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25th March 2018, 10:32 #4061
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I was there and Pech is in fact lucky that the stage was canceled. I was exactly at the finish line and he didn't lose more than one 1 second there (I thought he may have had a loose gear but maybe he was only confused by stage end position). Anyway many crews were braking already before finish line and on the other hand Pešl crashed into a tree just behind finish. It was very nice place though!
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25th March 2018, 14:21 #4062
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Crushing victory for Kopecký in Valašská Rally. He won all stages but one which was later canceled. Pech and Veiby had a great fight for second place but it must be painful for them to see that Jan is always faster even when he doesn't need it. Anyway very strong result for Veiby for his first Czech outing!
This morning Pech went off slightly on Hukvaldy stage and also was too long once or twice on brakes. For that reason he was very lucky that the organizers made a mistake due to which the stage was canceled for everyone (see later the exmplanation of what happened). In the end there was only 0,5 seconds between Veiby and Pech on the last stage. Veiby made a spin and nearly lost even the third place to Dohnal.
Back to the situation on SS8. The point is that there was a change of flying finish by 100 meters issued before the recce due to safety concern (too close proximity of the stop control at the nearest crossroads). Unfortunately in reality the organizers placed the flying finished according to the original stage plan instead of the new location. That caused a lot of confusion and in a way also the crash of Pešl (and another off of Šikl in the same place). I think that the decision to cancel the stage was right even when it helped Pech by accident.
1. Kopecký (Fabia R5) 1:29:29,9 (5 sec pen.)
2. Pech (Fiesta R5) +1:01,8 (5 sec pen.)
3. Veiby (Fabia R5) +1:18,8 (10 sec pen.)
4. Dohnal (Focus WRC) +1:19,5
5. Černý (Fiesta R5) +2:18,8 (5 sec pen.)
6. Tarabus (Fabia R5) +2:58,8
7. Vlček (Fiesta R5) +3:06,3 (5 sec pen.)
8. Mareš (Fabia R5) +3:23,5
9. Kopáček (Fiesta R5) +3:28,9
10. Szeja (Fiesta R5) +3:59,5
Nobody from top crews retired or even had a puncture despite quite hard stages and even the longest one being run in the night!
For me it was very nice event. We chose great spots and saw a lot of action including one crash, one spin, one off and 3-4 massive big moments
PS 5 seconds penalty is given for hitting a chicane. That's why nearly everyone has it.Last edited by Mirek; 25th March 2018 at 20:04.
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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25th March 2018, 14:24 #4063
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After winning 14 out of 15 stages Kopecky wins Valasska Rally. Veiby makes a spin on the last stage and loses his second place to Vaclav Pech. Kopecky wins the 18th Czech championship rally in a row!
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By the way also great event for Austrian Julian Wagner who won 2WD. Jiří Navrátil was the fastest guy in 2WD but he had technical issues (Julian as well but didn't loose that much with them).
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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25th March 2018, 16:38 #4066
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It seems like routine work for Kopecky these days.. maybe will be different when Lukyanuk turns up!
Disappointing performance by Cerny, I noticed that on leg two Mares was already slightly quicker.
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Regarding R5 newcomers Mareš looked very clean and safe all the time (he did exactly what was planned). Kopáček looked pushing a bit more (still safe) but he did some mistakes as well. Pospíšilík was simply slow.
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