[ERC] Geko Ypres Rally (19. -21.06. 2014)

[giù tutto!]

It is indeed incredible that 2 JERC drivers have exactly the same time at the finish of the rally.

Yes, he is.

I was just thinking the difference of the performance between the father and the son...

[Mirek]

Another nice video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Lql8moYNk

[sete]

My photos from Ypres
http://mirousxl.rajce.idnes.cz/Geko_Rally_Ypres_2014

[dimviii]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=EJ01zo3Zt4g

[dimviii]

http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/fotogalery.p...79&fotograf=69

[HaCo]

One thing that I noticed on this rally is that... nobody wants to drive Mitsubishis and Subarus anymore. In a rally with as many as 90 crews there were only 2 Subarus and 8 Mitsubishis. It seems that the times when there were 20-30 group N 4WD cars on the entry list are long gone...

Yes, and I was wondering if there was any car from the famous Guy Colsoul rallyteam this year? It was a lot different in the past. But if you look at the result of Lefevere in his Mitsubishi R4, you can still achieve a reasonable result, pitty the JRM Subaru R4 was missing.

I'll try to write some resume tomorrow, but I'm sure Mirek will write a better one.

Nice pictures tommeke, don't you have a picture of Rosseti on this spot:

He hit the roadsign pole, but was able to continue without big loss of time.

I don't think so. There was no visible difference between the cars even the sound was same for me. He even had long gearbox like factory cars and Loix. All four (Rossetti, Loix, Lappi, Wiegand shared service places next to each other so I think that Rossetti had some some kind of factory support too. You could very clearly see that cars of Consani or especially Vanneste were much slower and worse in suspension than all 7 Škodas but You could not see any difference Rossetti/Loix/Lappi/Wiegand. I don't say there was no difference, sure there was some but it wasn't "miles away" like You wrote. No way. Also I think the Pirelli might have worked actually better than Michelins (especially considering times of Consani compared to impression from stage). Anyway Luca was driving very different way than others, smoother, cleaner, very precise lines, no blocking of wheels when braking. A bit "Loebish".

Rosetti did an awesome job, I tought his victory was lucky but he proved the oposite. I didn't know he was on Pirelli's, that would be the first time these tires worked better on dry tarmac then Michelins.

On the other hand the gr.N cars in Ypres were mostly boring to watch. Juniors with R2 were much more spectacular (at least in fast places).

I must disagree, although not fast, the Mitsus of Erdy, Hudec and Pushkar came through spectacular almost every pass, not to forget Lefevere! :-)
One proof ;-)

[dupanton]

My + and - of this rally. This is just an impression from the side of the stages

++ Abbring and Lefebvre. Very fast and spectacular, Nobody could follow them on the stages, but both had problems... Peugeot has a bright future if they can keep both drivers
Cherain, what a performace to finish 2nd!, fast times al weekend!

+ Loix (solid as ever), Wiegand (not impressive, but very nice result), Rossetti (looked clean and fast), Lappi (before he went off), Kobus (not as aggresive as otherwise, but very fast), Consani (don't know about his stagetimes but it looked as he attacked), Orsak (looked quite fast, a bit of a surprise to me) Thiry, Ingram, De Maerschalk, Crugnola, Griebel etc. (the pace in R2 was very high!)

- Debackere, Verschueren (totally not at ease with his car), Cerny (expected him at the front off the R2 field, was never there)

-- Pons (so hesitant, never saw a driver that nervous in his driving style...), Casier (going off in the first corner, with so much experience, is not done!)

-------- the reliability of the PSA R5s...

[HaCo]

I spoke with Lappi and it is almost sure that he will be back in Ypres next year. Škoda wants that he will do again ERC next year. Of course plans can change, but at this point there is a real possibility that he will be again in Ypres in 2015. Lappi said also that he is hoping to drive in 2016 for a factory team in the WRC.

Looking forward to 2015! :-)

[mousti]

I heard the grip on the Pirelli's was very good. Tires are good for around 60 stage KM's.

Don't think Colsoul had a car there, but they will dissapear soon anyways.. Erdi used sometimes his handbrake to go very sideways , seems he didn't really care about his result.

[Mirek]

Nice pictures tommeke, don't you have a picture of Rosseti on this spot:

He hit the roadsign pole, but was able to continue without big loss of time.

We were a bit late. We've seen Rossetti in the fast S-corners following this place while moving from car...