is fast, but he makes so many mistakes. Was hoping for a victory for him and the Peugeot team.

I was standing quite close to the point where he ripped of his wheel. It was a fast left hander.

Yesterday evening, on the last stage he spun in front of us well. At that point Verschueren was right behind Princen who switched to road mode after seeing a yellow flag.

The stages will resume 45min later then planned to compensate for the delays in between the cars.

I hope for a big fight between Princen and Cherain and I hope Cherain wins it to motivate him and his sponsors for the rest of the season.

Regards from Spa :-)

Mirek

18th March 2017, 16:53

Do You know what happened to Verschueren on SS12? Puncture?

EightGear

18th March 2017, 17:28

I'm struggling to understand why Abbring seems to be a bit of a loose canon lately...

HaCo

18th March 2017, 17:37

Mirek, He had 2 punctures today, I think that was one of the 2.

Mirek

18th March 2017, 18:27

Crazy time gaps now on the last stages. So short stages and sooooo huge gaps.

dimviii

18th March 2017, 19:01

https://youtu.be/8Qi05X1mUPE

dimviii

18th March 2017, 19:41

https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17358851_1667069866929568_4458631806911585540_o.jp g?oh=1c10fba280b3c5badce04f0f88aeda43&oe=59290510

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ZpKKk5G5I

dimviii

18th March 2017, 19:50

video including Abbrings mistake onboard
https://youtu.be/MUgj-AohxdQ

dimviii

18th March 2017, 20:04

https://youtu.be/g23uPi2-oQ4

HaCo

18th March 2017, 20:10

Cherain wins!

Princen of the road on the last stage!!!!!

What a rally!

rallye07

18th March 2017, 20:11

My video :D

Action !!!

https://youtu.be/g23uPi2-oQ4

Mirek

18th March 2017, 20:13

Some completely mad times from the last stage. What happened? Only timing glitch or did Princen go off and blocked the road for others?

dimviii

18th March 2017, 20:21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baW_F3RHRWM

HaCo

18th March 2017, 20:22

Some completely mad times from the last stage. What happened? Only timing glitch or did Princen go off and blocked the road for others?
Driver and codriver are taken away by ambulance, but ok, according to the organization on Facebook.
That might have caused some delays.

dimviii

18th March 2017, 20:30

https://youtu.be/kC9ctUn38jE

HaCo

18th March 2017, 21:38

Crash Abbring 1:50 https://youtu.be/MUgj-AohxdQ

Mirek

18th March 2017, 21:46

Top three drivers were 4th, 8th and 14th after leg 1. That's what You call a drama.

dimviii

19th March 2017, 09:08

https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17362630_874392402708470_758487139573736617_n.jpg? oh=bcd5abb0d69566a274bb1a95a0312681&oe=592B2C25
https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17361654_1564567476929149_6443633770336069565_n.jp g?oh=176eed8b8fbd51c069fbeda789ec9c40&oe=59719362

dimviii

19th March 2017, 09:11

DeVillers video

https://youtu.be/PnNYlihjGJI

mas-racing

19th March 2017, 10:02

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20spa%202017_zpsttc4nt97.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQC73kZE7IY)

HaCo

19th March 2017, 11:30

Thanks for sharing dimvii, first images we get to see.

Fast Eddie WRC

19th March 2017, 11:46

Brilliant videos and awesome performances by the Porsches in those wet, slippy conditions !

Fast Eddie WRC

19th March 2017, 11:56

Great sounds... https://youtu.be/1UZY2pY18R4

AndyRAC

19th March 2017, 12:36

You are not alone...believe me. Even those who hate 911, have a smille when they hear this melody.

No 4 wheel motorsport is complete without the sound of a Flat 6. It's like roast beef and no Yorkshire pudding, or Strawberries without cream...... ;)

HaCo

19th March 2017, 15:54

One more lucky moment for Abbring at 40sec:
https://youtu.be/GVgyUApXkOs?t=40s

gianni123

19th March 2017, 17:35

Spa Rally - 2017 (HD) + Crash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4JlH_H3RE4

Giovanni D

19th March 2017, 19:26

My pictures:

https://www.rallyandraces.com/2017/93-rally/11148-spa-rally-gio

dimviii

19th March 2017, 20:16

different angle from Abbrings mistake at start of video
https://youtu.be/ZCkcduDy3fA

dupanton

20th March 2017, 16:27

Spa Rally was a crazy rally. Difficult stages, lots of rain, unexpected twist and a lot of crashes... My opinion:
1st Cherain (DS3 RRC): Poor start but very strong on Saturday in the rain. Expected him to be faster on Friday, but won anyway.
2nd Allart (Fabia R5): very regular but invisible rally. Moved up to 2nd because of the problems and crashes of the others.
3th Verschueren (Fabia R5): Looked like he was going to have a very bad result for the championship. Start on SS1 with doing 1 lap to much up and around the Spa circuit... Not the codriver fault, but the driver didn't listen! Then a small off, 2 punctures etc on Saturday, but still managed to climb up to 3th.
4th Fumal (DS3 R5): Gentleman driver, he had a spun in front of us, but overall a good and regular rally for him.
5th Bouvy (Porsche): Best of the Porsches. But would have been beaten by Snijers (untill he too retired) if not for the codriver of Snijers: 3 minutes early, then 8 minutes early and then 8 minutes late. So at the end of Friday, already 12 minutes 20 of penalties :p
7th Rouard (DS3 R3t): young guy, his first year in the Belgian Championship and a class of his own in FWD. Also 2nd overall in the championship now!
8th Delhez (Adam R2): good driver, first R2 and first Junior, although the level isn't very high and De Mevius retired with a broken Engine on SS2.
10th Dehaye (Golf Kit Car): special mention for this female driver. Nice result in her VW Golf Kit Car.

Retirements:
De Cecco (208 R5): Engine on SS2
Fernémont (Fiesta R5): retired after day 1 with some mechanical problem I think
Lim (I20 R5): very strong start, the surprise of the rally! Couldn't believe his times with his lack of experience. But very clean driving and that pays off. Unfortunately he hit a stone in a cut, not really a big mistake but broke his suspension.
Dilley (Fabia R5): good start, was very fast. But had a double puncture on Saturday which caused his retirement.
Abbring (208 R5): too wild pretty much everywhere in the rain. But very impressive on Friday. Crashes and damaged his suspension.
Debackere (Fabia R5): good rally for her, better than I expected. But ripped a wheel off on Saturday afternoon.
Kenis (Mini RRC): Lost the brakes
De Maerschalck (DS3 R5): OK rally, could have finished 2nd but retired with some electrical problem.
Maeyaert (Fiesta R5): difficult rally. Switching between good stage times and mistakes. Went off and got stuck in a ditch during the last loop. But he showed potential for sure!
Princen (Fabia R5): Big crash on the last stage... Almost lost victory on the last stage in Round 1 and that maybe pressured him into his mistake. Although bad visibility and lost of concentration because of that was also a part of the reason. Princen broke a rib so will possibly miss the next round too... That could be dramatic for his championship chances.

