Ypres turns out to be a battlefield, again... :(
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Ypres turns out to be a battlefield, again... :(
Althoug I have nothing against ''fast'' Fredy, this week end he doesn't deserve victory. There were faster than him....but you have to finish, that is clear.
For me surprise of the race : Dumas ! Nobody expected that even one 911 will finish between first eight (see the pickem), now he is on 4th position (although Magalhaes is closing). Great job, indeed. He should change the circuit racing for rally, hehehehe.....
Just looking back as I was away yesterday... Loix said on SS3: 'I go absolutely flat out, I'm on the limit...' but he was only 6th fastest. This was when all his main opponents were still running.
He did say that but then this morning he was fastest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Yesterday he also said: "We are running this car for the first time and we see some things which could be improved. But the rally is long so no panic." like he knew that he hadn't had to be the fastest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Loix is an old fox which cannot really be trusted in his (obviously tactical) words during a rally. Itīs the same with Baumschlager, his Skoda mate.
Iīm now 100% sure he was driving tactically yesterday - itīs the same way he won Ypres more than once.
I still think others could have won but for their mistakes, mechanicals or punctures.
But no surprise Loix was there to pick up the win when they did... he's done it so many times on so many events in the Belgian Championship.
Real shame in this event was for Breen (again) ...
'Championship leader Breen had been leading the event by 12.6s, but picked up a puncture and lost 15s and the lead to Bryan Bouffier (Citroën DS3 R5) on SS11. Worse was to happen on the following stage, when he slipped off the road and into a field. Having lost over 30 seconds, he arrived at the end of the stage with his Peugeot 208 T16’s radiator full of vegetation and the water temperature reading 155°C. Unfortunately, the car refused to start, and he was forced to retire.'
“We came too fast into a left-hand corner and went out of the road and into a field,” said Breen. “It seemed quite harmless, but the water temperature started to rise and we stopped to clear the grass out of the front of the car. Unfortunately, there is a constant vacuum at the back of the rad, and with the movement of the car through the air as well, the damage must have already been done by the time we reached the end of the stage, even though the temperature was going down. We’ve won three different rallies on three difference surfaces in the ERC, so I think I’m performing consistently on all surfaces this year. I just really wanted to win Ypres as well, because it’s such a classic event. We’ll come back stronger, that’s for sure.”
And I suppose it keeps the title battle with Kajto running... :rolleyes:
Great Periscope feed from the last stop line - this tech has great potential for rallying.
What happend to Dumas??
And yes, congrats to Freddy Loix......he did it again.