Tommeke, do you think this will be an RGT spec Porsche?
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Tommeke, do you think this will be an RGT spec Porsche?
The car is formerly owned by Patrick Gengler (driver from Luxembourg), I'm not sure if he was the first owner. For BRC the car should have Reiger suspension and sequential gearbox, so no RGT-spec. For Ypres they will change what's needed so they can start. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by HaCo
More good news for brc. Chris van Woensel bought the ex-De Jong Lancer wrc. He will compete with it in Haspengouw, Spa, East Belgian and Condroz. That also leaves the opportunity for de jong to buy an R5 car.. Also not mentioned yet, Benoit Allart will do all brc rounds in a fabia wrc (ypres with evo x r4).
Michael Albert, a Belgian 23-year old (former) circuit driver (Blancpain series apparently) will do the complete BRC with an Evo 9 group N, first group N driver who committed to the whole championship. Never heard this name before...
he did twice rallye des crêtes ;)
So Stephen Wright on a Fiesta R5 on some events of the BRC ;)
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/...69&oe=5561B8CE
Design for Chris Van Woensel his Mitsu '05 WRC. :)
Ex Barrable, sadly he will not do so much rallies again in Belgium like last year. After a big investment it's logical though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Pictures Boucles Clavieroises 2015 online on www.bvrallypics.be
http://bvrallypics.be/?p=831&wppa-al...0&wppa-occur=1
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First event of BRC next week: Haspengouw. Seeded list should be out by the beginning of next week. Normally one S2000 (Loix) and 5 R5 cars driving: Cherain, Grooten and Verschueren with DS3 R5, Princen with 208 R5 and Dutch driver Becx with a beautiful (see photo) Fiesta R5. :)
https://scontent-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hp...83&oe=555323A2
Design for Verschueren's car: https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...a81ed1e01d087f
My photos of yesterday are also online!
http://www.rallymedia.nl/images/2015...e/11550105.jpg
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http://www.rallymedia.nl/images/2015...e/17526646.jpg
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Cedric Cherain leaves J-Motorsport, he will drive a Citroën DS3 R5 from D-Max in stead. Now J-Motorsport contacted Pieter Tsjoen and they planned to do the complete season together. Both get some official support from Citroën Belux and/or Citroën Racing apparently. So in BRC we will see 4 Citroën DS3 R5's (Cherain, Tsjoen, Verschueren and Grooten)... :)
Great news :D
Boucles à Bastogne 2015; www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZlO98QVA0s
Pics from Legend Boucles de Bastogne online op www.bvrallypics.be
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Belgian Championship should be great this year, with several R5s doing a full season. Really looking forward to the first round next weekend. Following drivers should do a full (or almost) season:
Loix (Fabia S2000/R5) with support from Skoda Belgium
Cherain (DS3 R5) with support from Citroën Belgium (and Citroën Sport?)
Tsjoen (DS3 R5) with support from Citroën Belgium
Verschueren (DS3 R5)
Grootten (DS3 R5), at least first half of the season
Princen (208 R5) with support from Peugeot Belgium
Beckx (Fiesta R5)
Snijers (Porsche 997)
Allart (Fabia WRC), can't take much points for the championship with a WRC
Etc...
My prediction: close rallies but in the end, I think Loix will be champion again. Biggest threat should be Cherain and Princen. A lot will depend on the performance of the new Fabia R5.
For next weekend, I predict a Loix victory is the weather is bad. If it's mainly dry, Cherain and Princen should be very close, maybe even Van Woensel (first time with Lancer WRC) could play his role.
I'm afraid Loix will take it. Cherain showed really nice speed in for example EBR last year, pitty we couldn't compare to Loix that moment.
Princen had the luxury of having a really fast car, but needed a wake up call every rally, was quite slow and made mistakes at the start of several events. But maybe, and he has proven a lot in the past, he is much better in a slower car, more confidence, more speed. In the Evo gr A he made quite some mistakes as well.
Loix will be the man to beat, whoever wins the title, it will be with proper competition this year.
