56. Renties Ypres Rally Belgium 2021

[denkimi]

I still don´t see locals faster than WRC2 crews.

For WRC3 all Belgium Top3 is possible.

I've seen many ypres rally's by now. I've seen many big names pass by, and only very few have been able to follow the locals.

Only wrc level drivers like breen, meeke or neuville have been able to beat the locals the last couple of years. And off those, i think only meeke could do it on his first try.

But perhaps the lack of rhitm could be a big problem, since we have had next to no rally's here this year.

We'll see in a few weeks.

[Ucci]

I've seen many ypres rally's by now. I've seen many big names pass by, and only very few have been able to follow the locals.

Only wrc level drivers like breen, meeke or neuville have been able to beat the locals the last couple of years. And off those, i think only meeke could do it on his first try.

We'll see in a few weeks.

It not couple of years since victory of Luca Rossetti (2007-IRC), but still his achivement was astonishing for beenig 1st time on this event......

[dupanton]

It not couple of years since victory of Luca Rossetti (2007-IRC), but still his achivement was astonishing for beenig 1st time on this event......

Not that I want to minimise his performance, but he only did 1 scratch, 2x 2nd, 1x 3th time on whole of the event. He was clever enough not to make any mistakes nor have a puncture. That is an achievement and what gave him the victory. Not outright pace.

[er88]

That Meeke vs Loix fight was great to follow.

[PLuto]

Not that I want to minimise his performance, but he only did 1 scratch, 2x 2nd, 1x 3th time on whole of the event. He was clever enough not to make any mistakes nor have a puncture. That is an achievement and what gave him the victory. Not outright pace.

In Ypres it is crucial to stay on the road and not to make any mistakes

[Jarek Z]

In Ypres it is crucial to stay on the road and not to make any mistakes

... or you will end up like this
https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...=1#post1253498

[dupanton]

In Ypres it is crucial to stay on the road and not to make any mistakes

That is crucial on every rally. Only in Ypres (or Belgium in general) stages are narrow and there are very little places where you can get away with a small mistake.

Will be interesting to see how the best drivers in the world will handle the stages, but for sure a lot of really good drivers have failed to get a (good) result on their first attempt in the past.

[becher]

Hello, I've been reading this forum for a few years now but never registered, however I'm planning a trip to Ypres (and combine it with a multi day bike tour) and have a few questions here. I want to buy tickets for individual stages on Friday and Saturday as I can't go to Spa and do full stage hopping with the bicycle. Could you guys give me any advice which stages are the best to watch? Also any news if there are going to be spectator zones like in Estonia (I guess spectator zones wouldn't allow one to bring his bicycle along)?

[MartijnS]

No spectator zones. Full stage can be visited.

[becher]

No spectator zones. Full stage can be visited.

Thanks, sounds good.