But, the last word isn't yet spoken about the rally. Cherain, Fumal and Maeyaert are under investigation for using non allowed tyres. Something to do with a rain compound (Pirelli for Cherain and Fumal) that might or might not be allowed in the FIA Regional Rally Regulation. But I don't know exactly what it's all about.

dimviii

20th March 2017, 17:42

keep us informed dupanton about the tyres.

EightGear

20th March 2017, 19:02

watch Abbring at 0,50sec

https://youtu.be/1J2CeCfDvJw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96XQCLcMuGQ&t=0s

dupanton

20th March 2017, 20:22

Bouvy at 202 kph... https://www.facebook.com/rallyemag/videos/10155179729114973/?autoplay_reason=user_settings&video_container_type=0&video_creator_product_type=2&app_id=2392950137&live_video_guests=0

dupanton

20th March 2017, 20:26

keep us informed dupanton about the tyres.

I will do! Still not entirely (entyrely? :p) clear what happened.
I think they used this tyre:
https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p296x100/16298390_1430546900312750_6584067266382048960_n.jp g?oh=efbbeadc59752b74f14dbdb730a5976c&oe=595A82E4

Discussion I think is that the tyre is allowed in WRC (apparently it was developed for WRC Germany) but isn't on the FIA list of admitted tyres for Regional Rallies.

br21

20th March 2017, 21:30

Yes, I heard the same, and for my understanding of Belgian rules it's not allowed tire.

dodge33cymru

21st March 2017, 13:04

Forgive me for clogging up the desk with my Britishness, but all this Spa footage made me excited for my annual Ypres visit in June, so I thought I'd ask the more knowledgeable amongst you (so everyoen, compared to me), which of the local regulars are likely to do Ypres or not? Assuming the pound doesn't crash too badly before then (possibly too positive thinking), this is what I could put together for the R5 contingent from available information on TER and the British championship, thought I'd ask which locals are likely to join. As far as I can work out, De Cecco and Allart certainly won't be there, at least not in R5s. Will the RRCs (ie: Mini) be eligible?

Citroen/DS
BEL - Cedric Cherain?
BEL - Kevin Demaerschalk?
GBR - Jonny Greer
TER - Simone Tempestini

Peugeot
BEL - Kevin Abbring

Ford
BEL - Pieter-Jan Maeyaert
BEL - Claudie Tanghe
GBR - Osian Pryce
GBR - James Slaughter
GBR - Keith Cronin
GBR - Alex Laffey
GBR - Rhys Yates
GBR - Jamie Anderson
GBR - Euan Thorburn?
GBR - Matt Edwards?
GBR - Tom Cave?
TER - Bernd Casier
TER - Bogdan Marisca
TER - Jaroslav Orsak

Skoda
BEL - Guillaume Dilley?
BEL - Kris Princen
BEL - Vincent Verschueren
BEL - Axel Boxoen
BEL - Melissa Debackere?
GBR - David Bogie
GBR - Marty McCormack
GBR - Desi Henry
GBR - Fredrik Ahlin
TER - Stefan Gottig
IND - Hermen Kobus

Hyundai
TER - Chewon Lim
TER - Giandomenico Basso
IND - Thierry Neuville

I realise that not all of these will be super competitive and presumably a Porsche or two will show some of them up, but I was bored at lunch and fancied writing a list. Any of your superior knowledge would be much appreciated, but could be a pretty nice field if this is in any way accurate (high 20s, low 30s).

mousti

22nd March 2017, 09:54

Not all of TER will be sure at Ypres. Demaerschalk and Debackere will be sure though. Normally also Sylvain Michel in a Fabia. Becaert in a DS3 too.

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MartijnS

23rd March 2017, 16:14

Cherain and Fumal disqualified due to the used tires.

Mirek

23rd March 2017, 16:20

Ups

Crazy final results then - 1. Allart, 2. verschueren, 3. Bouvy

HaCo

23rd March 2017, 18:26

Pitty...

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Mirek

23rd March 2017, 18:54

For me the WRC rain tyres meant a clear advantage and therefore the disqualification is right decision.

dupanton

23rd March 2017, 19:11

For me the WRC rain tyres meant a clear advantage and therefore the disqualification is right decision.

Agree! Rules are rules, not allowed is not allowed...

Jarek Z

23rd March 2017, 20:33

Ups

Crazy final results then - 1. Allart, 2. verschueren, 3. Bouvy

Wow! If they also disqualify Allart and Verschueren, then after so many years, Porsche will win a Belgian championship rally again! :)

stefanvv

23rd March 2017, 21:19

Wow! If they also disqualify Allart and Verschueren, then after so many years, Porsche will win a Belgian championship rally again! :)

What's wrong with these people wanting to go faster break the rules:D

HaCo

24th March 2017, 17:58

For me the WRC rain tyres meant a clear advantage and therefore the disqualification is right decision.

I know and I agree, but still feel disapointed. Hope we will see Cherain many more times this year.

I hope to go to the Wallonie this year, nice rally in perfect scenery, just like Spa! But hopefully with different weather.

nafpaktos

24th March 2017, 19:53

For me the WRC rain tyres meant a clear advantage and therefore the disqualification is right decision.

i thought that tyres for national events were faster but less durable than those used in the wrc evets.

HaCo

25th March 2017, 07:55

I just read this:

Pour faire simple et sans entrer dans les détails, il apparaît que Pirelli a bel et bien demandé l’homologation de ce pneu pour les championnats régionaux, sur lequel se réfère celui du BRC, mais que celle-ci n’a pas été formellement actée puisque la FIA n’a pas publié de liste mise à jour en 2017.
http://www.autonews-magazine.com/cherain-fumal-disqualifies-spa-rally/

It seems that Pirelli has nicely and properly asked for homologation for this tire for regional championships, where the Belgian Championship makes use of, but the FIA didn't formally agree, since the list isn't put up to date in 2017.

Really gutted now...

br21

25th March 2017, 09:46

Matton disqualified for 2 years after not passing anti-doping control after Condroz?

Mirek

25th March 2017, 10:00

Yes, appearantly the cause is medicament called Preterax which he used due to high blood pressure. It looks like a silly mistake from him.

