Czech rally news

[dimviii]

First onboards are in: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy.html

Guys, watch theseonboards!

http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7575.html (if You wonder why Pech is able to be faster than Kopecký...)
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7577.html (extra hard stage)
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7596.html (Pech again, total confidence)

Μirek i cant watch properly the videos,it stops and go all the time.
Can you explain what do you mean by saying ''why Pech is fable to be faster''?

[sete]

My gallery from Krumlov can be seen here
http://www.rally-mania.cz/photogallery.php?id=1360

[Mirek]

Μirek i cant watch properly the videos,it stops and go all the time.
Can you explain what do you mean by saying ''why Pech is fable to be faster''?

I don't know where is the problem, I watched them on three different computers with different OS and browsers and they always worked :confused:

The reason is that his driving in those onboards reminds a video game. He makes not even a slightest mistake or hesitation and is absolutely perfect from start to finish. No moment, no useless drifting, not a single correction of pacenotes. In fact it looks like circuit driving after hundreds of laps. It's true that all these stages are classics which he did many times before but still it's very impressive.

The onboard of Kopecký is not like that. It's true that the stage is definitely harder and also very muddy but still he makes a lot of corrections in pacenotes, drives less smooth and sometimes even complains about something (like about the rear axle behavior at one moment).

[dimviii]

even i havent see these incars,Pechs driving is impressive smooth even when he was with evo 9.We had discussed it via pm if you remember.

[Mirek]

Nice gallery from Petr Milfait: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/fotogalerie.php?id=92&id=1259&autor=95

Interesting photo of Pech's tyres with additional cuts

http://www.autosport.cz/img/fotografie/05b536182fcb04c8da2dbb0b10b8c697.jpg

[RS]

Pech does indeed look impressively smooth, and surprising to hear Kopecky sound quite angry at one point on SS3! I guess he is not satisfied with the setup of his Fabia yet.. did they allow him to experiment during Krumlov?

Let's not forget Kopecky's puncture on SS6 though, without that he would have won even without Pech's mistake.

[liposh]

Those words of Kopecky during SS3 were: "What is the back of car doing, man?"

[Mirek]

There are new onboards

Legendary Malonty with Kopecký (this year with a new part from 4:25 to 7:25)
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7628.html

Kohout with Pech (another crazy fast run through this very hard stage)
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7622.html

[Mirek]

Very unusual timetable of Rally Bohemia is released. The event will start on Saturday afternoon and the second loop of traditional northern stages will take place in the night. I'm not so old but I don't remember that. After that the whole Sunday will be run in the near surroundings of Mladá Boleslav.

The event will be counted into Czech Championship, European Historic Championship, Czech-German-Polish Regional Rally Cup and Czech Historic Rally Championship. Together with that there will be a legend show run on the stages. Latest news is that Czech Opel Adam Cup was added as well.

http://www.rallybohemia.cz/2015/rs12/clanky_soubory/24/rb-2015-timeschedule-mcr-rr-cup.pdf

[Mirek]

Some new onboards again, for example

Malonty with Pech
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7639.html

Last stage Lipno with Kopecký (it looks really hard to drive on wet and mud with the ERC tyres)
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7643.html

Malonty with kopáček, currently our fastest gr.N driver
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7626.html

[Mirek]

Finally there are corrected results of Valašská rally. Eight crews which appealed against them being "retired" due to organization mess were added back into the results.

Official results here: http://www.autoklub.cz/dokument/8065-rozhodnuti-ridiciho-vyboru-fas-acr-c-012015.html

[Mirek]

Petr Šimurda, Jiří Kalista and Filip Mareš took part in a Children's day in a village Holohlavy. Here is the video from the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaEX8FexONw

[Mirek]

Štěpán Vojtěch enetred Rally Bohemia with 206 WRC :)

[Mirek]

Juho Hänninen on Rally Bohemia with Kadett GT-E Coupé :p

https://www.facebook.com/hajekrallyteam

And entry list for Rally Hustopeče: http://www.agrotecrally.cz/obrazky-soubory/rally_startovni_listina-87b31.pdf

[Mirek]

Live results from Rally Hustopeče tonight here: http://rally-base.com/2015/agrotec-petronas-syntium-rally-hustopece-2015/

[dimviii]

Pech won 1st stage,at 2nd stage Kopecky with puncture lost 41 sec.

