Ordinarily, a race – whatever the discipline – this is an auspicious when a dozen crew can claim victory. But the 25 Hours VW Fun Cup is not an ordinary test… and announce a forty candidates for the top step of the podium is nothing crazy! This means if the fight looks during this exciting double clock tower with bonus…
We shall see later, the VW Fun Cup is becoming ever. It is long past the time when the Belgians flew over the discipline and dealt with the major event schedule without too much worry about “foreign legion”. Now, competitors English, Italian and French landed in the Ardennes with the firm intention to win!
This leads to a strong leading group of forty courses. In a comprehensive list would be tedious, it is better to concentrate on a few “super-favorites”… but who can not afford the slightest misstep or risk seeing the best challengers arise.
Belgian side, we will point the reigning Pulinx-Fumal-Verbist-Pulinx-Palttala (MPM Racing), the championship leaders Clermont Simul-backed rally drivers this time by Anthony Martin, Cedric De Cecco and his brother Flori (Colson Racing) The winners of the last race of Quirin-De Pierpont, who find their sides the young Alexis van de Poele (Touring), and all the usual hosts: Engish-Rummens-Bouvy-Coens-Kelders (Delahaye Racing), Nava-Gressens Vanhakendover-Colman (Acome Racing), Godart-Ryhon-Gérard-Chouvel (Acome Racing Challenger), Latinne-Benjamin Albert Dupont (DAS Sport) Dockerill-STEVENY (Chad Racing), Piron-Delrez-Nale-Delva ( Astur Car), Dubois-Maillet-De Keijser-of-Beulen Fierlant (Partner Racing) Baudart-Charlier-Debrus-Wust (Pharma Technology) and other Cognon Lamy-Wall-Bollen (666 Racing Team) and Viron-Bordet- Richard Dupont (MTE Rétrodor). The black flag is red, yellow and also backed by the quartet met shock at M & M’s: with two Maxim – Soulet and Martin – along with Nico Verdonck Pascal Mathieu, the No. 270 Fun fly low!
Winner hands down the last World VW Fun Cup, the French teams have never triumphed in 25 Hours. The 2010 edition is she good? The delegation tricolor displays at least one other motivation than that which inspired the “band Domenech” in South Africa and all indications are that Merafine Orgeval-Rivière Guivert (TTM 1) and Susanna-Menard-Basso (TTM 6) will play the leading roles. We will also follow-Arbaud Bignalet-Brangeon-Brangeon (MTE MacDonald France), Lemoine Lemoine-Ferte-Renaudat (Group Lemoine) Defournoux-Fraeffly (Defournoux-Altis) and the Belgian-French quartet… Van Impe-Leenders-Bentchikou -Du Passage (ASH PVI) always at the forefront Overseas Quievrain.
We cut to the Squadra Azzurra who dreams also a first triumph on the Ardennes track. So far, the Italian crews have often led the first half of the race shortly before returning little in the ranks. To give the lie to this “tradition”, it will look next Bergamaschi, Richard Coia-Zampieri-Vizzini (Ezio’s Friends), Carlotto-Chimentin-John Stefanelli, Pozzi-Cassera (Italian Team 175), Pedon-Pedon-Gatta Cappelletti, Orts-(GDL1 The Cats), Emiliani-Milli-Marchesini (Costa Ovest) and other Zumerle-Maranelli-Frazzi-Righini-Larciprete-Ansaloni (Autoazzura).
Last but not least, the subjects of his “Gracious Majesty” have already tasted the joys of victory in 2008 and they would go well again on the top step of the podium. The quartet Harris-Hope-Rose Fitzgerald (JPR-Indigo Racing) looks formidable, as well as Connell-Connell-Pelle-Cook (Cuisine de France-Spar), Porter-Hunter-Pickford (Happy Racing), Ince -Reynolds-Owen Kinsella-Padmore (RAM) and Tomlinson-Honarmand-Carannante-Burns (CCS Media Solutions Racing).
You see, the contenders are scrambling at the gate and we repeat, the list of outsiders is even longer. The conclusion is clear: the 2010 edition of 25 Hours VW Fun Cup looks simply gorgeous, especially as the weather forecasts are quite optimistic.
Briefly
Opening to the East: the VW Fun Cup No. 216 (Cotton Club) will be driven by Maralbek Gabdasattarov (Kazakhstan), Dmitry Renev, Danil Voronin (Russia) and Ali Unlu Hikmet (Turkey). When you are told that the VW Fun Cup is becoming…
Swiss forward Henri Moser, 3rd 24 Hours of Spa 2009 Audi and Nissan driver in the FIA GT1, will line up with two Swiss, and Stephane Jaggi Leonard Vernet, French and Lawrence Brechbull.
Beautiful people in two-seaters: the bunch of two-seater will start from the pitlane forty seconds after the passage of the last car. All the big names of the class will be part of the Postiau-Vroman-Henrotte-Dejaeghere-detriment Galand (Radio Contact), De Liedekerke-Jadot-Robert (TML), Duculot-Meys-Ledoux-Knoll-Claeys (ET Racing Team), Hermans-Spitzer-Avanzini-Servais (Vroom.be) Delasert-Baudet-Mahy-Vannerom-Vanden Abeele (WDD) and Lequeux-Ueberecken-Grosbusch-Ruimy-Loudvig (Allure Team). They will be joined for the occasion by the (very) beautiful world: Frédéric Bouvy, Stephane Lémeret David Loix Plennevaux Michel Armand Fumal Moonens Werner, François Verbist, Jean-François and Stéphane Henrard Hemroulle are among other known among pilots to discover the race “live” a few privileged passengers.
Some familiar faces: tradition requires, the 25 Hours VW Fun Cup host some competitors out of the ordinary. To quote the President COIB Pierre-Olivier Beckers to be associated with the second car M & M’s to Eric Mestdagh, Arthur and Peter Van den Bosch, the presenter of TF1 Jean-Pierre Pernaut (Orhes Econeuf), Fabrice Brouwers (RTL), Ingrid Berghmans the most famous Belgian judoka (VW Connect), without forgetting the presenter Nathalie Maleux JT RTBF, which will begin on tandem Cap48.
Good fight in “essence” if the absolute victory can not escape a VW Fun Cup TDI BlueMotion category “essence” looks indecisive. Di Palma Ferramacho-Jacques-Rizzo-Zingler-Colney (Allure Team) sovereigns in the league since the start of the season, will count this time with many rivals English, French and Belgian….
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