Mirek

25th March 2017, 10:02

i thought that tyres for national events were faster but less durable than those used in the wrc evets.

That's not a rule. It depends what each ASN allows. In this case if I understand right these were proper rain tyres while others used ERC single pattern tyres.

mousti

25th March 2017, 20:26

Yes, appearantly the cause is medicament called Preterax which he used due to high blood pressure. It looks like a silly mistake from him.
It's conditionally and not effective, so it's not a disaster yet

mas-racing

26th March 2017, 17:58

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20ardennes%202017_zpsggo58huk.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9C5T9FJjt0&feature=share)

Rally Power

26th March 2017, 22:16

Creative pacenotes from Bouvy codriver! Fantastic crew spirit with lots of fun.
https://www.facebook.com/paulfraikinchampions/videos/1819811341602800/

dupanton

27th March 2017, 07:59

Regarding the tyres: Talked to the Belgian importer of Pirelli racing and rally tyres. The FIA hasn't yet published the 2017 list, which is why the tyres are not allowed. The mistake is done by FIA, not Pirelli. He even showed me a mail from Jean Todt apologizing to Pirelli and the crews for their mistake.

dupanton

27th March 2017, 08:32

BTW: Fumal has appealed against the decision.

Mirek

27th March 2017, 09:06

dupanton

27th March 2017, 11:48

Even if FIA is late it still means that the tyres are not eligible because FIA is the authority, not Pirelli.

Yes, but it should have been published at the beginning of the year.

mousti

27th March 2017, 16:22

As of today the list is online on Fia.com . And yes those Pirelli tyres are now allowed. Though because of the date of the list I don't think their appeal will work..

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dimviii

27th March 2017, 16:58

FIA at its best.

rallye07

27th March 2017, 19:40

My video :D

https://youtu.be/Gfo8xIMnpCM

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/165779ardeeee.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=165779ardeeee.jpg)

HaCo

4th April 2017, 17:48

Next weekend TAC Rally. Normally I would not spectate this one, but by accident I will be there anyway :D

We expect 11 R5 cars, but Princen is still waiting for confirmation from the doctor. We also expect 6 GT cars.

I miss Andy Lefevere on the entry list, who always shows a good pace on these kind of roads. Looking forward to the pace of Van Woensel who will drive a Porsche GT instead of his Mitsu WRC.

br21

4th April 2017, 19:20

Should be dry event so interesting and nice to spectate.

dupanton

5th April 2017, 14:00

Codriving a BMW for this rally. This evening shakedown from 19h till 22h.

Princen is testing today to see if he is fit to drive this weekend.

Entrylist:
http://www.tieltseautomobielclub.be/tacrally/index.php?page=deel_nat

HaCo

5th April 2017, 15:37

In the mean time Princen confirmed he will start. Full house then!

mas-racing

5th April 2017, 21:22

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20sha%202017_zpshitf7xut.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqCAJ9tQfRg)

EightGear

8th April 2017, 07:46

Abbrings Peugeot broke down already on the road to the first stage.

wwbroe

8th April 2017, 13:13

And Verschueren doing all the besttimes, quite boring rally to be honest

Jarek Z

8th April 2017, 17:33

And Verschueren doing all the besttimes, quite boring rally to be honest

Maybe not all is decided yet? Princen won SS7, SS8, SS11, SS12 and reduced the gap to 11,5 seconds. With 4 stages to go who knows what will happen.
Van Parijs and his Porsche are in the 3rd position overall. 4 Porsches in top 10 :)
Live results at:
http://tac-results.be/index.php/results/index/national/ss/12

wwbroe

8th April 2017, 23:44

But Verschueren kept it together and takes overall victory, first one for him, extending his lead in the championship.

mas-racing

9th April 2017, 09:42

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20tac%202017_zpswzviisjw.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAmXwjQgIUY&feature=share)

rallye07

9th April 2017, 09:58

My video ;)

https://youtu.be/9QLiMErCPm4

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/830346tac.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=830346tac.jpg)

Mirek

9th April 2017, 10:15

How come there are no results from the last two stages?

br21

9th April 2017, 10:42

There were only two stages in last loop planned. So 14 in total. Some glitch on timing site showed 16 stages in total.

Mirek

9th April 2017, 13:16

Aha, thanks :-)

Giovanni D

9th April 2017, 14:25

My pictures:

https://www.rallyandraces.com/2017/93-rally/11250-tac-rally-gio

Enjoy :)

gianni123

9th April 2017, 15:17

TAC Rally - 2017 (Mistakes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaZHC-Q_AZU

Fly

10th April 2017, 10:07

JM video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVh-AIsMhos

Fly

13th April 2017, 10:55

Princen to skip rallye de Wallonie (end of April)
Entries should be fine anyway.
10-15 R5's expected. Dilley back on the Hyundai. Duval confirmed but car unknown.
Few Porsche's (Snijers 99% sure)
RC4 will probably be more exciting than earlier this year. Last rally for Boxoen on the Adam R2 before stepping up to the official Fabia R5 at Sezoensrally in May.

Fly

15th April 2017, 09:47

http://www.velvetmotion.com/automobileclubnamur//rallye/brc2017_fr.php

mas-racing

23rd April 2017, 18:40

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20sala%202017_zpsqwd9l9r7.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e34ZrQMiU0&feature=youtu.be)

dupanton

28th April 2017, 14:23

This weekend R4 of the Belgian Rally Championship, Rallye de Wallonië.

Entrylist: http://www.velvetmotion.com/automobileclubnamur//rallye/brc2017_fr.php
Results: http://wallonie.liverally.be/wall2017/specialList.jsp?r=1

This evening 2 passes on a SSS. Tomorrow 3x5 stages. Sunday 2x4 stages.
Fast and beautifull stages, one of the best rallies in Belgium.
Very nice entrylist with 17xR5, 1xRRC, 3xWRC, 3x Porsche etc.

HaCo

29th April 2017, 13:29

Jarek Z

29th April 2017, 22:03

Very sad news, another rally accident in the recent weeks (after Italy and France), I hope both spectators are OK.

The rally continues and it's Kevin Abbring who leads it after 17 stages. Maybe a win will improve his self-confidence after a series of bad results. But it won't be easy, because Verschueren is only 13 seconds behind Abbring's back.

http://wallonie.liverally.be/wall2017/result.jsp?r=1&s=17

dupanton

30th April 2017, 08:40

Unfortunately there was an accident this morning involvind 2 spectators, a young woman and a child. Both are still alive, but the young woman is critical. According to the press release from the organisers both were in a spectator zone.

http://www.sudinfo.be/1834974/article/2017-04-29/accident-grave-sur-le-rallye-de-wallonie-une-voiture-fauche-deux-personnes

I wish them a quick and good recovery!

