You have undoubtedly marked Saturday, June 1st, in your agenda. During that hopefully sunny weekend, you will join us in Huy for the Saturday Drive, the first event of the third edition of the Rally 4 Porsche.
About 230 kilometres of pure driving pleasure are on the program that day, on the most beautiful roads of the Condroz and the Ardennes, with gastronomic breaks and a Garden Barbecue Party to end the day in style!
Sunday Drive: even more fun
Perhaps you would also like to spend a second day behind the wheel of your Porsche in this beautiful region? Then the Sunday Drive is the right thing for you!
On the menu of this second tour reserved exclusively for Porsches – of any type or year – scheduled for Sunday, June 2nd, there is an equally attractive program… but completely different!
Food Truck Village and sporting excursion
The Sunday Drive has a different route, with loops from Huy covering around 200 kilometres, but it also takes you along beautiful rural roads. At noon, you can recharge your batteries in our Food Truck Village to prepare yourselves for an exciting afternoon loop.
For during the afternoon of the Sunday Drive, you get to drive on a private circuit, where you can – if you wish – unleash the horses (or watts) of your car and enjoy the dynamic driving qualities of your Porsche to the fullest!
80 € discount thanks to Duo Drive
If you already participate in the Saturday Drive, the organizers of the Rally 4 Porsche are happy to offer you a discount of 80 euros per car if you choose the Duo Drive formula, combining the Saturday Drive with the Sunday Drive.
You can share this rich programme, reserved entirely for Porsche enthusiasts, with guests or other passengers.
Two tours. And twice as much fun behind the wheel of your Porsche. That is the menu that Rally 4 Porsche offers you during the weekend of June 1 and 2.
On Sunday, June 2nd, the day after the Saturday Drive of Rally 4 Porsche, the R4P team introduces a new initiative. The Sunday Drive is a tour exclusively reserved for owners of a Porsche of any type and year, old or new, sporty or tourer, with a combustion engine or electric!
Huy will be the epicentre of the Sunday Drive, which offers participants two loops starting in the city on the Meuse, covering approximately 200 kilometres on the most beautiful roads in the region. At noon, you can deliciously recharge your batteries in the Food Truck Village before starting an exciting afternoon.
As icing on the cake, the Sunday Drive also offers you a ride on a privatized site, where you can fully experience the innate dynamic properties of a Porsche. And for once, the traffic code does not have to be adhered to. Maximum driving pleasure guaranteed!
The Sunday Drive of Rally 4 Porsche ends with a passage through one of the most beautiful squares in Wallonia, in Huy, before you can enjoy a well-deserved glass of champagne at the Kiosque.
This extensive program, exclusively reserved for all Porsche enthusiasts, can be shared with one or two passengers. We also reserve special conditions for those who want to combine the Saturday and Sunday Drives…
During the first weekend of June, the region in and around Huy lives to the rhythm of noble engine sounds. The third edition of the Rally 4 Porsche will start on Saturday, June 1st on the banks of the Meuse, with a Saturday Drive of approximately 230 km, which will take the participants along the most beautiful roads of the Condroz and the Ardennes. On the menu: lots of driving and viewing pleasure, but your taste buds will also enjoy it…
In October 2022, around 150 teams started the very first edition of the Rally 4 Porsche tour. In June 2023, no fewer than 235 Porsche duos could indulge themselves during the second version of what has already become an unmissable event for fans of the Stuttgart brand. On the eve of the new year, the R4P team is already giving Porsche fans a rendezvous during the first weekend of June. The first part of the 2024 menu – which will be expanded with other events – is the Saturday Drive, a tour as part of Rally 4 Porsche in the middle of Spring, that will be as pleasant as it is… tasty!
“Due to the success of the first two editions and – especially – the positive return of the participants in our Rally 4 Porsche tour in June this year, we decided to continue on the same path. That is why we are once again offering Porsche enthusiasts a very enjoyable event, » says Yves Matton, spearhead of the R4P team. “The first event we would like to announce for 2024 is the Saturday Drive of the Rally 4 Porsche. It not only takes participants along the most beautiful roads in the Condroz but also in Wallonia, because we also complete a large loop in the Ardennes. As is the tradition, gastronomic breaks are also on the schedule. To end the day in the best possible way, we organize a Garden Barbecue Party, which will be held in a unique setting.”
The Saturday Drive of the Rally 4 Porsche is a tourist drive on public roads and is reserved for all Porsche models, regardless of their production year. The city of Huy is again the setting for start and finish, with a ramp in the heart of the city on the banks of the Meuse. The Tour, approximately 230 kilometres long, takes participants deep into the Ardennes, with a rural and gastronomic stop halfway. At the end of the day, participants and guests of the Rally 4 Porsche can enjoy a barbecue that will end the day in a musical and festive atmosphere.
