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| The Ford pits before the race. | |
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| A beauty, 1973-style bodywork: the Ruiz Gimenez/Mesia Capri. | The Luigi/Marabout BMW. |
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| A neat Alpina car for Brun/Cocher. | |
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| The Jägermeister car, awaiting a tragic race. | Behind the pits: Capri #1 with Jochen Mass on the right. |
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| Gaye/de Fierlant and the Precision Liegeoise BMW. | |
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| The Larini/Facetti Alfa, another tragic entry. | |
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| Another Autodelta car, Dini/Dona. | De Uriarte/Barrios/Zapico, Escort RS |
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| Rows 1-3 of the grid. |
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| Row 3. | Row 4. |
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| Row 5. | Row 6 and 7. |
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| The start will be any minute now. | |
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| The start of the race. Apart from the usual BMW's and Capris, I suspect a Camaro and the Hemicuda to be visible. | A Capri climbing. |
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| The Hemicuda leading a Renault 12 Gordini. | This is the Ruiz Gimenez/Mesia Capri. It did not finish. |
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| Hezemans negotiating La Source hairpin... | Joisten driving his last race. |
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| Joisten here being followed by Dubos - who would die in the very same crash. | |
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| The second Alpina car was withdrawn after the accident. | |
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| This Opel Commodore of Vermeulen/Frankenhout retired because of the accident too. | ... as is one of the Camaro drivers. |
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| This Spanish Escort did not finish. | |
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| Night at Spa. | |
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| Pit action for Feider/Haid. |
Spa regulars Coffey and his TwinCam retired. |
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| The Golf GTI of my youth: a Renault 12 Gordini, driven by Chavan/Naveau. They retired. |
The Simca Rally 2 of Marquet/Vanderheyden in action. |
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| Two non-finishers. | |
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| This Group 1 BMW CSi (Lacroix/Sonveau) retired. |
Pits: Tricot/Haxhe. |
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| Two
non-finishers: the Alfa GTAm (Paco/Dini) was understandably withdrawn,
the Commodore retired with a blown head gasket (De St.Hubert/De Dryver) |
Toussaint/Noé were withdrawn as well with their Autodelta Group 1 car. |
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| Grano/Pooky were withdrawn too. | Ballot-Léna and Lagniez were involved in the Joisten/Dubos accident and retired too. |
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| Francois Haid behind the wheel at La Source; the BMW would retire. |
Another 2002 at La Source: Raus/Detrin, another retirement. |
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| Yes, and there was rain too. | |
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| Pits: Joosen/Stalpaert. | Swiss Toyota following an Alfa Romeo. |
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| Fontaine/Lubin, Escort RS, retirement. | Brun/Cocher, CSL BMW, retirement. |
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| Stuck/Amon, works BMW, retirement. | The eventual winner in the pits. |
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| Mass/Fitzpatrick with a little damage. | The Larini/Facetti Alfa on its way to disaster. |
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| It's the Hemicuda again... | ... it finished the race in 27th position. |
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| 25th overall, the Lepri/"Willer" was far from a class victory. Still, the little Fiat finished. | |
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| No, neither Willer nor Lepri had to pit to play some piano; it is just Italian for "steady"! |
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| Thorne/Blackburn, group 1 Vauxhall, 23rd at the finish. | Guitteny/Soulard, 18th. |
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| Mandron/Gillessen finished 15th overall. |
An excelent 12th overall for the still unique Audi 100S coupé of Dupré/Boucher. |
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| 11th overall, the Camaro of Crabtree/Buncombe/Sanger. | |
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| Impressive 2-liter victory for a 1600 cc car: the Toyota of Andersson/Kottulinsky. | 8th: group 1 Capri, kart ace Goldstein and Dewael at the wheel. |
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| 6th: Vermeulen/Hingst/Frankenhout. | Fifth overall: Wauters/Polak. |
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| 4th: Laurent/"Pedro" | A fine third overall for the group 1 Commodore of Tricot/Haxhe. |
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| Ford had to be content with second, this time. | The winning car of Hezemans/Quester. |
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| Despite
all dramas, most teams tried for a team finish: here is the Dutch DNRT
team, with the Manta of Loek Vermeulen/Mattijssen left and the battered
Commodore of Jim Vermeulen and Hingst on the right. |
Two R12 Gordinis at the line, they finished 24th and 26th. |
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| The "Simca Racing Team" finished 20th, 21st and 22nd. Well done! |
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Race result