We were there and saw everything happen... It's a well known place, every year cars go off there. This year there was no forbidden area on that corner, which frankly is just stupid. Unfortunately I predicted something would go wrong there seeing where the people were placed.
The young woman had surgery, broken pelvis and legs. The boy had only bruises.

Despite that, we saw a good rally: https://www.facebook.com/TACrally/videos/1320949944650810/

rallysupportnl

30th April 2017, 10:30

Video Rallye de Wallonie!

http://i67.tinypic.com/nl9c8y.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRudr4z6cag)

Click on the photo or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRudr4z6cag

Mirek

30th April 2017, 11:22

What happened to Verschueren on SS20?

dupanton

30th April 2017, 11:33

What happened to Verschueren on SS20?

Puncture :(

MartijnS

30th April 2017, 12:34

Video of Joost!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-BgiHRwDcA

dimviii

30th April 2017, 13:48

Abbring took the win finally

dupanton

30th April 2017, 14:55

De Mevius an excellent 2nd, Verschueren taking 3th from Dilley on the last stage.

Championship:
Verschueren (Fabia R5) 64
Rouard (DS3 R3) 42
Princen (Fabia R5) 36
Abbring (208 R5) 32
Allart (Fabia R5) 26
Vauterin (208 R2) 26

Fly

30th April 2017, 19:25

JM video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoPApU_kecE

EightGear

30th April 2017, 20:01

JM video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoPApU_kecE
Lol now I see why the Peugeots are always testing without the rear bumper.

Good win for Abbring. After 2014 I didn't think he would ever win a rally in a 208.

tommeke_B

30th April 2017, 20:26

Had a good rally. Yesterday I was, just like dupanton, at the place of the crash where 2 people got hurt, which was a sad thing to see. Fortunately things were not more serious than this. If it happened with one of the first cars, it could have been much worse, as there were much more spectators. It's a place where someone crashes every year, the organizers knew the risks there. It just seems like the organisation doesn't take their responsibility. I've been on places with dangerous spectators, never seen a marshall or safety car take action. Competition-wise it was a great event. Great entries thanks to the R5's. Abbring-208 was a bit too strong for the opposition. I think it's interesting to mention that Kevin was quicker in comparison to Verschueren on stages with more junctions and longer straights, while on more difficult stages the difference was smaller. Maybe due to better exits in those slow corners by Abbring, maybe because the engine of the 208 R5 isn't that bad at all? ;)

Few photos in the album: https://www.facebook.com/pg/rallyimage/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1745805755431303

gianni123

1st May 2017, 08:59

my video with a hot moment for cherain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF-clPE6yAo

tommeke_B

1st May 2017, 09:56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NOowPCo5Ww&feature=youtu.be

Nice onboard on SS Natoye, one of the nicest stages of the rally. Driver is Cedric De Cecco, he set the 2nd fastest time there, with a 208 R5 on DMacks.

Mirek

1st May 2017, 13:09

I think it's interesting to mention that Kevin was quicker in comparison to Verschueren on stages with more junctions and longer straights, while on more difficult stages the difference was smaller. Maybe due to better exits in those slow corners by Abbring, maybe because the engine of the 208 R5 isn't that bad at all? ;) ]

For me it's not that illogical. PSA R5 engines had always great peak power but they have been lacking torque which plays the biggest role in twisty stages with long corners, not on straights.

mas-racing

1st May 2017, 16:41

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20wallo%202017_zpsgets4gn5.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_zHPrBvxDg&feature=share)

rallye07

4th May 2017, 19:54

My video ;)

https://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/479511verschueren.jpg (https://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=479511verschueren.jpg)

http://youtu.be/m3QgU3zoLUw

mas-racing

8th May 2017, 07:35

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20monte%202017_zpskjteoyzi.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnC43Zv744Y&feature=share)

gianni123

21st May 2017, 07:34

Video Sezoens Rally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyE3s30TxBs

mas-racing

21st May 2017, 09:23

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20sezoen%202017_zpshvmeiuck.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvLVVFNBfIQ&feature=share)

dupanton

21st May 2017, 19:58

This weekend there was the Sezoensrally, 5th round of the Belgian Championship.
Verschueren and Princen fought for the win all rally long, untill Verschueren broke his suspension on a rock in a cut on SS13. The rock was exposed by that, causing Allart to loose time with a bent suspension and Boxoen to retire with a broken steering arm.
Geusens finished 2nd in the end, the irishman Wright 3th.
in the championship, Princen closed the gap to Verschueren to a few points. Abbring didn't start, so it will be difficult for him, Allart or Geusens to take the tile away from the 2 top drivers.

br21

22nd May 2017, 10:34

And for you I saw some crash?

dupanton

22nd May 2017, 11:20

And for you I saw some crash?

Yes... Surprised by a big hole on a fast gravel section, went in the ditch and rolled...

mas-racing

28th May 2017, 20:48

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20orc%202017_zpsspojytrj.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5pDIBX6_-s&feature=share)

mas-racing

11th June 2017, 10:05

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20wervik%202017_zpspvr1i0tm.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uzZHWkO0YY&feature=share)

Fast Eddie WRC

11th June 2017, 16:30

Keith Cronin getting in some practice for Ypres on Rally-van-Wervik. Any results ?

Prestone MSA BRC‏ @MSA_BRC
@KeithC_Rally and @GalvinMikie look comfortable on the Belgian Tarmac
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCDLizGW0AQpG85.jpg:large

Mirek

11th June 2017, 16:34

Rally Van Wervik I guess.

Results: http://www.rallyresultaten.be/Wervik2017/Results/algemeen/RIT12.HTM

Cronin finsihed fourth behind Dilley, Vanneste and Debackere.

gianni123

11th June 2017, 16:38

Video Rally van Wervik - 2017 (Mistakes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOLs2-L4_KI

dupanton

11th June 2017, 21:33

Dilley and Cronin were the fastest drivers. Dilley lost about 20s with mechanical problem, but still won. Vanneste finished 2nd, De Backere 3th. Cronin was fast from the start and leading after 5 stages, but had also mechanical problems and dropped to 4th. Laffey was going quite fast too, but lost a lot of time in a ditch on the second loop. Other Ypres testers were Lim, Boxoen, Van den Heuvel (crazy driver, must keep an eye on him), Meiron Evans (not bad, got a puncture on the last stage) etc

dupanton

12th June 2017, 19:33

mousti

12th June 2017, 21:16

Onboard with Jim Van den Heuvel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2tnusVQMQU&feature=share

