Poinsignon is a very good driver ! What he is able to do with the Simca is just amazing :eek:
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Poinsignon is a very good driver ! What he is able to do with the Simca is just amazing :eek:
Can anyone explain about the Coupe de France?
It's the same concept as in rally. There is a lot of event in each part of France. Drivers are classified in the zone where they have their license. They can take part at all the events they want in France (but must take part in a minimum number in their zone), from 27/08/12 to 25/08/13, etc .... There are two levels (national, coeff 3, and régional, coeff 1).
They take point by group and class (8-6-4-2-1 for group, 16-12-8-6-4-2 for class).
The best by zone are qualified for a final (which changes each year of location). A number of qualified is announced in function of the number of classified driver in the zone the last year. The winner of the French Cup is the one who won the final :)
A lot of races took place this weekend. And most of them were very wet...
The fourth round of the European Championship took place in Spain this weekend. Faggioli almost got beaten by Julien Ducommun, just 2 tenths of a difference! :eek: Results of all the races can be found as usual on my website.
I personally was at the second round of the Belgian Championship in Chimay. The track is not much more than some straights and some chicanes, but in the rain that is suddenly pretty difficult...
My photos of this race can be found @ www.hillclimbportal.com
Here a small preview:
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ay-2013/01.jpg
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ay-2013/06.jpg
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ay-2013/11.jpg
Thanks for watching!
I don't know Julien Ducommun, but it must be really good driver ... beat Faggioli is an exploit !
Tragic news from Verzegnis this wekeend, legendary Austrian driver Hanspeter Laber died yesterday in the race.
R.I.P. Hanspeter, my condolences to the Laber family and the whole Austrian racing community
Is it true that he crashed on the way down the valley? Sounds strange to me...
unfortunately yes, race was already over :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
tribute video: Tribute to Hanspeter Laber
R.I.P Hanspeter
It was a crash with guard rail, similar to the rally accidents Kubica/Breen. Here the rail went through the windows front to back. I still have no info from Italy, but it seems there must be problems, like heart attack or similar. There is also another version, but not for public. Nobody crash with 30 km/h downhill going back relax.
30km/h?..
R.I.P. Laber..
Had another event at the weekend at a really small venue. No one really likes the course but it's hard to find new places to hold hillclimbs so this will have to do. The rain didn't help and everything was very slippery, as can be seen on this video
[youtube]MdXYv-uZzBQ[/youtube]
It's probably my most embarrassing 'accident' since I started competing. It hadn't been raining long and I convinced myself that the track would still be quite dry, especially as other cars had been going up, but at the first corner the car just decided to head straight on. Luckily I wasn't the only one to go off there and I was even luckier not to hit anything, most of the car is only glass fibre but I'd prefer not to repair it!
Some more photos from Belgium. This time from the most beautiful track in Belgium in my opinion, and also one of the best organised events in the country. The track has a diverse scenery with forested areas but also open parts. There is also a nice mix of slow and fast corners. The paddock is right in the village which is quite nice.
Under a nice summer sky that wasn't too hot a lot of beautiful cars were at the start.
Belgian Champion Jelle de Coninck drove amazingly in his Norma M20F sportscar but in the end Guy Demuth from Luxembourg used the extra power in his Osella FA30 to power to victory and a trackrecord.
My photos can be viewed at my website www.hillclimbportal.com
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...-semois/03.jpg
Guy Demuth
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...-semois/10.jpg
Stephane Emond (BMW M3), second touringcar. You can just see the first half of the course in the valley below.
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...-semois/15.jpg
Quintin Collignon (Citroën C2R2)
Thanks for watching
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10...embarquee_auto
Mama mia ! :eek:
Not a topic, but I'd like to introduce Merli's daughter to you. :) She's really really cute! hehe
Skip to 1:20s.
w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=CGndYy88GC4
This weekend I travelled to France for the Vuillafans Hillclimb. It is located in the Jura mountains just north of Switzerland. Vuillafans itself is a small town in the valley of the Loue river, which is considered one of the most beautiful parts of France. Although French people claim that about every part of their country ( ;) ) the Loue River Valley is really exceptional. The mountain sides are 400 metres high and go almost straight up. This allows for exceptional vistas over the surrounding area. My pictures were taken at the top spectator area and you can see part of the pit area. That must have been 1500m away at the very least!
If there is one drawback it must have been the weather. The valley is either sheltered from the wind, or full in the wind. This weekend there was no wind and it became really really hot... I saw too much gross naked man flesh in colors that can best be described as 'skincancer'.
All things considered, I would definately recommend this race to everyone!
My photos can be seen on www.hillclimbportal.com
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...-2013/01_0.jpg
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...-2013/02_0.jpg
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ns-2013/13.jpg
Thanks for watching!
That's quite a hill to climb :) Wind? I like wind, I'm born in winds :) People from other part of our country like to joke with us that we're somewhat "windy" people :D .
Anyway, beatiful pictures and place indeed. Thanks for sharing this.
I think it is acceptable provided that naked women flesh is present as well :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lousada
I've just had a look at your photos and think they are great. I have one question. What car is it?
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ns-2013/28.jpg
Vuillafans, one the best french hill climb :)
@Jarek : this car is a Simca CG Turbo. It was used a lot in small rallies and hillclimb. Now it's quite rare.
This is the one used by Yannick Poinsignon. THe car is super fast, and is fighting for 2WD title.
@Lousada : what was your feeling about cars, drivers, ... ? :)
What a fantastic looking venue, I wish we had hillclimbs like that in the UK :(
Great photos :)
Thanks for all the replies!!