Let's hope the R5 cars will be reliable!
Can't wait for the Haspengouw to start! Backpack is ready to go! :-D
For Haspengouw Chris Van Woensel is my favourite, with so many long straights and junctions... I think there are 2 stages where he could lose some (Halle-Booienhoven a little and Zepperen some more), on the other 2 (Gelmen and Walshoutem) he should gain a lot of seconds with all the straights. I think he will make a better debut with this car than Princen did with the S12. Princen was quite disappointing last year, apart from Rallye du Condroz.
Actually, if you see what Duval could do in that car in Condroz few years ago (2009), CVW has only one option: to win. Of course he needs to adapt to the car.
Don't quite understand why he switched to a superior car anyway. Is it possible that this Mitsu WRC is less expensive to run than in the mean already quite old Evo X R4?
I can understand he does it for the fun, but certainly not for competition.
Of course that was Duval and he had the whole official MML (former works team and mechanics) around him... ;) Also it's 6 years ago, nobody drives an S2000 of 2009 anymore. The Lancer WRC is certainly more expensive to run than Evo X R4. But probably a bit cheaper than top-S2000 and top-R5. The real expenses of these cars start to show when you go off and do some damage, so far Van Woensel rarely crashes. I think there are enough reasons to choose a Lancer WRC in stead of Evo X R4.
- More attention from people and media (even with current BRC rules)
- More fun
- Better results
- Harder to hit anything with rear wing :p
- Value of car will not drop like the value of Evo X R4 or an R5-car will. Older WRC cars are quite good investments. If you buy a Fiesta R5 and sell it in 2-3 years, it's old and worth maybe 60-70% of value now? If you buy an Evo X R4 it will be the same, probably worse if regulations change. I heard quite positive stories from people who bought WRC cars and could sell them with almost no loss or even small profit after some years. ;)
my vidéo , legend boucles - Bastogne 2015: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph7_-mCnrr0
Kris Princen tested the 208 R5 for the first time yesterday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBRm0jqRSbE
New WRC car for David Bonjean in the Spa Rally(so he's forfait at this week-end's Haspengouw Rally) :confused:
Yes, correct.
Start list Rally Van Haspengouw
http://www.rallyvanhaspengouw.be/ind...ers/startlijst
http://haspengouw.rallyresults.be/ra...gouw-nationaal Link for live results tomorrow. First stage starts at 8h15.
http://www.rallyvanhaspengouw.be/ind...ers/startlijst Entries.
The stages are least interesting in the Belgian championship, in my opinion. 4 different stages (13 in total). A lot of straights and junctions. One stage (SS Zepperen, SS2-6-10) is very different from others, with half of it being on gravel/mud, and also the asphalt parts are quite interesting (a lot of fast corners), that's the stage where the driver makes the difference. :)
is their one make cup / trophies ? who are the crews registered for Junior BRC ? Are PTN eligible for Historic champ ?
That's the bad point of the Belgian Entry List. You never have this kind of piece of news, whereas it's interesting to know this.
Good to see an Alfa GTV on entry list :) and really surprise by the Lexus IS300 ...
Golf in N4 ? Golf R32 ?
and Soenens is crazy to start with Corvette ...
No one-make cups. 208 Rally Trophy starts in Spa. PTN are scoring for historic championship indeed. ;) Indeed Belgian entry lists are sometimes a big mess, and starting positions are not always fair for all drivers. The Golf in N4 (in criterium, not Belgian championship) is a Diesel.
Onboard with Loix last year: http://youtu.be/S41nb7aCJO4Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
The stage changed this year. Partly reversed and more gravel.Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
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Originally Posted by tommeke_B
But the Junior R2 Cup seems to run in Haspengouw :confused:
Princen in front of Loix by small margin on SS1 van Haspengouw ;)
http://haspengouw.rallyresults.be/ra...015/itinerary/
What happened to Kris on the 9km ES2 ??? :mark:
Made a spin. Good time of Becx!