GEKO Ypres Rally

BFO award for Matthias Boon

Friday, 24 May 2013

After each rally, the BFO Award crowns a young pilot from the Junior Championship for an exceptional or remarkable achievement. The BFO Award is accompanied by a free registration for the next rally of the BFO BRC and a free participation in the BFO Academy, a training day for pilots and co-pilots.

Two pilots who won the BFO Award earlier this season, started particularly furious. Polle Geusens started fastest, but after a small mistake of the pilot from Lommel, Timo van der Marel took the rally in hands. The Dutchman seemed to have victory in hand, until Matthias Boon launched the attack with his Skoda Fabia R2. With a super time on the very last stage in Gerdingen, Matthias Boon won the fourth round of the Belgian Junior Rally Championship. After previous bad luck in Haspengouw (engine), Tielt (throttle) and the Rally of Wallonia (flat tire), Boon was finally rewarded for his persistence and attack lust.

Growing success for the Rally Invitation Club of the Geko Ypres rally

Thursday, 18 April 2013

Just like previous years, the Geko Ypres Rally can offer a number of free stays with local people in the Ypres region, the perfect opportunity for local residents and foreign teams to get closer to one another. This free lodging for amateurs is made possible thanks to the Rally Invitation Club.

Established in 1993, the Rally Invitation Club coordinates between drivers and residents and in this way greatly contributes to the magic of the rally. Within the organising committee, there is a group who deals with the enthusiastic local population who offer free lodging to the privateer rally drivers.

20 years after the initial start, the RIC is alive and kicking and what's even more: it's actually still growing. Today, more and more families step forward and offer to open their houses for the teams and drivers. This unique concept is based on the strong bonds between the Ypres population and the Ypres rally. Through the years, many long friendships came out from this initiative and that is what makes the Geko Ypres rally so popular !

The Geko Ypres rally awarded best rally-organisation in the 2012 European Rally championship

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

During the annual Rally Safety seminar which was held on 22 – 23 February 2013 in Zagreb, the Geko Ypres Rally was awarded an award as the best organisation of the 2012 European Rally Championship. This prestigious award is handed to the rally that scores best on a number of fields like Safety, General Organisation, Itinerary – Infrastructure, Documents – Printed Matter, Media etc... The evaluation is made by the FIA observer, present at the event. The Geko Ypres rally scored particularly well in the field of safety and general organisation. Also the promotion and the popularity of the event were well awarded. No need to say that winning this much desired award is not only an honour for the organisation but also a motivation to continue organising the Geko Ypres Rally on a very high level.

Geko Ypres Rally part of the new refurbished European Rally Championship

Wednesday, 07 November 2012

Geko Ypres Rally and Eurosport Events, the new ERC promoter, are pleased to announce that they have entered into a new agreement to ensure that the Geko Ypres Rally will be part of the 2013 FIA European Rally Championship. The rally keeps its traditional spot on the calendar and will take place the last weekend of June. The Eurosport Group, which promotes the ERC through Eurosport Events, will once again be a privileged partner of the Geko Ypres Rally, and provide large-scale TV-coverage of the event taking place 27-29 June 2013.