WRC : Zweden

[Rallyloverke]

Alvast m'n top 8 voor Zweden :
1. Marcus Gronholm
2. Harri Rovanpera
3. Carlos Sainz
4. Petter Solberg
5. Juuso Pykalisto
6. Markko Martin
7. Mirkko Hirvonen
8. Jussi Valimaki

Sainz is volgens mij één van de weinigen die de Scandinaviërs gaat kunnen volgen ...

[Megane]

1. Gronholm
2. Solberg
3. Sainz
4. Martin
5. Duval
6. Makinen
7. Burns
8. MC Rae

scratch Gronholm :gas:

[Werner333]

1. Sainz
2. Gronholm
3. Makinen
4. Rovanpera
5. McRea
6. Duval
7. Loix
8. Martin

[jos]

First place : Gronholm
Second place : Saniz
Third place: Mc Rea C
Fourth place : Makinen
Fifth place : rovanperra
Sixth place : solberg

[Bart.Vandecavey]

Originally posted by Werner333
1. Sainz


Dat is wel ne ferme gok hé... ;)

[Werner333]

Ik geloof nog steeds in de matador.
Bovendien is hij de enige die ooit echt aanspraak gemaakt heeft op een overwinning in Zweden buiten de Scandinaviers.
OK zijn Citroen kan een nadeel zijn. Maar Sainz kan het nog steeds.

[Bart]

4 Belgen aan de start :)

5 Duval-Fortin
11 Loix-Smeets
69 Colsoul-Colsoul
119 Munster-Prevot

[Rallyloverke]

De shakedown-tijden tot nu toe :

http://www.swerally.se/eng/shakedown_ten_best_times.htm

[Bart]

Duval staat stil op ss5 en blokkeert heel de boel! :(

ophanging vooraan gebroken...

ondertussen zijn de toeschouwers al OP ss5 aan het wandelen dus wordt waarschijnlijk volledig geneutraliseerd.

( Bron: wrc rally radio )

[schumivill]

Miljaarde :frusty:

[Bart]

Freddy Loix made a cautious start to the event but picked up speed quickly after making changes to the set-up of the Accent WRC³ and then continued to set a string of top ten stage times. “This afternoon has not been too bad and after our short Monte Carlo we are learning a few things about the handling,” said Loix. “We will start tomorrow with a much better car than today because we are making a number of changes that will help us, particularly in the fast corners. I’m not too happy about our road position tomorrow as we will be running too near the front so I would prefer no snow and lots of ice. But on this event there are new stages and we seem to be able to go better on new stages so I will try my hardest to make the most of that tomorrow.”

( Bron: info@hyundaiwrc.com )

Freddy Loix said: “The car is not great, but that’s the trouble with not
having any testing. It’s not catastrophic, but things could be better. Our
first test was at the shakedown, and our base settings were from Australia
last year, this doesn’t help. Taking that into consideration, I pleased
with the times which we are settings. There are people behind me who have
spent a lot of time testing.”

( Bron: newsletter@wrc-online.net )

Foto's Rally Action

=> wel een rare helm voor Loix... Een aantal piloten zijn overgestapt van een open naar een gesloten helm na een aantal zware accidenten de afgelopen jaren... Loix en Schwarz (en misschien nog enkele anderen) hebben voor iets "anders" gekozen!

Zou dat met veiligheid te maken hebben of gewoon radiocommunicatie?

http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/229/bgLoix2.jpg

http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/230/bgLoixDay1.jpg
http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/230/bgLoixHelmet2.jpg

http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/230/bgDuvalDay1.jpg
http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/230/bgDuval-Day1.jpg
http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/230/Duval.jpg

[Bart]

Foto's Rally Action


http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/230/bgMunsterDay1.jpg
http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/229/Bg.BernardMunster1.jpg
http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/229/bgBernardMunster.jpg

http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/230/bgBobColsoulDay1.jpg
http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/229/bgBobColsoul.ptrt.jpg
http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/229/bgBobColsoul2.jpg

[Werner333]

Stage 8 stopped
Stage has been stopped and an ambulance has been sent in, believed to be in connection with an accident involving Rovanpera and Pykalisto. Rovanpera is definately out with broken suspension. More details when known....

Bron: http://www.worldrallynews.com/

[Bart]

Another Swedish Rally stage has been stopped after an accident in SS8, Fredriskberg. Young Finn Juuso Pykalisto rolled his privateer Peugeot 206, which was then hit by Harri Rovanpera's works 206.

Early reports suggest that there are no serious injuries, though Pykalisto was said to be shocked and receiving medical attention. He has been taken out of the car, placed in a neck brace as a precaution and taken to hospital .

Richard Burns, who was next on the scene on the Fredriksberg stage, said he thought Rovanpera had not been slowed by spectators or marshals before the accident. He also said the two cars were 'broken'.

The start of SS9 has been delayed by around 20 minutes.