First time I saw him driving and was really surprised. I think he is even more crazy than his brother Jasper used to be :p

And remind he is only 19 years old! Maybe family van den Heuvel should better look for a R5 for him and let him do a BRC campaign :D

MartijnS

12th June 2017, 22:27

Jasper is still seriously faster though.

mas-racing

18th June 2017, 17:20

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20hs%202017_zpsg0logrdl.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrXzOXKWt6o&feature=share)

mas-racing

21st June 2017, 22:43

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20sh%20histo%202017_zpsfawg3hki.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS4ae3dJ0Mg&feature=share)

mas-racing

23rd June 2017, 23:48

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20crash%20vr%202017_zpsk3ivfhyy.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJNvgBYHzmY&feature=share)

mas-racing

10th July 2017, 10:19

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q695/freddyzonnebeke/sf2%20tbr%202017_zpszwbcc245.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv_1rEQHN04&feature=share)

mas-racing

21st July 2017, 19:50

https://s11.postimg.org/50kigl8qb/sf2_ssg_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FA9o6wXO0I&feature=share)

mas-racing

6th August 2017, 19:13

https://s1.postimg.org/og6u1epsv/sf2_chevro_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8_qWfpHuJE&feature=youtu.be)

mas-racing

15th August 2017, 20:32

https://s18.postimg.org/5lbl04j6x/sf2_staden_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TLPqHSeuwo&feature=youtu.be)

mas-racing

27th August 2017, 19:02

https://s2.postimg.org/4nshmmdl5/sf2_kast_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0LM2u34tik&feature=share)

Tom206wrc

31st August 2017, 11:03

Why absence of Guillaume de Mévius on this week-end Omloop van Vlaanderen :confused:

dupanton

31st August 2017, 11:14

Why absence of Guillaume de Mévius on this week-end Omloop van Vlaanderen :confused:

Because he is almost champion already I guess. And in the Belgian Championship you can only nominate 8 rallies in which you can score points 7 out of 8 nominated rallies count).

mas-racing

3rd September 2017, 09:43

https://s26.postimg.org/ssxlk0ldl/sf2_omloop_201/7.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26DtjH1Oey8&feature=share)

gianni123

3rd September 2017, 13:53

Video omloop van vlaanderen - 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z-QMVJglsc

Scroll1

4th September 2017, 12:20

Great videos thank you! :)

mas-racing

10th September 2017, 19:48

https://s26.postimg.org/9rrqwdqrd/sf2_oude_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMH9c0zimnI&feature=share)

EightGear

12th September 2017, 20:21

Crazy onboard with Abbring on Aarova Rallysprint, with a Fiesta R5+.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6dEbmTJIsc

Fly

18th September 2017, 08:50

br21

18th September 2017, 11:36

East Belgian Rally within 2 weeks.
Entries looking good so far: R5, WRC, FWD, RWD,...
https://tac-mlavaert.rhcloud.com/list/national
I'll be spectating.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Cpp2XHW0JJflSqtdSIDlA9WS3D4&ll=50.44305526161152%2C6.266702408642573&z=13

There should be also Abbring on the entrylist soon, probably with different codriver than usual, because of Tsjoens recce accident before Manx.
I'll be on Spa Franchorchamps circuit that weekend, so might visit the rally also, as it's half an hour of driving.

mousti

18th September 2017, 12:45

There should be also Abbring on the entrylist soon, probably with different codriver than usual, because of Tsjoens recce accident before Manx.
I'll be on Spa Franchorchamps circuit that weekend, so might visit the rally also, as it's half an hour of driving.

Normally he should come indeed. Sadly with de Jong crashing, Kobus got his title already last week and won't do EBR. De Jong is still possible, I hope there is more to come.

Fly

20th September 2017, 19:25

There should be also Abbring on the entrylist soon, probably with different codriver than usual, because of Tsjoens recce accident before Manx.
I'll be on Spa Franchorchamps circuit that weekend, so might visit the rally also, as it's half an hour of driving.

Abbring AND Cherain on the list.
Weijs jr on DS3 R3T expected soon...

mousti

22nd September 2017, 20:22

Abbring AND Cherain on the list.
Weijs jr on DS3 R3T expected soon...

And eventhough it was reported that Princen wouldn't do any events this year, he just entered and is the 13th R5 on the list! Great list eventhough Allart, Debackere, Geussens, Maeyaert, De Jong and Kobus are all absent..

Weijs Jr - Degandt is back for this event with his Ford Fiesta R5. 14 R5's. Will be a big battle with a lot of contenders.

dupanton

23rd September 2017, 15:22

Very nice list for East Belgian Rally, penultimate round of the championship:
14 R5 cars!
Favorites: Princen, Verschueren (Fabia), Abbring (208), Weijs (Fiesta) and Cherain (DS3). The first three are still fighting for the championship. Verschueren is leading by quite a margin though.
Outsiders: De Mevius (Fabia), De Cecco (208), Fernémont (Fiesta), De Maerschalk (DS3) and Dilley (I20).
Others: Boxoen (Fabia), Hommes, Lannoo (208) and Litt (Fiesta)
Also Albert, Canal Robles (Fabia WRC), Van Hoof (Evo IV grA), Kenis (Mini RRC), 5 Porsches, a bunch of fast FWD cars and a nice Historic entrylist.

Fast and blind stages, best in Belgium. Should be a great rally :)

Tom206wrc

24th September 2017, 13:15

Very nice entrylist in East Belgian Rally :cool:

HaCo

24th September 2017, 14:15

Will be spectating:-D

mas-racing

25th September 2017, 07:24

https://s26.postimg.org/76ke2t67t/sf2_trefle_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaZJW5SUeeY&feature=share)

dimviii

25th September 2017, 14:38

Rallylovers shared TAC (TieltseAutomobielClub)
De livery van de Fiat Punto Super 1600 van Stephan Hermann voor de East Belgian Rally... Wij zijn fan !

https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21766284_1466568186755651_5493880020555857284_n.jp g?oh=db75a0b1afc612d9bd62a80b2011b792&oe=5A55C11A

Jarek Z

26th September 2017, 09:59

Rallylovers shared TAC (TieltseAutomobielClub)
De livery van de Fiat Punto Super 1600 van Stephan Hermann voor de East Belgian Rally... Wij zijn fan !

