News from France

[Tom206wrc]

Hi,


As there already exist threads for rally news for several countries I decided to create the one for France, it's easier than getting a thread for each rallies in my country :p :


This thread is for both championships of course(tarmac and gravel) ;)

It's too late for Rallye Lyon-Charbonnières and Alsace-Vosges, then I start to fill this thread with Rallye du Limousin, 3rd event of tarmac championship(held next week)...

Official website: http://asalac.free.fr
Entrylist(almost official) http://asalac.free.fr/RRLV2009/Engages09/limousin09officieuse.htm

Results on http://www.patricksoft.fr/

For the win there should be no suspense(Patrick Henry in the whale should be above everybody else)but different other battles will ba attractive like in the trophée BFGoodrich(with all the S2000 cars), the Suzuki Swift Cup and the Volant Peugeot 207 R3T... :bounce:

[Wim_Impreza]

That is a really bad entry list.

[HaCo]

That is a really bad entry list.

Are you serious? What is so bad about it?

[Tom206wrc]

That is a really bad entry list.



I don't agree there...less than in Lyon-Charbo, but still interesting entry to my mind :rolleyes:

[Wim_Impreza]

Are you serious? What is so bad about it?

Only 3 WRC which is not much in France, no Peugeot 306 Maxi, only 1 Renault Maxi Mégane and not really much famous French drivers.

[Tom206wrc]

Tomorrow will be published entrylist of next week Rallye terre du Diois, 3rd round of gravel championship :)

Expect many Belgians as on previous rounds :p :

[Wim_Impreza]

Snijers will not be there, he will drive the same weekend in a regional rally in Belgium (12 hours of Wervik) as preparation for Ypres.

There is also good news: in Rallye Terre de Langres there will be more Belgian drivers: Bernard Munster (Octavia WRC), Bob Colsoul (Lancer Evo 10) , Dominique Bruyneel (Impreza WRC S5), Stéphane Lhonnay (Lancer Evo 10 Group A or Evo 9 Group N), Claudie Tanghe, Patrick Snijers and probably Stefaan Prinzie (C2 R2 Max) and Chris Van Woensel with Lancer Evo 9 Group N from Colsoul Rallysport. :)

[wwbroe]

Snijers will not be there, he will drive the same weekend in a regional rally in Belgium (12 hours of Wervik) as preparation for Ypres.

There is also good news: in Rallye Terre de Langres there will be more Belgian drivers: Bernard Munster (Octavia WRC), Bob Colsoul (Lancer Evo 10) , Dominique Bruyneel (Impreza WRC S5), Stéphane Lhonnay (Lancer Evo 10 Group A or Evo 9 Group N), Claudie Tanghe, Patrick Snijers and probably Stefaan Prinzie (C2 R2 Max) and Chris Van Woensel with Lancer Evo 9 Group N from Colsoul Rallysport. :)

And also Andy Gaban/Isidoor Smets with Citroen C2R2Max, as he is the winner of the Patrick Snijers Rally Contest. :D

[Tom206wrc]

FANTASTIC battle for the lead in Limousin with only 6s gap between Roché(Impreza wrc), Canivenq(207 S2000), Vigion(207 S2000)and Henry(ex-BSA whale)after leg one(7 stages) :eek: :eek:

[Jarek Z]

A really interesting battle in France indeed, almost as interesting as in Croatia. 4 top drivers in a margin of 7 seconds. Although it's quite strange that a WRC driver can't beat a Super 2000 car...

[Tom206wrc]

Jarek, Roché is still discovering his Impreza, and Henry faced engine problems on his whale, without that he would surely be in front ;)

[Jarek Z]

Cedric Robert doesn't compete anymore?

[Mirek]

No, he ended his career.

[Jarek Z]

Really? Completely quit his rally career? Why?

[Tom206wrc]

Strange !!! Just now the marshalls of the Limousin rally removed Patrick Henry's penalty(10s for one minute late out of service)and he's back in the lead for 3s ahead of Pierre Roche after leg one... :confused:

[Tom206wrc]

After three stages today Patrick Henry has obviously increased the gap in front...


But behind him fight for the rest of podium has never given-up between Guillaume Canivenq, Pierre Roché and Jean-Sébastien Vigion !!!! :D

Three stages left to decide who will finish 2nd and third of the 2009 Rallye du Limousin, 3rd round of the french tarmac rallies championship :)

[Tom206wrc]

7s is the gap between Canivenq, Roche and Vigion fighting for the podium places after the penultimate stage of the rallye du Limousin :eek: :eek:


The SS13 and its 29km long road will be decisive...mistakes are forbidden :p :

I have almost never seen an event of the french tarmac championship so disputed until the end :bounce:

[Mirek]

Nice video with extremely crazy drive by Manuel Guigou: http://videos.1max2rallye.com/description.php?id=1014

[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist Rallye terre du Diois :cool:

http://www.asadrome.com/rallyes/die/2009/liste_engages.pdf

[Tom206wrc]

To follow the rallye terre du Diois today: http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye_frame.php?id=1003 ;)

[Tom206wrc]

A good day again in France for belgian drivers !!! :cool:

Dominique Bruyneel is leading the Terre du Diois after five stages, and Bob Colsoul is 5th(2nd in the GrN class) ;)

Fast french driver Thomas Privé has only 6s lateness and I believe he will want to win overall, not only GrN :p :

One stage left before end of leg, and four other stages tomorrow...

PS: retirement with mechanical problem on SS1 on his Skoda Octavia for Bernard Munster :(

[wwbroe]

Bruyneel is taking in victory in this round of the gravel championship.

1. Bruyneel
2. Chieusse at 1'33"6
3. Cherain at 2'58"4
4. Colsoul at 3'11"2
5. Lavigne at 4'41"9

Thomas Privé didn't reach finish of penultimate stage? :(

[Tom206wrc]

Pre-entrylist of next round of french tarmac championship(held on 10/12th july)is slowly but surely being filled :p :

http://www.rallyerouergue.com/les-infos/le-rallye-du-rouergue-aveyron-midi-pyrenees/26-liste-des-engages.html

[Tom206wrc]

Next week there's also the Rallye international de Bourgogne Côte châlonnaise, knowing it's a rally where many non-french drivers run(Belgians, Dutch, Germans, Danish, Swiss,...)have you got any idea of who will take part to it from your countries ???? :confused: :confused:

http://www.ribcc.com/ (available in english)

[Tom206wrc]

Results of Rallye de Lorraine http://www.scratch-live.fr/lorraine_2009.php


And a nice video but road absolutely horrible(really bad shape)for cars(especially for suspensions and tyres) :s :s
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/rallye+lorraine+2009/video/x9px30_rallye-de-lorraine-2009-auto

Note there were drivers from Switzerland, Germany and Luxemburg ;)

[vino_93]

Pre-entrylist of next round of french tarmac championship(held on 10/12th july)is slowly but surely being filled :p :

http://www.rallyerouergue.com/les-infos/le-rallye-du-rouergue-aveyron-midi-pyrenees/26-liste-des-engages.html

Hum, good :)
S2000 : Jean Seb' Vigion (207), Ludovic Gal (207), Guillaume Canivenq (207)
WRC : Jean Michel Da Cunha (307 --> what team ?), Roche (Impreza), Patrick Henry (307), Georges Guebey (206), Dany Snobeck (307)
Pelamourgues and Robert with the Clio R3. Thierry Neuville with C2 R2 :p
What about Lemonnier and Greiffenberg ?

