Belgium ERC (annoyingly also on the 8th of August)

[1975DCS]

Originally Posted by WJM

Would have liked to see Bermingrud and Lysens face when they suddenly saw that ugly yellow Volvo S40 from Teurlings in front of them

That was fun for him, wasn't it?! Any idea what he did with that car since let's say 3 years ago? I don't follow the NK that much anymore...

Originally Posted by WJM

Duval is such a clean driver really impressive to see. It doesn't look like he abuses the material as much as some others, but that might just be my perception. Since the jokerlap that drivingstyle is obviously the way forward, twice he was last through the first corner and first through the last corner...

Duval made most out of the jokerlap of all drivers, all day long! Well about the abuse: you should have seen him in Lydden... Not like Hunsbedt or so, but still pushing. I think Jos Kuypers is driving clean too, altough a bit less in Lydden...

Originally Posted by WJM

I do have the usual complaints:
- Gazebo's

My dad and I decided to exchange Belgium for Lydden as default race to visit... He prefers Lydden over Maasmechelen anyway. And prefers Maasmechelen over Valkenswaard (because you only see half of the circuit and he doesn't like Noordermeer).

Originally Posted by WJM

The breaks are way too long. On Sunday there was 3 hours of racing and also 3 hours of breaks. Not good value.

I totally forgot to complain about that! Just like our RX-Guru, I prefer to see all racing taking place on one day! There was plenty of time to achieve that: start at 8:30 and at around 18:30... More testing to see on saturday as well (for those arriving on that day). Tired of having to wait (stand on your feet) for almost 2 hours. And after Lydden I am tired to do another "wave" to kill time...

[Hickey]

Duval did drive so smoothly. Nipped in the Joker then spend the next few laps hunting them down. Was very impreesive. Agree with Paul that think he had the slightest of an edge over Liam, but if Liam got the jump on him at the start, I still think he could have won. We heard that Duval had quite a bit of track time before this weekend.

Didnt think that the gazebos were as bad as last year.

As for times, yes, there is some dead time, but it's nice to nip to the pits, have a lie down, get some food etc. And with the Division 3 on track, I never got bored. If it was done in one day, with just testing on the saturday, I might be dissuaded from making trips to Hungary etc (quite far) for just one day of racing. Not to mention that Coox would have been out of the whole meeting, but the overnight gave him a chance to rebuild (and then destroy again!!). Keeps the entries up/reduces attrition. Maybe just have the warm up at half 9, which would bunch it up a bit.

[GM!]

Early Friday morning, heading for a long weekend at Eindhoven/Valkenswaard (Leffe and rest, not Rallycross ). Sat waiting at Calais to come off the 5.55 out of Dover P & O ferry when I spotted a camper with Rallycross stickers on each front wing obviously heading for Belgium. Too late to dash across and say hello as everyone started to move - anyone we know?

[D Smeets]

Some pics from last weekend on my website.

www.davesmeets.nl

[The Eye]

Originally Posted by D Smeets

@The Eye: why isn't Eriksson driving in Belgium??

I did not know why then, but I do now.
“Team boss Eriksson, meanwhile, offered Jos Kuypers a plain and direct answer when the Italy-domiciled Dutchman inquired why the Ford team had not been in Belgium last week. "**** track. There’s no gravel there, I don’t like it!" said Eriksson.”