Wow! It's the crazy Fiat Punto driver! Great news! Good luck to him! :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZBXopej1QY

MartijnS

28th September 2017, 22:37

Weijs pushing at the shakedown!

https://www.facebook.com/Devillersvideo/videos/1465030730247752/

tommeke_B

30th September 2017, 14:39

http://www.tac-results.be/ - live results for East Belgian Rally. Princen leading in front of Weijs and Verschueren. Abbring just blew his title chances:

https://scontent.fbru2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/22048013_10213692523816342_1173949338681750021_o.j pg?oh=038c324ae668098523bb59274c5c0a54&oe=5A8841CA

HaCo

30th September 2017, 17:07

Finally some sun:
https://instagram.com/p/BZq9v9xA-20/

mas-racing

30th September 2017, 22:37

https://s25.postimg.org/95dlib4v3/sf2_ebr_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V2OmjFCIF8&feature=share)

gianni123

1st October 2017, 08:00

Video East Belgian rally - 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSt6OUE0rRs

Fly

1st October 2017, 11:26

JM great video again
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLWsAcTlYss&feature=youtu.be

MartijnS

1st October 2017, 12:43

Joost his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqcoDrl9JHs

Really nice day, despite or maybe due to the rain. Excellent timing spectatorwise, good stages and nice action.
Craziest guy was Cherain, pushing everywhere!

https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/22135660_1479820972105867_2607955654498378545_o.jp g?oh=0450f916eedeb3a7996cf519d4c29c0a&oe=5A861507

Some more of my photos: https://www.facebook.com/pg/rallymedia/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1479820012105963

rallye07

1st October 2017, 14:58

My video :D

https://youtu.be/69h5JnPcuaQ

https://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/835868east.jpg (https://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=835868east.jpg)

mousti

1st October 2017, 21:58

MartijnS

2nd October 2017, 07:13

Thanks.
Did stages 1/3/4/6/8/9/10 and went home than before the dark.

mas-racing

8th October 2017, 20:35

https://s1.postimg.org/1089r5b7j3/sf2_hemic_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYYWxt2w4P8&feature=youtu.be)

Fly

18th October 2017, 09:10

Rallye du Condroz will probably look like this ;)

Cédric De Cecco - Peugeot 208 T16 R5
Guillaume de Mevius - Peugeot 208 T16 R5
Kevin Abbring - Peugeot 208 T16 R5
Steve Fernandes - Peugeot (TBC)

Anthony Martin - Peugeot S2000

Adrian Fernémont - Ford Fiesta R5
Alain Litt - Ford Fiesta R5
Davy Vanneste - Ford Fiesta R5
Polle Geusens - Ford Fiesta R5
Ludovic Sougnez - Ford Fiesta R5

Kris Princen - Skoda Fabia R5
Etienne Monfort - Skoda Fabia R5
Vincent Verschueren - Skoda Fabia R5
Xavier Bouche - Skoda Fabia R5
Achiel Boxoen - Skoda Fabia R5
Guillaume Dilley - Skoda Fabia R5
Ghislain De Mevius - Skoda Fabia R5

François Duval - Citroën DS3 R5
Bruno Thiry - Citroën DS3 R5
Kevin Demaerschalk - Citroën DS3 R5
Cédric Cherain - Citroën DS3 R5
Emmanuel Gonay - Citroën DS3 R5

Manuel Canal-Roblès - Skoda Fabia WRC
Michael Albert - Skoda Fabia WRC

Frédéric Bouvy - Porsche 997 GT3
Francis Lejeune - Porsche 997 GT3
Alex Busin - Porsche 997 GT3

mas-racing

22nd October 2017, 19:54

https://s20.postimg.org/s5ooxcmql/sf2_mettet_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRin3dFtzr0&feature=youtu.be)

dupanton

30th October 2017, 08:01

Next weekend there is the last rally of the Belgian Championship, Rallye du Condroz.

Entrylist: http://motorclub-huy.be/condroz/documents/docs/2017/2017_ENTRY_LIST.pdf
158 cars entered, I'll codriver car 156.

On saturday there are 2x5 stages, on sunday 2x4 stages.

Zeakiwi

31st October 2017, 20:03

Belgian Toyota Group S
http://www.thedrive.com/news/15347/one-mans-journey-to-clone-toyotas-never-raced-222d-group-s-rally-car

dimviii

4th November 2017, 10:49

Duval at Condroz
https://youtu.be/0L5blLLwAaU

dimviii

4th November 2017, 11:09

where can I watch online results from Condroz?

EightGear

4th November 2017, 11:26

where can I watch online results from Condroz?

http://www.condrozmobile.be/speciales.html

dimviii

4th November 2017, 11:58

thanks mate!

https://scontent-cdt1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/23157459_10211996522961070_3995103431094522633_o.j pg?oh=4ec8dbe44cbfae29daeec4ec162e460a&oe=5A66881D

Sub_Skoda

4th November 2017, 15:42

thanks mate!

https://scontent-cdt1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/23157459_10211996522961070_3995103431094522633_o.j pg?oh=4ec8dbe44cbfae29daeec4ec162e460a&oe=5A66881D

Sad for him :(

mousti

4th November 2017, 15:47

Last loop will be wet ..

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dimviii

4th November 2017, 18:18

https://youtu.be/Die8mMFi8LQ

dimviii

4th November 2017, 18:22

Duval moment from another angle
https://www.facebook.com/NickCailliauNCPics/videos/1726348164105518/

dimviii

4th November 2017, 19:04

https://youtu.be/CHM3_Cne_Hw

JoostSchouten

4th November 2017, 19:10

The final rally of our season, a very fast Condroz Rally 2017! Enjoy the video and see you next year!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0UegzC9QAg

Mirek

4th November 2017, 20:14

I'm seriously impressed with Bruno Thiry! Mr. Janeba (boss of Škoda Motorsport in times of Octavia WRC) once said that Bruno was the best best driver he ever worked with but Armin Schwarz was said to be much stronger personality and to have influenced everything in the team including Bruno's setups and driving style.

mousti

4th November 2017, 20:19

Didn't expect it. Is getting old and no rhythm at all and also first time with an R5...!

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rallysupportnl

4th November 2017, 20:35

Video from today's stages!

http://www.rallysupport.nl/fileadmin/template/main/rallysupport_video/socialsharevideo/RdC2017Video.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZHEl2OrvNA)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZHEl2OrvNA

rallye07

4th November 2017, 21:12

My video :)

SHOW & Crash Albert !

https://youtu.be/CHM3_Cne_Hw

https://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/435434Sanstitre22.jpg (https://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=435434Sanstitre22.jpg)

mousti

5th November 2017, 09:30

Crash of de Mevius just happened. Tommeke stood there.. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1503210123091457&id=181112608634555

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Mirek

5th November 2017, 14:41

Is Verschueren champion when he finished third?

mousti

5th November 2017, 14:55

Is Verschueren champion when he finished third?Yes he is! Had to finish fourth or better if Princen would win.