Result : Rallye de Picardie ( :p )
1 Vincent Christiann (Corolla WRC)
2 Sebastien Deraedt (Celica GT4)
3 Jose Barbara (Impreza GT)
4 Laurent Fauguet (Lancer Evo IX)
5 Xavier Lemonnier (207 S2000)
6 Samuel Salaun (Celica GT4)
7 Guy Andersson (Mitsubishi Galant)
8 Sylvain Fouteret (Renault Clio R3) 1er R
9 Stéphane Goeuriot (Citroën Saxo VTS) 1er F2000
10 Laurent Bayard (Renault Clio Williams)
...
12 Vivien Macé (Impreza) 1er N

Big crash of Julien Baessens :(

[tolis]

I thought that Cedric Robert has stopped his career...

[Tom206wrc]

I thought that Cedric Robert has stopped his career...




In fact he said he could still run selected events, but no more complete championship...and with any cars(not only Clio R3) ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Next week there's also the Rallye international de Bourgogne Côte châlonnaise, knowing it's a rally where many non-french drivers run(Belgians, Dutch, Germans, Danish, Swiss,...)have you got any idea of who will take part to it from your countries ???? :confused: :confused:

http://www.ribcc.com/ (available in english)



Entrylist available(no starting order yet)... ;)
As expected Belgians will be numerous after the french crews... :D

[Tom206wrc]

Final entrylist(starting order)of this week-end's Rallye du Rouergue :cool:
http://3a66.free.fr/rallye/rouergue/engages.pdf


Even if Patrick Henry should be the fav' for the win, behind him the S2000 duel between Canivenq(who will be at home), Vigion and Gal(back with the 207 after the Grande Punto)will be to closely follow ;)

Of course we shouldn't count off Pierre Roché(more and more used to the Subaru)and Jean-Michel Da Cunha(at home on this event)

Also the return of Robert and the arrival in Clio R3 for Pelamourgues will give a great interest to the R3 class(difficult to see the winner between Guigou, Robert and "Pela") :)

[Tom206wrc]

I forgot to mention the presence of Belgian Thierry Neuville with his C2R2 at the Rallye du Rouergue :mark:
Can also do something interesting in the Group R ;)

[wwbroe]

After the four stages that were run today in Rouerge, this is how it looks in overall classification:

1. Canivenq
2. Roche at 7"8
3. Vigion at 9"2
4. Da Cnha at 13"5
5. Henry at 17"2
6. Gal at 1'04"1
7. Guigou at 1'09"0
8. Robert at 1'24"7

12. Neuville at 2'49"9

[wwbroe]

Rallye Rouerge is finished. Here are the results:

1. Canivenq
2. Vigion at 32"4
3. Da Cunha at 2'38"5
4. Guigou at 5'38"9
5. Robert at 6'47"9
6. Lemonnier at 9'44"1
7. Barral at 10'48"7
8. Neuville at 11'10"2

First overall victory for S2000 car in France, local boy Cnivenq won in front of his teammate Vigion. Very nice performance by Thierry Neuville, being 8th overall and winning the Citroen Trophy. ;)

[Mirek]

Walter, Barral wasn't part of Citroën Trophy? How come?

[wwbroe]

]Walter, Barral wasn't part of Citroën Trophy? How come?

Maybe i misphrased my previous post, what i wanted to say is that he won the C2R2Max confrontation, from what i have seen on entry Barral was not running a Max? Do you have any more info about this, as Tom is still on hollidays. :D

[Jarek Z]

Did you notice the driver in 5th position? Nice to see Cedric in action again!

[Jarek Z]

It seems French S2000 cars are faster than WRCs! Look at the French championship standings after Rouergue:

1. Guigou 50 - Renault Cio R3,
2. Canivenq 49 - Peugeot 207 S2000,
3. Vigion 47 - Peugeot 207 S2000,
4. Henry 40 - Peugeot 307 WRC,
5. Barral 37 - Citroen C2 R2

[Tom206wrc]

Superb entrylist of next week's Rallye terre de Langres(gravel championship) :D :D

http://asalangres.free.fr/asa%202009/terre%202009/les%20engages.htm

Laurent Carbonaro in a Ford Focus(his whale was too damaged after previous crash), return of favourite Jean-Marie Cuoq in his whale,...

Big fight in the 2WD between the Clio R3, 207 R3T and C2 R2,...

[Tom206wrc]

Another interesting rally to follow this week-end, the Rallye de la Montagne noire :)

Entrylist on http://www.rallyemontagnenoire.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=60 (click on "liste des engagés 2009" to download entrylist)

[Tom206wrc]

Links to follow the Rallye terre de Langres(start leg one saturday) ;)

http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye.php?id=932&catCourse=ral
http://www.brennusinfo.fr/2009/Langres2009/Langres.aspx


More Belgians than usual on this event, especially in GrNs :)
Overall of course better belgian chances are Bruyneel and Munster with their WRC cars(though the return of Cuoq will make very hard a belgian victory)...

In the Citroën Racing trophy note the presence of Thierry Neuville and Claudie Tanghe(but favorite is "polish champion" Bouffier)
Three other belgian crews in Fiesta N3s are also on entry

In the Volant 207 Swiss Laurent Reuche is among favorites for victory there too...

[wwbroe]

After the first day in Terre de Langres, this is how it looks ;) :

1. Cuoq
2. Ferrier at 1'14"5
3. Prive at 1'22"0
4. Bruyneel at 1'40"5
5. Chieusse at 2'15"4
6. Carbonaro at 2'17"8
7. Lhonnay at 2'18"7
8. Bouffier at 2'22"1
9. Munster at 2'23"5
10. Comoli at 2'54"0

Bruyneel was in the lead after first run trough the stages, but a loose turbohose made him loose a lot of time and he dropped back to fourth. Munster had a flat tyre and dropped a few places. Colsoul retired after first stage. Bouffier was an incredible third overall after three stages, but he had some king of problem on the last one and dropped back to eight, but he is in a class of his own in the Citroen trophy. Neuville took an easy start but climbed up steadily to be in 15th after first day.

[Jarek Z]

Thanks for the report wwbroe. Keep us all informed about the second day, especially when it comes to Monsieur Bouffier :)

[Tom206wrc]

Note Neuville and Tanghe, 4th and 5th of the Citroën Racing trophy(Bouffier strong leader despite an important puncture) ;)

Swiss Laurent Reuche leading the Volant 207 with a small margin over Fabien Fiandino(5s)

Six stages today :cool:

[wwbroe]

Rally Terre de Langres is finished, with not too much surprises today. :)

1. Cuoq
2. Prive at 2'16"3
3. Bruyneel at 2'30"3
4. Ferrier at 2'42"2
5. Munster at 2'47"8
6. Carbonaro at 3'17"3
7. Chieusse at 3'57"5
8. Barbara at 5'51"0
9. Hennion at 6'14"7
10. Neuville at 6'17"1

Great performance by Thierry Neuville who won Citroen Trophy and was 10th overall. Bryan Bouffier lost about three minutes on first stage today when he went of in his C2R2Max and finished 13th and fourth in Citroen Trophy.

[jbmarcus21]

This week end was 4th round of French Gravel Championship : Terre de Langres .
Video and pics here : http://planetemarcus.free.fr/terredelangres09.htm

[Veekaa]

Langres was fantastic rally!


http://www.rallyephotos.be/fotos2009/forums/ferrier.JPG

http://www.rallyephotos.be/fotos2009/forums/langres.JPG

http://www.rallyephotos.be/fotos2009/forums/jump.JPG

http://www.rallyephotos.be/fotos2009/forums/prive.JPG

rest of gallery : http://rallyephotos.be/lightbox2.04/langres.html

video in a couple of days

[jbmarcus21]

during july, it was Rallye de Bourgogne in France...