[dimviii]

again faster Pech at stage 3.Stage stopped after crash of Vlsek Martin(block the road)

[wwbroe]

On fourth stage it is Kopecky who is fastest.:)

[dimviii]

On fourth stage it is Kopecky who is fastest.:)

big gap,dont thing Pech will push 100% with 40+ sec difference.

[wwbroe]

big gap,dont thing Pech will push 100% with 40+ sec difference.

For sure you are right.;)

[Mirek]

Some small things... Valoušek uses racing fuel for the first time and Jakeš is on Pirelli. Tarabus was only testing setup for Ypres. He retired after four stages (planned and announced already before start). He didn't want to damage the car and even didn't do full recce.

[Mirek]

It started raining now and Pech lost a lot of time (I don't know why) and the battle is again on!

[mousti]

It starts to rain and probably Pech had a spin or a moment because he lost 29 seconds!

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[Mirek]

According to some rumors from ewrc Pech chose soft rain setup and soft tyres with cuts but the roads stayed nearly dry for these two stages and his tyres are gone.

Here a photo of Kopecký's puncture from yesterday with a little fire. Source is ewrc-results.
http://ewrc-results.com/quickp/21749_10537095_895593267145655_1910418243900081499 _n.jpg

[Mirek]

Rollercoaster continues. Pech lost another half a minute with destroyed tyres on SS7 but he kept at least second place as Valoušek lost nearly a minute (clutch). Jakeš seems to be out (probably power steering failure - second time in a row).

[WUff1]

Is Jan Cerny´s cooperation with Roman Kresta already over (wondering why he didn´t start)?

[Mirek]

No, Hustopeče weren't planned since the start. He will be back in Rally Bohemia.

[dimviii]

Kopecky this guy has unlimited luck!

[RS]

Kopecky this guy has unlimited luck!

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.

[Mirek]

Who finds what is missing :)

Filip Mareš's Fabia R2...
https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10407627_854584161279070_2699451833211781540_n.jpg ?oh=3458e55f0a51830b1ceacc8ea833b0d5&oe=55E7F160

[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? :rolleyes:

[liposh]

Simply. I have been in service park during shakedown time.

[Mirek]

So after two-days long test with hundreds of kilometers just two days before You think they shall change things based on 10 km on shakedown?

[Mirek]

Nice video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJPIjeru7-E

Check 1:36, that's not good at all.

[Mirek]

Great photos by DoN: http://rallyphotos.cz/photos/agrotec-petronas-syntium-rally-hustopece-2015/

http://rallyphotos.cz/photos/agrotec-petronas-syntium-rally-hustopece-2015/05-kopecky-skoda-fabia-r5.jpg
http://rallyphotos.cz/photos/agrotec-petronas-syntium-rally-hustopece-2015/09-odlozilik-ford-fiesta-r5.jpg

[Mirek]

If I'm not mistaken all top drivers except Kopecký were on Pirelli. Last year nearly nobody...

[Mirek]

Very spectacular onboard of Pech (from a very spectacular stage): http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7671.html

Pity of bad audio. You can also clearly see what is being discussed quite often - Pech driving intentionally over some anti-cutting obstacles. I personally find it unfair both against the competitors and organizers.

[Mirek]

Great video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn0LDeIMKkE

[RS]

Great video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn0LDeIMKkE

Kopecky was probably the most spectacular tbh.. maybe I am expecting too much and actually both Pech and Kopecky are both damn fast. Pech's car is probably at the top of it's development curve now and he might have a slight tyre advantage too.