Registrations for the Saturday Drive will open on Friday, December 22nd at noon. This is done on the R4P.be website, through the new online platform R4CE.cloud. In the meantime, you can take a look at the R4P Shop, which is already open. The ideal place to find a Christmas gift voucher for participation in the Rally 4 Porsche tour or the closing BBQ of the Saturday Drive! Please note, the number of places for the Saturday Drive is limited to 180!
Good news for those who cannot participate on Saturday: a Sunday Drive, held according to a completely different formula, will also be organized on Sunday, June 2nd. More about that second event soon…
For this Rally 4 Porsche 2023, a ‘neutral zone’ has been set up on the Vaux-et-Borset classification stage (EC 3/6/9). It will be located near the Vaux-et-Borset local school and rue Joseph Durbuy, i.e. just before point 11 and as far as point 12 on the map.
On this section of approximately 500m, competitors will be driving in a liaison sector. They will no longer be timed and will not be able to exceed the maximum speed of 50km/h.
So there will be no spectacle at all in this section, which is strictly closed to the public. « While the principle may make some participants sceptical, our event, which does not count towards any championship, should be a laboratory for new ideas on the future organisation of road sports competitions, » explains Julien Frère, the project manager.
The adage ‘move along, there’s nothing to see’ will be more relevant than ever in this case. Fellow spectators, please avoid this area if you want to avoid disappointment
Less than two months before the event, those eager with impatience can now register for the speed and regularity tests of the Rally 4 Porsche, which will take place in Huy on 3 and 4 June. So it’s high time to shed some light on the course!
In October 2022, the Rally 4 Porsche was a newcomer in the world of rallying, and the event immediately impressed followers and participants. The latter will be even more numerous for the second edition, as the event has been moved forwards, to a more favourable summer date. It is now scheduled for the first weekend in June. In the meantime, some big names on the entry list have also been divulged. In addition to the previously announced Robert Droogmans, the three winners of last year’s speed test – Emile Tollet (“Classic”), Thibaud Mazuin (“SR/modified”) and Andy Lefevere (“Modern”) – are already certain to compete and face the competition.
In the regularity rally, with the “ASAF Regularity VHRS”-label, two average speeds are used (50 or 65 km/h). Among the first entrants, we note the presence of Jacques Evrard and Yves Deflandre, while Didier Gathy is also still diligently looking for a car that would allow him to write his name on the winners’ list a second time.
More than the sporting aspect, on which the « R4P »-team led by Yves Matton and Jean-Marc Fortin is still hard at work, it is above all the satisfaction of being able to offer a complete course that predominates: “We can never thank the councils of Huy, Clavier and Somme-Leuze enough for the trust they have placed in us. Better yet, we also welcome the enthusiasm and dynamism of the Villers-le-Bouillet town council, which has decided to follow in their footsteps. The welcome they have given us exceeded our wildest expectations. In addition to a special stage, we also organize a regroup, close to the town hall”, says Yves Matton.
Due to the relatively short period between the first two editions, the course has not undergone any major changes. ”We have indeed decided not to change the two stages that were very popular in 2022, Moulin de Solières and Clavier”, says Stéphane Lhonnay, responsible for the course and safety. “The latter was very much appreciated by the drivers, especially because of its length and challenging character, while in Solières the incredibly spectacular passage on the gravel of the car park at the Mill has already acquired a cult status. The same applies to the first braking zone of the test, where the growling engines can be heard from afar. As for the new stage of Vaux-et-Borset, on the territory of Villers-le-Bouillet, this stage will start at the roundabout in the village of Warnant-Dreye (with the Porsches, this guarantees – an absolutely safe – spectacle!), after which the stage continues with a somewhat Haspengouw route of almost 10 kilometres.”
Another novelty of this test is the use of two ‘slow zones’, which the participants will have to respect thoroughly. It is a well-known concept from regularity events, but new for speed tests. “Although some participants are quite sceptical about it, our competition – which is not eligible for any championship – is the ideal opportunity to try out new concepts for the future of rallying”, says project manager Julien Frère. “However, the participants can rest assured, we will brief them sufficiently on how to respect these slow zones. More communication will follow later to prevent the public from going to these zones, because there will not be much interesting to see.”