I made a second video now filmed by helicopter like EYE OF THE SKY ;)

The video here : http://planetemarcus.free.fr/ribcc09.htm

[Tom206wrc]

:)

[Veekaa]

our video from terre de Langres online
http://rallyephotos.be/Video/video09/buitenland/index.html

enjoy

[Tom206wrc]

In two weeks next round of french gravel championship(terre des Causses)
Entrylist(not complete yet, end of entry is next monday)on http://www.rallye-des-causses.org/ :)

One week later next round of french tarmac championship, Rallye du Mont-Blanc :p :

[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist Terre des Causses(official) http://pagesperso-orange.fr/terre.des.causses/engages.htm

Pre-entrylist rallye du Mont-blanc http://pagesperso-orange.fr/asacmontblanc/1_1.htm#

:)

[Ucci]

Entrylist Terre des Causses(official) http://pagesperso-orange.fr/terre.des.causses/engages.htm
:)

Interesting to see B.Tirabassi in P207 R3T-last year at this time he drove fully-factory Impreza WRC, less than year later he is in a silent, relatively slow, unspectacular pug.....Still better than beeing a spectacor....

[noel157]

Kris Meeke will do Mont Blanc in the Kronos 207 S2000 for further testing.

[Tom206wrc]

Fantastic news :up: :eek:

[Tom206wrc]

Also Julien Maurin(Fabia S2000)and Yoann Bonato(either Grande Punto or 207 S2000 from BPC Motorsport)should be at Mont-Blanc :)

[Tom206wrc]

Also Julien Maurin(Fabia S2000)and Yoann Bonato(either Grande Punto or 207 S2000 from BPC Motorsport)should be at Mont-Blanc :)


Finally Yoann Bonato in the Grande Punto from GPC at Mont-Blanc ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Kris Meeke will do Mont Blanc in the Kronos 207 S2000 for further testing.



FANTASTIC news Noël...Meeke will wear #1 on the doors of his 207 S2000(confirmation by someone who saw today the official entrylist) :D :cool: :bounce: :bounce:

[noel157]

FANTASTIC news Noël...Meeke will wear #1 on the doors of his 207 S2000(confirmation by someone who saw today the official entrylist) :D :cool: :bounce: :bounce:

Good news Tom, you were getting a hard time from your fellow French rally fans (est, FA etc).
Look forward to Rallye Mont-Blanc.

[Tom206wrc]

Let's not forget Rallye terre des Causses(french gravel championship round) this week-end, though ;)

Results will be on http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye_frame.php?id=1063


Belgians vs French once again :)

[Tom206wrc]

Official press release of rallye du Mont-Blanc gives many names ;)
-S2000s
207: Meeke, Vigion, Canivenq, Gal, Greiffenberg
Grande Punto: Comte, Bonato
Fabia: Maurin

-WRCs
Whales: Snobeck, Mercier, Barbé
206s: Henry, Lexcellent
Imprezas: Roché, Bonfils

More names in other categories here http://www.ffsa.org/article.php?id=20173 (in french, sorry)

Can't wait for full entrylist now :cool:

[Tom206wrc]

Official entrylist rallye du Mont-Blanc published :bounce:

Kris Meeke wears the #6 in fact(behind all the WRCs but first S2000)... ;)

[Ondra WRC]

is this online? http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye_frame.php?id=1063
SS 1 is to start at 12:20, but the results do not go :confused:

[Tom206wrc]

I don't know why they are so long to wake-up :mark:

[Tom206wrc]

Two Belgians leading categories after SS3 terre des Causses: Dominique Bruyneel overall, Bob Colsoul the GrN(4th overall) :D

Brice Tirabassi took a fragile lead in the Volant 207 ahead of Michel Mouret and Germain Bonnefis ;)

[Tom206wrc]

End of leg one rallye terre des Causses(after SS6) ;)

Belgian one-two overall thanks to Bernard Munster and Dominique Bruyneel :D
Bob Colsoul still in the lead of GrN ;)

[Ondra WRC]

what happened to Munster?

[Tom206wrc]

what happened to Munster?


Off road/crashed(crew OK) :(
I don't know if he disturbed Bruyneel, as he lost many times on same stage(and started just behind) :confused:

[Ondra WRC]

Thanks Tom and what happened to Lavigne?

[Tom206wrc]

Thanks Tom and what happened to Lavigne?


He ALWAYS has some mechanical problems with this Fabia(just finished one event in two years me thinks) :rolleyes:

[Tom206wrc]

By the way, here the link to follow live-results of rallye du Mont-Blanc next week ;)
http://www.patricksoft.fr/Direct_choix.asp?meet=913&type=0

As I guess you will be many from this forum to follow the rally since you know Meeke is on entrylist :p :

[noel157]

I believe Meeke will use Peugeot Sport factory car for Rallye Mont-Blanc rather than a Kronos car.

[Tom206wrc]

Whatever he uses good luck to him... ;)

Battle with Vigion and Canivenq(perhaps also Gal, who runs at home)will be tough :D

But WRC cars will get advantage of their turbo engines with so much mountain roads to run(so logically Snobeck and Henry ahead and perhaps some others like Mercier and Roché) :rolleyes:

[Tom206wrc]

Interesting rumour !!! François Delecour would drive a 207 S2000 at the Touquet rally, next round of french tarmac championship(held 2nd of october) :)

The Touquet is counting for the european Clio R3 challenge and many Belgians/Dutch(British/Irish too??) can go there with WRCs too... ;)
I hope we will have many non-french drivers at this edition :bounce:

[Wim_Impreza]

Tom, don't forget that it is the last round of the Euro Rally Challenge too. Some Dutch drivers and probably one or more German and Danish drivers will be also there. :)

[noel157]

Meeke will use the Peugeot Sport development car that Sarrazin (as discussed on the San Remo thread) has been using for testing this week on Rallye du Mont-Blanc:

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9871/111zte.jpg

[Tom206wrc]

Today scruteneering and shakedown of rallye du Mont-Blanc...expect pics by this evening :cool:

[Tom206wrc]

About 30 minutes before SS1 rallye du Mont-Blanc to start ;)

It seems the VHC(historic)will start ahead during leg one :rolleyes:

[Wim_Impreza]

Keep us informed, Tom. :)

[noel157]

After SS1:

Snobeck 307 WRC 7.50.8
Patrick 206 WRC +03.5
Barbe 307 WRC +0.05.5
Mercier 307 WRC +0.09.9
Meeke 207 S2k +0.12.6
Roche Sub WRC +0.13.7

[Tom206wrc]

Yep Meeke best of the non-wrc drivers on SS1, even if Vigion isn't far behind... ;)
Another link to follow the event http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye.php?id=1066&catCourse=ral

[Tom206wrc]

Apparently Meeke had a spin in SS1 and could have been 6-7s faster(this is what he told at the end of stage) :D

[Tom206wrc]

SS2 running...go Meeke !!! :bounce:

[Tom206wrc]

Third best time overall for Meeke on the high/mountain SS2(6s faster than Vigion and Canivenq) :eek:

[noel157]

Up to 3rd in GC now for Meeke after SS3, what happened Mercier? Spin, puncture?

[Tom206wrc]

No idea :confused:

Very good start for Meeke in all case :p :
But I don't think Vigion and Canivenq really aimed to beat Kris anyway(they have to look at the championship and the trophée BFGoodrich they are leading...so no too much risks to take) ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Interesting !!! After SS5 Vigion is only 10s late on Meeke(he climbed back on SS4 and 5, and Canivenq is also reducing his gap) :) :)

Two stages left before end of leg one...

