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Colmar-Berg

Goodyear Test Track, Colmar Berg, Luxemburg

Date: 30/5/1993
Track length: 3.100 m
Attendance: 2.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 12 (heat 1 B); 11 (heat 2 B); 19 (heat 1 A+C); 15 (heat 2 A+C)
Finishers: 10 (heat 1 B); 10 (heat 2 B); 19? (heat 1 A+C); 12 (heat 2 A+C)

Pole position: Duez in 1.24,47 (cat. B); Verellen in 1.28,68 (cat. A+C)
Fastest lap: Duez in 1.26,22 (heat 1 B); Tassin in 1.25,30 (heat 2 B); Gachot in 1.36,91 (heat 1 A+C); Verellen in 1.26,54 (heat 2 A+C)

Distance: 2 heats of 30 minutes for cat. A+C and B
Average speed: 126,505 kmh (B heat 1); 126,887 kmh (B heat 2); 113,707 kmh (A+C heat 1); 123,912 kmh (A+C heat 1)
Weather: Rain in race 1 A+C
Ruleset: A (FIA Class 2); B (Belgian Procar over 2000 cc); C (Belgian Procar under 2000 cc)
Car info: 1993 Cars

 

For the tight Colmar track the field was split into two halves; the big class B cars had a race of their own, and unlike Spa the BMWs were up to speed again here, thanks to new electronics from BMW Motorsport. Duez had pole ahead of Tassin, Slaus and Van de Poele while Martin had insoluble handling problems all weekend. The start was for Audi; both cars left the BMWs standing, and in lap 4 Tassin and Van de Poele collided at the same time as Duez came in with a broken spark plug - things were not going well for BMW. With a broken steering rod, Tassin crept to the pits against the will of the marshals.
Audi kept the lead, followed by Slaus, Pensis and Dierick. Only the latter two changed positions before the end, and Thibaut won ahead of Hemroulle.
Heat 2 saw the Audis in the lead again, but soon Hemroulle had to pit and Slaus was second behind Thibaut until Duez and Tassin stormed by, taking the lead from Thibaut. The order remained Duez-Tassin-Thibaut-Slaus.

The other race was a combined cat. A and C race; the FIA class 2 cars were quickest of course, with a double victory for the Peugeot shared by Bertrand Gachot and Georges Cremer, replacing Bachelart for this race. The start of race 1 was curious when the lights did not work; the hastily dropped flag was understood by about half of the grid, so a restart was necessary. The Seat team fared a little better now with the first podium for Van Dalen.


Belgian Procar - heat 1 cat. B
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1   1 Belgian Audi Club
Audi V8 Quattro Evo
Pierre-Alain Thibaut, B
3562 V8 B 21 laps, 30.52,58 6 1.26,35    
2   2 Belgian Audi Club
Audi V8 Quattro Evo
Jean-Francois Hemroulle, B
3562 V8 B 21 laps, 30.56,34 10 1.28,05    
3   3 Renstal Excelsior
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Patrick Slaus, B
2492 L4 B 21 laps, 30.57,44 3 1.26,01    
4   22 Ecurie Bruxelloise
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Robert Dierick, B
2492 L4 B 21 laps, 31.00,15 5 1.26,23    
5   4 Écurie Azur
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Luc Pensis, B
2492 L4 B 21 laps, 31.07,71 8 1.26,94    
6   6 Waterloo Motors/Lease Plan
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Jean-Michel Martin, B
2492 L4 B 21 laps, 31.20,38 7 1.26,60    
7   5 Ecurie Bruxelloise
Porsche 944 S2
Jean-Pierre Mondron, B
2990 L4 B 21 laps, 31.21,11 9 1.27,82    
8   8 U.U.R.T
BMW M5
André Carlier, B
3453 L6 B 20 11 1.32,71    
9   11 Ecurie Toison d’Or
Porsche 968 Cup
Frédéric Bouvy, B
2990 L4 B 20 12 1.33,80    
10   14 Valier/BMW Fina Bastos
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Marc Duez, B
2492 L4 B 19 1 1.24,47 1.26,22 Spark plug
DNF   13 Waterloo Motors/Lease Plan
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Eric Van de Poele, B
2492 L4 B 4 4 1.26,23   Accident
DNF   7 Ecurie Toison d’Or
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Thierry Tassin, B
2492 L4 B 4 2 1.25,01   Accident

Belgian Procar - heat 2 cat. B
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1   14 Valier/BMW Fina Bastos
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Marc Duez, B
2492 L4 B 21 laps, 30.47,00        
2   7 Ecurie Toison d’Or
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Thierry Tassin, B
2492 L4 B 21 laps, 30.51,44     1.25,30  
3   1 Belgian Audi Club
Audi V8 Quattro Evo
Pierre-Alain Thibaut, B
3562 V8 B 21 laps, 30.58,59        
4   3 Renstal Excelsior
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Patrick Slaus, B
2492 L4 B 21 laps, 30.59,28        
5   22 Ecurie Bruxelloise
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Robert Dierick, B
2492 L4 B 21 laps, 31.00,63        
6   4 Écurie Azur
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Luc Pensis, B
2492 L4 B 21 laps, 31.11,28        
7   5 Ecurie Bruxelloise
Porsche 944 S2
Jean-Pierre Mondron, B
2990 L4 B 21 laps, 31.14,84        
8   6 Waterloo Motors/Lease Plan
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Jean-Michel Martin, B
2492 L4 B 21 laps, 31.45,71        
9   11 Ecurie Toison d’Or
Porsche 968 Cup
Frédéric Bouvy, B
2990 L4 B 19        
10   8 U.U.R.T
BMW M5
André Carlier, B
3453 L6 B 19        
DNF   2 Belgian Audi Club
Audi V8 Quattro Evo
Jean-Francois Hemroulle, B
3562 V8 B 4        