( Bron: wrc.com )

[Bart]

Freddy Loix and Sven Smeets had a mixed day and a progrssive morning was flattened somewhat by a difficult afternoon. They made changes to the suspension set-up of their Accent WRC³ at the start of the leg in preparation for the 43.69km Granberget stage. Preferring the settings with which he finished leg 1 however, Loix reverted to that set-up before leaving service for the following group of two stages.

The Belgian climbed to seventh position by special stage eight but Colin McRae (Citroen) powered his way back from an overnight position of 13th to steal Freddy’s seventh position from him. Admitting to a few bad decisions on the afternoon’s set of stages, the Belgian found it difficult to set competitive times but confidently defended his ninth position nonetheless.

Freddy said: “I made a big mistake on tyre choice this afternoon, especially for the last two stages and I also made a mistake by putting the corner lights on – whenever we touched a snow bank it just took so much speed off the car.”

Looking ahead to the final day of the event, Freddy added: “I’m not going to make any major changes this evening. The handling is ok but I will be worried if the conditions get worse – if the gravel comes through, our lack of power will be a handicap. The best thing for us will be a hard frost but we’ll give it all we have tomorrow anyway.”

( Bron: info@hyundaiwrc.com )


foto's van de Belgen ( Bron: rally-action.com)

Bob Colsoul:

http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/231/bgBobColsoul.jpg

Freddy Loix:

http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/231/bgLoixDay2.jpg

Bernard Munster:

http://www.rally-action.com/photo/2003/2/231/bgMunster-Day2.jpg

[Bart]

resultaat Belgen:

10e: Freddy LOIX (Hyundai Accent WRC 3)
37e: Bernard MUNSTER (Subaru Impreza WRX)
43e. Bob COLSOUL (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII) (19e Gr. N)

Loix nét geen punten voor Hyundai :(, maar toch positieve rally voor hem: zo goed als altijd sneller dan Schwarz én Valimaki, en 10 v.d. 16 spécials in de top 10. Nu hopen dat Hyundai een interessante sponser kan overtuigen!

=> volledige uitslag Zweden (http://rally.racing-live.com/en/season/live/g_result_scr.html?17)

=> tussenstand piloten (http://rally.racing-live.com/en/season/standings/class_drivers.shtml) ... kan spannend worden dit seizoen!

=> tussenstand constructeurs (http://rally.racing-live.com/en/season/standings/class_constructors.shtml)

[Bart]

On leg two the 32-year-old Belgian confidently defended his position despite the disruption caused by an accident between the Peugeots of Jusso Pykalisto and Harri Rovanpera. Loix and Smeets continued to make changes to the suspension set-up of their Accent WRC³ throughout leg two and into leg three, and by SS16, the penultimate stage of the rally, Loix had found a good set-up permitting a much steadier and more competitive drive.

“It’s true, we did spend a lot of time throughout the rally trying to find a good suspension and diff set-up and by leg three it was good and I really felt I could drive more competitively,” said Freddy. “I was happy with my performance on the last day and if we had started with a car like this we could have had a fantastic rally. We lost a lot on the first day on set-up and once we had the performance and handling sorted to take some time back, we just ran out of stages.

Freddy added: “The Accent has excellent potential and it is great to drive but we just have to make sure we do the work before the events so we can make the most of it and really challenge the Fords. Of course it is sad not to score points here but we can see that we were closing in on the Citroëns and Fords at the end of the rally.”

...

Freddy added: “I should be quite happy in Turkey as I have always gone well in Greece and Cyprus. I think the car is very good on rough events and it will be interesting because no team has any experience there which means we all start on a level playing field.”

( Bron: info@hyundaiwrc.com )

[jos]

had freddy getest zou j-hij zeker een punt meegenomen hebben vanuit zweden zijn tijdsverlies is puur het gebrek aan testen hoelang denkt hyudai dit te kunnen volhouden dat is onmogelijk

[Bart]

Rally of Sweden - Bob & Tom Colsoul (http://www.rally-action.com/news/2003/2/2726.shtml)

Rally of Sweden - Bernard Munster (http://www.rally-action.com/news/2003/2/2725.shtml)
"The result isn't good, but boy ... I had a good time."

( Bron: rally-action.com )


foto's Duval op groot formaat:

http://rally.racing-live.com/photos/2003/suede/diapo_412.jpg

http://www.fordrallyesport.com/upload/imagelibrary/1280/200302061428_SWE03-1.jpg

http://www.fordrallyesport.com/upload/imagelibrary/1280/200302071744_SWE03-7.jpg

http://www.fordrallyesport.com/upload/imagelibrary/1280/200302061434_SWE03-4.jpg

http://www.fordrallyesport.com/upload/imagelibrary/1280/200302071741_SWE03-6.jpg

[Werner333]

Prachtige foto's

[airco]

heb net een nieuw bureaubladje gevonden :)

[schumivill]

Ik ook trouwens, PYKALISTO Juuso - MERTSLMI Esko / Peugeot 206 WRC (http://rally.racing-live.com/photos/2003/suede/diapo_413.jpg)

[jos]

zeg bart in 5 kp's hebben ze wel veel foto's kunnen nemen van duval he