National Rally championships News

[Fast Eddie WRC]

In light of which it seemed a bit of a strange choice to use Michelin for this rally?

eWrc-results shows him on Pirelli...

[RS]

eWrc-results shows him on Pirelli...

Ahh ok, i'm sure it didn't when i looked at the weekend!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

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[rallyesportfoto]

Fotos Jänner Rallye 2024 -> www.rallyesportfoto.de

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[PLuto]

In light of which it seemed a bit of a strange choice to use Michelin for this rally?

Chris was using Pirelli, despite Michelin should be more clever choice for this rally. And difference comparing to other drivers was not only the spikes, but mainly type of tyre...

[Mirek]

In light of which it seemed a bit of a strange choice to use Michelin for this rally?

He was using wide asphalt winter tyres for RMC and the others used narrow Nordic-style snow tyres.

[becher]

Does anybody know if Neubauer has any plans for the season?

[becher]

Hopefully Baumschlager can help to at least put together a part-time season for Lengauer. Also, Julian Wagner's car seemed to lack sponsors as well, also not sure if he's going to continue in Rally2...

Interestingly Julian was perceived to be the more talented one of the two a few years ago, but I don't know why his career kind of stalled. Maybe someone knows what happened?

[PLuto]

Interestingly Julian was perceived to be the more talented one of the two a few years ago, but I don't know why his career kind of stalled. Maybe someone knows what happened?

Money...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Interview with Johannes Keferböck and Ilka Minor ...

"We were between life and death - we're not joking!"

K4 RALLY TEAM report: Dramatic moments under the freezing cold ice water!

Johannes Keferböck and Ilka Minor lived the worst rally nightmare at this year's Jännerrallye.

The unthinkable happened on SP15 at Sandl-St. Oswaldon: "We were a bit too fast in one corner." The green and black K4 ŠKODA FABIA RS Rally2 went out of control and slid straight into a fire pond - the car sank immediately. What happened next was experienced by Johannes in slow motion: “The icy water must have been only about five degrees. You just focus on getting out, both you and your navigator.”

Dramatic seconds followed: "I could open my door and get out of the car, but the door didn't open for Ilka! Ilka went under and couldn't breathe - I tried to raise the car somehow - luckily he was able to get out... It was really at the last moment!"

The family immediately offered hot tea and a warm shower

Completely drenched in the ice-cold water, Johannes and Ilka were immediately helped: "The local Hochacker family offered to warm us up immediately with a hot shower and drink tea in their house - I would also like to thank the family on behalf of Ilka."

"Even after the hot shower and tea, Ilka's body temperature was only 32 degrees. I'm really glad that this case ended so happily in the end. I never want to experience this again...

What is also important for Johannes Keferböck: "You can see various jokes about our accident on the Internet - to a certain extent it's funny - but: it was really a matter of life and death, not many people passed - we don't joke about that."