At the places where I was standing it was impossible to really tell the difference between drivers. It was full throttle towards the hairpin and then full throttle away from it. You need to stand at fast flowing corners to tell the difference and those were further down the mountain. Normally I'd trek towards those more interesting places but this time I was satisfied with the impressive views on top. (and not getting a sunstroke ;) )Quote:
Originally Posted by vino_93
Although... the gaps are so small, for example Cosson, Dosieres and Bonnet were seperated by a second after 4800 metres. It is the same in other classes, places 2 till 7 in F3 were seperated by a second, Werver and Poinsignon by three tenths, and Lemaire and Cat in Group N by just 7 hundreths!
The cars are maybe not so spectacular as the German Berg-Cup but the depth of talent across the whole field is perhaps better in France. I'll definately try to visit more races in France.
But first I'll go to the Glasbachrennen in Germany. European Championship, Berg-Cup and Czech Championship, it could very well be the race of the year!
Let me bump my thread again. This weekend I was at the Glasbachrennen, part of the European Championship and the Berg-Cup. On top of that it was also a round for the Czech Republic. Apparently Thüringen, where the Hillclimb is, was the hottest place in Germany this weekend... I am not good in that kind of weather...
Although the Glasbachrennen is a very quick track, the underpowered cars could perform exceptionally well. So apparently it is a real drivers track. The best drives came from some of the 1300 and 1600cc cars and they defeated many a more powerful car.
There were many unlimited touringcars with decent drivers, but it was Jörg Weidinger in the two litre BMW that was the quickest. It was interesting to study his racinglines, much smoother than most others. On Sunday I stood for a while at the finish were a couple of sweeping S-corners were. While others swung their car around the corners, setting up a wide line towards the next, Weidinger drove in a diagonal as straight as possible. Funny to see.
In the open cars it was of course Faggioli who won. Six Osella FA30's in the first seven places, the other being the Dallara GP2 from David Hauser. There is just something about that car, looks, sound... and of course well driven...
As for the event... The major problem was the poor timing. Every break took a looong time to fix and of course there were lots of breaks... In the top half they installed a tyre chicane and every other car appeared to touch the thing. Then it had to be reset so red flag, all the other cars returned to the start... and so on... Spectator areas were well kept and all that, really no complaints apart from the long day.
Anyway, my photos are at www.hillclimbportal.com
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...en-2013/02.jpg
Simone Faggioli, the winner
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...en-2013/06.jpg
David Hauser, third in his Dallara GP2
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...en-2013/12.jpg
For Urbanus-DenoS2000, the new European Champion? :)
Thanks for watching
That's a beauty:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lousada
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...en-2013/01.jpg
Muhvic in EVO?
next year FIA Hillclumb Masters ;)
New in 2014: the FIA Hill Climb Masters | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile
Looks good, shame that we're unlikely to get the event in the UK :(Quote:
Originally Posted by NoFear85
Let me revisit this thread once more. I have done three hillclimbs in Belgium this month (and another one next week).
First it was Grandcourt near the three country border between Belgium, Luxembourg and France. A small but super super fast track, 170 kph on average! It is an amazing experience to see the prototypes capture the fast flowing corners. Photographicly it is hard to capture, you can see my attempts here.
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ont_130804.jpg
Second in the row was the Course de Côte de Mont-Saint-Aubert near Tournai. That is the opposite side of the country. Again a superfast track. It was a regional race only so the topdrivers stayed home, but the winner still clocked 150 kph on average. The hill lies isolated in the flatlands so you could watch for miles in the distance. I was more satisfied with my photos this time. You can judge them here.
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ont_130818.jpg
Then yesterday it was the crazy Course de Côte de Bomerée near Charleroi. Only looking at the trackmap on my website you see it is absolutely nuts. They attempted some spectator safety this year by grouping the people the together instead of spreading them out around the course. So instead of small flocks of people around the track which can be easily corrected if they misbehave you get large groups of drunks egging eachother on. And photos like this:
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ont_130825.jpg
The rest of my photos can be viewed of course also on my website http://www.hillclimbportal.com
Drop a comment if you like them ;)
My photos from Sienna Hill Climb, round of polish hill climb championship.
GSMP Sienna , 17-18 sierpnia | autor: Mirosław Zagórny - rajdowa galeria zdjęć. Zdjęcia z rajdów, wyścigów. Odbitki, aparaty cyfrowe
http://i.hoga.pl/rajdy/galeria/2013/...zagorny/21.jpg
http://i.hoga.pl/rajdy/galeria/2013/...zagorny/25.jpg
Nice pictures, thanks for showing them.
This week is 19. GHD Ilirska Bistrica (Slovenia) and count for national championship and for european.
Thanks, I was offline for a long time, didn't see this :) Yes, there is a distinct chance for Tommy Muhvić to become champion, it's nice to see how he has evolved into a really fast driver!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lousada
Anyway, I was at Ilirska Bistrica last weekend. It was a bit dissapointing to see that neither Pailer nor Faggioli drove but still it was a great race. The winner was, as expected like last year, Miloš Beneš who drove very nicely in his superior Osella FA30. In cars the winner was Andreas Marko after a superb drive as usual, although it must be noted he was for sure helped by the technical problems of Pailer and Pregartner. BTW, this was the first time I saw his new Porsche live. It has 870 BHP and this is the car that left me most amazed! The power is absolutely brutal and you really cant imagine it until you see it.
Now, Buzet :)
How was Buzet? The Croatians had a great party for their new champion? ;)
Here you can see the atmosphere in Buzet. Fantastic as usual :) (note this is only the beginning, the atmosphere gets really hot when the later runners arrive). Plus Tomislav Muhvi? was crowned champion so it gave a little extra spice :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB6LX31Y5MA