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

**dimviii** · 21st June 2014, 00:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIE-3sIPlvY

**dimviii** · 21st June 2014, 00:21

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**leighton323** · 21st June 2014, 01:29

Originally Posted by EightGear

King Kevin at it again.

I guess you are the only one who consistently knows it seeing as you are from his country but I do not understand how Kevin Abbring does not get more praise on here. He is hugely impressive with his speed and if not for the mechanical woes of the Peugeot then things could have been a lot different.
He has been out doing Craig Breen on every single event this year before the mechanical issues have sunk in.
This man deserves to go further in the sport.

Is he as good on gravel as he is on tarmac?

**tommeke_B** · 21st June 2014, 01:59

Originally Posted by leighton323

Is he as good on gravel as he is on tarmac?

Yes.

Had a good first day, seen 3 stages, 3 times very fast place. Very impressive driving from Abbring indeed! Also a very positive surprise has been Rossetti. On the 6th stage we've seen him have an off due to puncture. Then he replaced the wheel and continued. Both Rossetti and Consani's pace proved that Pirelli tyres can't be bad, by the way. Consani his car is visibly slower than those of the opposition. Freddy Loix driving consistently for second, there's no visible difference between his car, rossetti's car and the factory cars. Freddy said that he was impressed by Abbring's pace, but not surprised.

From Belgian drivers Cherain is really quick. It's also clearly visible that he is the only Fiesta R5-driver who has a really proper set-up. From all other Fiesta's the car is completely diving and all weight comes to the front end, somehow Cherain doesn't have it, or at least not so much. Vanneste is driving very nice as well, but there is a visible difference in speed between his car and the cars of the people he's competing against now.

Did anyone notice that the 208 R5's had a broken rear window again? I think it may be because the rear wing is pushing on it, and with some vibrations and bumps it may crack easily.

We've seen the R2 cars as well. Kristiansen was very spectacular but crashed, unfortunately, but it was not a surprise. After seeing him on SS4 we were wondering when he would crash, not knowing he crashed only 5 corners after... Lefebvre fast as always. Demaerschalk is doing a great event again, I hope he can keep his place. Also Northern-French Heuninck is very nice to see with his 'old' C2. The Opel Adam's were nice to see also, both Thiry and Griebel. The chassis of the car is amazing, even compared to the 208 (which was claimed to have the best chassis of R2-cars) it is much more stable. Shame Bruno Thiry had to retire. Apparently he hit a big stone in the middle of the road. Some rumors say it would be some sabotage, but I doubt it...