Kenotec Ypres Rally 23-25 June 2016

[dimviii]

Saw a really nice rally this year. Too bad DS is crap.
Did some fast sections, quite happy wit my choices.

tell us moooore!

[mousti]

Hermann was once again amazing with his Punto !!!! Pity he is not moving to something bigger or modern

He was trying to do some rallies with the Fabia S2000 of Neuville, but he didn't find enough money for that

I expect him though in his home rally East Belgian Rally to start with the Fabia there.

[dimviii]

[Luis Pacheco]

I've always been curious to know the reaction of the owners of the lands in Ypres.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsl7xMnNJIY

[stefanvv]

I've always been curious to know the reaction of the owners of the lands in Ypres.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsl7xMnNJIY

Some bends should be fine

[dupanton]

It is all insurance, but I do think they are not always very happy...

[Jasper]

tell us moooore!

Well i ate a lot off sausages and had a lot of fun .

On friday we did Dikkebus - Langemark (+ historic cars FIA) and Wijtschate. Place in Langemark was really fast (left 6) Abbring/Princen/Loix/Bouffier/Lefebvre did it flat out. In Wijtschate we stood just before the place where Snijers and Serderidis went in a ditch. Strange and dangerous situation, the stewards said they were not allowed the show a yellow flag to warn the other drivers (??). Even when we tried to slow down the drivers the stewards where cursing and swearing at us.




Saturday we did Hollebeke 1 - Westouter/Boeschepe 1 - Hollebeke 2 - Kemmel (historic) - Westouter/Boeschepe 2.

On Westouter/Boeschepe we did two places on the french side. Realy nice and fast places, first place was over crest followed by a fast left. Here Lim (the driver who won a tv show and now drives for Hyundai) almost crashed. He held a wrong driving line before and on the crest. The other place on Westouter was a fast section near the finish between fields of hoppe and a local pub here it was quite straight, but really a nice atmosphere. Before hollebeke 2 it rained a bit, so the cuts were not completly dry in places. We went to a fast right (4/5) directly followed by a fast left (4/5) Lefebvre and Verschueren really impressive here.

[Jarek Z]

I would like to see Bryan do well too, but I feel he has not quite been the driver he used to be the last couple of years.

And now, after the rally, do you still think Bouffier is not the same driver anymore? He was leading untill SS7 and was second until SS12 where his car let him down. That's quite impressive for a driver after a long break and without much testing, isn't it?

[Jarek Z]

To be fair, I will little bit update your statistics:

round 1 Canarias - 1 Pug at the finish line (Consani), 1 retired (Costenaro, usual problem with alternator)
round 2 Ireland - 0 Pugs at the finish line, 1 retired (Thorburn, technical problem with transmission)
round 3 Acropolis - 0 Pugs at the finish line, 1 retired (Della Casa, broken radiator after hitting stone)
round 4 Azores - 0 Pugs at the finish line, 1 retired (Costenaro, usual problem with alternator)

Wow! This is shocking! I have just realized that both Peugeots 208 T16 (Princen and Snijers), that appeared on the start line, have finished the rally. This is the best result this year:

round 5 Ypres - 2 Pugs at the start line, 2 Pugs at the finish line!

But on the other hand... only 4 out of 8 Citroens DS3 R5 have finished the event.

[Mirek]

Strange and dangerous situation, the stewards said they were not allowed the show a yellow flag to warn the other drivers (??).

That's completely correct from them. Yellow flag in rallying has very different meaning than on circuits. It means that the stage is canceled for every crew which is shown the yellow flag and the decision about it is only up to the clerk of the stage. No marshal can decide on his own.