[Mirek]

I think that Pech's main advantage is the work of his spies who check every ditch, every corner by walking and he knows perfectly what he can run though or over without risk. In my opinion it went too far in this moment as he often ignores anti-cutting obstacles which others respect. Regarding cars it's still as I said after Šumava - Pech's Mini has better suspension/setup while Fabia R5 clearly has more power. Just heck the onboards and You must notice how different the two cars are.

Another from Pech
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7692.html
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7714.html

Kopecký
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7688.html

[liposh]

...and here is my picture called "Rally Hustopece in a nutshell" :) And here: http://img.gg/2bNxMyQ the full gallery from me. I don´t have "vest of immortality" :)

[RS]

Regarding cars it's still as I said after Šumava - Pech's Mini has better suspension/setup while Fabia R5 clearly has more power.

Yes, one thing i noticed is that the Fabia dives and locks up under braking a lot more, but all R5s do that to some extent.

I am impressed that Pech has been able to find a set up which deals so well with bumpy Czech roads without much roll or dive.

[RS]

Lappi confirms Bohemia.

[Mirek]

Test Kostka Fiesta RRC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6WHWpZqbgio

He compared RRC and R5: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.394502910752328.1073741912.208952439307377&type=3

[nafpaktos]

He compared RRC and R5: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.394502910752328.1073741912.208952439307377&type=3

And??

[Mirek]

I don't know. I was in Ypres and didn't follow anything in CZ...

[Mirek]

Huge number of 216 crews entered Rally Bohemia!

123 crews in modern field (Czech championship, Regional Rally Cup): http://www.rallybohemia.cz/2015/cs/Dokumenty/Online-seznam-prihlasenych-MCR-a-RRC.html
49 crews in historics (ERC and Czech championship): http://www.rallybohemia.cz/2015/cs/Dokumenty/Online-seznam-prihlasenych-ME-HA-a-MCR-HA.html
44 crews in Rally legend show: http://www.rallybohemia.cz/2015/cs/Dokumenty/Online-seznam-prihlasenych-Rally-Legend.html

[Mirek]

Very interesting news from today...

Instead of canceled Rally Příbram there will be a provisional new event organized on 3rd October. It will take place in Klatovy just like Rally Šumava and it will be run for one day only.

[Mirek]

If some of You go to Rally Bohemia be aware that due to the huge number of entrants organizers had to slightly modify the timetable. New timetable and all information in English are here: http://www.rallybohemia.cz/2015/en/

[Mirek]

Live results from Rally Bohemia: http://rally-base.com/2015/rally-bohemia-2015/

Historics: http://rally-base.com/2015/rally-bohemia-2015-historic/

First stage of modern cars at 2:15 p.m.

[RS]

Is this a new tactic from Pech or did Michelin find a similar improvement in their asphalt tyre?

[Mirek]

Bohemia is home event for Škoda. It's roads are a lot smoother than other Czech ones and the stages of today are very technical in Czech standards. Stages of tomorrow will be much faster than today. Anyway nice fight of Škoda crews.

EDIT: Lappi changed wheel on SS6. Fight is over.

Interesting also that Pech lost most of the time on both runs of Šumburk stage.

[RS]

Interesting also that Pech lost most of the time on both runs of Šumburk stage.

Any ideas why?

[Mirek]

He crashed there last year. According to his interview after first loop he felt uncomfortable there.

[Mirek]

SS11 is canceled due to too-high average speed in first run (our specific rules).

[RS]

What is the limit? 120?

I am impressed by Lappi's times on his first asphalt event in the Fabia R5.

[Mirek]

Yes, 120. Lappi did Bohemia last year in R5 as a zero car ;)

[Mirek]

Yesterday 22 punctures and plenty of broken or bent rims were reported from a passage through a road work on stage Šumburk. I don't know if Lappi was one oft them as Kopecký reported that Lappi was off somewhere. Lappi also damaged damper in the incident and that's why he was a bit slow also on the last stage after.

[Mirek]

Dohnal retired from 3rd place with technical problems of his Focus WRC.

[RS]

Kopecky wins, with exact same time as Lappi on final stage.

