"Up to his arrival in Spa, the identity of the mystery Gordon driver was unknown, although some people managed to quickly figure it out by simply running through all possible names and keeping an eye out for the daily clues that were revealed. Forty-seven different names were suggested.

The driver in question was in fact François Chatriot.This Saturday, the last foreign winner of the Boucles in 1994, in a 4WD Toyota Celica, and the former two-times French rally champion reformed the victorious duo of sixteen years past with Denis Giraudet.Unfortunately, although driving a spectacular Mazda RX-7 Gr.B (belonging to Christophe Jacob), they were forced to bow out at a very early stage due to clutch problems.

For twelve hours, 289 crews battled it out in winter conditions which made the course particularly slippery. In the end, it was Bruno Thiry, greatly assisted by the very tricky road conditions which favoured his all-wheel traction,who imposed himself in his Audi Quattro during this 5^th edition of the Legend Boucles de Spa.The event attracted tens of thousands of spectators. It was a full-on show. Go on!