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This weekend will be held "Rally Žemaitija 2018", 2nd Lithuania's rally and 2nd rally-sprint event. There will be 64 crews in total. 110km of SS in this rally, 50km of SS for rally sprint crews, and 75km for historic participants. Full entry list: http://autorally.lt/?m=2&l=2 ,also, there will be results in that page. No big names from another countries (except Janis Vorobjovs, this time with BMW M3, but he's like local in Lithuania's rallies :D ), but almost all fastest locals will be there.
For those, who might have interest in national rallying at various levels, and have some free time to watch results (maybe between ERC Cyprus stages), I recommend follow crew #66 Evaldas Gezevičius/Šarūnas Gumauskas with Opel Kadett, as it will be my first official start in rally event as a co-driver.
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Good luck electroliquid! Fingers crossed! :)
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electroliquid good luck and i hope to enjoy this rally.for sure it will be a very special moment for you.
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Estonia, Viru ralli 2018
KKSF HD video with crash and some nice jumps and : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drft6_8TErE
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Rally Žemaitija, my first finished official rally, and for my driver it's also first official rally as a driver (before this, he was co-driver few seasons). We had total ~50km 4 stages, 1st stage took very easy, actually too easy, 2nd was especially dusty and we manage to show better speed. After service we showed 3rd time in class, and after last stage we lost 4th place in class by 0,1 sec. Main goal was to reach finish, and not destroy a car, not thinking about position, so we complete our plan, even won Junior class for drivers :) 5th place in class out of 10 finished crews, and 13 started. There are some Lithuania's rally-sprint event left this year :) It was very fun and interesting to see rally from other point of view. Full results http://autorally.lt/?m=4&ft=1&l=2 (we compete only in LARSC).
Other impressions: Lithuania's Dakar rally driver Vaidotas Žala there was with Škoda Fabia R5 for first time, with new co-driver Andris Malnieks from Latvia, and win rally over 2 and half minutes. After adaptation process is over they should be even faster. There was some talks about Žala/Malnieks in ERC, but probably not this year. Fun fact: "Žala" in Lithuanian has same meaning as "Škoda" in Czech - "Damage".
V. Švedas with old Evo N4 had great speed until gearbox broke. he had super scary moment in shakedown, when lost brakes at very high speed, before sharp left corner. https://www.facebook.com/v.svedas/vi...2179548519567/
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Székesfehérvár Rally, 4th round of the Hungarian Championship was this weekend.
It was won by Vincze, who was back with a Fabia. He was very fast throughout, and could keep this speed without mistakes, unlike the others. 2nd was Velenczei, his best result for a long time, and 3rd Turán, so 2 Hyundais in the top 3. They both challanged for the lead, but spins and small offs cost them a lot of time. Hadik only finished 4th after losing 40+ seconds when his Fiesta stopped on the stage and couldn't restart it. Results:
1. Vincze-Farnadi, Skoda Fabia R5 59:14.4
2. Velenczei-Szedő, Hyundai i20 R5 +28.2
3. Turán-Bagaméri, Hyundai i20 R5 +42.6
4. Hadik-Bacigál, Ford Fiesta R5 +53.5
5. Bodolai-Popovics, Ford Fiesta R5 +2:22.3
6. Rongits-Hannus, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +2:34.7
7. Osváth-Nemes, Skoda Fabia R5 +2:37.0
8. Trencsényi-Verba, Skoda Fabia R5 +2:44.8
9. Matics-Németh, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +2:56.6
10. Maricsek-Bán, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +3:06.9
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ORM Schneebergland Rallye 2018 - final results:
01. N. Mayr-Melnhof / P. Welsersheimb Ford Fiesta R5 1:39:46.9
02. G. Aigner / M. Hübler Ford Fiesta WRC +4:39.7
03. H. Gassner Jun. / U. Mayrhofer Mitsubishi Lancer R4 +5:09.9
04. K. Rosenberger / C. Ettel Ford Fiesta R5 +5:44.8
05. J. Keferböck / I. Minor Škoda Fabia R5 +7:39.4
06. M. Kalteis / M. Zemanek Mitsubishi EVO VII +7:53.5
07. H. Gaßner / J. Kramer Mitsubishi Evo X +8:26.7
08. G. Rigler / B. Hofmann Ford Fiesta R5 +11:10.0
09. K. Klausz / B. Csanyi Peugeot 208 R2 +11:58.7
10. C. Zellhofer / T. Schöpf Suzuki Swift S1600 +13:25.0
Gerwald Grössing / Sigi Schwarz had a tough fight with Niki Mayr Melnhof during the event, but crashed their Fiesta WRC heavily in the final stage. Both had to be hospitalized. Grössing suffered a two times broken sternum, Schwarz a broken hand.
Video 12 Min: https://vimeo.com/276726691
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Grössing announced that he stops rallying.
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Final results Veszprem Rallye 2018 (Hungary):
01. Herczig Norbert, Ferencz Ramon (Skoda Fabia R5) 1:12:25.1 *(Herczig retired after finish ramp to not affect hungarian championship battle)
02. Kazár Miklós, Tóth Zsolt (Skoda Fabia R5) +13.6
03. Turán Frigyes, Bagaméri László (Ford Fiesta R5) +23.2
04. Balogh János, Szoke Tamás (Skoda Fabia R5) +31.0
05. Bútor Róbert, Tagai Róbert (Skoda Fabia R5) +40.2
06. ifj. Kiss László, Kissné Varga Zsuzsanna (Ford Fiesta R5 Evo) +1:34.5
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