Freddy Loix
Freddy Loix ( born November 10, 1970 in Tongeren ) is a Belgian rally driver. His nickname is " Fast Freddy"
- 2.1 WRC results
- 2.2 IRC results
Career
Freddy Loix began his racing career in karting. However, he continued his career not on the racetrack continued, but bought an old 1990 Lancia Delta HF Turbo Group N and thus drove rallies. The following year he received a Mitsubishi Galant VR -4, with which he has since in the Belgian Rally Championship was launched.
Initial success with Opel and Toyota
1993 was Loix works driver in the team of the Belgian Opel importer who asked him a Opel Astra GSi Formula 2 available. In addition, he has now sponsored by Marlboro. End of the year he was at the San Remo Rally in his debut in the World Rally Championship. With the ninth overall he immediately secured his first two World Championship points. In 1994 he was a Belgian Formula 2 champion.
The next step of his career came in 1996, when the Belgian Loix Toyota team a Toyota Celica GT -Four Group A received. He attended three rallies in the World Cup, and reached it twice in fourth place. So he finished the season in eighth place in the drivers' standings. In the 1997 season, he reached in the Rally of Portugal with the second place his first podium result and finished ninth championship course. At the San Remo Rally in the end of the year he was for the first time at the start, with whom he now regularly contested rallies with the new Toyota Corolla WRC in the 1998 season. With a third place in the Rally of Portugal, and second place in the Rally of Catalonia he started the season with great success in the World Rally Championship. Although he came into office only four runs, he reached in the evaluation of the World Cup again in eighth place.
Establishment in the World Rally Championship with Mitsubishi
For the 1999 season changed Loix on the Mitsubishi factory team, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI began. still based on the Group A regulations. Now, where he completed his first full season in the World Rally Championship. However, the transition did not go smoothly. While his team-mate Tommi Makinen became world champion, Loix never reached the podium. However, he missed it with four fourth places, it mainly in the second half of the season, again just barely. The season he finished as last year on the eighth championship course. Incidentally Loix also denied again the scoring for the European Championship Ypres Rally in Belgium, which he won in a row for the fourth time.
2000 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI had its best days already behind him and was against the newer vehicles from the competition teams only limited competitive. Thus, the outlook is reduced to good rankings for Loix. By the end of the season he collected just four points, which he finished 15th in the championship. 2001 Loix could not continue to ride for the top spots, but scored again on a regular basis points. From the last third of the season brought Mitsubishi Lancer WRC with a new development, although at the start, this turned out to be even less competitive than its predecessor. With nine points, he finished the season ranked 13th in the ranking
Low of Hyundai and guest starts with Peugeot
In early 2002 concluded Loix from a two-year contract with Hyundai. With the inferior Hyundai Accent WRC, however, developed again a difficult season. A sixth place in the Rally of New Zealand at the end of the year remained his only points finish. With only one point, he finished 19th in the drivers' standings. Because of the low budget of his team, the vehicle could not be further developed significantly and so the poor results continued in the 2003 season. After the introduction of the new points system Loix handed an eighth place in the Rally Australia to a renewed point gain. However, this rally was also the last, where he graduated with the Hyundai because prematurely withdrew the team in September from the World Cup.
After Loix had paused at three rallies, he was at the rally for Peugeot UK, a cockpit in a Peugeot 206 WRC. At the rally, he scored sixth place his best result since one year and drove a further three points. So he improved even on the 14 championship course. Peugeot also held early in the season 2004 firmly Loix and now he got a new Peugeot 307 WRC. In the season, he raced to a fifth place finish at the Rallye Monte Carlo again successful, but he was replaced after the second rally. It was not until later in the season he came to three other stakes. Since he took points on all completed races, he finished the season despite only five rally participation in tenth place in the drivers' standings. This was his best finish in five years. After the 2004 season Loix resigned from the World Rally Championship.
Intercontinental Rally Challenge
Immediately after his time in the World Rally Championship Loix was initially disappeared from the international scene. He had his only appearances now with weaker Super 1600 vehicles with smaller rallies, but also in the Dakar Rally. From 2007 he was involved regularly in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge newly established. After he had gone with a VW Polo S2000 in Ypres rally at the start, he sat in the second half of the season a private Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 one. The Rallye International du Valais he finished in fourth place, which he imports five points.
For the 2008 season Loix won the Belgian Kronos Racing team a cockpit for the entire season in a Peugeot 207 S2000. There he was able finally to build on past successes and achieved at the Ypres Rally Barum Rally Zlín and the Rallye International du Valais three wins during the season. These he finished as a driver with the most wins on the second overall behind his team-mate Nicolas Vouilloz. In 2009, he went back for Kronos Racing at the start. The season began with second place in the Rallye Monte Carlo success, another podium finish followed in the Ypres Rally. Although he remained without a win, he finished second in the drivers' standings in third place.
2010 Loix factory driver was at Škoda and since then occurs with a Škoda Fabia S2000 in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. From four completed rallies in the 2010 season, he won three, the Ypres Rally for the sixth time now, the Rali Vinho da Madeira and the Barum Rally Zlín. These successes ranged to fourth place in the overall standings. At the opening of the following season, the Monte Carlo Rally in 2011, he reached the second place. After his victory at the Geko Ypres Rally 2011 Loix took the lead in the championship. After the Sata Rallye Açores 2011, where he had not taken part, he lost the lead again. His current co-driver is Frédéric Miclotte.