National Rally championships News

**mas-racing** · 16th Sep 12, 09:43

video of the Rally Bethunois 2012 France : Rallye du Béthunois 2012 - YouTube

**tolis** · 16th Sep 12, 10:04

APRC Rally Hokkaido

**stefanvv** · 16th Sep 12, 10:14

Some earthquake moved the road?

**tolis** · 16th Sep 12, 13:48

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**bluuford** · 16th Sep 12, 18:41

Penultimate round of Estonian Championship was held in this weekend - UKU Viljandi Ralli.

You can see the final results here: RALLY » Competitions » Final results

Top3:
1. Siim Plangi/Marek Sarapuu Mitsu Evo X
2. Timmu Kõrge/Erki Prints Mitsu Evo IX +12.2
3. Agu Ahu/Kalle Ahu BMW M3 +5:19.8

It was eventful rally
Rainer Aus went off 500 m after start and continued under superally
Alexey Lukyanuk drove first time with his Evo X R4. He was leading the rally narrowly, but went off and lost around half hour in the ditch.
You can see him getting out from the ditch here: MULGI RALLI 2012 moments - YouTube

On the same stage Raul Jeets had very severe accident with his Evo X, car is practically destroyed. Driver and co-driver have some minor bruises. You can see their off here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQVzbUuiRdM

Plangi and Vorobjovs were fighting with tenths of a seconds until the last stage where Vorobjovs car decided to give up (Engine),

Egon Kaur retired between final service and podium.. no more gearbox

Due to recent rain the roads were completeley destroyed.
One more nice video:
UKU Mulgi Rally-2012 - YouTube

Rally was also part of Latvian Rally Sprint championship:
Results here:
RALLI » Võistlused » Lõpptulemus

Last rally will be Saaremaa Rally in October.

**stefanvv** · 16th Sep 12, 18:59

That is one nice Rally review for sure

**focus206** · 16th Sep 12, 19:26

Originally Posted by bluuford

Penultimate round of Estonian Championship was held in this weekend - UKU Viljandi Ralli.

You can see the final results here: RALLY » Competitions » Final results

Top3:
1. Siim Plangi/Marek Sarapuu Mitsu Evo X
2. Timmu Kõrge/Erki Prints Mitsu Evo IX +12.2
3. Agu Ahu/Kalle Ahu BMW M3 +5:19.8

It was eventful rally
Rainer Aus went off 500 m after start and continued under superally
Alexey Lukyanuk drove first time with his Evo X R4. He was leading the rally narrowly, but went off and lost around half hour in the ditch.
You can see him getting out from the ditch here: MULGI RALLI 2012 moments - YouTube

On the same stage Raul Jeets had very severe accident with his Evo X, car is practically destroyed. Driver and co-driver have some minor bruises. You can see their off here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQVzbUuiRdM

Plangi and Vorobjovs were fighting with tenths of a seconds until the last stage where Vorobjovs car decided to give up (Engine),

Egon Kaur retired between final service and podium.. no more gearbox

Due to recent rain the roads were completeley destroyed.
One more nice video:
UKU Mulgi Rally-2012 - YouTube

Rally was also part of Latvian Rally Sprint championship:
Results here:
RALLI » Võistlused » Lõpptulemus

Last rally will be Saaremaa Rally in October.

How is the situation for the title? Who is in the fight to win the championship in the last round?

**bluuford** · 16th Sep 12, 19:40

Originally Posted by focus206

How is the situation for the title? Who is in the fight to win the championship in the last round?

If I am not wrong then Group N (The most important category in Estonia should look like this:
1. Aus/Koskinen 84p
2. Vorobjovs/Zicans 82.5p
3. Plangi/Sarapuu 79p
4. Kõrge/Prints 71p

Others are out from the title contention.

Overall calssification title points look like this:
1. Kõrge/Prints 276.5 p
2. Aus/Koskinen 255.5p
3. Vorobjovs/Zicans 243.5 p

Very intense fight is expected in Saaremaa

**vytophoto** · 17th Sep 12, 14:55

Classic Rally Druskininkai 2012 (Lithuanian Rally Championship 6th round) - photos and results: Rally Classic Druskininkai 2012. Pirmoji Vytauto

**Adler** · 20th Sep 12, 13:18

Arbö Rallye, 7th round of ÖRM will be held around Admont and Spittal/Phyrn tomorrow and saturday. No special entrys, Beppo Harrach will use a brand new Evo9 R4, Gerwald Grössing will drive his old one, anyway Raimund Baumschlager secured the title allready in the last round in Weiz. Still exciting will be the battle for the 2WD-title between leading Martin Zellhofer (Swift S1600), Michael Böhm (back in his Fiat 500 R3T) and Hannes Danzinger (Scirocco Diesel).

entry list: http://www.arboe-rallye.at/RallyeNen...012Eingang.pdf

live-timing (SS1 Fr 14:10): ARB Rallye Steiermark 2012 - bersicht

**MartijnS** · 20th Sep 12, 13:42

Hellendoorn Rally also tomorrownight and saturday.
9 WRC entries:

1. Peter van Merksteijn junior - C4 WRC
2. Jeroen Swaanen - Focus 08 WRC
3. Bernhard ten Brinke - Fiesta WRC
4. Erik van Loon - Fiesta WRC
5. Bob de Jong - Lancer WRC05
6. Bert de Jong - Lancer WRC05
7. Eric Bolhaar - Fabia WRC
8. Edwin Schilt - S14 WRC
9. Hermen Kobus - Fiesta S2000
10. Ferdi Biesheuvel - Impreza WRC

Entrylist: http://hellendoornrally.eu/wp-conten...rally-2012.pdf

Results: http://www.rallytiming.nl

**hari** · 22nd Sep 12, 23:02

Round seven of this years Austrian Rally Championship was held this weekend at the ARBÖ Rallye around Admont.

