[FR] Rallye du Var 2008

[Tom206wrc]

Hi,


On friday will be published the official entrylist of the last round of the french tarmac championship and according latest rumour it should be one of the best ever in France :bounce:


Many non-french drivers would be awaited especially Belgians and Swiss... :eek:

The names I have read are:
-Bruno Thiry(Subaru Impreza Diesel as "00" driver)
-Freddy Loix(Mitsubishi Lancer GrN)
-Timothy van Parijs(Fiat Grande Punto S2000)
-Pieter Tsjoen(Ford Focus WRC)
-Kris Princen(Renault Clio R3)
-Olivier Burri(Fiat Grande Punto S2000)

And a few others...

I hope the rumours are true...can someone on the forum tell me :confused:

[Mirek]

I heard also about Sarrazin in C4 WRC and Loeb with his wife in C2 S1600.

[Wim_Impreza]

Timothy Van Parijs, Pieter Tsjoen and Kris Princen are confirmed. I don't know about Bruno Thiry, Freddy Loix and Olivier Burri. I would be surprised if Loix take part to this rally, because he said Condroz Rally was the last rally of this season for him.

[Tom206wrc]

]I heard also about Sarrazin in C4 WRC and Loeb with his wife in C2 S1600.



No chance for Sarrazin, he will drive the 207 RC as on the Criterium des Cevennes ;)

I confirm the presence of Loeb on C2 S1600 :up:

[urabus-denoS2000]

(Subaru Impreza Diesel as "00" driver)

:down:

[Tom206wrc]

Next year in France(and in Italy)there will be a Subaru Cup with Impreza and diesel engines, it's official, and that car will run as "00" at the Rallye du Var this year, Urabus ;)

[Tom206wrc]

As Renault Sport Technology is organizing a real Clio R3 Cup for the final event of french championship, a few other names of non-french drivers who will take part to the event: Alessandro Bettega, Andrea Torlasco, Gilles Schammel, Joan Vinyes,...

I don't forget Karl Friedrich Beck and Laurent Reuche for the last event of the 206 Cup neither...

Looks fantastic the number of foreign drivers we will have :bounce: :bounce:

[urabus-denoS2000]

Next year in France(and in Italy)there will be a Subaru Cup with Impreza and diesel engines, it's official, and that car will run as "00" at the Rallye du Var this year, Urabus ;)

Oh,no...
Well they are sponsoring quite often the new Subaru Boxer Diesel,so there is no better way to prove it then on a rally....
But a diesel Subaru... :(

[Mirek]

Instead of making good production car they spend money for incompetitive diesel (I mean in N4 class)? Strange...

[Tom206wrc]

In fact according to latest rumours it would be Brice Tirabassi who drives the Subaru diesel Cup...so no idea if Bruno Thiry will really take part to the event :confused:

[Tom206wrc]

Jan de Winkel and Patrick Sandell would be there too !!!!


Renault-Sport is about to realize something extraordinary with that international Clio R3 Cup at the Var :eek: :eek: :up:

[V.Gatev]

Bulgarian driver Todor Slavov also will start in rally Du Var. We receive e-mail from Var - 24 cars in Clio R3 Cup. International drivers are Slavov(BG), Princen(BE), De Winkel (NL), Vynies (E), Abbring (NL), Torlasco (IT), Perroud (CZ), Betti (I), Cukurowa (TR).

[urabus-denoS2000]

Wow fantastic Clio entries...
Im cheering for Slavov

[Mirek]

Bulgarian driver Todor Slavov also will start in rally Du Var. We receive e-mail from Var - 24 cars in Clio R3 Cup. International drivers are Slavov(BG), Princen(BE), De Winkel (NL), Vynies (E), Abbring (NL), Torlasco (IT), Perroud (CZ), Betti (I), Cukurowa (TR).

Perroud (CZ)? Who is it? I don't know any Czech driver of that name...

[V.Gatev]

Ops, my mistake. The driver Pascal Perroud is from Swiss. One more time, sorry :)

[Tom206wrc]

Complete entrylist by starting order numbers !!!! :bounce: :bounce:

http://www.rally-news.fr/news/index/4905


Simply amazing !!!!! :)

[urabus-denoS2000]

Fantastic entry list!!!!!

[Wim_Impreza]

Patrick Snijers will drive the Historic Rally with a Ford Escort BDA.

[Tom206wrc]

I can't find entrylist of historic vehicles though :(

[Jarek Z]

Wow! Sebastien Loeb, Alex Bengue, Pieter Tsjoen, Timothy van Parijs, Gilles Nantet, Cedric Robert, Patrick Bernardini, Kris Princen, Joan Vinyes, Jan de Winkel, Todor Slavov, Luca Betti, Bruno Thiry... this is a great entry list!

[wwbroe]

Wowh, this is great entrylist indeed. ;) Hope the Belgian legion can make some results here. :)

[Tom206wrc]

I wonder how Burri and Van Parijs will do in the S2000 class ;)

Canivenq and Vigion(who will drive that car for the first time)are very very fast :p :

[urabus-denoS2000]

I know that Canivenq is VERY fast

Is Vigion the guy who drove the Yacco Clio Maxi?

[Tom206wrc]

Is Vigion the guy who drove the Yacco Clio Maxi?