Belgian Procar - heat 1 cat. A+C
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 45 Peugeot Belgique
Peugeot 405 MI 16
Bertrand Gachot, B
1994 L4 A 19 laps, 31.04,80 3 1.29,75 1.36,91  
2 2 31 Toyota Belga Team
Toyota Carina E GTI
Philip Verellen, B
1998 L4 A 19 laps, 31.18,22 1 1.28,68    
3 3 30 Toyota Belga Team
Toyota Carina E GTI
Renaud Verreydt, B
1998 L4 A 19 laps, 31.26,54 2 1.29,66    
4 4 27 Seat Sport Belgium
Seat Toledo GT
Thierry Van Dalen, B
1988 L4 A 19 laps, 31.33,97 5 1.30,18    
5 1 88 Ecurie Bruxelloise
Opel Calibra 16V
Michel Delcourt, B
1998 L4 C 19 laps, 32.03,63 8 1.32,48    
6 2 55 Peugeot Belgique
Peugeot 309 GTI 16V
Pascal Witmeur, B
1905 L4 C 19 laps, 32.16,73 9 1.32,58    
7 3 51 Écurie Azur
Fiat Tipo 16V
Marc Mathay, B
1998 L4 C 19 laps, 32.16,78 15 1.36,02    
8 5 26 Seat Sport Belgium
Seat Toledo GT
Bernard Winderinckx, B
1988 L4 A 18 7 1.32,21?    
9 4 56 APMS
Opel Kadett GSi 16V
Michel Plennevaux, B
1998 L4 C 18 11 1.33,46    
10 5 58 Ecurie Bruxelloise
Opel Kadett GSi 16V
Ricardo Thys, B
(Nicolas Frings, L)
1998 L4 C 18 4 1.30,08    
11 6 60 APMS
Opel Astra GSi 16V
Xavier Desaeger, B
1998 L4 C 18 13 1.34,70    
12 7 66 Écurie Azur
Peugeot 309 GTI 16V
Francois Turco, B
1905 L4 C 18 6 1.30,45    
13 8 57 De Bokkenrijders
Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE92
Noël Dexters, B
1587 L4 C 18 17 1.39,48    
14 9 52 East Belgian Racing Team
Caterham Super Seven
José Close, B
1396 L4 C 17 16 1.37,46    
15 10 53 Ecurie Baudouin Visétoise
Peugeot 309 GTI 16V
Guy Katsers, B
(Jean-Claude Burton, B)
1905 L4 C 17 14 1.35,15    
16 11 99 Écurie Azur
Citroën AX Sport
Thierry de Bonhomme, B
(Thierry Bouillon, B)
1294 L4 C 17 18 1.39,49    
17 12 54 Ecurie Toison d’Or
Caterham Super Seven
Patrick Rogister, B
1396 L4 C 16 19 1.41,79    
18 13 93 Ecurie Ardennes
Citroën ZX 16V
Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer, B
1998 L4 C 16 20 2.04,84    
19 14 92 Ecurie Baudouin Visétoise
Peugeot 309 GTI 16V
Stephane De Groodt, B
(De Winter, B)
1905 L4 C 15 12 1.33,87    
DNF   33 Ecurie Bruxelloise
Honda Civic EH9
Patrick De Radigues, B
1995 L4 A   10 1.32,83    

Belgian Procar - heat 2 cat. A+C
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 45 Peugeot Belgique
Peugeot 405 MI 16
Georges Cremer, B
1994 L4 A 20 laps, 30.01,28        
2 2 31 Toyota Belga Team
Toyota Carina E GTI
Philip Verellen, B
1998 L4 A 20 laps, 30.02,46     1.26,54  
3 1 55 Peugeot Belgique
Peugeot 309 GTI 16V
Pierre Van Vliet, B
1905 L4 C 19 laps, 30.19,11        
4 2 88 Ecurie Bruxelloise
Opel Calibra 16V
Michel Delcourt, B
1998 L4 C 19 laps, 30.32,46        
5 3 93 Ecurie Ardennes
Citroën ZX 16V
Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer, B
1998 L4 C 19 laps, 30.33,41        
6 4 56 APMS
Opel Kadett GSi 16V
Pascal Tillekaerts, B
1998 L4 C 19 laps, 30.44,49        
  3 27 Seat Sport Belgium
Seat Toledo GT
Thierry Van Dalen, B
1988 L4 A 18       Accident, pit stop
  5 66 Écurie Azur
Peugeot 309 GTI 16V
Francois Turco, B
1905 L4 C 18        
  6 60 APMS
Opel Astra GSi 16V
Didier Desaeger, B
1998 L4 C 18        
  4 26 Seat Sport Belgium
Seat Toledo GT
Bernard Winderinckx, B
1988 L4 A 17       Clutch
  7 57 De Bokkenrijders
Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE92
Michel Dexters, B
1587 L4 C 17       Spin, puncture
12 5 30 Toyota Belga Team
Toyota Carina E GTI
Renaud Verreydt, B
1998 L4 A 15       Accident
DNF   54 Ecurie Toison d’Or
Caterham Super Seven
Patrick Rogister, B
1396 L4 C 9        
DNF   52 East Belgian Racing Team
Caterham Super Seven
José Close, B
1396 L4 C 6        
DNF   50 Écurie Azur
Fiat Tipo 16V
Vincent Dupont, B
1998 L4 C 1