A varied menu, with a course of three loops of three stages, for a total of 368.47 km, of which 105.51 against the clock! The first cars will leave the starting podium on Avenue Delchambre in Huy on Sunday 4 June at 8 a.m., while the finish is scheduled around 6:30 p.m. on the Grand’Place of Huy. At that point, the names of the « best Porsche drivers » in each category are known, drivers who will have avoided all the difficulties of the challenging course. We would like to repeat that the speed rally is open to foreign teams, vintage cars, modified prototypes and modern GT3s, while the VHRS (50 and 60 km/h) and ‘Demo’ categories are open to any Porsche whose production started before 31/12/1997. The Englishman Keith Mclvor (Porsche 911 SC) is also the first competitor from across the Channel to register for the speed rally. Just like last year, fans can also go to the tests completely free of charge.
Registration is open on the organization’s website (www.r4p.be), or via the new platform ‘R4CE’ . Those who register before May 1 also enjoy a discount. You have been warned…
An exceptional event to celebrate 75 years of Porsche and 60 years of the 911
Four events in one, over the course of a single weekend
Open to all types of Porsches, without any restriction
After an impressive inaugural edition in the fall of 2022, the Rally 4 Porsche will see its second edition in the spring of 2023 (on June 3-4), much to the delight of owners, drivers and enthusiasts whose hearts beat only for the Stuttgart brand. Just like last year, there will be something for everybody. Spectacular? You can count on it!
In 2022, the Rally 4 Porsche surprised the car world with an event in an unprecedented format in Belgium, which will be repeated next spring. A car weekend which, as its name suggests, plays the single-brand card without being sectarian. Quite the contrary. On the one hand, the weekend revolves around four events: a speed rally, a sporting regularity rally, a tourist ride and a charity co-drive. On the other hand, with 2023 being the 60th anniversary of the 911 and the 75th of the German manufacturer, the Rally 4 Porsche is aimed at everyone who shares this passion for the brand and is open to all Porsche badged vehicles, whether it has 4, 6, 8 or 10 cylinders, whether it’s front, mid or rear-engined, whether it’s a coupe, cabrio, sedan or SUV, from the origins of the brand to the present day.
In the heart of the city at the Meuse
Yves Matton, figurehead of the event and initiator of the project and assisted by his sidekick Jean-Marc Fortin, is a fervent Porsche lover himself. He explains how this second edition will be organised: “The first Rally 4 Porsche was exceptional in more ways than one. We managed to bring together 170 Porsches and at least twice as many Porsche drivers, their entourage, fans of the brand and one of its greatest ambassadors worldwide, Jacky Ickx. However, the beginning of autumn was not really the best time of year, in the midst of an overloaded post-covid calendar, and only a few weeks before another major car event in the region. However, the event was a success. It’s further proof that Belgium is a country of car lovers and that the Porsche brand is dear to them.”
Just like last year, the HQ of the Rally 4 Porsche will be installed in the heart of the city of Huy, with the region around the Meuse city serving as a backdrop for the various aspects of the event throughout the weekend. “We are once again fortunate to benefit from the support of the city of Huy and the authorities of the surrounding districts. Not only do they open the doors to a wonderful setting, steeped in automotive history, but they also allow us to add personality and character to each of the 4 events that make up this Rally 4 Porsche, by giving us the opportunity to establish exciting, selective and safe routes for participants and spectators alike.”
No limits
The format of the weekend, different from other activities traditionally offered to Porsche lovers, also allows a communion between the points of interest of every participant and to build bridges between different kinds of passion, explains Yves Matton, former Rally Director at the FIA: “We build our event so everyone can enjoy it and participate and/or attend the other events of the weekend. We try to avoid, as much as possible, an overlap in the various activities. At the moment not all details of the program are set in stone, but we can already confirm that the friendly and relaxed tourist ride will take place on Saturday, run under a new ‘all in’ formula. On Sunday, it’s time for sporting events, with speed and regularity rallies, two disciplines in which the various Porsche models very often excel, both in Belgium and abroad. We maintain a ‘Demo’ category for those who want to have fun on safe and closed roads, even with an original vehicle, as long as it is built before 1996. And we won’t forget the charity co-drive, by involving the general public and offering them the opportunity to be a passenger in a Porsche.”
It’s too early to give all the details of each of the components of the Porsche weekend in Huy, but starting February 22nd entries for the event are open. However, it’s already established that the speed rally, which will once again see Robert Droogmans, one of the so-called Three Musketeers, compete at the wheel of a 911, should offer between 110 and 120 km of special stages in the Huy region. The speed rally welcomes foreign crews, historic cars, modified prototypes and modern GT3s, and in the ‘Demo’ category any Porsche built before 1996. The regularity test, with the VHRS label (historic vehicles for sports regularity), will take the same route but with average speeds of 50 or 65 km/h and will be concocted by a big name in the discipline, Yves Noelanders. As for the tourist ride, on open roads and in strict compliance with the highway code, it will take Porsche fans to the most spectacular corners of Wallonia, following a specific route, punctuated by a tasty stopover at noon. The charitable co-drive will focus on the region around Huy. Finally: the speed and regularity rallies will end with the awarding of a high-end prize, closely linked to the theme of the category.
