Who knows Wim , a WRC is a WRC no matter what . Surely none of us can get into his head ;)
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Who knows Wim , a WRC is a WRC no matter what . Surely none of us can get into his head ;)
Wow! I'm very happy! I'm not sure if you saw it already or not, but Bryan Bouffier managed to win this rally! Excellent job Bryan! Tsjoen went off the road when he was trying to catch the sympathetic Frenchman. Cedric Robert was second.
44. RONDE LIMOUSINE-REGION LIMOUSIN-VASSIVIERE:
1. Bryan Bouffier/Xavier Panseri (F) Peugeot 207 S2000 2:09.07,2 (1. A7S)
2. Cedric Robert/Matthieu Duval (F) Peugeot 207 S2000 +1.50,1 (2. A7S)
3. Pierre Roche/Martine Roche (F) Subaru Impreza WRC S8 +4.22,8 (1. A8W)
4. Jean-Charles Beaubelique/Julien Vial (F) Peugeot 206 WRC +6.37,1 (2. A8W)
5. Clement Dub/Pierre Mazoyer (F) Fiat Punto Abarth S2000 7.53,7 (3. A7S)
6. Pierre Marche/Julien Rebut (F) Peugeot 207 RC +10.30,4 (1. R3)
7. Laurent Reuche/Thierry Schoeni (F) Peugeot 207 RC +11.19,7 (2. R3)
8. Eric Mauffrey/Gaëtan Houssin (F) Renault Clio R3 +11.31,9 (3. R3)
9. Arnaud Augoyard/Olivier Ural (F) Renault Clio S1600 +11.44,8 (1. A6K)
10. Marc Amourete/Gwenola Marie (F) Citroen C2 S1600 +12.03,7 (2. A6K)
French championship standings:
1. Bouffier 41, 2. Robert 36, 3. Tsjoen 32, 4. Roche 28, 5. Guigou 25, 6. Amourette 22.
http://www.autoklub.pl/news/foto/201...0613_30297.jpg
It sounds like there was some direct fight but although it may look like that from times the reason why they were equal two stages before the accident was that Tsjoen had a puncture on some previous stage. Otherwise he was much faster than Bouffier (which is understandable).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Well, like I said before. They have bought the car, he could better use it than leave it in the garage. And for why he doesn't drive IRC, because he finds himselfe a gentleman driver, not a pro, which is a pitty, because I think he has great talents.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wim_Impreza
Still it is due to the rules that big money wins from lower budget.
What happened to Cedric? He was close to Bryan after first day?
He had some problem with right door which were still opened. He drove later with door from standard 207.
http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimag...9/DSCF8183.jpg
It's not the right classification. This is after 2 rallies ;) We still wait for the good classification ... the FFSA isn't fast :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Some pictures here http://www.rally-news.fr/gallery/show/8408
oups sorry, it's the good. There was a mistake about the number of rallies by drivers on the website, but not for the points. Sorry :sQuote:
Originally Posted by vino_93
Well, judging from the events that Tsjoen chooses and the car he drives, he is a typical gentleman driver. Which is very sad, because in my opinion, he had papers to achieve much much more in this sport. I still remember his great win over Gregoire de Mevius in 2001 Ypres Rally. At that time I thought Tsjoen will become another great Belgian driver in ERC or even WRC. I heard that he had plans to compete in European Championship in 2004 in the same team with Bruno Thiry (http://rallyonline.pl:84/ft.php?idg=504&pg_[go]=20). Unfortunately, it didn't work out. I think that since then, Tsjoen's career started to go downhill... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by HaCo