The Skodas had an edge over Pech this weekend, will be interesting to see if they can repeat that next time out (Barum)

[Mirek]

Final results:

1. Kopecký (Fabia R5) 1:20:33,0
2. Pech (Mini S2000) +51,0
3. Vojtěch (206 WRC) +2:15,0
4. Lappi (Fabia R5) +2:20,3
5. Valoušek (Fabia S2000) +2:24,5
6. Odložilík (Fiesta R5) +2:58,6
7. Vlček (Impreza WRC S12B) +3:27,2
8. Černý (Fabia S2000) +3:28,8
9. Sýkora (Fiesta R5) +3:37,3
10. Jelínek (Fabia S2000) +4:09,5

Major retirements: Dohnal (Focus WRC) - tecnical, Jakeš (DS3 R5) - damper, Kopáček (Impreza STI gr.N) - gearbox, Semerád sen. (Evo IX gr.N) - accident

[Mirek]

Gallery from Jan Pavlíček: http://janpavlicek.com/galerie/2015/bohemia/

http://janpavlicek.com/galerie/2015/bohemia/17.JPG
http://janpavlicek.com/galerie/2015/bohemia/27.JPG
http://janpavlicek.com/galerie/2015/bohemia/16.JPG

[Ucci]

Mirek, how would you comment Š.Vojtech? I observed his times closley and interesting his times in the 1.leg were average (lost far more than 1sec/km), but in the second leg his times improved significantly.
He was at the end even faster than Voloušek....not bad for a guy who had a long break in his career, not to mention a "historical" P206....

[PLuto]

Mirek, how would you comment Š.Vojtech? I observed his times closley and interesting his times in the 1.leg were average (lost far more than 1sec/km), but in the second leg his times improved significantly.
He was at the end even faster than Voloušek....not bad for a guy who had a long break in his career, not to mention a "historical" P206....

Stepan Vojtech is not bad driver. And he is from that region, so he knows the stages very well. He was also sitting in Peugeot 206 WRC last years during Rally Legend. And second leg was much more faster than first one, more suitable for WRC cars. But he has made really good rally.

[RS]

A nice jump from Bohemia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGiuVkoI16I

[Mirek]

Mirek, how would you comment Š.Vojtech? I observed his times closley and interesting his times in the 1.leg were average (lost far more than 1sec/km), but in the second leg his times improved significantly.
He was at the end even faster than Voloušek....not bad for a guy who had a long break in his career, not to mention a "historical" P206....

What Pluto said is accurate. The difference between first and second leg is likely in the stage character. First leg was very twisty, narrow, full of blind corners while the second leg was held on wide fast opened roads.

[Ucci]

Thx PLuto & Mirek !

[Mirek]

Nice video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDY7qIfzQQs

[Eddie1]

http://s17.postimg.org/s8rs7woy7/kopecky.png
Rally Bohemia 2015 CRASH & ACTION [HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al6RHF3rCS8
Czech Rally Videos on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/czechrallyvideos)

[Mirek]

Onboards from leg 1 are online :)
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy.html

[EightGear]

Lappi onboard from stage 5, nice stage.

http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7815.html

Lucky escape at 10:30.

[liposh]

Who is the person who decides which onboard would be revealed? I think they have got onboards of selected drivers from all stages, right?

[Mirek]

Small but spectacular accidents of Semerád sen. and Kirnig from Bohemia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x0b_y8s7KQ

[Mirek]

Great video for hairpin lovers. There's nearly nothing else than various handbrake turns but it's still nice :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNrLjLhrIxA

[Mirek]

This is awesome onboard. Also quite short :)

http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7809.html

[Mirek]

Entry list for Rally Vyškov which will be held on this Saturday: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=17192

[Mirek]

Live results will be here tomorrow since 9:19 a.m. CET: http://rally-base.com/2015/rally-vyskov-2015/

[Mirek]

Mr. Jírovec (owner of Invelt and Pech's Mini) confiormed what has been circulating as a rumor already for some time. Pech will drive Porsche RGT next year. I don't know if at home or abroad (more logical).

