National Rally championships News

[JoostSchouten]

Last weekend there was a short Dutch rally, only 6 hours from start to finish and 8 nice stages from where I visited 5 stages to film.
Enjoy the footage!

Full results: http://www.rallytiming.nl/index.php?r=1410&p=684

Watch my highlights of the rally in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qemeqe8cjH0

[hari]

Fotos BRR Gravel test for Schneebergland Rallye:

http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_best...allye_2014.php

[hari]

Final results:
1. Baumschlager / Zeltner, Skoda Fabia S2000
2. Aigner / Ettel, Suzuki Swift S1600 +6:52.9
3. Böhm / Kachel, Suzuki Swift S1600 +8:09.5
4. Mayer / Heigl, Peugeot 207 S2000 +8:52.6
5. Schatzeder / Gollatsch, Mitsubishi IX +12:07.7
6. Zitta / Stemp, Subaru Impreza WRX +13:17.4



Pictures:
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_best...allye_2014.php
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_orm_...allye_2014.php

[Tom206wrc]

Seeing as the naming sponsor of the rally is competing (Brian Madsen is the local area Peugeot dealer and he's the sponsor, not Peugeot Denmark), I'd say he should have the incentive more so than Christian. :-)
Brian is entered in the same Friulmotor 207 S2000 that he won the championship in, so all he lacks is recent driving experience. This year he has done one heat without power steering at a rallysprint in his 306 Maxi, that's all.

As an info, the event has 55 entries, which is around double what any other championship event has had this year. As a board member of the organising club, I'm very happy! It should be a great event, plenty of stage kilometres and a worthy lone representative for rallying east of Jutland this year.
I'll be at the service park both Friday for shakedown and Saturday for the race, hope to update here if anything major were to happen.

So Christian Jensen won the "Peugeot Rally" for 4" only to IB Kragh
What was Brian Madsen problem about "benzin"

[hari]

Video Schneebergland Rallye 2014 (A) - 16 Min:

https://vimeo.com/99465270

[evoIX]

In the beginning of the season it seemed to quality competition in ORM,what is happening now,Neubauer,Saibel,Brugger,Danzinger......where are they,financial problems?

[hari]

In the beginning of the season it seemed to quality competition in ORM,what is happening now,Neubauer,Saibel,Brugger,Danzinger......where are they,financial problems?

Despite of its great gravel stages, the demanding Schneebergland Rallye always had small entries.

The named drivers was missing due to various reasons: Neubauer (injury), Brugger (final school exams), Saibel (asphalt preference),...

But be sure for the next round Rallye Weiz (August 8th-9th) there will be a quality and quantity lineup as in the earlier 2014 events.

Next event: Rallye Weiz, www.rallye-weiz.at

[WUff1]

Despite of its great gravel stages, the demanding Schneebergland Rallye always had small entries.

The named drivers was missing due to various reasons: Neubauer (injury), Brugger (final school exams), Saibel (asphalt preference),...

But be sure for the next round Rallye Weiz (August 8th-9th) there will be a quality and quantity lineup as in the earlier 2014 events.

Next event: Rallye Weiz, www.rallye-weiz.at

Neubauer entered, but is still injured. Brugger does just some rallies, not the whole championship. Danzinger on Stohl´s 207 S2000 seemed to be just a one off, last weekend Delecour was competing with this car on Rally Transsilvania, Romanian championship.

[ChristianArp]

So Christian Jensen won the "Peugeot Rally" for 4" only to IB Kragh
What was Brian Madsen problem about "benzin"

Christian does have the faster car, and seemed to have the edge all day.
There were a lot of retirements, but very few accidents, which is of course a good thing.
We did however have a massive crash during the shakedown event Friday night, both driver and his passenger (a sponsor) were kept overnight, but released Saturday with no major injuries. The car (306 Maxi) supposedly is a write-off, but the driver has vowed to rebuild it patiently.

Brian had an issue with the fuel supply about 500 metres from the end of stage 9. Haven't heard anything official from him, but unconfirmed rumours said 'no fuel = no fuel supply', but I am in no way sure that is true. Fact is, it went no further.

All in all, it was a good day, some very challenging stages combined with a lot of speed, plenty of spectators on the stages to watch the cars - and we had the mayor out to do a ceremonial start in the city centre.. between service 1 and stage 4.

Kim Madsen was excluded post-race for an engine non-conformity, but that has since been rescinded, as the method of measuring was apparently not applicable to the geometry of the 208 R2 engine.

Championshipwise, it's in Ibs hands, he just needs to finish second in the rallies and on the points-paying stage, then he's champion. Realistically, it's Ib's to lose, Christian Jensen as the biggest contender, and Tim Svanholt ready to pounce if the other two have issues.. like he won it last year. The rest are basically gone.
Kenneth Madsen will win Tuned National for the third year running in the same car unless all hell breaks loose, only the much-improved Jesper Troels-Smith in the not-so-flash-for-rallying Peugeot RCZ has a mathematical chance.
Kim Madsen took the lead in 2WD by winning, 6 points ahead of Klaus Hammer, with Jacob Jensen in a 208 a further 9 point behind. Should be interesting, as Hammer has a much faster car, but Kim (and Jacob) are better drivers, especially since Hammer still is not comfortably after his massive crash last year.
Kasper Nyman should win Standard National, and that's all that needs to be said about that division.

Next round is in Odder, just south of the second-largest city Aarhus.
It's not until September 6th, and is supposedly going to be a 'test-event' for a proposed format change for the Danish championship, which would allow drivers to show up Saturday morning for recce and go home Saturday night with trophies. Not sure if I'm a fan, personally, but it should be interesting to see.
Long summer holiday now, so plenty of time to fix the broken cars!

[Tom206wrc]

Thanks ChristianArp for this report