ERC Video Thread

[tommeke_B]

There was a rumour back then that Snijers was practicing the stages for a whole week before the rally but I don´t know if this is true. Anyone?

Back then all top drivers did that (from what I heard), I believe there were no real restrictions to recce back then... Before Ypres the "training" began weeks before the event, in the GroupB-era, drivers who drove a Gr.B in competition also had a similar Gr.B for recce/training, for example Snijers had a 037 for training, and some Italian driver drove that car during the rallies (even in official review-videos from Ypres and from the Belgian championship they mentioned it like that). I'm too young to have experienced those times, but it happens now and then that I hear stories about that "training" before the Ypres rally years ago, people were waiting hours to see some cars passing by, on competition-speed. Spectators blocked the roads so drivers should not be worried about other traffic, etc... Times have changed, I'm sure there still is some illegal recce in all events (you can't ever stop it completely), but nothing like those "training weeks" that happened 20-30 years ago.

[Jarek Z]

There was a rumour back then that Snijers was practicing the stages for a whole week before the rally but I don´t know if this is true. Anyone?

I think the recce rules were different back then. I remember interviews with drivers competing in Rally Poland in early nineties (Snijers, Droogmans, Weber, Holowczyc, Przybylski and others) and they were officially talking of practicing stages 6, 7 or 8 times.

[dimviii]

Greek championship rally Achaios(asphalt) 23 times just one long stage(Fteri) by the Greek multi champion(Kirkos).Practicing with Kadett gsi and Ford sierra cosworth(2wd) at rally.If i remeber correct must be 1988-9?

[mousti]

Back then all top drivers did that (from what I heard), I believe there were no real restrictions to recce back then... Before Ypres the "training" began weeks before the event, in the GroupB-era, drivers who drove a Gr.B in competition also had a similar Gr.B for recce/training, for example Snijers had a 037 for training, and some Italian driver drove that car during the rallies (even in official review-videos from Ypres and from the Belgian championship they mentioned it like that). I'm too young to have experienced those times, but it happens now and then that I hear stories about that "training" before the Ypres rally years ago, people were waiting hours to see some cars passing by, on competition-speed. Spectators blocked the roads so drivers should not be worried about other traffic, etc... Times have changed, I'm sure there still is some illegal recce in all events (you can't ever stop it completely), but nothing like those "training weeks" that happened 20-30 years ago.

Even the police had no problem with that, at those times, crazy stories

[darkstar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkYx3mHSR5Y - A video that deserves to be in this thread too. Patrick Snijers in the Manx Rally, stunning what he showed there... Patrick still claims that this is the best car he ever drove (compared to the competition he was against).

that video is simply legendary!

[Jarek Z]

Very good professional TV report in English from 1998 Rally of Poland, produced by ESPN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvzkEEogf0

Starring:
Krzysztof Holowczyc
Alex Fiorio
Toni Gardemeister
Janusz Kulig
Gianmarino Zenere
Robert Gryczynski
Alexander Potapov
Sergei Baldykov
and many others...

[Jarek Z]

Another report from ERC 1998 by ESPN. This time Rali Vinho da Madeira.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZbn...feature=relmfu

Starring:
Andrea Aghini
Andrea Navarra
Armin Schwarz
Gilles Panizzi
Adruzilo Lopes
and many others...

[mousti]

Ypres 1997 in Japanese

YPRES RALLY 1997' - YouTube

Starring:
Bruno Thiry
Freddy Loix
Andrea Aghini
Patrick Snijers
Gregoire de Mevius
Henrik Lundgaard
Bernard Munster
Gaby Goedezeune
Chris van Woensel

[stefanvv]

Ypres 1997 in Japanese

YPRES RALLY 1997' - YouTube

Uokarimas

[mousti]

Rali de Ypres 2003 - CER (Participação Miguel Campos) - YouTube

Ypres 2003 in Portuguese

Starring:
Miguel Campos
Bruno Thiry
Patrick Snijers
Pieter Tsjoen
Pascal Gaban
Ville-Perti Teuronen
Timothy van Parijs