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So far it's been very unfortunate event with way too many crashes and technical problems and a sort of sporting tragedy for Dohnal whose great Focus WRC just burned completely :(
Pech's problem was burned-through piston on shakedown. Jirovec tried to arrange a last minute swap so that Pech would drive the Porsche with Jirovec's co-driver but it was not possible to manage it in time.
Kopáček had quite a big crash. They are ok but who knows if thry can continue in the season...
Yesterday not a single of six stages was run by the late crews. All were canceled due to accidents!!! Today already another one due to Dohnal's fire...
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ok, a bit late but final results... even though there were many said accidents etc. there was a great battle behind Kopecký which lasted till the end.
1. Kopecký (Fabia R5) 1:21:18,5 (20th CZ win in a row)
2. Koči (Fabia R5) +1:07,6 (20 sec pen.)
3. Černý (Fiesta R5) +1:19,1 (5 sec pen.)
4. Mareš (Fabia R5) +1:28,3 (5 sec pen.)
5. Grzyb (Fabia R5) +1:55,6
6. Tarabus (Fabia R5) +3:13,0 (lost 1,5 minutes with a spectacular off on SS7 - video: https://youtu.be/pbL4DxCncag?t=87 )
7. Pospíšilík (Fabia R5) +3:13,2
8. Trojan (Fabia R5) +3:21,5 (5 sec pen.)
9. Gavlák (Fabia R5) +4:08,6
10. Růžička (Fiesta R5) +5:05,0
23 years old Talaš won 2WD (208 R2). 18 years old Cais was the fastest man of the second leg (208 R2) but he retired early in the first leg with technical problems.
News from Kopáček... both the driver and his co-driver suffered brain concussion and the driver has two broke ribs on top. The crew will for sure miss Rally Bohemia. Hopefully they will be back for Barum.
About Dohnal... this photo says more than thousand words :(
http://www.petrmilfait.com/wp-content/uploads/44-14.jpg
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I'm so sad for Donhal.....
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Great stages and speed there!
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Already many foreign crews entered to Rally Bohemia and it's not yet closed... we are waiting for Lukyanuk for example.
R5: Veiby (NOR), Nordgren (FIN), Baumschlager (AUT), Szeja (POL), Kiss (HUN)
R2: Simon Wagner, Julian Wagner (both AUT)
Other: Madsen (DEN, Swift Maxi 2000)
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Has there been any talk about Dohnal's future plans?
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Not yet. He has actually one more Focus but due to our rules it may not be possible to use it. WRC cars are allowed in our championship only if they were registered in CZ before end of 2014 and I don't know when he registered the second one. I think it was later. In that case he could use it only for sprint and show events.