[Mirek]

FFSA website is veeeery slow...

[Francis44]

Is Maurin having a problem??!!

[Wim_Impreza]

]FFSA website is veeeery slow...

As usual.

Francis44: I don't think so. Maurin has never impressed in speed this season. It is only his second rally in the Fabia and I think he drives this rally as a preparation to Rally Asturias next weekend.

[Francis44]

As usual.

Francis44: I don't think so. Maurin has never impressed in speed this season. It is only his second rally in the Fabia and I think he drives this rally as a preparation to Rally Asturias next weekend.

Oh ok. Thanks ;) !!!!

[Mirek]

Meeke retired with engine failure, Guigou crashed but the most important thing is that Vigion lost his driving license for very very much speeding (126 km/h on 50 km/h)...

[noel157]

First reliability issue for Meeke this season (MC not quite a car issue) and with the factory car too. I guess Sarrazin's 3 day test in the car didn't help. After stage 4 water pump started to fail and engine down on power, pump replaced but failed again at start of SS7. Pity, would have been interesting to see how he would have performed tomorrow.
Is there Superally in the CFR?

[Mirek]

Yes, he should restart. It was broken water pump.

[noel157]

]Yes, he should restart. It was broken water pump.

Thanks Mirek (I did mention w/pump).

[Mirek]

Sorry, somehow missed that ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Pitty for Meeke, but his purpose is to prepare Asturias/Sanremo, so yes he's back in superrally today ;)

I feel mega gutted for Vigion ;(
That damn water pump is the reason of his speed on public road :mad:

[Wim_Impreza]

Michel Bonfils (Impreza WRC) will drive in SupeRally today too.

[Mirek]

Snobeck went off! Henry has a comfortable lead now.

By the way Meeke won first stage overal infront of WRC guys :)

[Tom206wrc]

UNBILEVABLE the times Kris Meeke is doing today, back in superrally :eek: :eek:
Best time overall in the short SS12, 2nd best time in the longest stage(SS13 19km) :bounce:

After a Mont-Blanc praparation like this he can only WIN in Asturias and Sanremo :p :

[Mirek]

Ludovic Gal crashed on SS15.

[Wim_Impreza]

UNBILEVABLE the times Kris Meeke is doing today, back in superrally :eek: :eek:
Best time overall in the short SS12, 2nd best time in the longest stage(SS13 19km) :bounce:

After a Mont-Blanc praparation like this he can only WIN in Asturias and Sanremo :p :

Very good times indeed, but we must say that the drivers in a WRC car here are 'only' gentlemen-drivers.

Don't forget that in Sanremo the Italian drivers are always very strong. Andreucci, Rossetti and Basso will be faster than Meeke there and maybe Travaglia too.

[Mirek]

Travaglia probably won't start :(

[Tom206wrc]

And for Meeke a 2nd best time in last stage of rally(the 19km long repeated one)...only +2.2s from Mercier and about 20s faster than any other S2000s :cool:

Patrick Henry won ahead of Pierre Barbé and Eddie Mercier...

[Mirek]

During the second leg Meeke lost only 23 seconds to Mercier and was faster than Henry by 15 seconds.

[Wim_Impreza]

And for Meeke a 2nd best time in last stage of rally(the 19km long repeated one)...only +2.2s from Mercier and about 20s faster than any other S2000s :cool:

Patrick Henry won ahead of Pierre Barbé and Eddie Mercier...

Pierre Roché was second. ;) There were a lot of accidents when you see the list of retirements.

[noel157]

Very good times indeed, but we must say that the drivers in a WRC car here are 'only' gentlemen-drivers.

Don't forget that in Sanremo the Italian drivers are always very strong. Andreucci, Rossetti and Basso will be faster than Meeke there and maybe Travaglia too.

Are you sure Wim? I shall remind you of your post in 3 weeks time :)

[urabus-denoS2000]

I absolutely agree with Wim,it's almost impossible to beat Ucci,Rox or Basso in their country.
Don't forget about Scandola also ;)

[noel157]

I absolutely agree with Wim,it's almost impossible to beat Ucci,Rox or Basso in their country.
Don't forget about Scandola also ;)

Basso maybe, I agree but Ucci and Rox? My point was Wim just about put Meeke in 5th (without retirements/accidents) before he even starts. P3 is more likely, but hey, we will see. Going to be a good (if short) rally.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Basso maybe, I agree but Ucci and Rox?


Hmm,in my opinion Ucci is a little better than both Rox and Basso but that isn't very important in French rally news,is it? :D

I personally think Kopecky has better chances in San Remo but as you said we will see ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Good...next round of tarmac championship, Touquet, is in about a month, but before this is next round of gravel championship(terre des Cardabelles) :cool:

[vespa63]

Some pictures of the last round of the french championship
here : http://www.rally-news.fr/gallery/show/6660
Enjoy :)

[Tom206wrc]

I created a thread for the french rallies news ;)

[Mirek]

I sent PM to J4MIE to merge the threads ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist Rallye du Touquet(rally runs next week so I guess entry is officially closed)
http://www.rallye-letouquet.com/fr/guide-du-spectateur/liste-des-engages/


I was expecting a little bit more, especially concerning the non-french crews :(

Cédric Robert for the first time in an S2000...mmmmh very interesting though :D

[Jarek Z]

I think it's a good entry list Tom. Unfortunately it features the usual problem in French rally championship - bad drivers in good cars and good drivers in bad cars :(

[cyr]

loeb and his wife at rallye du var with C4 WRC

[noel157]

Very good times indeed, but we must say that the drivers in a WRC car here are 'only' gentlemen-drivers.

Don't forget that in Sanremo the Italian drivers are always very strong. Andreucci, Rossetti and Basso will be faster than Meeke there and maybe Travaglia too.


Are you sure Wim? I shall remind you of your post in 3 weeks time :)

Hi Wim.......

[urabus-denoS2000]

loeb and his wife at rallye du var with C4 WRC


WOW!

Last year he was on the pace with an C2 S1600,with a C4....he can let Severine drive!!!! :D :D :D

[Wim_Impreza]

Hi Wim.......

Hi. I must say I was wrong. Not only me. Congratulations to Meeke and Nagle.

[Tom206wrc]

Loeb will beat everyone else with minutes gap at the Rallye du Var :p :

[noel157]

Hi. I must say I was wrong. Not only me. Congratulations to Meeke and Nagle.

Only jesting Wim, a great rally in a great championship.

[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist Rallye du Touquet(rally runs next week so I guess entry is officially closed)
http://www.rallye-letouquet.com/fr/guide-du-spectateur/liste-des-engages/


I was expecting a little bit more, especially concerning the non-french crews :(

Cédric Robert for the first time in an S2000...mmmmh very interesting though :D



Results should be on http://www.patricksoft.fr/ as usual ;)


Unless they play again the trick they did for Rallye du Mont-Blanc :mad:

[Tom206wrc]

Next round of french gravel championship this week-end, the Terre des Cardabelles :)

[Tom206wrc]

This coming week-end at rallye Ronde Montbrisonnaise there will be the second Ford Focus WRC ever in a french rally, driven by Frédéric Romeyer(the first one runs in gravel championship with Laurent Carbonaro at the wheels) :cool:

His main opponent will be David Salanon in a whale...

[Barreis]

What's next about Mr Snobeck?

[Tom206wrc]

What's next about Mr Snobeck?


