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[dimviii]

It is not luck, Pech made a mistake.

Kopecky is not always the quickest driver out there but he gets results. I don't know whether it's a concious tactic or whether his approach just naturally yields results.

i know that Pech make a mistake he rarely does.

its plenty of times when Kopecky looses so much and not being able for win,something happens to faster crews.From irc days same and same again.

[Mirek]

In the end it was broken driveshaft for Jakeš.

[RS]

i know that Pech make a mistake he rarely does.

its plenty of times when Kopecky looses so much and not being able for win,something happens to faster crews.From irc days same and same again.

But do you believe in luck? Kopecky could probably drive faster too but then maybe he would make mistakes.

I know for example that Lappi is a faster driver but Kopecky won APRC when Lappi did not, and I believe Kopecky would have won ERC again last year too had he been there.

[Mirek]

Kopecký is ideal number two driver as he always delivers. He makes very rarely mistakes, nearly never crashes and in the same time is reasonably fast. If IRC had WRC rules he would be several times champion as well. Only thanks to the rules the faster but much less reliable guys won and Kopecký ended four times in a row second.

[dimviii]

@wasnt a driver mistake,but wrong tyre choice,he rarely does.
Lappi does mistakes so your theory yes its right,but Pech very rarely.

[RS]

I would like to add though that I'm not yet convinced by the pace of the Fabia R5 on Czech asphalt. Kopecky won all three but the last two were a struggle, I don't remember it being this tough with the S2000 and I thought the R5 would be quicker.

Some work to do on the suspension setup still maybe?

[Mirek]

It was similar with the S2000 during last year when Kopecký did only two events here. Pech was faster in both Český Krumlov and Bohemia. In first case Kopecký crashed and in the second Pech crashed and therefore both won once. We shall also consider that Pech won Barum rally. He has been extremely fast in last two years.On the other hand Pech has done quite a number of mistakes in Mini as he is pushing quite extremely. It's not true that he would be flawless.

[Mirek]

Anyway final results. Kopáček finally made it to the finish and won class 3 (after two retirements from leading position in previous events). This time he won even with similar tyre mistake like Pech.

1. Kopecký (Fabia R5) 1:26:03,8
2. Pech (Mini S2000) +45,1
3. Odložilík (Fiesta R5) +1:04,0
4. Valoušek (Fabia S2000) +1:19,9
5. Jelínek (Fabia S2000) +3:00,8
6. Cvrček (Octavia WRC) +5:02,1
7. Kurka (Mini S2000) +5:28,5
8. Kopáček (Impreza STI gr.N) +5:46,2
9. Březík (Evo IX gr.N) +5:55,3
10. Pešl (Evo IX gr.N) +6:06,2

Major retirements: Jakeš (DS3 R5) - driveshaft, Dohnal (Focus WRC) - gear shifting, Tarabus (Fabia S2000) - planned testing only for four stages, Vlček (Fabia S2000) - accident, Trněný (Fabia WRC) - mechnical problem

[liposh]

I don´t know why people from Skoda motorsport don´t want to work on setup. This time it was same song. They had in plan only two runs of shakedown and after that there was autograph session in plan. Just because of the rain during shakedown and possibility of rain on Saturday they allow Kopecky to do more runs thru shakedown.

[Mirek]

I don´t know why people from Skoda motorsport don´t want to work on setup. This time it was same song. They had in plan only two runs of shakedown and after that there was autograph session in plan. Just because of the rain during shakedown and possibility of rain on Saturday they allow Kopecky to do more runs thru shakedown.

How did You come to a conclusion that they don't want to work on setup?