[Eddie1]

http://s29.postimg.org/5rvgicthz/kostka.png
Rally Vyškov 2015 [HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjrfFpQy66s
Czech Rally Videos on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/czechrallyvideos)

[Mirek]

Nice video from Vyškov, just skip the interviews in Czech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXasICzMHNE

Great moment at 3:18 (Ševčík, Evo IX) and a scary moment at 8:17 (Pokorný, Evo IX).

[Mirek]

Entry list for Rally Pačejov: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=17271

[Mirek]

Live results from Pačejov: http://rally-base.com/2015/eplcond-rally-agropa-pacejov-2015/?ssId=3101

Sýkora already damaged steering when he hit a chicane...

[Mirek]

Final results:

1. Odložilík (Fiesta R5) 41:30,9
2. Sýkora (Fiesta R5) +32,1 (31,1 lost on SS1)
3. Vlček (Fabia S2000) +1:05,1
4. Ševčík (Evo IX gr.N) +2:08,5
5. Růžička (Evo IX gr.N) +2:37,3
6. Bisaha (DS3 R3 Max) +2:39,2
7. Trnovec (Fabia S2000) +2:43,2
8. Smékal (DS3 R3) +3:01,9
9. Rujbr (Clio R3T) +3:13,0
10. Vopatřil (208 R2) +3:48,9

Kopáček (Impreza gr.N) crashed, Dohnal (Focus WRC) didn't start.

[Wim_Impreza]

The entry lists in Czech sprints, I mean the quality of the drivers and almost no WRC cars, are a bit disappointing this year it seems.

Great result for Růžička.

[Mirek]

It's due to the new rules. There is no champion title from sprints anymore. It's more like a cup only and it's meant for 2WD cars. 4WD go only in another separate cup (P2+). Together with the new rules in main championship which now allow WRC cars everybody from top drivers prefers naturally the big championship.

[Mirek]

Video Rally Pačejov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh4fAgQxadM

[Mirek]

Onboard of Sýkora from SS1 of Pačejov with the mistake in chicane which cost him fight for victory: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7932.html

More onboards as usually: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy.html

[Mirek]

And on of the best stages in CZ with the winner: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7912.html

[RS]

Given that the Czech Championship will lose Pech and I suppose Kopecky next year, I hope that we might see Valousek and Cerny in Fabia R5s next year. Valousek did a great job in Barum to be consistently the fastest S2000 driver.

[liposh]

Talking about losing drivers, czech rally reporter Mr. Dolejs mentioned in his youtube magazine that Jaroslav Orsak lost his freedom few days before Barum rally. So either he is in jail (99%) or he got married :D Or both of it :D Both versions are bad.

[Mirek]

Entry list for Rally Jeseníky, next weekend: http://rally-jeseniky.cz/aktuality/seznam-prihlasenych/

[Mirek]

Results of Rally Jeseníky will be here tomorrow (SS1 at 8 a.m.)
http://rally-base.com/2015/rally-jeseniky-2015/

[Mirek]

Rally Jeseníky had a nice battle till the end. For example Dohnal in the last stage moved from 4th to 2nd and the drivers from 2nd to 4th finished all in 0,6 seconds! From 8 stages 3 were won by Dohnal, 1was won by Odložilík, 2 by Kurka, 1 by Trněný and 1 by Tomaštík. Kurka retired due to broken driveshaft of his Mini WRC. This was his home event and also probably his best driving ever.

