Ypres Rally 2015

I will be in Ypres on Friday morning. Send me PM and we can try to meet. I will be there with Tommeke and we for sure want to meet Hartusvuori and wwbroe, maybe other forum members too.

Another video of Loix test with some short onboards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVuW5Kz8ElM

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

Actually You can drive up to 56 on roads where 50 is allowed. Corrections are 6kph (up to 100kph) and 6% for speeds over 100kph. Usually it's best to take the smaller roads (similar to those used for stages) where you can drive as quick as you want (speed limit is officially 90kph outside urban areas if there's no other sign) and avoid some traffic. The official maps that are sold together with the program book provide enough detail to find those roads.

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I figure normally it is like that, but last year I heard of a guy who got a ticket just for 1 km/h over the limit and other with 3 km/h over the limit. Normally it's good to avoid the bigger roads where the most of the traffic is as well as the most of the police and cameras are.

That is strange. No police radar has so small own tolerance. In my opinion such penalty isn't legally enforceable.

No Steven Dolfen and Jon Armstrong this weekend, both their 208 R2's has sustained too much damage in their crashes at Wervik and Azores.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

That is strange. No police radar has so small own tolerance. In my opinion such penalty isn't legally enforceable.

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You have a point there. Also, point is that Ypres police are paying extra attention and I'm not going to ruin my trip trying out my luck.

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Originally Posted by wwbroe

They have FIA priority, but they will have to do qualifying stage also. Normally fastest man in qualifying can first make choice of starting position on friday 13h00. I guess it also counts for FIA registered drivers. Maybe Pluto can give us some answers on this topic?;)

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Yes, according to the rules, drivers with FIA priority (same like RGT priority) are part of qualify stage. Their only one disadvantage comparing to registered drivers is that they cannot fight for prize money.

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Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira

I'm tired of Ypres event. Condroz f.e. is more beautifull to watch. Rallies with 90° turns is not for me. Madeira is a fantastic event, shame that we can't afford a ERC event there.

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Madeira is nice event, but has one big disadvantage - it is on island. And we have too many island events in ERC now...

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Originally Posted by Mirek

I will be in Ypres on Friday morning. Send me PM and we can try to meet. I will be there with Tommeke and we for sure want to meet Hartusvuori and wwbroe, maybe other forum members too.

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Do you mind if I tag along to that? Would be interested to hear from some experts on my first (proper) Ypres trip.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

That is strange. No police radar has so small own tolerance. In my opinion such penalty isn't legally enforceable.

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A little bit OT: I got only one ticket for speeding in my life but I asked czech police here in Brno for every single detail and they told me there is 10% tolerance plus police radar has its own 3 kmh tolerance. So you get ticket for speeding 58 kmh where 50 kmh is allowed here in Brno, Czech republic. It has to be very similar in Belgium. I think that guy with just 1 kmh over the limit drove his car 60 kmh, which is really 1 kmh above tolerance (50+6+3 +1) in Belgium but he tells the story more interesting way :)