So Here i was , my first intervieuw with a World Championship Team.
Mazda was based in Zaventem ( Belgium ) wich was ideal for me because i was still living in Netherlands and the team was just 90 Km from my home.

I had the intervieuw with Andy Thorburn and i was hired to work as a mechanic in the 'Parts Preparation Department' togeather with another dutch mechanic Barry van Boxmeer.
This made it more easy for me to adapt to the team as we spoke the same language.
The Mazda team was a mix of people from all over Europe ( English,German,French,Swedish) but we all worked well togeather.

We had a very good time and it was a great experience for me to start working in the World Championship.

The first time the mechanics told me that they were changing suspensions in 5 minutes, Gearboxes in 20 Minutes i thought they were joking.
But after some training i realised that when you stay cool and calm you can do a lot of work in 15 Minutes service.
Specially when you are in the service point and you see the car comming in Service on 3 wheels and the one on your side is missing ........!!

But all went well and i learned a lot at Mazda and the WRC and made friends all over the world in many teams. ( many of them are still working today in Rallying )

The Mazda 323 was always the underdog in the WRC and we could not fight with Lancia and Toyota ( wich had huge budgets ).
and just when we all thought that we were going to have a good car and good sponsors and budget, Mazda Japan decided to stop Rallying.

This was an end to a dream, Many of the mechanics went to England were most of the teams were based ( Ford, Nissan, Mitsubishi ) and some went to Germany ( Toyota Team Europe )
So i decided to follow them and came in contact with Nissan.