1. Odložilík (Fiesta R5) 40:34,3
2. Dohnal (Focus WRC) +10,1
3. Trněný (Fabia WRC) +10,6 (10 seconds penalty)
4. Tomaštík (Impreza WRC S12B) +10,8
5. Vlček (Fabia S2000) +29,0
6. Kukučka (Fiesta R5) +1:21,0
7. Ševčík (Evo IX gr.N) +1:35,4
8. Pešl (Evo IX gr.N) +1:53,3
9. Trnovec (Fabia S2000) +1:56,0
10. Frycz (Impreza STI gr.N) +1:58,1 (10 sec penalty)
11. Bisaha (DS3 R3 Max) +2:04,1
12. Smékal (DS3 R3) +2:55,5
13. Vopatřil (208 R2) +3:22,2
14. Horák (Fabia Kit Car) +3:47,1 (very rare car!)
15. Kupec (208 R2) +3:47,8

[Mirek]

By the way for the first time all Adam Cup crews managed to beat their mentor Josef Peták (maybe he had some issue, I don't know)...

Adam cup

1. Vraj jr. 46:30,7
2. Hůla +0,7
3. Hordossy +13,3
4. Mottl +20,1
5. Kamenec +21,0
6. Peták +26,2

[dimviii]

Μirek why Petak is their mentor?

[Mirek]

It's some kind of agreement between him and the team organizing the cup. I don't know exactly. He is now 55 years old and officially he ended active career last year. He keeps competing only in this Adam Cup and creates a kind of benchmark for the others.

[Walach]

It was really nice event once again, I've seen some crazy moments in a tricky corner with lot of mud. Zero car even managed to roll there.
Trněný could have won the rally, but on start to SS6 his engine stalled two times. For the first section, Peták had hard tires, more suitable for SS3 and SS4. Unfortunately for him the stage was cancelled because of accident so he did not benefit from the hard tires enough. On SS5 he had quite a big moment, high speed spin, and maybe lost the concentration after that.

[Mirek]

Spectacular video (only two but tricky places): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxkDZ2hBuMc

[Mirek]

Onboards from Jeseníky if anyone is interested: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy.html

[Mirek]

Another video from Jeseníky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnq4eCzbJyU

[Mirek]

Entry list for the last even of Czech championship Rally Klatovy (provisional one leg event to replace canceled Rally Příbram): http://entry.rallyesumava.cz/

No Kopecký, no Valoušek, no Jakeš. Still not bad.

[WUff1]

Once again Pech with Mini - interesting.

[PLuto]

Like I wrote in different thread, there is still chance that we will see Pech with Mini also on some events next year.

[Mirek]

Live results from Rally Klatovy tomorrow at quarter to nine: http://rally-base.com/2015/rally-klatovy-2015/

Jelínek is missing. It's said that the car could not be repaired after the crash of Hermann in East Belgian Rally.

[dimviii]

Pech lost wheel while 3rd at ss 5

[Eddie1]

RALLY KLATOVY 2015 [HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mvIu6uAAlg&feature=youtu.be
http://s13.postimg.org/bfcv1y8p3/dohnal.png

[Mirek]

Victory in Czech championship event after many many years for Trněný and first podium for Černý with Fabia S2000, this time with car from Orsák. Again a bit faster than last time. Kopáček finally confirmed that he is the fastest gr.N driver in CZ. The stages were very WRC friendly and drivers with other cars couldn't match their speed.

Final results:

1. Trněný (Fabia WRC) 45:27,9
2. Odložilík (Fiesta R5) +17,1
3. Černý (Fabia S2000) +31,2
4. Sýkora (Fiesta R5) +37,5
5. Cvrček (Octavia WRC) +48,3
6. Vlček (Fabia S2000) +1:03,3
7. Kopáček (Impreza STI gr.N) +1:23,6
8. Hudec (Fabia S2000) +1:46,9
9. Semerád sen. (Evo IX gr.N) +2:16,2
10. Pešl (Evo IX gr.N) +2:29,7

Major retirements - Dohnal technical problem from safe 1st place, Pech broken wheel from 3rd place.

[Mirek]

Great entry list for the last rallysprint event Rally Vsetín!
http://www.vsetinrally.cz/userfiles/file/Seznam%20p%C5%99ihl%C3%A1%C5%A1en%C3%BDch%20pro%20 FAS.xls

Kostka, Dohnal, Melichárek, Trněný, Tomaštík, Kurka, Mikulaštík with WRC; Koči, Jakeš, Kukučka with R5; Vlček, Tlusťák, Růžička and Trnovec with S2000. Also Valoušek with Evo IX.