Criterium des Cévennes, penultimate round of french tarmac championship, me thinks ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Next round of french gravel championship this week-end, the Terre des Cardabelles :)


Entrylist http://www.rally-news.fr/news/index/6855
Results: http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye.php?id=1099&catCourse=ral


Question to Belgians: is Dimitri Bruyneel(running in a Saxo T4 here at Cardabelles)from Dominique's family ??? :confused:

[tolis]

@Tom: Yes Tom. Wim_Impreza told me that Dimitri Bruyneel is the son of Dominique Bruyneel. It is only his first year in rally and it will be his second rally in the French Gravel championship this year with this car. He is only there to learn and to finish the rally.

[Wim_Impreza]

This coming week-end at rallye Ronde Montbrisonnaise there will be the second Ford Focus WRC ever in a french rally, driven by Frédéric Romeyer(the first one runs in gravel championship with Laurent Carbonaro at the wheels) :cool:

His main opponent will be David Salanon in a whale...


You are not right, Tom. It will be the 4th Focus WRC in a French rally. Swiss driver Christian Jaquillard drove in 2007 some French rallies of the Tarmac Championship and of course Pieter Tsjoen did Rallye du Var in 2008 and last week Rallye du Touquet. ;)

[Tom206wrc]

You are not right, Tom. It will be the 4th Focus WRC in a French rally. Swiss driver Christian Jaquillard drove in 2007 some French rallies of the Tarmac Championship and of course Pieter Tsjoen did Rallye du Var in 2008 and last week Rallye du Touquet. ;)


In fact I meant 2nd time Ford Focus driven by french crews :p :

[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist http://www.rally-news.fr/news/index/6855
Results: http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye.php?id=1099&catCourse=ral
Results(bis) http://www.patricksoft.fr/Direct_choix.asp?meet=929&type=0




Just added another link for results of Terre des Cardabelles starting today :p :

[Tom206wrc]

After 8 stages of Terre des Cardabelles Cuoq is flying in front(everybody expected it I guess, even in an "older" car ;) ), first Belgian Dominique Bruyneel is 2nd overall(and soon should be "french gravel champion") ahead of Laurent Carbonaro...

Disaster for other Belgians though...Colsoul off, Chérain mechanical problem, Lhonnay not at the start(forfait), Munster puncture(10th overall),... :mark:

[Tom206wrc]

First victory on a rally today for Bruno Longépé's new and unique Peugeot 406 Coupé(at the rallye du Sillon) :cool:

He tried several time last year and this year to run with it, but had always mechanical problems forcing him to retire...so huge improvement :mark:

Next outing for Bruno and his new toy next week during the Rallye des Côtes du Tarn ;)

[Mirek]

Photos/videos/information of that car?

[noel157]

First time I've heard about a 406 in a rally. Looks nice:

http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=715&u=11159049

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Bruno+Long%C3%A9p%C3%A9/video/x6a5je_bruno-longepe_auto

[ProRally]

I heard that Brice Tirabassi would do Rally du Var with Subaru S14 .....

[Tom206wrc]

First time I've heard about a 406 in a rally. Looks nice:

http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=715&u=11159049

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Bruno+Long%C3%A9p%C3%A9/video/x6a5je_bruno-longepe_auto



At the Sillon the livery has changed(became white) ;)

Pics http://photos-a.ak.fbdcn.net/hpphotos-ak-snc1/hs232.snc1/7916_1253438419515_1336176961_721888_6585327_n.jpg
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hpphotos-ak-snc1/hs212.snc1/7916_1253438819525_1336176961_721898_4412300_n.jpg

[wwbroe]

At the Sillon the livery has changed(became white) ;)

Pics http://photos-a.ak.fbdcn.net/hpphotos-ak-snc1/hs232.snc1/7916_1253438419515_1336176961_721888_6585327_n.jpg
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hpphotos-ak-snc1/hs212.snc1/7916_1253438819525_1336176961_721898_4412300_n.jpg

Those links doesn't seem to work Tom. :(

[Tom206wrc]

Yep I saw that :s

Here another link to the Coupé 406's new livery ;)
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8205/img9720.jpg

[Barreis]

I didn't know that this car is homologated..

[Mirek]

Thanks, Tom.

Barreis: It's national F2000 class ;)

[Barreis]

Thanks for info..

[Tom206wrc]

A few videos of Rallye Vignoble de Sèvre et Maine of this year(Longépé was fighting with Bézinaud's BMW for the lead until engine of the 406 broke on last stage) :D
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/rallye+sevre+et+maine+2009+
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/rallye+sevre+et+maine+09+


You can easily hear the engine of the 406 comes from a Kit-car(Xsara or 306)...magic sound :bounce:

[Tom206wrc]

Well known IRC driver Nicolas Vouilloz could start the Critérium des Cévennes(8-10th november), penultimate round of french tarmac championship in a 207 S2000(rumour only for now) :)

[Tom206wrc]

Nicolas Vouilloz will run this week-end Rallye des Monts Dôme(held in center of France - rally in mountains)in a rent 207 S2000 in order to prepare Criterium des Cevennes penultimate round of french tarmac championship :)

Victory won't be easy for him, as one of his main contenders will be Ludovic Gal running in a whale(Wrcs engines are known to be better than S2000 ones with more torque/turbo in mountain roads) ;)

[Tom206wrc]

This coming week-end is the Finale de la Coupe de France des Rallyes, held this year around Dunkerque(northern France, not far from Belgium and even UK) :)

News and entrylist(liste des engagés in french)on http://www.finaledesrallyes2009.com/

S2000s and WRCs are forbidden on such events, don't expect finding any of them :mark:


Edit: direct link to entrylist :p :
http://www.finaledesrallyes2009.com/site/guide-du-spectateur/liste-des-engages/

[Tom206wrc]

Didier Auriol as "00 car" driver in a 206 WRC(rent in Italy)at the Criterium des Cévennes :D

[Lousada]

This coming week-end is the Finale de la Coupe de France des Rallyes, held this year around Dunkerque(northern France, not far from Belgium and even UK) :)

News and entrylist(liste des engagés in french)on http://www.finaledesrallyes2009.com/

S2000s and WRCs are forbidden on such events, don't expect finding any of them :mark:


Edit: direct link to entrylist :p :
http://www.finaledesrallyes2009.com/site/guide-du-spectateur/liste-des-engages/

I'm going to visit that event. A lot of nice cars on the entry list, hopefully they will be driven in anger.
I've been to Belgian rallies in that region, but never into France. I hope the roads and terrain are similar with fast sweeping corners and long lines of sight.

[Tom206wrc]

Craziest rumour ever !!!!! Mikko Hirvonen could run Rallye du Var, last round of french tarmac championship, against Sébastien Loeb(both in their WRCs of course) :eek: :eek: :crazy:


If it's true, one word: FANTASTIC :D

Another rumour, polish F1 driver Robert Kubica could debute his Skoda Fabia WRC there too...

I have problem to believe these, though, but... :mark:

[Tom206wrc]

To follow the Finale(first leg tomorrow evening) http://www.patricksoft.fr/ ;)

[urabus-denoS2000]

Yet another spectacular news for Var:

The debut of the new Twingo R2,of course with Jean Ragnotti at the wheel ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Official entrylist of next week Critérium des Cévennes http://asa.herault.free.fr/engages_2009.pdf


A bit disappointing to my mind :(

[Tom206wrc]

To follow the Finale(first leg tomorrow evening) http://www.patricksoft.fr/ ;)


After short night first leg(two SS), the 4WD cars are as expected in front, even though Gilles Nantet in his Porsche is 4th overall and Jean-Charles Beaubelique in his 306 Maxi is 7th overall ;)

[Wim_Impreza]

Retirement for Daniel Forès in his 306 Maxi, the third of last year. He was very slow this rally, probably he had since the begin mechanical problems.

