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Post by Hurricane on May 20, 2009 14:52:52 GMT
There are rumours that there will be 24 S2000 entries in Ypres this year. So far the credit crunch.. ;D
At the moment there are 13 crews confirmed. (Casier will drive an S2000, he only doesn't know which one yet) They are however not all on the website yet. Driver websites and internal information made this list. So far 4 S2000 marks will be represented, with a possibility to extend to 7!
Peugeot 207 S2000: - Freddy Loix (Peugeot BeLux) - Nicolas Vouilloz (Peugeot BeLux) - Kris Meeke (Peugeot BeLux) - BF Goodrich - Pieter Tsjoen - * Corrado Fontana - * Brian Lavio - * Michal Solowow - ? Bernd Casier - ? Luca Betti - ? Alexandre Bengué - ? Olivier Marty
Abarth Grande Punto S2000: - Giandomenico Basso (Abarth) - Anton Alen (Abarth) - ? Bernd Casier - ? Renato Travaglia - ? Alessandro Bettini - ? Marco Cavigioli
Skoda Fabia S2000: - François Duval (Rene Georges Rallysport) - ? Jan Kopecky (Skoda Motorsport) - ? Juho Hanninen (Skoda Motorsport)
Volkswagen Polo S2000: - Patrick Snijers (Rene Georges Rallysport)
Proton Satria Neo S2000: - ? Guy Wilks - ? Bernd Casier
Opel Corsa S2000 - ? Gareth MacHale
MG ZR S2000 - ? Peter Stephenson
? = rumours * = confirmed on Ypres website
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Post by Vivski on May 23, 2009 3:53:06 GMT
Cool! Ypres looks like quite an interesting rally. Would you liken the roads to what you'd see in Rally Germany? Or for the cycling nuts... Paris-Roubaix?
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Post by Hurricane on May 24, 2009 14:59:50 GMT
I don't think the Westhoek roads can be compared to anywhere in the world. They're very specific. As the drivers say themselves: it's extremely hard to get a good result without local knowledge.
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Post by Hurricane on May 27, 2009 22:17:31 GMT
Currently there are 14 S2000 cars listed on the entry list.
Peugeot 207 S2000: - * Freddy Loix (Peugeot BeLux) - * Nicolas Vouilloz (Peugeot BeLux) - * Kris Meeke (Peugeot BeLux) - * BF Goodrich - * Corrado Fontana - * Brian Lavio - * Michal Solowow - * Davide Di Benedetto - * xxxx (probably Pieter Tsjoen) - Pieter Tsjoen - ? Luca Betti - ? Olivier Marty
Abarth Grande Punto S2000: - * Giandomenico Basso (Abarth) - * Bernd Casier (Abarth) - ? Renato Travaglia - ? Alessandro Bettini - ? Marco Cavigioli
Skoda Fabia S2000: - * François Duval (Rene Georges Rallysport) - ? Jan Kopecky (Skoda Motorsport) - ? Juho Hanninen (Skoda Motorsport)
Volkswagen Polo S2000: - * Patrick Snijers (Rene Georges Rallysport)
Proton Satria Neo S2000: - ? Guy Wilks
Opel Corsa S2000 - * Alexandre Bengué - ? Gareth MacHale
MG ZR S2000 - ? Peter Stephenson
? = rumours * = confirmed on Ypres website
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Post by loebfan on May 28, 2009 9:58:45 GMT
Olivier Marty had a very good start this season, with a 3rd position in the Lyon-Charbonnieres rally. It's good to see him in IRC
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Post by Hurricane on May 28, 2009 11:46:09 GMT
He hasn't been confirmed though. Only rumours state he will come to Ypres.
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Post by Hurricane on Jun 1, 2009 15:02:20 GMT
The Skoda factory team has confirmed their entries in the Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally. Jan Kopecký is already on the entry list and Juho Hänninen will be added once administrative issues have been resolved.
Also, MEM has confirmed it will enter a Proton Satria Neo S2000 on the rally, the names of the crew will be announced next week. It is known that Guy Wilks and Brian Bouffier both have strong connections with MEM and they both want to enter the rally. (Why not enter 2 Protons then? ;D)
Currently there are 18 S2000 cars confirmed then:
* Peugeot 207 S2000: - * Betti Luca - * Di Benedetto Davide - * Fontana Corrado - * Lavio Brian - * Loix Freddy (Peugeot BeLux) - * Meeke Kris (Peugeot BeLux) - * Neuville Thiery (BF Goodrich Drivers Team) - * Solowow Michal - * Vouilloz Nicolas (Peugeot BeLux) - * xxxx (probably Pieter Tsjoen) - ! Tsjoen Pieter - ? Marty Olivier
* Abarth Grande Punto S2000: - * Basso Giandomenico (Abarth) - * Casier Bernd (Abarth) - ? Travaglia Renato - ? Bettini Paolo - ? Cavigioli Marco
* Skoda Fabia S2000: - * Duval François (Rene Georges Rallysport) - * Kopecký Jan (Skoda Motorsport) - ! Hänninen Juho (Skoda Motorsport)
* Volkswagen Polo S2000: - * Snijers Patrick (Rene Georges Rallysport)
! Proton Satria Neo S2000: - ? Bouffier Brian - ? Wilks Guy
* Opel Corsa S2000 - * Bengué Alexandre - ? MacHale Gareth
? MG ZR S2000 - ? Stephenson Peter
? = rumours ! = confirmed * = confirmed on Ypres website
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Post by Hurricane on Jun 12, 2009 10:01:52 GMT
The entry list in seeded order has been revealed here. There are 19 S2000 entries, another record if I'm not mistaken?
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Post by Roo on Jun 26, 2009 7:14:08 GMT
Plenty of videos on YouTube coming through after this event. Meeke's persistance and consistency rewarded him with a well deserved victory. Fast finishing Jan Kopecky couldn't quite catch Meeke in the final stages. Fast Freddy Loix, who had lead for most of the event, was forced to settle for third after a puncture lost him a lot of time.
1 Meeke Peugeot 207 -0.0 2 Kopecky Skoda Fabia +20.4s 3 Loix Peugeot 207 +1m40.5s 4 Tsjoen Peugeot 207 +2m35.3s 5 Hanninen Skoda Fabia +3m35.1s 6 Schammel Peugeot 207 +4m06.4s 7 Van den Heuvel Mitsubishi EvoX+4m06.5s 8 Basso Fiat Abarth Punto +4m24.9s
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