Jelle de Coninck absolutely dominated the opening round of the Belgian Hillclimb Championship this weekend. At the Course de Côte de Vencimont the four-time champion was 2,5 seconds faster than runner-up Anthony Loeuilleux and 6 seconds quicker than third placed Philippe Dewulf! Even though the entrylist was rather slim it was nonetheless a great performance. Reigning champion Jacques Marchal only brought his Van Diemen FX singleseater to Vencimont to focus on the regional support race. Although it was not really possible to be competitive with this car he still finished fifth overall in the national race. The Formula 3 class was quite competitive with three quite equal drivers. Philippe Fusillier was the class winner here and fourth overall. He was quicker than Didier Boemer in his new Lola B06/30 (7th overall) and Roland Braquet (9th overall).
With Dewulf we have already mentioned the touringcar winner. Here he was as dominant as De Coninck in the sportscars. Dewulfs lead over runner-up Martin Bach was 4 seconds. Eric Schwilden completed the podium. Last year’s championship contenders Fabrizio Casciaro and Stephane Emond were both absent.
In the regional race Julien Vandeput was fastest in two out of the three races. Yet he did not win as Jacques Marchal had a slightly better aggregate time. Third fastest was the touringcar winner Olivier Dubois. His main challenger in Division 1-2-3 was Christophe Le Nouvel. Sadly two broken driveshafts meant that the Citroën AX pilot dropped to fourth. Instead it was Francis Gilles who claimed second place. Third was for Alain Cricus who competed his first hillclimb event with a road-legal Porsche 996 GT3!
Pos. | Last Name | First Name | Car | Cl. | Final | |
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1 | De Coninck | Jelle | Norma M20 FC | E2-SS 18 | 45,73 | |
2 | Loeuilleux | Anthony | Tatuus Master | E2-SS 17 | 48,03 | |
3 | Dewulf | Philippe | Citroën Xsara | E1 10 | 51,68 | |
4 | Fusillier | Philippe | Dallara F302 | E2-SS 16 | 51,88 | |
5 | Marchal | Jacques | Van Diemen FX | E2-SS 15 | 52,12 | |
6 | Perveux | Didier | Radical SR8LM | E2-SC 20 | 52,28 | |
7 | Boemer | Didier | Lola B06/30 | E2-SS 16 | 52,52 | |
8 | Straga | Grégory | Reynard Opel Lotus | E2-SS 17 | 53,86 | |
9 | Braquet | Roland | Dallara F308/11 | E2-SS 16 | 55,27 | |
10 | Bach | Martin | Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI | E1 10 | 55,89 | |
11 | Vanherpe | Ivan | Reynard 903 | E2-SS 17 | 56,03 | |
12 | Adami | Erwin | PRM Funboost | CM13 | 56,45 | |
13 | Schwilden | Eric | Peugeot 205 | E1 8 | 57,12 | |
14 | Lavalle | Nicolas | BMW 323i | E1 9 | 58,96 | |
15 | Cazzoli | Bruno | Opel Kadett C GT/E | E1 8 | 1:00,17 | |
16 | Swinkels | Johnny | Porsche 911 | E1 10 | 1:00,57 | |
17 | Soisson | Claude | Opel Manta | E1 8 | 1:01,30 | |
18 | Janin | Janick | Tatuus FR2000 | E2-SS 17 | 1:01,56 | |
19 | Starck | Sebastien | Renault Clio III | A5 | 1:02,22 | |
20 | De Saedeleer | Bart | Fiat 500 VRC | CM13 | 1:02,95 | |
21 | Nicolay | David | BMW E30 | E1 8 | 1:04,39 | |
22 | Moreau | Bastien | Renault Clio RS III | A5 | 1:04,50 | |
23 | Marechal | Henri | Renault Clio | A5 | 1:04,86 | |
24 | De Wachter | Philippe | Alfa Romeo 75 | N3 | 1:08,31 | |
25 | Van Leent | Eric | Volkswagen Golf III | E1 8 | 1:09,50 | |
26 | Morbois | Laurent | Citroën AX GTI | E1 7 | 1:10,04 | |
27 | Matthys | Ivan | Mini Cooper | H23 | 1:12,71 |
Pos. | Last Name | First Name | Car | Cl. | Final | |
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1 | Marchal | Jacques | Van Diemen FX | 4/15 | 1:45,32 | |
2 | Vandeput | Julien | Van Diemen Suzuki | 4/15 | 1:45,72 | |
3 | Dubois | Olivier | Lotus Elise | 3/13 | 1:52,63 | |
4 | Gilles | Francis | Ford Escort Cosworth | 2/8 | 1:57,22 | |
5 | Collard | Florian | Peters Kart-Cross | 4/14 | 1:58,67 | |
6 | Cricus | Alain | Porsche 996 GT3 | 2/8 | 2:01,64 | |
7 | Le Nouvel | Christophe | Citroën AX GTI | 3/11 | 2:01,70 | |
8 | Dubois | Michel | Lotus Elise | 3/13 | 2:02,61 | |
9 | Ciuca | Romain | Opel Kadett C | 3/13 | 2:03,85 | |
10 | Leclerc | Arnaud | Renault Clio RS | 2/7 | 2:05,67 | |
11 | Baudoin | Bertrand | Peugeot 206 | 2/7 | 2:05,69 | |
12 | Seguin | Manu | Opel Kadett C | 3/13 | 2:07,69 | |
13 | Pauporte | Marc | Mini Cooper | 2/8 | 2:14,44 | |
14 | Georis | Benjamin | Peugeot 106 | 2/6 | 2:14,50 | |
15 | Delcroix | Chris | Audi TT | 2/8 | 2:14,56 | |
16 | Denis | Tristan | Peugeot 205 Rallye | 2/5 | 2:15,78 | |
17 | Goire | Arnaud | Volkswagen Polo | 2/5 | 2:16,45 | |
18 | Welter | Rene | Westfield ZEi | 1/3 | 2:19,19 | |
19 | Jacques | Jonathan | Opel Corsa | 3/11 | 2:19,24 | |
20 | Rossion | Steve | Peugeot 106 | 2/6 | 2:19,25 | |
21 | Klein | Chris | Volkswagen Funcup | 3/12 | 2:22,13 | |
22 | Bracher | Rene | Peugeot 106 | 2/6 | 2:22,47 | |
23 | Theron | Vincent | Volkswagen Golf I | 3/11 | 2:22,52 | |
24 | Lejeune | Majolaine | Peugeot 106 | 2/5 | 2:23,53 | |
25 | Dauvin | Anthony | Peugeot 106 | 2/5 | 2:23,88 | |
26 | Dozot | Valentin | Peugeot 106 | 3/10 | 2:27,78 | |
27 | Saussus | Julien | Ford Fiesta | 1/2 | 2:28,66 | |
28 | Marin | Christian | Peugeot 106 | 3/11 | 2:30,06 | |
29 | Dauvin | Dominique | Peugeot 106 | 2/5 | 2:37,59 | |
30 | Vandenbulcke | Malory | Mazda 323 | 2/7 | 2:39,72 | |
31 | Bourguet | Vincent | Fiat Seicento | 1/1 | 2:58,54 |
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