Wednesday, June 17, 2009

A Quality Field At Ypres

A Quality Field At Ypres

Wed 17 Jun, 05:39 PM


It is in Belgium's Westhoek region that the Intercontinental Rally Challenge competitors will meet again this week in order to contest the fifth round of the 2009 season. Rally Ypres will also serve as the 2009 championship's first tarmac event.

The field of entrants on the IRC's Belgian round is a high-quality one indeed for this quite popular event: along with the IRC regulars, drivers from the European championship will be taking part in addition to many national competitors signing on as well.

The Skoda team has decided to enter this famous rally with a pair of Fabia S2000s, those of Juho Hanninen and Jan Kopecky. The Czech manufacturer will also be counting on Fran�ois Duval, one of Belgium's best rally representatives.

The Abarth clan will appear with Giandomenico Basso at the controls of his Grande Punto, however the sister car has been trusted to Bernd Casier instead of Anton Alen, the team having opted for the Belgian driver's knowledge of the territory.

Korean constructor Proton has entered its Satria Neo S2000 for an IRC debut with Guy Wilks at the wheel. The aim is to gather knowledge and data as development work on the car continues.

Volkswagen will also be on hand with a Rene Georges Team-prepared Polo Super 2000 for Patrick Snijers. Alexandre Bengue will be handling an Opel Corsa S2000.

However - as expected � the most impressive armada comes from French manufacturer Peugeot as Kronos Racing has entered no less than five 207 S2000s. Three will bear the colours of the Peugeot Belgium-Luxemburg Team: one for reigning IRC champion Nicolas Vouilloz, another for last year's Ypres winner Freddy Loix, and a third for Pieter Tsjoen on his IRC comeback.

The fourth 207 goes to Peugeot UK driver and IRC drivers' championship leader Kris Meeke. The fifth car is the BFGoodrich Drivers Team entry, with Thierry Neuville selected as the invited driver on this round.

However Peugeot may also count on the current leader of the European Championship since Michal Solowow heads to Belgium along with a trio of pursuers behind the Pole: Bulgarian driver Krum Donchev, and Italian countrymen Corrado Fontana and Luca Betti. Swiss driver Brian Lavio is also participating in the European Championship aboard a Peugeot 207 Super 2000; Belgian Gilles Schammel as well.

Mitsubishi cars appear on the entry list thanks to Dutchman Jasper Van Der heuvel, Austrian Franz Wittman and Belgian Melissa Debackere. Subaru will be fielding the Imprezas of Dominique Bruyneel and Paul Lietaer.