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ziggysony

5th November 2017, 16:34

video condroz rally 2017 what a race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUaSLgVt6PA1462

Jarek Z

5th November 2017, 17:50

Congratulations to Kris Princen on winning the rally and to Vincent Verschueren for his first Belgian championship title!
Duval out again (suspension problem). Autoklub.pl say that Rallye de Wallonie 2009 was the last Belgian rally, where Duval reached the finish line.

Belgian championship standings according to http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/princen-wygral-verschueren-mistrzem,80590 :
1. Verschueren 112,
2. Princen 108,
3. Abbring 86,
4. Rouard 52,
5. Guillaume de Mevius 45,
6. Boulat 41,
7. Bedoret 40, Vauterin 40,
9. Geusens 39,
10. Allart 38.

Ucci

5th November 2017, 19:31

Congrats to Princen for this victory! What happened to Citroen boss, Mr.Matton?

MartijnS

5th November 2017, 19:46

He went off: https://www.facebook.com/RallyandRaces/posts/1596315823801912

mas-racing

6th November 2017, 10:38

https://s20.postimg.org/me2lbd1nx/sf2_condroz_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAf0NO_leq8&feature=share)

dimviii

6th November 2017, 13:31

nice photos from Condroz
http://www.rallylovers.be/fd/617/Condroz-Rally

gianni123

6th November 2017, 18:52

Video condroz rally + crashes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGi-XZVRtx8

Mirek

6th November 2017, 21:50

Great video and really interesting to see how the different cars tackle that bump. The Fabias and Fiestas really seem to kick the arse end up where as the Pugs just ride over it. Very illuminating.

Abbring and de Mevius had also big moments there. Abbring with the back high in the air so Peugeot was no eyception. IMO the way they were kicked depended mostly ont he way they were working with brakes over the series of bumps.

Mirek

7th November 2017, 14:40

Aha, I meant different bump. You can hear from the sound that Princen (first car in the video) goes over under braking (or at least without throttle) but Abbring and most of the others under throttle. But yes, Peugeots seem to run over the the speedbump better.

mas-racing

12th November 2017, 19:15

https://s20.postimg.org/e0ceuscpp/sf2_z-lm_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWk0JscjZSk&feature=share)

wizaron

13th November 2017, 21:16

My Condroz photo album: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm7ieeRn

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4581/38165226756_3ff85652a6_z.jpg

dimviii

14th November 2017, 18:13

The Citroen C3 R5 already has its first "brides" The Belgian driver Cédric Cherain published yesterday the intention of having a unit for the 2nd part of the 2018 season.

dupanton

15th November 2017, 06:35

He always has a lot of intentions, lets see what he'll do...

mas-racing

15th November 2017, 18:54

https://s20.postimg.org/at0x1z831/sf2_onboard.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhRMvZTEMYo&feature=share)

mas-racing

19th November 2017, 18:11

https://s17.postimg.org/3ltwvj1fj/sf2_stroch_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alT96JlSR08&feature=share)

mas-racing

20th November 2017, 17:50

https://s17.postimg.org/ctw96bfy7/sf_matti.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FX4j0ZeDs0&feature=share)

dupanton

21st November 2017, 06:45

Entry List for "6 uren van Kortrijk", last local rally of the season. Entrylist is better then on some national events, with 3 WRCs, 12 R5s, 6 Porsches etc.
http://rally-time.be/index.php/2017/11/20/genummerde-deelnemerslijst-6-uren-van-kortrijk/

Unfortunatly, last weekend we lost belgian driver Mathias Viaene who was going to make a comeback in an R5 Fiesta. He got sick while testing and died the same night from a brain hemorrhage... He was only 41 years old.

mas-racing

26th November 2017, 19:10

https://s17.postimg.org/l72wr9pj3/sf2_kor.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-W4LEoQXYQ&feature=share)

mas-racing

17th December 2017, 09:40

https://s17.postimg.org/qv73fmxsf/sf2_rallying_2017.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO8CiCZjhNc&feature=youtu.be)

rallye07

21st January 2018, 18:32

LINK: https://youtu.be/mHak7Fw3cKw
https://zupimages.net/up/18/03/2x0t.jpg (https://youtu.be/mHak7Fw3cKw)

mas-racing

4th February 2018, 08:45

https://s14.postimg.org/50bwv4bfl/sf2_legends_2018.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ODqntmS20&feature=youtu.be)

rallye07

4th February 2018, 13:49

My video :)

https://zupimages.net/up/18/05/pu7j.jpg (http://zupimages.net/viewer.php?id=18/05/pu7j.jpg)

>>>https://youtu.be/ubUmemR_Xbg

tommeke_B

4th February 2018, 21:04

This weekend we had the Legend Boucles de Bastogne, already quite well known historic rally. Officially not a rally, but for each stage they give an "ideal time", if you are slower you get penalty points, the one with the least points wins... Bryan Bouffier won the event with an Escort MK2. He was the first foreign driver in 24 years to win the Boucles... :) Duval finished second, after having a puncture.

A few photos:

https://scontent.fbru1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/27710188_2144355502242991_4204302839344605236_o.jp g?oh=92816db6dc9d37e0662e45a2c0fdf6ce&oe=5B1A1096

https://scontent.fbru1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/27625079_2144355588909649_6030405962846016430_o.jp g?oh=594c3b82b09cf3df8343e3dcd167c04d&oe=5B1A7C87

https://scontent.fbru1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/27503776_2144355238909684_7909415768014995876_o.jp g?oh=ddce181db888555d6b4841070fd98616&oe=5AE525BA

A few more: https://www.facebook.com/pg/rallyimage/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2144354858909722

HaCo

16th February 2018, 15:29

Freddy Loix protege Achiel Boxoen got dropped by Skoda Belgium as official driver, since a certain sponsor left. Skoda BE will continue Belgian rallysport, but the project with Achiel is over...

mas-racing

18th February 2018, 18:28

https://s14.postimg.org/axqwk2ztd/sf2_cla_2018.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXZ3Egg2VvY&feature=youtu.be)

Fly

20th February 2018, 11:40

1st round of BRC in Landen next Saturday. Interesting list in the R5 category. Quite poor further down the list.
I'll be spectating.
http://www.rallyvanhaspengouw.be/index.php/deelnemers/lijst-inschrijvingen-nationaal
http://www.rallyvanhaspengouw.be

Jarek Z

20th February 2018, 20:52

Nice livery :)

http://www.autoklub.pl/media/201802/118408-fiesta.jpg

Jarek Z

20th February 2018, 20:55

Wow! Sebastian Bedoret with Puegeot 208 T16. He was so bad in Junior ERC last year. Will he be able to handle such car?

http://www.autoklub.pl/media/201802/118407-bedoret.jpg

dupanton

21st February 2018, 07:17

Cracco livery is only 1 of the entries to a competition I think.