You will be able to find the program of the Rally 4 Porsche from Friday in the following points of sale at the price of 5€:
Bookstore RN 90 Rue Joseph Wauters 38 / 4500 Huy Café ‘Le Chez Nous’ Avenue Delchambre 3 / 4500 Huy Main marquee on Avenue Delchambre throughout the weekend
Before the time it’s not yet the time. After the time it’s no longer the time! The adage is well known and prevails even more in rallying. Whether it’s a speed or regularity event, clocking in on time is imperative. « Rally 4 Porsche » would like to reward the winning team in the category that will be the most represented at the start with an exceptional prize: a pair of « Raidillon » watches will be given to the driver and co-driver. A gift worth 3,000 euros per watch and to be discovered on the website of our partner: www.raidillon-watches.com
Please note that a third watch will be distributed during the prize-giving ceremony, by drawing lots for one of the members of a classified crew present at the prize-giving ceremony.
The conditions for the awarding of the watch are available here.
Another reason to enter the Rally 4 Porsche: https://r4p.be/inscription-rallyes/
Icon of Belgian and world motorsport, Jacky Ickx will honour us with his presence for the first edition of the “Rally 4 Porsche”.
The man known as “Mr. Le Mans”, because of his 6 victories in the Sarthe, will be present at the finish of our ride tour on Saturday 8 October on the Grand Place in Huy before taking part in the “911” and “959” evenings.
It is therefore not too late to take advantage of such a presence and register for our ride tour and/or our evenings.
The Rally 4 Porsche will be held for the first time in just under sixty days. For those who are not yet aware, the event will, as its name indicates, be reserved for participants with a Porsche. However, the organisers are not being sectarian and will welcome both “all-rear” and “mid-engine” cars as well as “front-engine” cars! There is no need to worry: if you do not want to race, there will be a regularity event over the same route as the speed rally, as well as a route which will take you to Stavelot. There will be something for everyone, we assure you!
The event having already been the subject of a specific presentation (which you can find on the website www.r4p.be, and which can be consulted in English, French and Dutch) by way of an aperitif, it is time for the main course, the rally! We already know that it has attracted a great deal of interest and that some are already impatient to fight for the honour – the privilege! – of being crowned “best Porsche rally driver”.
To do this, it will be necessary to avoid all the pitfalls of an event “for big boys” (although naturally girls are also welcome!) about which the organisers are full of praise: “We had set ourselves quite a few conditions, notably that of not imposing ourselves on certain local residents with the passage of two events a few weeks apart,” begins Julien Frère, the project manager. “And we are proud to have practically succeeded, with the exception of two small kilometres, only one of which is bordered by a few houses. It was not easy, however, and the municipal administrations of Huy, Wanze, Clavier and Somme-Leuze must in particular be thanked for their collaboration, because they have enabled us to turn many of our ideas for the route into reality!”
In detail (but not too much all the same!), Yves Matton and his associates have managed to create a special show in … Solières, even though the surroundings of this charming village are well known to all rally fans! Let us point out a place which will undoubtedly gather all the public’s votes thanks to a “first”: a hyper-spectacular section in the… car park of the famous Moulin de Solières!
Stéphane Lhonnay, responsible for the route, is no less proud of the second special stage: “In fact, we have received the unconditional support of the village of Huccorgne, which has never before hosted a special stage, even though there are a great many enthusiasts among its inhabitants. Their pleasure will be increased tenfold when they know that this is also a special show stage. And that of the competitors too, with, in particular, a very tight left-hand hairpin near the village church and the local school which will require drivers to use the handbrake if they want to avoid a time-consuming “manoeuvre”.
Finally, the R4P team has not lacked skill in Clavier, mixing portions formerly used by other events to create a special stage of almost 15 kilometres presenting a particularly representative range of all the types of surface which can be found there! And something tells us that the public will have very much enjoy the fast but safe section around the Château de Vervoz …
This is a quality menu, we agree, for a route which will be composed of three loops of three special stages plus a fourth passage in Solières, totalling 341 kilometres, 110 of which will be timed!
The first competitors will leave the start area, located on the Avenue Delchambre in Huy, on Sunday at 08.00, while the prize-giving ceremony will take place on the Grand’Place in Huy at 19.30.
