Ypres Rally 2015

[dodge33cymru]

There's two. Scroll down on http://www.ypreshistoricrally.be

Thanks for the seeded list. Noob question: what's the difference between FIA and ERC on the list?

[Mirek]

ERC =crews registered to ERC
FIA = FIA priority (it's given for example for results in FIA championships in last year, to all works WRC crews etc.)

[sete]

Thanks
Iam counting the days to go.
Will Pedro on Lancia really comes?

[mousti]

Thanks
Iam counting the days to go.
Will Pedro on Lancia really comes?

Yes it would be his third time in Ypres with Lancia, 2 times with 037 now with the Delta.

[MikeDeHigh]

Are there any maps already somewhere?

Thx ahead

EDIT; Found day 2.... https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/vi...I.kiRmotlcsFQY

[dodge33cymru]

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...I.khqL3PNXkJnE day 1

[Fred.]

I can't find Rally Guide 2 anywhere....

[tommeke_B]

I can't find Rally Guide 2 anywhere....

It's hidden behind the password section, only available for registered competitors.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Nice summary on the OS:

Young world-class talents up against Belgian champions

Loix gunning for number 10

Fast Freddy has already appeared nine times on the podium’s top tread, of which four times in the Skoda colours. Loix, presently leader in the Belgian championship, played an important role in the development of the Czech R5. It goes without saying that the favourite will go straight into the attack as from the first meters. Hopefully a second Fabia R5 will appear at the start..

Kevin Abbring vs. Stéphane Lefebvre

Pieter Tsjoen, Ypres winner in 2001 and with 8 Belgian titles the most successful rally driver in the Belgian championship, is also a strong contender for a second victory in his home rally. This time around as co-driver in the DS 3 R5, teamed up with Kevin Abbring, the Hyundai driver in the World Rally Championship. Kevin Abbring still has an account to settle with Lady Luck in Ypres, seeing last year he was forced to retire with mechanical problems when he was well in the lead.

In the Rallye de Wallonie Pieter Tsjoen read the pace notes for Stéphane Lefebvre, the Junior World Champion. This time around the young Frenchman will be a rival, as Lefebvre will be at the start with an official Peugeot 208 T16, the weapon with which Abbring performed so brilliantly last year. A thrilling game of musical chairs, especially as his co-driver, Stéphane Prévot, had during the previous round of the BRC read the notes for Vincent Verschueren, who will be at the start in Ypres with his trusty DS 3 R5...

Apart from Stéphane Lefebvre, Peugeot still has a few contenders up their sleeve, with obviously in the first place Craig Breen, the present leader in the European championship, but also Kris Princen, who managed to beat Freddy Loix earlier this season in the Belgian championship and who won the Ypres classic in 2005. We are also delighted to welcome Bruno Magalhaes, who with the 208 T16 will once again have a top car with which to play up front.

Breen, Princen, Cherain, Casier...


DS not only has Abbring as a contender at the start, but definitely also Cédric Cherain, who last year drove a strong rally and was rewarded with a second place, and who following a bloodcurdling duel with Freddy Loix won the Rallye de Wallonie with his DS 3 R5. But it is not by pure chance that Vincent Verschueren became Belgian S2000 champion twice. To win in Ypres would be a great first for the DS make (logical for a new make), but also for Citroën.

The last victory claimed by Ford, a fixed value in the international rally sport, dates back to... 1994, when Patrick Snijers enjoyed his glory years. Last year, Bernd Casier following his off road on the first special stage, registered some top times that conjecture the very best for this season. Let us not forget that Bernd Casier has on numerous occasions proved to be a potential winner in Ypres. For Ypres Didier Duquesne has invested in a new Fiesta R5, while Davy Vanneste, on home ground, is also a contender for a Top 5 finish.
The R5 cars are present in full strength, but the extremely reliable Super 2000 brigade are not chanceless, just as the two Ford Fiesta RRC manned by the Irish brothers Sam and Josh Moffett. In a nutshell once again it will be a battle down to several tenths of a second in the Kenotek Ypres Rally.

[RS]

^^ I suppose the second Fabia R5 they talked about will not happen