An event appreciated by the competitors who responded in the vast majority to offer a field of around a hundred cars, not counting the thirty cars in the Rally4Passion Demo.
After two Division 2 games won by Jos Verstappen then by the new surprise leader of the BRC Niels Reynvoet, all the candidates for the title are there. With the exception, unfortunately, of Gino Bux who made a good impression at Haspengouw for his Hyundai debut.
We will therefore find in the running for victory the 2023 champion Maxime Potty (Citroën C3), the other C3s of Niels Reynvoet, but also the regional of the stage Adrian Fernémont, Vincent Verschueren and the returning Cédric De Cecco, the Hyundai of first winner of the season Cédric Cherain and the Skoda Fabia EvO2s of Jos Verstappen and Frenchman Stéphane Lefèbvre entered at the last minute in the Racing Technology Fabia. Look no further for the favorite, even if the former Belgian champion (2022) will have his work cut out for him and will discover the Czech Rally2.
Given what he showed in Dinant, we will add to these eight tenors aiming for at least the podium the name of Bastien Rouard on the second i20 BMA. This promises a fierce fight to the second throughout the 20 specials on the menu, eleven this Saturday (with Mohiville, Natoye, Crupet and Wartet) and nine on Sunday with three passages at Naninne, Fernelmont and Vedrin. We will only regret one thing: the absence of a Toyota Yaris and François Duval from the national premiere, the plan to see them together having been postponed for various reasons.
Finally, John Wartique will try to lead the peloton of outsiders on his VW Polo, including Sébastien Incardona, Emile Breitmayer, Thibaud Mazuin, but also the Porsche 997 R-GTs of Kris Princen, Olivier Collard and Romain Delhez.
This promises another great spectacle on the special stages in the Namur region.