The rally will take place next Saturday and here You can see the timetable:
http://www.vsetinrally.cz/userfiles/file/NEWNEW%20HAR!!!%202015.pdf

[WUff1]

indeed interesting list.

[Mirek]

Simone Tempestini to replace Kostka in Fiesta WRC for Vsetín.

[manthey]

Simone Tempestini to replace Kostka in Fiesta WRC for Vsetín.

do you know the reason of his withdrawal?

[Mirek]

Kostka is ill I think.

[PLuto]

Kostka is ill I think.

Not so serious injury.

[Mirek]

Live results since 8:53 a.m.: http://rally-base.com/2015/riha-group-partr-rally-vsetin-2015/

[Mirek]

Difficult conditions today, fog, mud, wet and dry places, all on really difficult stages... Nevertheless very nice battle, for example in the last stage all top 4 crews were in 0,7 seconds! In the end Tomaštík with Impreza WRC won, Koči who returned to Fiesta R5 was closely second and Tempestini with Fiesta WRC finished third. Second and third place therefore went to our foreign guests. Valoušek unfortunately retired because of failed brakes. He did very good time on SS1 with gr.N Evo though. Dohnal and Trněný were off the pace this time.

In finish:

1. Tomaštík (Impreza WRC S12B) 40:14,2
2. Koči (Fiesta R5) +3,4
3. Tempestini (Fiesta WRC) +17,4
4. Jakeš (DS3 R5) +32,5
5. Melichárek (Fiesta WRC) +36,3
6. Dohnal (Focus WRC) +1:20,5 (10 sec penalty)
7. Trněný (Fabia WRC) +1:37,7
8. Březík (evo IX gr.N) +1:57,8
9. Pešl (Evo IX gr.N) +2:07,1
10. Ševčík (Evo IX gr.N) +2:18,5

[Mirek]

Video of the rally (taken on the road used in stage Troják of Barum as well) including spin of Tempestini or crash of Kupec.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq5vH1uGp_E

[Mirek]

By the way the top three cup Adams in finish... that's what I call close :)

1. Vraj
2. Kamenec +0,2
3. Peták +1,2

[Mirek]

Very scary accident of Vantuch: http://forum.autosport.cz/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=950&sid=8a82168671abd91a2567bbf443b46d43&start=10#p79445

[Eddie1]

RALLY VSETÍN 2015 [HD] ACTION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPgg7BckJd4
http://s30.postimg.org/43ktn7yf5/vs1.png

[Mirek]

First onboards coming: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy.html

[WUff1]

Very scary accident of Vantuch: http://forum.autosport.cz/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=950&sid=8a82168671abd91a2567bbf443b46d43&start=10#p79445

Where did this part of wood come from?

[Mirek]

I don't know.

[WUff1]

Looks very scary

[Mirek]

Big changes in Valašská rally organization. After more than 30 years Miroslav Hošák leaves director post. Rudolf Kouřil, director of Rally Hustopeče together with Jaromír Tomaštík and Miroslav Hošák (he stays in the organization on lover level) will aim to bring Valašská rally back to first league MČR. Let's see who it works, the last few editions of Valašská rally were a farce.

[Mirek]

Great onboard of Valoušek from Vsetín which ends with a complete loss of brakes (including handbrake). Fortunately it happened when he already slowed down nearly completely to a hairpin. Could have been very dangerous if it happened just a second or two earlier: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/8334.html

[Mirek]

Markku Alén will drive Opel Kadett GT-E Coupé 16V and Škoda Fabia WRC during Setkání mistrů show in Sosnová.

[Mirek]

Juho Häninen will also take part in Sosnová show. Presumably in Opel Adam Cup car and another car. From other unusualities there will be for example Tomáš Enge (autocross buggy) or Martin Macík (Liaz Dakar).

