Czech rally news

[PLuto]

Shit, this time I can't go

I will be there. As CRO again...

[Mirek]

Live results of Raly Kopná tomorrow since 9:13 here: https://rally-base.com/2018/vancik-r...nt-kopna-2018/

[Mirek]

Spectacular video from shakedown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWIc66pas2k

The guy with Yacco 208 R2 is Erik Cais. Third rally ever and first with R2. He was by far fastest 2WD on shakedown setting 8th fastest time among R5 cars...

[Tom206wrc]

A bit strange but Peugeot R2 Cup finally will be held along the Czech Championship even when it doesn't count all MČR events. It starts on Rally Šumava and continues with Český Krumlov, Hustopeče, Bohemia and Barum. It's held under promotion from the ASN itself.

OK thanks for the news, I also found it on Autosport.CZ
10 entries so far on Sumava Klatovy...it's already better than last year...

[dimviii]

Kostka easy job today,24 sec advance after 4 ss

[Mirek]

The rally finished with an easy victory for Kostka who won all stages (by the way he had comletely new car of the latest spec.). Pity he drives only so few rallies and basically only where he knows every stone around the road. Behind him it was a great battle. Nobody had an issue or made any mistake there, it was purely about driving.

1. Kostka (Fabia R5) 37:24,7
2. Tlusťák (i20 WRC) +34,5
3. Vlček (Fiesta R5) +35,8
4. Grzyb (Fabia R5) +36,5
5. Mareš (Fabia R5) +42,9
6. Koči (Fabia R5) +54,8
7. Pospíšilík (Fabia R5) +1:09,3
8. Habaj (Fiesta R5) +1:13,3
9. Trněný (Fabia WRC) +1:50,8
10. Jakeš (Fabia S2000) +2:07,3

I'd like to mention also 2WD because after some years it looks very promissing with new youngsters. In the end an experienced Svačina won, only 1,3 seconds behind him was 22 years old Talaš but another even younger drivers shone as well. 18 years old Cais in his first ever R2 start was the fastest of all but visiting a ditch brought him down to 3rd place. Also the youngest of them Petr Semerád, only 16 years old (the youngest brother of Martin), won two stages and showed great speed. He also lost time with an off.

And a funny situation at the end... You know the nice flames from the side exhaust of the Escort Cosworth. Today Neumann driving it in the historic event managed to set a chicane made of hay bales on fire!

[Mirek]

Nice video from the promoter with some onboard footage, some of the roads are same with Barum rally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEbp9pnkwDg

Second half of the video is made of interviews. You can skip it although there are some nice shots as a background for the interviews.

[Mirek]

This is what an exhaust flame from the Cossie can do with a chicane

[Mirek]

Specially for Dimitris an onboard from the yellow Škoda 130LR of Urban. Pushing very hard!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akm78R5UavU

In fact the car is not a proper historic one. You can see it has 6-speed sequential gearbox and hydraulic handbrake (by the way You can see he is all the time pumpingwith it - I guess an issue with hydraulic pressure?). The very beginning is some weird mickey-mouse stuff but especially last third is for sure worth watching. By the way most of the stage is former Barum stage and the last third is very popular testing road for Barum.

[dimviii]

thanks Mirek!
only in Czech, could be a crazy enough to invest a 6 speed sequential at a rear engined skoda*
probably he had a malfunction with the handbrake(not instantbite?) and he is pumping the lever.

* this country deserves to have an wrc asphalt round.So many rally oriented people.