[Tom206wrc]

Retirement for Daniel Forès in his 306 Maxi, the third of last year. He was very slow this rally, probably he had since the begin mechanical problems.


Yesterday he was complaining of problems with his notes... :mark:

[HaCo]

Yet another spectacular news for Var:

The debut of the new Twingo R2,of course with Jean Ragnotti at the wheel ;)

Great, looking forward to this one!

R2 class is greatly expanding!

[urabus-denoS2000]

Yes this is finally what I have been looking for..

2 years after the C2 R2 has been presented,in just a few months 3 new cars are presented!
Great news!

[Tom206wrc]

Official entrylist of next week Rallye terre du Vaucluse(last event of the french gravel championship) :)
http://www.teamtrevois.org/pages/Partant_2008.php

[Tom206wrc]

Official entrylist of next week Critérium des Cévennes http://asa.herault.free.fr/engages_2009.pdf


A bit disappointing to my mind :(



Start SS1 Critérium des Cévennes this evening ;)
Results on:
http://www.patricksoft.fr/Direct_choix.asp?meet=933&type=0
http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye.php?id=1120&catCourse=ral

[Tom206wrc]

SS1 Criterium des Cévennes running...this stage will be used to get tomorrow's starting order, so Guillaume Canivenq stage winner will start first, then, Jean-François Mourgues, Patrick Henry, Julien Maurin, Olivier Marty, Cédric Robert, Matthieu Arzéno, Emmanuel Guigou,... ;)

[Francis44]

There is some rumors saying that Sordo can too participate in Rallye du Var, with what car isn't yet decided!!!!

[Tom206wrc]

Start leg two Critérium des Cévennes right now...a 25km long stage to start the day :)

[vespa63]

Well known IRC driver Nicolas Vouilloz could start the Critérium des Cévennes(8-10th november), penultimate round of french tarmac championship in a 207 S2000(rumour only for now) :)
Yes, he has done a quick race two weeks ago, you can see some pictures here : http://www.rally-news.fr/gallery/show/7049.
It was two prepare the next season of the team T2C :)

[Tom206wrc]

End of leg two Critérium des Cévennes(four stages to be run tomorrow) ;)

Top 10:
1-Jean-François Mourgues(whale Bozian)
2-Guillaume Canivenq(207 S2000 Barroso)
3-Patrick Henry(206 wrc GPC)
4-Julien Maurin(207 S2000 Barroso/Yacco)
5-Cédric Robert(Grande Punto S2000 GPC)
6-Pierre Roché(Impreza wrc)
7-Olivier Marty(Grande Punto S2000 GPC)
8-Manu Guigou(Clio R3)
9-Romain Dumas(Porsche GT3)
10-Michel Bonfils(Impreza wrc)

[Tom206wrc]

No surprise in the final top10 of Critérium des Cévennes... ;)

Only one change: Maurin hit a wall in the long SS8 and had to retire(broke a wheel) :mark:

1-Mourgues
2-Canivenq
3-Henry
4-Robert
5-Marty
6-Guigou
7-Roché
8-Dumas
9-Bonfils
10-Vivens

[Jarek Z]

End of leg two Critérium des Cévennes(four stages to be run tomorrow) ;)

Top 10:
1-Jean-François Mourgues(whale Bozian)
2-Guillaume Canivenq(207 S2000 Barroso)
3-Patrick Henry(206 wrc GPC)
4-Julien Maurin(207 S2000 Barroso/Yacco)
5-Cédric Robert(Grande Punto S2000 GPC)
6-Pierre Roché(Impreza wrc)
7-Olivier Marty(Grande Punto S2000 GPC)
8-Manu Guigou(Clio R3)
9-Romain Dumas(Porsche GT3)
10-Michel Bonfils(Impreza wrc)

Thanks for the results Tom! How come Robert was slower than Maurin???

[Tom206wrc]

Problems with set-up of the Grande Punto S2000 compared to the Touquet(where Cédric was absolute fantastic)and a few problems like differential too :mark:

[Jarek Z]

Thanks a lot Tom! I always cheer for Cedric! He's a great driver!

[Tom206wrc]

Let's go for the rally terre du Vaucluse, last round of the french gravel championship, this coming week-end :bounce:

A Belgian can be champion after the event(Dominique Bruyneel) ;)
For the win it'll be Jean-Marie Cuoq again, even in a 206wrc :p :

Also it's the penultimate round of the 2009 french Volant 207, and Swiss Laurent Reuche can shine there too among the 20 crews :)

[Tom206wrc]

Useful link to follow Rallye terre du Vaucluse tomorrow and sunday ;)
http://www.mks2.fr/Rallyes/listeES.asp?Nomfich=vaucluse09&Numral=1&COM=1

[Wim_Impreza]

Thanks Tom. Is there already a provisional entry list for the Rallye du Var?

[Tom206wrc]

Thanks Tom. Is there already a provisional entry list for the Rallye du Var?


Yep ;)
http://www.var-rallye.com/

[Tom206wrc]

End of first loop of stages of day one terre du Vaucluse(after SS3) ;)

Chronos are really strange...Cuoq best time on SS1 and 3 but lost 1'09 on SS2(plus 30s penalty for being late out of service) :s

Bruyneel who is fighting for the championship, is currently 8th overall...

[Tom206wrc]

Cuoq is attacking like hell today to reduce the gap after his 40s penalty yesterday: he's already 2nd with 16s gap with leader Carbonaro with two stages left to go :eek: :eek:

Bruyneel is 5th overall after SS8 and I think it's enough to be champion if he keeps that position ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Dominique Bruyneel 2009 french gravel champion !!! :D


Interesting rumour about rallye du Var(held by end november): Michal Kosciuszko would run there too in the italian Skoda Fabia S2000 :)

[wwbroe]

Looks like Freddy Loix will start in Rallye du Var with a Renault Clio R3, it would be the car of Cedric Robert. :)

[Tom206wrc]

He's on entrylist of the event ;)

To me it's 100% sign Fast Freddy is no longer with Kronos from now on, he would never run something else than Peugeot if it wasn't the case :mark:

Indeed fantastic international entrylist for this rallye du Var :bounce:

[Wim_Impreza]

Rumours say that Loix will drive a Fabia S2000 from RGRS next year, but it is not confirmed yet. Of course he must find budget too.

Great to see some 306 Maxi's and Méganes. Nice to see Stéphane Sarrazin again in a rally. The fight in the Clio R3 Cup will be very exciting and there are already drivers from 8 different nations on the entry list. :)

[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist rallye du Var is now available in seeded order :cool:

Guess who wears the #1(easy) :p :

Can't wait for next friday :bounce:

[Tom206wrc]

Start leg one(three stages) on friday afternoon and results on http://www.patricksoft.fr (let's hope the page will work well this time :rolleyes: )

[Jarek Z]

Rallye du Var starts on Friday afternoon. Here's Kubica's car during shakedown:

http://www.img.motoplaneta.pl/images/ro/38/2009/09var01kubica_460.jpg

[cyr]

results and news for the rallye du var in live on your phone

http://www.pjea.com/mobile

[Tom206wrc]

Start leg one rallye du Var in less than three hours, are you ready ??? :bounce:

The historic cars start first before the "modern" ones ;)

[urabus-denoS2000]

Cant wait for pics from this rally!


Is Tirabassi driving the S14 then?