Raimund Baumschlager and Beppo Harrach had a nice battle trough the event. Starting with a 10 second lead into the final 5,8 km stage Baumschlagers sixth win in a row this season was expected. But after receiving a 20 seconds penalty for checking in late at the final stages time control Harrach claimed the victory.

Final results:
01. Harrach / Schindlbacher, Mitsubishi R4 1:05:45.4
02. Baumschlager / Zeltner, Skoda Fabia S2000 +12.9
03. Saibel / Mayrhofer, Mitsubishi R4 +38.0
04. Rosenberger / Kaiser, VW Polo S2000 +1:23.2
05. Stohl / Stummer, Mitsubishi CNG +1:33.4
06. Neubauer / Ettel, Subaru Impreza R4 +2:26.3
07. Danzinger / Watzl, VW Scirocco +2:59.3
08. Mrlik / Unterweger, Subaru Impreza +3:44.5
09. Zellhofer / Kachel, Suzuki Swift S1600 +3:45.4
10. Mayer / Langthaler, Subaru Impreza R4 +4:57.8

The final round of the Austrian championship is held at the Rallye Waldviertel (October 25th-27th 2012).

Images can be found here:
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_orm_...allye_2012.php

**stefanvv** · 22nd Sep 12, 23:18

You made my day with those pictures

**hari** · 23rd Sep 12, 05:36

Originally Posted by hari

Round seven of this years Austrian Rally Championship was held this weekend at the ARBÖ Rallye around Admont.

Raimund Baumschlager and Beppo Harrach had a nice battle trough the event. Starting with a 10 second lead into the final 5,8 km stage Baumschlagers sixth win in a row this season was expected. But after receiving a 20 seconds penalty for checking in late at the final stages time control Harrach claimed the victory.

The final round of the Austrian championship is held at the Rallye Waldviertel (October 25th-27th 2012).

Images can be found here:
IR7.at: Fotos ORM ARBÖ Rallye 2012

Just for the records: The codriver of Harrach was Leopold Welsersheimb, not Andreas Schindlbacher.

**GioRallyReport** · 23rd Sep 12, 16:31

My video of the Unica schutte ICT Hellendoorn Rally:

Unica schutte ICT Hellendoorn Rally

**rallysupportnl** · 23rd Sep 12, 17:54

Video of the Dutch Hellendoorn Rally 2012 [HD] with a lot of WRC cars.

**EightGear** · 23rd Sep 12, 17:55

Peter van Merksteijn jr. won the Hellendoorn Rally again like last year. There was a nice battle between him and Jeroen Swaanen but Peter was pretty much in control of the rally.

1. Peter van Merktsteijn jr. (Citroen C4 WRC)
2. Jeroen Swaanen (Ford Focus WRC) +8.4
3. Bernhard ten Brinke (Ford Fiesta WRC) +1.14.6
4. Bob de Jong (Mitsubishi Lancer WRC) +2.29.8
5. Bert de Jong (Mitsubishi Lancer WRC) +3.59.4
6. Hermen Kobus (Ford Fiesta S2000) +5.49.9

Eric Bolhaar (Skoda Fabia WRC) retired after just a few hundred meters but returned on saturday.
Erik van Loon (Ford Fiesta WRC) retired on SS3 after hitting a tree.
Edwin Schilt (Subaru S14 WRC) broke the engine on SS4.

**MartijnS** · 23rd Sep 12, 18:17

My photos of the rally are online now.

More at our Facebook page or our Website !

**hari** · 23rd Sep 12, 19:50

And a 18 Minutes Video of the ARBÖ Rallye 2012 + Onboard Videos of Raimund Baumschlager can be found here:

http://www.ir7.at/content/orm_arboe_...012.php#videos

**focus206** · 23rd Sep 12, 23:28

Originally Posted by EightGear

Peter van Merksteijn jr. won the Hellendoorn Rally again like last year. There was a nice battle between him and Jeroen Swaanen but Peter was pretty much in control of the rally.

1. Peter van Merktsteijn jr. (Citroen C4 WRC)
2. Jeroen Swaanen (Ford Focus WRC) +8.4
3. Bernhard ten Brinke (Ford Fiesta WRC) +1.14.6
4. Bob de Jong (Mitsubishi Lancer WRC) +2.29.8
5. Bert de Jong (Mitsubishi Lancer WRC) +3.59.4
6. Hermen Kobus (Ford Fiesta S2000) +5.49.9

Eric Bolhaar (Skoda Fabia WRC) retired after just a few hundred meters but returned on saturday.
Erik van Loon (Ford Fiesta WRC) retired on SS3 after hitting a tree.
Edwin Schilt (Subaru S14 WRC) broke the engine on SS4.

maybe a stupid question but... is Swaanen the 2012 Dutch Champion after this result or still not?