[IRC] Ypres Westhoek Rally 2009

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Originally Posted by J4MIE

Can someone post times/stages that will be live on Eurosport? Unfortunately I will be away this weekend but will try to get someplace that is showing it :D

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http://www.rallye-info.com/article.asp?sid=0&stid=7939

Times stated are CET.

Shakedown video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otSHL5pRhEk

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Originally Posted by noel157

I know SDs don't mean too much but from what you saw tonight who would be your winner and 2nd and 3rd? (forget about the times).

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Very hard to tell, they are all close. Loix and Duval will be fighting for first, some other might be as well as I think some will make mistake and go off. I you see the skoda's, it's nuts: they throw the car a lot but that's something not to do in Ypres with all the ditches (although it's nice to see). With this driving style on my stopwatch they were fastest and at the endm just before leaving, Neuville and Loix did a very agressive pass as well, don't know if there fastest times were realised then.
Let's all hope that spectacular driving brings fast times and then we might see a very spectacular rally!


Btw Meeke had I puncture on his first real run (at least that is what we could see), but apparantly it was worse...
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5...eelding524.jpg
http://autosportforum.be/showpost.ph...postcount=2845

Shakedown was very nice to see, and i must agree with HACO, i also think that drivers like Meeke and Hanninen were cutting to deep. If they continu doing that during the rally, i think it will be hard to not have any puncture or even worse.
If you had a look at the times after first two runs, then the fastest ones were Loix and Kopecky with Duval being 1 sec behind. Also Vouilloz and Neuville did very well. Disappointing times by the two Punto's and also for Snijers in the Polo.
After many runs Duval set equal fastest time as Kopecky and Neuville, very impressive by Neuville, first time in 4x4 and only 21 years old. He might have brillant future in front of him.
We will see during rally, but then you have only one run and you have to be fast right away, so my bet goes to Loix, Kopecky, Vouilloz and Duval. :)

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Originally Posted by Tom206wrc

Thierry Neuville seemed to have done a very study shakedown, no ??? :confused:

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He will dive winners Peugeot with IRC207 plate.
http://autosportforum.be/attachment....8&d=1245392080

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Originally Posted by HaCo

Very hard to tell, they are all close. Loix and Duval will be fighting for first, some other might be as well as I think some will make mistake and go off. I you see the skoda's, it's nuts: they throw the car a lot but that's something not to do in Ypres with all the ditches (although it's nice to see). With this driving style on my stopwatch they were fastest and at the endm just before leaving, Neuville and Loix did a very agressive pass as well, don't know if there fastest times were realised then.
Let's all hope that spectacular driving brings fast times and then we might see a very spectacular rally!


Btw Meeke had I puncture on his first real run (at least that is what we could see), but apparantly it was worse...
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5...eelding524.jpg
http://autosportforum.be/showpost.ph...postcount=2845

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Meeke went wide at a corner and broke the wheel and then of course the tyre went.

Meeke's car is a new Kronos car I think?

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Originally Posted by noel157

Meeke's car is a new Kronos car I think?

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He used it at Monte

Was it Tanghe who rolled his blue C2 R2 in that city chicane?

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Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze

]Was it Tanghe who rolled his blue C2 R2 in that city chicane?

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No, it was Lefevre, who normally drives a beamer in belgian rally championship... ;)

Thanks, here is video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4mZX2UsPII

And another one from shake: http://www.dailymotion.com/search/ra...edown-irc_auto

It's nice to see that drivers used handbrake more than last year :)