Yep, Vigion also won the Finale de la Coupe de France des rallyes last month ;)

No doubt he's my fav' for the Trophée BFGoodrich on this event, ahead of the Kit-cars and Mauffrey's Ford Escort Cosworth :p :


Big fight to wait in the 206 Cup between Millet and Reuche who can both win the championship overall :up:
I hope Karl-Friedrich Beck can get a podium too ;)


On thursday evening I'll try to post informations and pics of shakedown...

[urabus-denoS2000]

Yep, Vigion also won the Finale de la Coupe de France des rallyes last month ;)

No doubt he's my fav' for the Trophée BFGoodrich on this event, ahead of the Kit-cars and Mauffrey's Ford Escort Cosworth :p :


Big fight to wait in the 206 Cup between Millet and Reuche who can both win the championship overall :up:
I hope Karl-Friedrich Beck can get a podium too ;)


On thursday evening I'll try to post informations and pics of shakedown...

Are you going to be there?

[Micke_VOC]

Im going to be there =)

First time for me on a Asphalt rally in Europe .

[Micke_VOC]

What is Finale 2008 de la Coupe de France des Rallyes V.H.C. ??

[Tom206wrc]

Live-results page of the event ;)

http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye.php?id=915&catCourse=ral

On the right side of the screen you can acceed to the VHC/historic cars results too(no entrylist published yet though, I don't know why :mark: )

[Tom206wrc]

Are you going to be there?


Unfortuneately not :( but I go on french forums where they discuss the event and post lots of pics... ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist of the historic vehicles(VHC) !!! :bounce:

http://www.var-rallye.com/engages/engages_vh.htm

[Tom206wrc]

Sébastien Loeb's livery for this rally ;)

http://www.citroen.com/CWW/fr-FR/SPORT/CitroenSportParts/ACCUEIL/12062007_Accueil.htm

[urabus-denoS2000]

They have already released a 1/43 version before the rally itself started

[Micke_VOC]

Anyone have some good spectator points ??
PM me please.

[Tom206wrc]

A few pics of shakedown :bounce:

http://www.forum-auto.com/sport-auto/rallye/sujet1536-2100.htm

[V.Gatev]

Any results from shakedown?

[V.Gatev]

Video from shakedown. Many thanks to Video2Rally831
http://video2rallye831.free.fr/var08_shakedown-v2r83.rar

[Tom206wrc]

VHC(historic vehicles)started SS1!!! ;)


Live results
http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye.php?id=916&catCourse=ral

[Tom206wrc]

Best time VHC for Belgian Patrick Snijers 32s ahead of Danish Valter Jensen :D

[Tom206wrc]

Finally Hervé Guignard in his Porsche was fastest :mark:

[VFTS]

Best time VHC for Belgian Patrick Snijers 32s ahead of Danish Valter Jensen :D


Valter Jensen are from Norway!

[ProRally]

I am here at the service park, and a LOT of delay, apparantly Bengue went off and stage 1 was cancelled after that ....
Still waiting for the first car to come it, which was scheduled 1 hour ago...

[Tom206wrc]

Big battle between championship leader Eric Brunson and Belgian Pieter Tsjoen for tomorrow :D

Comfortable lead for Belgian Patrick Snijers in the VHC... ;)

Deeply gutted Alexandre Bengué already out in SS1 :mad: ;(

[HaCo]

Tsjoen went off and is out :(

[Tom206wrc]

Also Snijers lost his leadership to Guignard in the VHC :mark:

[ProRally]

Burri went off flat in 6th gear with the Grifone Punto S2000 in 1 before last stage

Bruson had lot of damage to rear of the car in the same stage...

1 more stage to go before finnish

[HaCo]

Tsjoen his focus doesn't look to well after the crash:
http://www.forum-auto.com/sport-auto/rallye/sujet1536-2730.htm

http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/574032/photo0151nd0.jpg

[Tom206wrc]

CRAZY !!!!! Brunson went off the road on last stage and his Subaru Impreza WRC caught fire :eek: :eek: :s

Dany Snobeck in the Bozian whale is new french tarmac rallies champion...

All drivers following him drive slowly after Brunson incident...end of rally then(Vigion is 2nd overall for his first outing in the S2000, Loeb is third,...)

I would have wished another end of rally :(



By the way, Patrick Snijers won the VHC by 1.7s in front of Hervé Guignard :D

[Tom206wrc]

Final classification with notional times should give:

1-Snobeck, 307 wrc(championship winner)
2-Vigion, 207 s2000(trophée BFGoodrich winner)
3-Loeb, C2 s1600
4-Canivenq, 207 s2000
5-Roche, Impreza wrc
6-Salanon, 306 maxi(2nd trophée BFGoodrich)
7-Boetti, 306 maxi(3rd trophée BFGoodrich)
8-Robert, Clio R3(winner international Clio R3 Cup)
9-Greiffenberg, 207 s2000(4th trophée BFGoodrich)
10-Mauffrey, Escort Cosworth(5th trophée BFGoodrich)
...

[Tom206wrc]

Franck Vericel should win the rally in the 206 Cup, followed by Swiss Laurent Reuche and Pascal Mackerer...

By finishing 4th overall, Denis Millet should be the 2008 206 Cup winner...

[VFTS]

Valter Jensen from Norway secured third overall in the historic Rally. And because he came in front of Bianchini in this rally he is the winner of FIA European Historic Rally Championship 2008!

[Mirek]

Some videos: http://www.video2rallye83.fr/france.html