[MartijnS]

Yes, he is.

http://www.rallysport.nl/uploads/artikelen/643942177_groot.jpg

[br21]

any photos from shakedown, scrutineering?

[Mirek]

For pictures follow this French forum ;)

http://www.forum-auto.com/sport-auto/rallye/sujet2416-4025.htm

[br21]

thanx Mirek

[Tom206wrc]

Average time from Pieter Tsjoen on the SS1(9th overall) :mark:

Loeb in front of Tirabassi, Snobeck, Henry, Sarrazin, Canivenq, Robert, Maurin...

Best of Clio Cup Guigou in front of Abbring, Princen and Campana...
Kubica and Loix not too bad... :D

Results on http://www.patricksoft.fr/

[Sulland]

Was it a Lotus in the pictures ? Who drives that one, and is it quick ?

[Mirek]

Yes, it was. Here You have entry list with 2 Lotuses (click on "Lieste d'Engages"): http://var-rallye.com/

[Tom206wrc]

SS1 stopped following crash of the Perrin brothers(they couldn't get out of their Clio R3 by themselves and had to be helped, but they are unhurt, thankfully) :mark:

SS2 started with almost no lateness...

[HaCo]

classement de l'ES 3
1 LOEB Sébastien Citroën C4 WRC 20:25:5
2 TIRABASSI Brice Subaru Impreza S14 WRC +0:15:5
3 HENRY Patrick Peugeot 307 WRC +0:18:4
4TSJOEN Pieter Ford Focus RS WRC +0:20:7
5 ROBERT Cédric Fiat Abarth Punto S2000 +0:32:7

Classement de l'ES 3 (provisoir)
1 LOEB Sébastien Citroën C4 WRC 36:56:5
2 TIRABASSI Brice Subaru Impreza S14 WRC +0:31:1
3 HENRY Patrick Peugeot 307 WRC +1:01:1
4 TSJOEN Pieter Ford Focus RS WRC +1:13:1
5 ROBERT Cédric Fiat Abarth Punto S2000 +1:37:5
6 SARRAZIN Stéphane Peugeot 207 S2000 +1:38:3
7 CANIVENQ Guillaume Peugeot 207 S2000 +1:45:2
8 BOETTI Michel Peugeot 306 Maxi +2:01:8
9 MAURIN Julien Peugeot 207 S2000 +2:27:9
10 GUIGOU Emmanuel Renault Clio R3 Maxi +2:38:1
11 SNOBECK Dany Peugeot 307 WRC +2:41:4

Abandon for Freddy Loix on SS3 :(

[VFTS]

classement de l'ES 3
1 LOEB Sébastien Citroën C4 WRC 20:25:5
2 TIRABASSI Brice Subaru Impreza S14 WRC +0:15:5
3 HENRY Patrick Peugeot 307 WRC +0:18:4
4TSJOEN Pieter Ford Focus RS WRC +0:20:7
5 ROBERT Cédric Fiat Abarth Punto S2000 +0:32:7

Classement de l'ES 3 (provisoir)
1 LOEB Sébastien Citroën C4 WRC 36:56:5
2 TIRABASSI Brice Subaru Impreza S14 WRC +0:31:1
3 HENRY Patrick Peugeot 307 WRC +1:01:1
4 TSJOEN Pieter Ford Focus RS WRC +1:13:1
5 ROBERT Cédric Fiat Abarth Punto S2000 +1:37:5
6 SARRAZIN Stéphane Peugeot 207 S2000 +1:38:3
7 CANIVENQ Guillaume Peugeot 207 S2000 +1:45:2
8 BOETTI Michel Peugeot 306 Maxi +2:01:8
9 MAURIN Julien Peugeot 207 S2000 +2:27:9
10 GUIGOU Emmanuel Renault Clio R3 Maxi +2:38:1
11 SNOBECK Dany Peugeot 307 WRC +2:41:4

Abandon for Freddy Loix on SS3 :(


What happened to Snobeck? He should normally be at the pace just behind Loeb.

[Ondra WRC]

what happened to Freddy Loix?

[Fly]

what happened to Freddy Loix?

Broken radiator hose.

[br21]

snobeck puncture, loix engine afaik

[Tom206wrc]

snobeck puncture, loix engine afaik

Also Italian Luca Betti retired with broken engine :(


Big battle in S2000 for tomorrow between Robert, Sarrazin and Canivenq(who aims the title) :cool:
Henry, currently 3rd overall is also battling for title, and also Guigou, current leader of the Clio R3s(10th overall) ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Many retirements this morning at the start of second leg Rallye du Var(SS4 and 5)!!! :(

Among them Princen(crashed), Burri(mechanical), Nantet(crashed), Dumas(mechanical)... :mark:

Tsjoen is back and aims podium position(4th overall for now) ;)

[Ondra WRC]

results do not go to the FFSA and http://www.patricksoft.fr/index.htm also not :(

[Jarek Z]

Kubica had brake problems on SS3 and got 40-second penalty.
It's a pitty that Betti is out, I wanted to compare his stage times against fast French S2000 drivers.
Tsjoen is not as fast as he used to be :(

[Jarek Z]

Stage 6 canceled after Jonathen Fra crashed in his Clio R3.

Results after stage 6:
1. Loeb
2. Tirabassi (+45,5)
3. Tsjoen (+1.31,9)

[HaCo]

After SS7:
1 1 LOEB Sébastien
Citroën C4 WRC 1:17:45:7
2 3 TIRABASSI Brice
Subaru Impreza S14 WRC +0:49:7
+0:49:7
3 8 TSJOEN Pieter
Ford Focus RS WRC +1:52:7
+1:03:0
4 7 HENRY Patrick
Peugeot 307 WRC +2:14:1
+0:21:4
5 10 SARRAZIN Stéphane
Peugeot 207 S2000 +2:53:7
+0:39:6
6 9 ROBERT Cédric
Fiat Abarth Punto S2000 +3:17:3
+0:23:6
7 5 CANIVENQ Guillaume
Peugeot 207 S2000 +4:27:4
+1:10:1
8 6 GUIGOU Emmanuel
Renault Clio R3 Maxi +5:38:8
+1:11:4
9 2 SNOBECK Dany
Peugeot 307 WRC +5:46:8
+0:08:0
10 19 AMOURETTE Marc
Citroën C2 Super 1600 +7:01:6
+1:14:8

Did Robert had problems? He was fastest S2000 yesterday. (in his Punto!)

[Tom206wrc]

Tsjoen in the lead after 2nd leg this evening !!!! Loeb and Tirabassi had 3 minutes penalty after being 3 minutes early in service assistance :eek: :eek:

No idea of what happened though :confused:

Anyway, tomorrow three stages to run(two of them are 30km long)...nothing over yet ;)

[Simmi]

Was it Loeb's wife then who I assume checked them in early!!!

[Mirek]

34 seconds should be easy for Loeb to catch Tsjoen tomorrow. He was 2,5 minutes faster until this mistake (even though I think he was on very safe speed)...

[Mirek]

Perrin was very lucky to survive...

http://i95.servimg.com/u/f95/13/45/85/32/27112013.jpg

[Tom206wrc]

Times are total mess for SS9 and 10 early this morning :(
All what we are sure, it's raining quite hard, and Tirabassi went off(retired) :mark:

A rumour: Tsjoen would have lost lot of time on long SS10 and Loeb back in lead in front of Henry... :confused:

[Tom206wrc]

Also swiss Laurent Reuche went off on SS10 this morning(he was 3rd of the Volant 207 behind Cyril Audirac and Pierre Marché) :(

[HaCo]

Is the French title decided?

[Tom206wrc]

Is the French title decided?