Rally Ypres � Entry list: 1� HANNINEN Juho-MARKKULA Mikko�������� Skoda Fabia S2000��� N4 2� DUVAL Fran�ois-GIRAUDET Denis������� Skoda Fabia S2000��� N4 3� BASSO Giandomenico-DOTTA Mitia������ Grande Punto S2000�� N4 4� SOLOWOW Michal-BARAN Maciek��������� Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 5� VAN DEN HEUVEL Jasper-KOLMAN Martine Mitsubishi Lance���� N4 6� MEEKE Kris-NAGLE Paul��������������� Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 7� WILKS Guy-PUGH Phil����������������� Proton Satria S2000� N4 8� LOIX Freddy-MICLOTTE Frederic������� Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 9� SNIJERS Patrick-COKELAERE Cindy����� VW Polo S2000������� N4 10 CASIER Bernd-CAESEMAEKER Francis���� Grande Punto S2000�� N4 11 DONCHEV Krum-YORDANOV Petar��������� Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 12 VOUILLOZ Nicolas-KLINGER Nicolas���� Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 14 KOPECKY Jan-STARY Petr�������������� Skoda Fabia S2000��� N4 15 FONTANA Corrado-CASSINA Carlo������� Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 16 TSJOEN Pieter-CHEVAILLIER Eddy������ Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 17 BETTI Luca-X������������������������ Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 18 BENGUE Alexandre-X������������������ Opel Corsa S2000���� N4 19 WITTMANN Franz-ETTEL Bernhard������� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 20 NEUVILLE Thierry-MARAITE Achim������ Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 21 LAVIO Brian-PARODI Luca������������� Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 22 SCHAMMEL Gilles-JAMOUL Renaud������� Peugeot 207 S2000��� N4 23 DEBACKERE Melissa-BRISSART Bruno���� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 24 TLUSTAK Antonin-SKALOUD Jan��������� Citroen C2 S1600���� A6 25 BRUYNEEL Dominique-VIAENE Steve����� Subaru Impreza������ N4 26 LHONNAY Stephane-BOTSON Kris�������� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 27 ROMAIN Alexandre-GILSOUL Nicolas���� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 28 BONJEAN David-LIBERT Philippe������� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 29 MILLET Denis-VIAL Julien������������ Peugeot 207 RC������ A7 30 PIEPERS Marcel-DE WILD Erik��������� Honda Civic Type R�� A7 31 TANGHE Claudie-SQUEDIN Denis�������� Citroen C2 R2 Max��� A6 32 BURTON Caren-LOUETTE Michael�������� Citroen C2 R2 Max��� A6 33 BAUGNET Xavier-SIMONS Damien�������� Citroen C2 R2 Max��� A6 34 LEFEVERE Andy-BEERNAERT Nico�������� Citroen C2 R2 Max��� A6 35 PYCK Filip-LAMPAERT Ignace���������� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 36 NIJS Phil-RAMBOER Steven������������ Subaru Impreza������ N4 37 DELBEKE Nick-BREYNE Jeannick�������� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 38 BOON Matthias-SONCK Daniel���������� Ford Fiesta ST������ N3 39 COURTEYN Stevy-X�������������������� Ford Fiesta ST������ N3 40 DE CECCO Cedric-BeATSE Hendrik������ Ford Fiesta ST������ N3 41 VAN PERRE Johan-VAN KEER Franck����� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 42 VAN IERSEL Martin-VAN DEN EINDE F.�� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 43 DECLERCQ Piet-LYSY Heikki����������� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 44 COENE Bert-THORES Werner������������ Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 45 HEUNINCK Victorien-DECLERCK Kurt���� Citroen C2 R2������� A6 46 LACANTE Benoit-SPOELSTRA Marieke���� Citroen C2 R2������� A6 47 DUQUESNE Didier-PATTYN Diederik����� Citroen C2 R2������� A6 48 GABAN Andy-SMETS Isidoor������������ Citroen C2 R2������� A6 49 JONES Tim-JONES Steve��������������� Ford Fiesta S1600��� A6 50 HERMANS Jos-BARBEZ Robin������������ Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 51 HOENDERVANGERS Han-GROOTEN Geert���� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 52 BANKS Richard-O'CONNOR Chris�������� Subaru Impreza������ N4 53 MOREE Erik-MEIJS Pascal������������� Mitsubishi Lancer��� N4 54 VLAEMINCK Wim-WATTEEUW Geert�������� Citroen C2 R2������� A6 55 DEFAYS Geoffroy-LANNOY Hansy�������� Citroen C2 R2������� A6 56 LASZL� Vizin-GABOR Zsiros����������� Honda Civic Type R�� A7 57 GUICHOT DE FORTIS Chris-CHAVASSE P.� Fiat Stilo���������� A7 58 VERMEEREN Vincent-FONTEYNE Johnny��� Citroen Saxo�������� A6 59 PERRARD Frederic-LECLERCQ Francis��� Renault Clio�������� N3 60 POISSON Jean Marc-LESIGNE Olivier��� Honda Civic��������� N3 61 SCHRODER FRANK-X�������������������� Opel Astra���������� N3 62 RUYSSEN Bart-VERFAILLIE Gregory����� Ford Fiesta ST������ N3 63 BERVILLE Frederic-LEMAHIEU Pieter��� Ford Fiesta ST������ N3 64 PRIEM Nikias-WYDAEGHE Jeroen�������� Ford Fiesta ST������ N3 65 VENANT Raphael-GARY Laurent��������� Ford Fiesta ST������ N3 66 MAERTENS Philippe-CALSIUS Hans������ Ford Fiesta ST������ N3 67 VERBEKE Dieter-CLAEYS Bjorn��������� Peugeot 206 RC������ N3 68 BERTIER Geert-HULLAK Sofie���������� Citroen C2���������� A6 69 PERRARD Gregory-DAGHELET Bertrand��� Renault Clio�������� N3 70 VERCRUYSSE Luc-SPRIET Davy���������� Renault Clio�������� N3 71 BRAAT Martijn-GILLIS Jac������������ Honda Civic��������� N3 72 VANDEPUTTE Patrick-DEKLERCK Stefaan� Honda Civic��������� N2 73 BRONKART Renaud-FRANCE Jacques������ Nissan Micra�������� N1

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