Belgian Rally News

[dupanton]

He totally jinxed me...

[dupanton]

Very nice onboard with the winner, Florian Gonon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olK7...ature=youtu.be

This is the last stage, where he took back 16s on a 13k stage, to take the victory with 1s!

[Jasper]

Also in Belgium this weekend was the rallysprint of the Monteberg. It's a small rally with 4x1ss. The rally takes place in Dranouter, not far from Ypres. Some parts from the ss are also used during the Ypres rally (most in opposite direction).

Not so many talented drivers at the start. We had Snijers with a Mini WRC, Delplace (last year in Ypres/Barum with a Swift S1600) with the Porsche that Snijers drove in 2015, some locals with Lancers, some british/dutch teams and a lot of rwd (bmw, escorts,...).

During the second round Snijers had problems with the mini and lost a lot of time. Pyck (evo 10) won the rally. Nice 3rd place for Calcoen with an escort rs 1600.

As a promotion for the Ypres rally you could win a drive with Loix in a Opel Kadett when you bought a ticket for the Ypres rally. The orange Opel Kadett is famous in Flancers because it's used in a popular tv show (about farmers who grow weed ). A lot of public showed up (taking the bad weather into account), nice promotion for the rallysport.

Loix mentioned during a interview that they don't have to be afraid from the foreign drivers during the Ypres rally. 'The level off rallying in the brc hasn't been that high since years.'

[FullThrottleVids]

Videos:

RS Monteberg 2016 + Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6FNx1IZ12o

Onboard | Minne - Gaeremyn | Ronde 1 | RS Monteberg 2016 (Citroën Saxo VTS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnQA6wScCbM

Onboard | Snijers - Dethier | Ronde 4 | RS Monteberg 2016 (Mini John Cooper Works WRC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7kt43yqcHs

[dupanton]

This weekend, there is the 4th round of the Belgian Championship already, Rallye de Wallonie.

Entrylist: http://www.automobileclubnamur.be/rallye/news.php
13 R5 cars:
Loix (Fabia) and Princen (208) are the big favorites.
Verschueren and Bouche (Fabia), Duval, Dilley and Demaerschalk (DS3) and Baugnet (Fiesta) are the outsiders
Fernémont (Fiesta, first time in 4WD), Scaillet (DS3, first time in 4WD), Leonard (DS3, first time in R5), Steveny and Van Rompuy (DS3 too).

Other outsiders: Van Woensel (Lancer WRC), Bonjean (C4 WRC) and Allart (Fabia WRC).
Other main competitors: Serderidis (C4 WRC), Lemaire (Fabia S2000), 3 Porsches, Hermann with his Punto, Collard, Albert, Bécaert (Lancer grA), the Historics and some fast FWD cars.

This evening rally starts with 2x SSS which will determine the road order for tomorrow (although R5/S2000, GT and WRC cars will stay together)
Saturday 3x5 stages
Sunday 2x4 stages

Results: http://164.132.161.189:8080/wall2016/specialList.jsp

Stages are fast and flowing, looking forward to what should be a great rally. This rally is always one of the best in the Belgian Rally Championship.

[RS]

Is Princen starting with the evo 208?

[dupanton]

Is Princen starting with the evo 208?

Yes! I think he is the first driver to use it in competition?

[TWRC]

Yes! I think he is the first driver to use it in competition?

Might be, I posted a pic in the R5 topic of his test. Will be interesting how much of a difference it will make. Dilley and Duval are supposed to have the Evo kit for their DS3s too, don't they?

[dupanton]

Might be, I posted a pic in the R5 topic of his test. Will be interesting how much of a difference it will make. Dilley and Duval are supposed to have the Evo kit for their DS3s too, don't they?

No information about that...

[RS]

Duval, as in Francois Duval?