If positions don't change after SS11...Canivenq should be champion ahead of Henry and Guigou ;)


By the way, the classification after SS10 should be Loeb in front of S2000s(Sarrazin and Robert) :eek:



Cyril Audirac on the way to win the first Volant 207 season :cool:

[Jarek Z]

Times are total mess for SS9 and 10 early this morning :(
All what we are sure, it's raining quite hard, and Tirabassi went off(retired) :mark:

A rumour: Tsjoen would have lost lot of time on long SS10 and Loeb back in lead in front of Henry... :confused:

According to Autoklub.pl Tsjoen went off the road and lost more than 2 minutes. Loeb in the lead, despite 3-minute penalty yesterday. What a pity that Tirabassi crashed :(

[Mirek]

I realy hate French result system. All three sites I know are almost permanently overloaded and out of order...

[Ondra WRC]

online results are overloaded, it's terrible....
next year would like to improve
please, how many finished Elena?

[Jafry]

Gallery from Var (http://www.rally-mania.cz/photogallery.php?id=628&fseason=2009) ;)

[Jarek Z]

please, how many finished Elena?

Nobody knows, because nobody can get to the results. But as far as I know he wasn't very fast ;)

[Jarek Z]

You can find top 10 here, but there's nothing about Elena...
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/lepszy-od-prosta,27327

Kubica was 29th and 11th in R3. He says he is happy that he and his car finished this rally in one piece :)
Bouffier won R2 class.
I love Caninenq's car livery!

[tolis]

I heard that Elena finished 54th.....

[Ondra WRC]

thanks tolis11 :)

[Ondra WRC]

Nobody knows, because nobody can get to the results. But as far as I know he wasn't very fast ;)

Currently you can get the results on the website FFSA ;)

[tolis]

So, the final results are in the right column here:
http://www.ffsa.org/res_rallye.php?if1=ES_11&&if2=CUMUL_11&&idEpr=11&&typeCr=Collobri%C3%A8res%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2 0%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20% 20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&&id=1133&&catCourse=ral&&typf=both&&typRes=tem

You are welcome Ondra WRC!!!

[Ondra WRC]

tolis11: Thank you for the welcome.

accident Ferrier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygsHRIs4pL8&feature=player_embedded#

[Ondra WRC]

accidentFerrier:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygsHRIs4pL8&feature=player_embedded# ;)

[noel157]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9sCFFMjKgg

[Tom206wrc]

First time I've heard about a 406 in a rally. Looks nice:

http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=715&u=11159049

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Bruno+Long%C3%A9p%C3%A9/video/x6a5je_bruno-longepe_auto




Longépé is currently running the rallye du Médoc in the 406... ;)
Live results http://www.aipitech.fr/classement/direct.php?ce=15&ed=2009

[Tom206wrc]

Looks like Julien Maurin would drive the Ford Fiesta S2000 also in french tarmac championship next year(full season) :confused:

[Tom206wrc]

Longépé is currently running the rallye du Médoc in the 406... ;)
Live results http://www.aipitech.fr/classement/direct.php?ce=15&ed=2009


And pics/video of the event :cool:
http://wtracing24.free.fr/WTRallyeSport2/crbst_20.html

[Tom206wrc]

A belgian driver as 2010 french tarmac rallies champion ???? :p :


Pieter Tsjoen wants to run full championship(starting with Touquet in march, ending with Var in october)in his Ford Focus :D

[Wim_Impreza]

He said that in the begin of last year too... The chance is high that he will do Touquet and Var, but not the full France championship.

[Tom206wrc]

As every year, fantastic international entrylist at the Monte-Carlo Historic(running two weeks after the IRC event) :cool:
http://www.acm.mc/rmch/rmch_main.php

[Tom206wrc]

Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique has started :)
http://www.acm.mc/rmch/rmch_main.php?page=2010/live_rmch_menu_2010.php

[Mirek]

Rallye Alsace Vosges Ville d'Epinal is cancelled due to financial reasons.

[Langdale Forest]

That's a shame, two local rallies were cancelled last year due to the reccesion so it must be bad for the spectators if that happens. :(

[vino_93]

]Rallye Alsace Vosges Ville d'Epinal is cancelled due to financial reasons.

Not exactly.
The ASACAR (the society who organised the rally) said that the cancellation of the rally is because the WRC Rally of France wants to make specials in few same roads that the Alsace Vosges. Logically, the towns who are visited by this stages prefer WRC, and wait for the decision for WRC, to know if the stages will be in WRC or French Championship. But this decision is too late in the year, and the Alsace Vosges rally can't make the road of the rally for the final date to the French Championship (in February, and for WRC it's in March).
It's a sabbatical year. They want to come back next year in French Tarmac Championship ;)

[Mirek]

Thank You, I only read an article on rally-news.fr where they wrote about financial problems.

[PLuto]

Bryan Bouffier in french championship with Peugeot 207 S2000 (http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=9937)

http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b_19783f17305696cdf95086964ef9f1e3.jpg

[Jarek Z]

Great news for Bryan! Hopefully there will not be many WRC cars in French championship so that Bryan can win in a fair fight!

[[Madeira-Rally]]

Really great to see that Bryan is back to Peugeot.

It would be really great to see him in some IRC events.

[Tom206wrc]

Rallye du Touquet, 1st event of 2010 french tarmac championship next month, already opened their pre-entrylist to public view :)
http://www.rallye-letouquet.com/fr/guide-du-spectateur/liste-des-engages/


Come and have a look everyday to see the update :p :

[Tom206wrc]

Belgians Thierry Neuville and Claudie Tanghe added to entrylist of Rallye du Touquet :)
I guess soon we will see Pieter Tsjoen too ;)

[morganmilan]

Belgians Thierry Neuville and Claudie Tanghe added to entrylist of Rallye du Touquet :)
I guess soon we will see Pieter Tsjoen too ;)
Tsjoen is already there! :)

[Tom206wrc]

Rumour that dutch driver Timothy van Parijs would come to Touquet in a Grande Punto S2000 :confused:

[Wim_Impreza]

I haven't heard something about this rumour. He is not Dutch, but Belgian.

Normally his first real rally of the season is the TAC Rally in the Punto S2000.

[katxal]

Xavier Lemonier 207 returns to Spain

http://www.s2000rally.com/car-detail.php?car=55

[Tom206wrc]

Excellent news for Pierre Campana, he will run full french tarmac championship except rallye du Touquet(so start of program is Lyon-Charbonnières at end of april)in the italian Power Car Team 207 S2000 he will discover tomorrow at the Ronde del Grifo :)

[Tom206wrc]

Seeded order entrylist of rallye du Touquet available :)
I don't see anyone able to threat Pieter Tsjoen for the win though :mark:

Note also a few british drivers like Sebastian Ling(Mitsubishi Lancer GrN), Martin McCormack(Citroën C2R2 Max), or Duncan Cameron(Peugeot 205 GTI)... ;)

Disappointment, only one non french crew(from Belgium)among historic section of the event :(
Favourite will be Arnaud Mordacq in his Ford Escort Cosworth...

[Tom206wrc]

Are you getting ready to follow the first leg of Rallye du Touquet this evening(four stages to run today) ???? Big battle between Belgians and French, WRC and S2000 drivers,... :bounce: :bounce:
http://www.patricksoft.fr/Direct_choix.asp?meet=946&type=0

[Barreis]

BB leads after first SS..

[Mirek]

Audirac crashed, Bouffier rather slow in SS2. Hopefully nothing serious...

[Tom206wrc]

Yep...Tsjoen already far in front after SS2 :mark: