52. Kenotek by CID LINES Ypres Rally 2016
ERC #5 • ERC2 #5 • ERC3 #5 • RGT Cup #3 • ERC Junior #3 • ERC Ladies #5 • Belgium #6 • Belgium Junior #6 • Renault Sport Belux Trophy #3
23. 6. – 25. 6. 2016, Ypres • asphalt 250.16 km • Other years
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SS17
"I spin the car, too much gravel I did not expect. I am glad it i sober, it was too much."
"It is really fantastic result. It is amazing how bad you are driving and you have to drive a stage like that."
"We looked to our book and it is all correct, it is not good. We did our best and if Vincent can beat us on the speed, I must congratulate him."
"Absolutely until it is over. I think we did a great last run. The last stage was very fast, I am satisfied with the stage. Fantastic rally."
"Now we enjoy, this was perfect the afternoon. On this star we stop engine on the start and may be lost 3-seconds. Now it is good that we had good speed before the finish."
SS15
"Now I have to be on safe mode. If there is some gravel or some stones on the road, every noise.."
"It's not easy, Kobus is driving fast and Vincent he deserves to be in third place, we will see. Anyway I will try to keep pressure on him."
"There is still a chance. If they make a mistake I will have a victory. It is dry, the line is good. Not so much dust anymore as this morning."
"Enjoy, the road is absolutely clean."
SS14
"Was a good stage, Erdi in front of me had a small off and I had to pass, but everything was okay. No problem."
"I thought we had a puncture, I don't know if we do or not. Big vibrations on the last 5 kilometres."
"We had a big spin at 170 and we break two wheels."
"It was tricky one. It is really terrible conditions, dry and then some mud."
"Crazy fans many thanks. May be thirty spectators. The car is okay."
Not happy, was blocked by the spectators getting Orsak out of the ditch.
"I lost a little bit time with the car, someone went off. We saw Stéphane parked somewhere so he is okay. The pressure is off but that is not the way I want to get a victory. With the real speed, he (Lefebvre) deserves to be the winner."
Reported to have an engine failure.
"I don't know where or why (he lost the bumper) … No problem when it is only a bumper. It was very tricky on the stage."
"It was a clean run but under the trees it was incredible slippery. They were trying to pull him (Orsak) out. It was a very slippery braking zone on a 'T' junction."
"He (Orsak) is in the stage, a little bit out of the stage, he went off, I think crowds are pulling him out, so he will be here. Not so good, the last stage I made a spin. We tried to regain the pace, but I think it is not enough."
"A few place slippery, we have dry tyres. Okay, it was more slippery than we expected as there was a lot of water on the road. I thought it would be more dry."
"Just over here, the last 2 or 3 kilometres (road wet and dirty), the rest was dry. I think we were too soft here."
SS13
"We was a bit off the road. It was quite slippery in the forest but I think we have the right tyres for the conditions."
"It was the first time we do this today, so it was quite difficult."
Reported stopped in the stage.
"It was dry unfortunately, I thought it would be a lot slippery in the forest. Still four stages to go and keep doing what we're doing."
"One big moment, I was off the line and there were some trees on the out side and I was really close to them."
"Only the big problem for the engine, I don't know why."
Lefebvre is stopped at the end of the stage working on the rear of the car.
"I had the same tyres as Stéphane but may be I was too cautious."
"After one jump I have problem with the damper at the rear left."
"I went two times straight so i lost 12-seconds maybe. I try to keep the pace. It was at the beginning in the woods where there was a lot of dirt."
"That is good, it was tricky in the beginning. We had to watch out under the trees, but for the rest it was very good."
"I am running the soft ones. I don't think it is a good choice. We had a spin, stupid, my mistake."
"Very slippery. I have medium and soft tyres in a cross, not a good combination."
"There is a lot o f muddy places and wet places. Mixed tyres, hard and soft. Now it was better may be softer tyres. In the forest it was muddy and slippery."
"I have been too slow. For the rest it is not as tricky as I thought it would be."
SS12
"It is pretty close between us (Griebel). We lost the brakes a bit. I feel like I am hunting him down. I feel very confident and I am not pushing too hard."
I had my first small off, where there was standing water into the fields. We lost maybe 3 or 4 seconds, but everything is okay. At the moment there is a lot of pressure."
"I don't see Botka. I drive so, so , but the time is not very good. We want to take second place for the championship in this race."
"Everything is okay, the car is very good."
"We hit, like a stone, quite hard, so I am just checking. Lucky I do not have puncture. I am quite slow, I lost 20-secnds to Lefebvre."
"At the end some dust coming in and it took my breath. Beautiful stage, nice. Now I feeling a little bit more confident, but it is coming slowly."
"I like the stage very much and I see we have a very good time here. Now it is going better."
Bouffier is further reported to have retired from the rally.
Stopped before the start of the stage working on the car.
"I did not see him (Bouffier). Difficult, I made some mistakes, so i tried to back off a bit, but it is not easy. I am quite happy with my times. A long time I have not finished so I try to get to the finish."
"He is pushing hard, I am also pushing hard but he is just a little faster than me. There are limits, I want to stay on the road. I am pushing without taking silly risks."
"On this one I try to push and the grip was very slippery. I continue to push. I want to take a big push on Freddy, I want to win this rally."
"The times are so close to each other. It is so difficult, everyone is driving 100%, I try to do my best, but I do not know what my position will be tonight."
"A small misunderstanding in the notes. A right hand corner, we span and hit something, nothing bad, but we had to reverse and lost s lot of time."
"I do not feel any pressure. He (Kobus) is driving very fast, we know he can push. We need to push without taking risks."
"I am starting to love these stages again. Yesterday it did not go so well, but I think we are finding the pace again."
"A little mud. This stage is very nice. Now the set-up is perfect, but my driving is not perfect."
"Only may be two or three places with standing water. We were careful there. No big problem. The stage was okay for us."
"For me this is most beautiful stage, the most difficult. There is a lot of water though. Very difficult to go quickly."
SS11
"The stage before I went in a ditch, understeer on the gravel. It is disaster for the rally but it is good fun and we continue."
"Davy (Vanneste), I think he stoop and have has problem with the gearbox."
"It was quite bumpy. There was a lot of early braking from others and I was a bit confused."
"We lost the first gear, we cannot change down and the gear keeps jumping."
"We are enjoying, that is good. It is nice to push and sometimes it is exciting."
"I make one stupid mistake in this one. I stall in a hairpin."
"It is getting hot, I need to push more."
"It was okay. Bumpy. At the end the last two or three kilometres I have never done in a rally, but I think it was okay."
"Quite happy, I am not pushing to the limit, but I am happy."
"It was fun, it was bumpy, very high sped. The car is better, far better than it was yesterday."
"Good,, very hot in the car. But is okay. Driving not good, but okay."
"Looking for good speed, car is working very well. Still a small problem with me. We try to do better and better, but still it is not perfect."
SS10
"It is not good to expect to win a race like this. But away it is better than before."
"I don't take a big risk. I brake very late, not so bad. I push very week for the podium and for victory."
"I don't think I can do the times that he is doing at the moment. I know what I have to do, is stay on the road."
"Everything okay. Car okay. My driving, now not perfect."
SS9
"I have a puncture right rear. Stupid, stupid."
SS8
"It was okay, but I lost the brakes at the end. The pedal was a bit soft, so I had to pump."
"Struggling with my pace, we were sliding a bit. Not good, we have to push.
"Another day in the office. I drove clean and for me it was a clean, quick run. The time is not that bad."
"I try to push. On the stage not so bad, some places not so easy. Not so bad for the first one."
"I have a lot off understeer, I have to find a solution. A lot of understeer, not that good. I will try something."
"Was good stage but I nearly overshot a junction. The car feels very good, everything good."
"Quite okay first stage. We need to put of the stress of this morning and now it is okay."
"Definitely a lot better, we made it a bit softer we change the anti-rioll bar. We changed it back again (pop-off valve) and released a little bit of the boost and it is better."
"Perfect stage, perfect weather, but this stage is very tricky."
"Everything is okay"
"A lot of difficult places, some mud and some water. Not so easy, but we loved it. The guys from one to ten will be quicker."
SS7
"I made a very stupid mistake, on the fourth stage I slipped too wide and had to do the stages with bent wheel."
"Normally, the last few years I was not that fast in the beginning. I had to push and now it is getting close."
"That one, I do a few mistakes. Anyway a good day."
SS6
"Everything okay, very difficult, very mud, very slippery. For every stage a little change in set-up."
"I spin the car, not real spin, but it was not rolling anymore, may be I lost 1 or 2 seconds. I went on the gravel a bit wide."
"We tape the front windscreen and the sides. We are doing our best. Not at the limit, difference is so large that we don't push." - Low sunset
"It is clean run, not a lot of dust on the road, better grip. Still continue and tomorrow will be long."
"Fantastic, fantastic stage, so it is beautiful. I know what I can do, I know what my car can do, so I have to accept it."
"I don't know. it' okay, I try to push hard, as hard as I can. In some part the road is a bit cleaner and we have better grip." - Lost rear bumper
SS5
"Was okay, but I don't know why, it is good but the time is never good."
"Was a disaster with the pop-ft again. It is just about going through to the end and hopefully we fix it tonight."
"Very difficult stage for me, every year I am struggling here."
"Everything is okay, stage is almost clean, better than first run."
"It is a nice race with some good boys behind. It is a close race."
"It is better, I make few changes on my car."
SS4
"It is a new car and it is hard work. We change the suspension and it feels better. Not perfect yet, but we work on it. You need the adjustment right then you can go fast."
"The car is good, everything goes well. I had a clean run, some places you can flat out but I don't want to take risks so easily in the race."
"It was okay, it was a good stage, very slippery, but it was quite a nice stage. We did some small adjustments to the car and I think it is less slippery at the back."
"Everything good, this stage was may be the best today. We change the set-up and I think it is better now, but only small change."
"I change the set-up with the car and I have a better feeling than the first three stages."
"No change at all, we keep as well the same tyre. At a junction I brake a bit late, I have to use the hand brake."
SS3
"Just really enjoying it and not really pushing, it is going really well."
"The stage not good because I drive slow in the mud and other drivers make very fast."
"Everything is okay, very good the feeling."
"It is good. Tarmac set-up is not good, change in service."
"This one is okay, I have one alarm temperature of gearbox. For the first loop is not so bad."
"That stage was good. We drive at 90% and everything go okay.We must change a little bit the car."
"Was a super stage for me, the other two ones were tricky for me."
"It was expected, but we mess up with the set-up, the rebound is not good at all."
"It was good. Fantastic here in Ypres and with this car it is amazing. Everything is fine."
"It is dry but it is very difficult, very tricky."
"In the second one it was so slippery, I lost confidence and I was so slow."
"Perfect, everything perfect."
"There is one part where it is very dirty, but we manage."
"It was okay, I had to be careful as I have no more spares."
"I left my window open and there was a lot of mud and water in one corner so I took a small shower."
"One or two cuts are with water and muddy."
"I have problem with set-up and must change. I spun, but stage is perfect.
"Okay, I am clean without taking any risk. I could may be a little bit quicker. It is very tricky in some places."
"I'm doing my best trying to push."
SS2
"This one was good, just the first one I lost 8 to 10 seconds, I thought I had a puncture on the right but there was no puncture.
"Cherain is off right near the end. he whole stage was dry and then one corner was a mud bath."
"No good, slippery in left 2 and lost many second."
"Car okay, but needs to work on the set-up."
"On this one I have one alarm for temperature for gearbox."
"The last 1-kilomettre is all aqua on the road. Not on maximum attack, we did a little bit test before the rally and I don't like the car.."
"I think I have a flat tyre, the car brakes quite dangerously the last one and a half kilometres."
Off the road in SS2, 2-kilometres from the finish.
"I made some stupid mistakes, spectacular with the hand brake, quite slippery."
"Not so good, I take easy as I have no spare, I have puncture in the first stage."
Reports now in that Lukyanuk is out for the day with broken suspension
Reports in that Lukyanuk has completed the first stage and is on his way to SS2.
"We change the helmet (to fix the intercom), here it was okay. but it is difficult to find a good rhythmn."
"I am pretty surprised as it was not a perfect stage, i made some faults. May be a little bit too aggressive and lose some traction. I have to cut very deep, sometimes the sped is good, sometimes the speed is not."
"Today the car is not feeling that quick, I am not sure what is going on, plus I am not quick today. May be it is that I am not use to these high speeds.
"Not perfect time but we try to do our best. Any tarmac places are very slippery. We will see how it will be in other stages."
"Tough, I am also getting a little bit older, I know my speed and I know what I can do. The young boys are getting faster. It is dirty, the dust is still there so it is not easy."
"In the car is not easy to be relaxed. It is very dirty in places so we can be a bit surprised. It seems that the road is becoming cleaner in some parts."
SS1
"I think a right corner after 4-kilometres (where he got the puncture) so we had to change a tyre."
"It is going hard… "
Reports in that Lukyanuk has rolled in the first stage, approximately half way through.
Reports that Demaerschalk stopped in the stage but is running again.
Reports coming that he may be stopped on the stage
Broken rear windscreen - "It was a big jump (broke rear windscreen), but we had a bigger problem we had no intercom through the stage."
"I think everything is good with the car. The rear of the car is really bumpy. I am not use to these speeds anymore, I have to adapt to this."
"Very slippery, difficult. I see the times are very good from the other guys as well. Keep your eyes on the road and not too much risk."
"The stage was okay, but I am not really happy with my driving. Nothing special"
"We just took a small cut and there was some water on the inside."
"I think my driving was not so good, a little bit sliding. A little bit surprised by some slippery parts."