Martijn
I guess you were in the red 20VT Are you sure I didn't come to talk to you yesterday?

Giuseppe
It was really nice to finally meet you and the family on Saturday. I would really like to thank you all so much for all the help you guys offered. It was really appreciated and I was not sure if I made that clear on the day. It is also fantastic to hear that you recovered the photos; there were some great ones on your camera and I can't wait to see them

Anyhow we are now back in Roermond and I finally have some time to sit down and write a quick report on SPA 2009.

The SPA Italia event always has plenty to offer any Italian car enthusiast but I suppose the highlight is that you get the opportunity to drive your Coupé on one of the best racing tracks in the world. This was made extra special for Coupe enthusiasts with over 40 Coupés taking part and the fact that Marco had made the trip from Scotland, an epic trip as it turned out , with his beast of a Coupé track car. Marco even offered to take people out for a few laps of the circuit with him and he had no shortage of takers with some people having really interesting runs

The weather this year was sun, sun and more sun so yep, you’ve guessed it Bob was soon sporting the now familiar pink head

After the day at the track we made our way to the Hotel where we soon discovered that some of our group possessed hidden talents. Julio stunned us all with his card tricks, “MATTS DAD” tickled to old ivory’s and Marco did and amazing trick with a chair! There is so much more I could report but I think we should let some of the pictures appear first

May I also take this opportunity to thank the French club for again organising the tickets, track time and accommodation, cheers guys

Hmm Green 16V Avitar, saw a green 16V but never saw anyone with it

Glad to hear the event was a success again this year Bob

I'm looking forward to seeing the photos

Antony you really should have been there mate. Your kind of weather and a chance for a run with Marco too.

I think I was running with Martijn on the track (Martijn, I was the guy in the red Alfa Diesel that you didn't seem to get rid of ).

Had a fantastic weekend and it was great to meet so many people. Hope everybody gets their Coupe sorted again with the necessary new Turbo, brake discs and pads and new bolts here and there. The Alfa held up nicely, but then it's quite used to being driven hard. Either way, guess I'll also have to check the Turbo (110.000 miles with the original now) and the brakes (the pads are still quite okay, but they are extremely noisy so I think the discs might have a giant lip on them).

Great to see Marco there (and Stuart - his drunk English is wonderfully short) and have the chance to co-pilot in his racer. The French were really amazed - they said the car is a legend over there and it was so exciting to see it in the flesh.

Now then... have to try and find a Coupe for next year.

Hi Guys,

I am colourblind, and i have selected the green avatar instead of a red one! Haha I own a red 16VT, mostly stock.



Didnt really get to speak anybody, which was my own fault because im a shy guy. In case you have seen this muppet walking around, it was me



anyways, i did take some more photo's. If anybody wants the full version (around 8-12 mb) please send me a PM, i will email it to you then.



I do have more, so if anyone has a request send me a description of your coupe and ill take a look!

By the way, bought some 2-step leather conditioner at the meguiars...great stuff! Would recommand it to people who have old dirty dehydrated leather.

Darn jealous guys - nice one....Anyone know if MCMike 'survived' OK?......

Nice pictures Barmybob!

Yes. Mike and I drove back in convoy from Spa right through to the M20. We were booked on the same ferry.
I'm sure he will be posting to let you know his take on the weekend and driving his coupe on the F1 circuit

Pete

Fixed

I had a great time as well, was definately worthwile to come down to Spa! The track itself and the surroundings are very nice indeed. There are some great driving roads besides the track also, too bad a lot of them are nearly undriveable in the coupe (massive holes are quite common it seems!).

I haven't been on the track with the coupe myself, but have been in kj's Alfa and Sparco's coupe and it's an impressive track.. Will have to try to make a few laps myself next year.

Also great to see Sparco joining us with the racing coupe. Quite an effort to drive down from Scotland just for a few (well, quite a few in his case) laps round the Spa track! And his trip to come down to Spa wasn't that lucky either, hope it went better on the way back.

Here are some pics I made:

Oh the orange Coupé

I love that car, it looked fantastic. I really hope he can get it fixed and back out for next years event.

what exactly happened to:

*The orange coupe which had the rear-damage?
*The dark-blue coupe which had to exit the track on a tow-car?
*The light-blue coupe with all that oil under the bonnet?

What a shame for that orange Coupe? What happened?

Jurgen, if you have the video of my lap >> SEND!

The car went off on one of the most infamous corners in the world. Eau Rouge has claimed many vicims over the years, thankfully all that was hurt on this occasion was some metalwork.

Looks like you guys had a great weekend. I'll need to get myself organised better next year so I can actually make it there!

Have been busy with that video KJ, the orginal video off the camera was nearly 600mb! I compressed it to an mpeg4 file, but that was still 200mb (but still good quality). I've just uploaded it to youtube (took a while!). The quality is terrible at the moment, but it says it's still being processed and should get better after that...

Here's the link: Coupe's on track

The quality seems to be ok now, just the framerate is slighty screwed up. Ah well, gives an impression of driving on the track

Looking great! Thanks!

Go to 0:50 to see Marco go past.

And not that slow as well...
Great vid, hope to drive on the track next year! this year i didnt want to take the risk, just having the car for 5-6 weeks makes me not 100% sure of its technical status.

What should I say , look at the photos, Great weekend , great people and an extra thanks to Sparco for having me in his car and of course to Baby_Cash for last minute card and hotel arrangements.

Lum

Looks great guys!

Good photo's guys and nice video there Lum, love the fact you can hear Marco when he floors it

Lol , that was Jurgen who posted that

Lum

Superb pics and video guy`s . Looks like you had an excellent time,though I feel sorry for that lovely orange Coop .

Baz

Nice video.

Good to see everyone leaving lots of space, being a track day newbie and looking to book a day soon.

Very reassuring.

Hi Guys,

hope you enjoyed your weekend at spa, and hope you enjoyed our french comitee !

It's been tough to organize this event as we got some problems with our south members that rule the french club.
i did not have the opportunity to talk to all the people, i wish you had some good times and enjoyed your nights at the hotel.

Marcouzze, the owner of the orange coop, who was organising the event with me, had an accident during the scuderia del coupé. I got some problems too, it was a nightmare ! i had to return to the paddock to fix my problem, then i could have returned on the track.


So, i have created a photobucket account in order to get the most photos i can get. I would like to make a video footage with some pics & vids.
Could you post your stuffs there ? PM me for more details

Wow Wow Wow, i can assure you that we did pay. Do not forget we had 1 extra night, and settled up on the Sunday evening.
Please DO NOT post up on a public forum with allegations. I and my Father both pride ourselves on being honest, we have no reason to steal.
Baby_Cash you are Out of order, a PM asking for a explanation, rather than an allegation in future.