Bedoret actually was really quick in Belgium in the 2nd half of the year, dominating R2. I'm curious to see how he will do with the R5. He is doing a full season.

rallye07

25th February 2018, 11:43

https://zupimages.net/up/18/08/lm1g.jpg (http://zupimages.net/viewer.php?id=18/08/lm1g.jpg)

MY VIDEO : https://youtu.be/FNe891wrR0g

My channel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/rallye07videos

dupanton

26th February 2018, 08:02

So, first round of the Belgian championship was dry, but very cold. I went spectating anyway! :)
Princen won with 1.2s on Verschueren, after Verschueren got a 30" penalty for not following the roadbook and cutting the stage. De Mevius was 3th and was never far off the leaders, good rally for him. Cherain crashed at the end of the 4th stage, which is probably bad news for his championship already. He was planning to do 6 events which is also the number of results that count for the championship.

dupanton

5th March 2018, 13:10

Ole Christian Veiby will start in Ypres Rally. Neuville, possibly some other Hyundai works driver(s), Abbring, British and Belgian Rally Championship contenders will be there too. Still a couple of months to go, but looks very promising already.

dupanton

8th March 2018, 20:49

Entrylist for Spa Rally, 2nd round of Belgian Rally championship:
http://sparally.com/sites/default/files/files/SR%2018%20Entry%20BRC.pdf

A couple of stages are on the Spa circuit and serviceroads. Tomorrow there are 5 stages, on Saturday another 10.

Mirek

9th March 2018, 19:25

Any working live timing link? Thanks

Adler

9th March 2018, 20:30

Any working live timing link? Thanks

https://www.ewrc-results.com/results/44577-herock-spa-rally-2018/?s=173982

Mirek

9th March 2018, 22:46

Guys, if You have any photos of No.21 please post them. It's the very first rally ever for Erik Cais. Thank You

PLuto

10th March 2018, 01:16

Any working live timing link? Thanks

http://spa.liverally.be:8080/spa2018/specialList.jsp?r=1

Mirek

10th March 2018, 07:13

http://spa.liverally.be:8080/spa2018/specialList.jsp?r=1

Exactly this link didn't work when I asked :)

mousti

10th March 2018, 19:11

He did good!

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mas-racing

10th March 2018, 21:19

https://s14.postimg.org/666jmidz5/sf2_spa_2018.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNAG4yvRxY8&feature=youtu.be)

mas-racing

12th March 2018, 16:40

https://s14.postimg.org/ej90pni2p/sf2_moor_2018.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCtBzrAU2iI&feature=share)

PLuto

14th March 2018, 16:45

Last weekend I was on Herock Spa Rally, for first time on rally in Belgium out of Ypres (where I was 10x or 11x, I think). I would like to share my opinions about that rally. As I was there with young czech driver, first step was communication with organiser. Despite everything was only in french and dutch, everything worked well, communication with organiser was great. With this I would like to thank Dupanton for big help, especially with translations.

Base of the rally was on the parking next to Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Nice place, only quite muddy with water due to the weather, but thats the situation. Especially first day evening the access to service area from north was closed by special stage, so only chance to leave that area was through small tunnel, so bigger cars like vans had no chance. And people also as this tunnel was only for cars... Special stages around Spa are really beautiful and demanding. There was lot of special stages going on circuit or small service roads - from my point of view it was too much, most of them were for more laps and there were some problems with catching slower cars etc. Fernemont was very fast on that stages and that was key success (together with punctures of Princen and De Mevius) to win.

I was really disappointed with the situation regarding recce. Originally there is recce on Saturday and Sunday one weekend before. As we were going so far, we have asked for excuse to do it on Wednesday instead. I was very surprised how many crews were doing illegal recce during that day, we have seen many cars on both ways going through the stages many, many times. And they were not covering it, they were using regular pacenotes, same car for recce etc. As I dont know so many belgian drivers, I have recognized Melissa, but there was much more crews. And organisers were in same time preparing the stages and this drivers were going normally around them...

Interesting situation was also, that parc ferme (also for each regouping) and podium was in Spa, 11 km from service. So crews were going many times to Spa, I think 7-8 times they were going through podium. There were very short times for liaison, so lot of crews were going faster on liaison than on stages. Also when SS 3 was cancelled and crews should go alternative route, roadbook was not so precise and showed only a map, so most of the crews were lost and was forced to use GPS in their mobiles to reach the service.

I was also surprised how time controls were working, especially around regrouping, but also in some other parts. You can arrive few minutes earlier or few minuters later, they will write you "correct" time to your time control and you have no penalty...

Also starting to circuit stages was crazy, there was one timekeeper showing on hands one minute intervals and another marshall close to the road with RED FLAG noticing, if the road is clear. How this can happen? Red flag in rallying actually means cancelled stage, so it should be easy for the crews to see that flag and stop the stage. But crews were used to this and absolutely ignore him. But this two marshalls were not so much synchronised, few times I have seen it was close to crash. I was quite surprised that there is no GPS tracking mandatory in Belgium, which is standard in most of the championships this year. I have also didnt found official noticeboard, only on internet. So for digging starting times to first leg I have used usual step - was going to TC 0 and waited when timekeeper will receive his start list. Funny was in second leg, when my crew started earlier than was on start list, timekeeper asked them to go earlier as some of cars in front of them didnt started...

Safety is usual problem in Belgium, as I have heard. I know that Ypres is different, more strict. Here people can be almost everywhere, marshalls quiet and working precisely only on some places. I have seen many photographers making pictures of playing with mobile than watching what is happening on stage. In lot of situations people were standing on very bad places.

Regarding the crews, the best one was Kris Princen, quite slower on circuit stages, but he should win without problems (if no puncture). Then there was Ghislain de Mevius and Fernemont, who was biggest surprise for me. He was really fast, especially on circuit stages, but also fast on normal stages. Other from the top didnt impressed so much. Patrick Snijers with Porsche was great, sound of his car on the circuit stages was amazing and he did exactly what is necessary with that car. I was quite disappointed by the R2 drivers. The best was without any doubts Gregoire Munster, with almost no experience with R2 car he was really good, precise in driving, not so many mistakes. Another noticeable was younger Dilley with Fiesta R2T, he was fast, but all the time too much aggressive and making so many mistakes, especially when the event was going to the finish. Rest of R2 was nothing special... Special notice should be for Daco with historic Escort, nice to watch and also setting good times.