National Rally championships News

[PLuto]

Way to go, Aleks Humar. First on rally Saturnus 2013 with Renault Clio R3!! Who needs Skoda Fabia S2000, Mitsubishi Lancer or Subaru Impreza ... :-)

Results https://results.omikronplus.si/live/...2013/live.html

Photos 36. rally Saturnus 2013 | galerija | foto Modlic - odli?ni do zadnjega piksla!

Dont forget that 4WD drivers must use new WRC tyres, 2WD drivers can use standard old ones...

[havk]

Somebody know what happend to Martin Búš yesterday on SS4 when he lost about 8 min, and today because he didn't finish Rally Saturnus?

[ASRTmedia]

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ERC FOTO:Rally Tallinn 2013

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[bluuford]

Tallinn Rally ended yesterday. Like it was said here, the results were the following:

1. Gross/Mõlder Focus WRC
2. Tänak/Järveoja Impreza WRX +9.8
3. Lukyanuk/Arnautov EvoX +10.4
4. Aus/Koskinen Evo IX +40.6
5. Kõrge/Pints Evo IX +57.4
6. Jeets/Toom Evo X + 1:28.6
7. Tahko/Soininen Evo X +2:03.7
8. Abram/Jõesaar Evo X 2:15.6
9. Travnikov/Rusov Evo X 2:42.4
10. Kangur/Ots Civic Type R 2:57.5

It was extremely good rally by Tänak. He told that he took some crazy risks to get that position. Here is one example: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...28493804_n.jpg

Here is the video where you can see the moment where Gross nearly lost the first place. First three teams were in 2 seconds before the last stage!

Tallinna ralli võit läks Georg Grossile | Sport | ERR

Moreover, Tänak had old car (2006 Subaru), new co-driver, nearly no testing and partly functioning powersteering for last four stages. And he was first on the road during the first day and second on the road on the second day (While Luyanuk was 5th on the road). Sorry, my forecasted rain for overnight passed the stages narrowly. And there was a lot of gravel on the road. So, he told that it was maximum result that he achieved. He also told that next small step from that speed was car on its roof:-)

Plangi had broken gearbox on SS2.

Kaur off and one other off as well, you can see that wheel run away from the car and the car slide straight into the trees.

Tallinna rally 2013 SS9/11 crash - YouTube

Another tricky place, by the way, this car finished the rally:
Tallinna Ralli 2013 ss7 Kuusik - YouTube

The stages were really good, nearly no ruts after the rally! Organization was not perfect. Big probems with stage security on SS10 and it was cancelled (security guards arrived too late to the stage). Otherwise, nice rally.
And finally, results page: RALLI » Võistlused » Tulemused

Top 5 overview (some „overcutting“ by Lukyanuk):
Tallinna ralli 2013 TOP Five overall - YouTube

[KKSF]

Many mistakes on water plash.
Tallinna ralli-2013, Estonia

KKSF HD video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsbsBoEd9ck

[hsmed]

The second round of the Danish Rally Championship was a rally where many of the teams - not least the favourites - were hit by mechanical troubles.
Reigning champion, Christian Jensen (Peugeot 207 S2000), lost his power steering at the long SS 2 and was not able to recover all the time loss. He finished 3rd.
Local favourite, Ib Kragh (Peugeot 207 S2000), was blinding fast and took fastest time at 12 of the 14 stages. But he had electrical problems at two stages and that meant he could only manage 4th place at the finish.
Esben Hegelund (Peugeot 207 S2000), who recently won a minor rally ahead of Christian Jensen as preparation for the DRC-rally just managed to take the lead before he had to retire with engine troubles.
Winner of the first DRC-rally, Steen Andersen (Mitsubishi Lancer) had to retire with engine trouble - as did Max Christensen (Subaru Impreza).
This left the road open for Tim Svanholt (Mitsubishi Lancer) to take his first victory and at the same time the lead in the championship. Second was Morten Karl in a very well-built BMW 320 Compac, that is participating in the National class. Morten Karl has been away from Danish rallying for a few years but has returned for 2013 with this home-built car and at dry tarmac stages it certainly is a threath for anyone.

[pucky54]

no word about the "new" Corsa?

[modri dirkac]

Dont forget that 4WD drivers must use new WRC tyres, 2WD drivers can use standard old ones...

Yes, but a lot of drivers were using the old tiyres. Both Gassner's, Zupanc, Šaškin, Szilagy ... Look at the starting order for the first day I already posted ...

[modri dirkac]

Somebody know what happend to Martin Búš yesterday on SS4 when he lost about 8 min, and today because he didn't finish Rally Saturnus?

Sorry, I really don't know. But I find this ... http://photojaka.blogspot.com/2013/0...rnus-2013.html

[hsmed]

no word about the "new" Corsa?

Sorry - forgot the Opel Corsa S2000. A new car in Denmark driven by a well-known circuit racer in Denmark, Tom Pedersen. A few years ago, he was one of the leading drivers in the Danish Touringcar Championship. He has been rallying in minor events - and a few championship rallies - for some time with an old Mercedes 190 and a Seat Ibiza, before he got hold of the Opel Corsa S2000. It is an old car - but for Danish rallies it is still usefull. As Tom - a very modest guy - says: "I think I have got a top-5 car....but not so sure about the driver, though."
Thus nobody expected fireworks from him - but he drove a very sensible rally learning the car and finishing 7th. All the stages were used twice and he improved his times very much at the second run of every stage. It will be interesting to follow his progress during the year because there is no doubt, that he is a very good driver. He also has a very experienced co-driver (Hans Marx), drives in the same team as Ib Kragh and is a friend of Kim Boisen (driving a BMW M3 in German rallies), so he has good people arround him to learn from.