Belgian Rally News

[mas-racing]

[ziggysony]

Rally van Haspengouw , 1st Round of the Belgian Rallychampionship 26&27/02/ 2016 http://youtu.be/IkI6ltu1xw0

[Mirek]

Safari rally with asphalt setup?

[dupanton]

It was a nice rally! Not the best stages of the championship, but a nice rally anyway

Princen and Loix had a great fight all rally long. At the end, Loix pushed a bit more and won. But the small differences promise an interesting fight for the title
Verschueren was a lot faster then I thought, needed little time to adjust to the Fabia. For sure an outsider for the title! Was lucky when the rear left wheel bearing (or something else) broke at high speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYjRNO_fkM4 . After this incident, he finished 4th.
Cherain (Fiesta R5) was a disappointment to me. Not quick enough to fight for the top 3 and retired at the end after a small mistake.
De Jongh (DS3 R5) drove a solid rally finishing 5th, nice addition to the championship!
Steveny (DS3 R5) crashed on the first stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TudX47rJS4
Serderidis (DS3 R5) on the second one after a compression, images are here already.
Finally, Van Rompuy (DS3 R5) retired with a broken rim and driveshaft, I don't know if he went off.
EDIT: forgot Benoit (Fiesta R5), says enough about his rally... Finished 9th overall behind 2 BMWs.

Vanwoensel was fastest with his Lancer WRC, but once again, the car was too fragile. He lost time and got a penalty, resulting in 3th.
Kenis drove a Mini WRC with RRC restrictor (yes, crazy Belgian rules). He had a good rally finishing 6th.

Next is Spa rally 18-19/03, nicer stages and probably better entry list too

[manthey]

Rally van Haspengouw , 1st Round of the Belgian Rallychampionship 26&27/02/ 2016 http://youtu.be/IkI6ltu1xw0

Princen fastest driver on the twisty section @ 0:42!

[dupanton]

Nice onboard with Princen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkD7ymP6hE4

[dupanton]

Nikolay Gryazin entered Spa Rally, 2nd rally of the Belgian Championship, in a Peugeot (208 R2 I presume).

Anybody has an idea why? Tarmac testing?

[Fly]

Nikolay Gryazin entered Spa Rally, 2nd rally of the Belgian Championship, in a Peugeot (208 R2 I presume).

Anybody has an idea why? Tarmac testing?

Must be a 208T16

I read on the list: PEUGEOT RC1 WRC 1,6 T

http://www.sparally.com/sites/defaul...gage_BRC-3.pdf

[liposh]

...Yes, and under Gryazin is Henrard Michael with Renault Clio RC1 1,6T WRC . For sure it will be P208 R2. If Gryazin would want to drive 4WD in future, he would use Fabia R5 from SRT.

[Fly]

...Yes, and under Gryazin is Henrard Michael with Renault Clio RC1 1,6T WRC . For sure it will be P208 R2. If Gryazin would want to drive 4WD in future, he would use Fabia R5 from SRT.

Oh I didn't see the mess in the list. Sorry!