[Mirek]

It seems that Rally Bohemia is in deep financial trouble and may not be held next year. The decision shall be taken latest next week...

[WUff1]

This is not good ...

[dimviii]

Tlustak

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-0/p180x540/12246627_905854046162808_4563569012321467661_n.jpg ?oh=63b15cf87ead6ba7e3aab23eceb019b7&oe=56B90456

[Mirek]

It's for Most circuit rally show which is going to be held tomorrow. Results will be here but I don't think it's interesting: http://rally-base.com/2015/the-most-rallysprint-exhibition-2015/

[Mirek]

Karel Štochl in Most...
http://s22.postimg.org/iojerny29/12242157_10204188616630665_574734365_n.jpg

[RS]

It seems that Rally Bohemia is in deep financial trouble and may not be held next year. The decision shall be taken latest next week...

I don't believe Skoda would let it not happen.

[Mirek]

I don't know what is exactly happening. The organization blames ASN for giving them bad date in which they claim can't organize the rally (in May). The ASN says that the organizer informed them about his financial issues which might force him not to organize the event. And than there is a dispute between Škoda and the town of Mladá Boleslav over the level of real estate taxes in the town. The town rose the tax by 100% for 2016 which for Škoda means to pay something like 1,5 million Euro extra. People say that škoda is very angry as it kept financing a lot of sport or cultural events in the town together with some reconstructions of building or streets and that the prevailing opinion is "fuck it, they have extra 1,5 million, so they can spend it instead". I don't know where is the truth. Time will tell I guess.

[RS]

Interesting, Mirek.

I would hope that Rally Bohemia would fall outside of the 'fuck it' attitude as it is surely an integral part of their motorsport promotion.

[Mirek]

Entry list for Prague Rallysprint including Hermann Gassner jr. with Toyota GT-86: http://www.prazskyrallysprint.cz/pro-divaky/posadky/

[PLuto]

I don't know what is exactly happening. The organization blames ASN for giving them bad date in which they claim can't organize the rally (in May). The ASN says that the organizer informed them about his financial issues which might force him not to organize the event. And than there is a dispute between Škoda and the town of Mladá Boleslav over the level of real estate taxes in the town. The town rose the tax by 100% for 2016 which for Škoda means to pay something like 1,5 million Euro extra. People say that škoda is very angry as it kept financing a lot of sport or cultural events in the town together with some reconstructions of building or streets and that the prevailing opinion is "fuck it, they have extra 1,5 million, so they can spend it instead". I don't know where is the truth. Time will tell I guess.

Date was not set by czech ASN, but by FIA. Because organisers wants to have ERC historics...

[Mirek]

Thanks

[liposh]

So guys, what is the final decision about Bohemia rally? The calendar should be revealed after 16th November and it is already 19th November.

[Mirek]

Livery of Karel Trojan for Prague: http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=17743

[dimviii]

https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/12247041_915508878526963_7314264562531891331_n.jpg ?oh=41911aceb17ccfe4fb6bb675850d098b&oe=56B70FEF

[Mirek]

The provisional calendar is crazy. Bohemia two weeks after Šumava with two ERC historic rounds in CZ in two weeks. It's all still under negotiations...

[PLuto]

This is only draft calendar, for sure not final version and for sure final version will be different. This version shouldnt be published...

[WUff1]

Now official: Ruben Zeltner, German champion, sells his Porsche 997 GT3 to Vaclav Pech:

http://forum.rallye-magazin.de/rallye-news/28182-zeltner-verkauft-porsche-pech.html

[manthey]

Now official: Ruben Zeltner, German champion, sells his Porsche 997 GT3 to Vaclav Pech:

http://forum.rallye-magazin.de/rallye-news/28182-zeltner-verkauft-porsche-pech.html

I'm not updated on the new rules in germany...next year r-gt will be banned so Zeltner had to sell his car?thanks

[Mirek]

No, this particular car isn't R-GT (afaik) and has to be rebuilt to R-GT spec. I heard they plan to start with it first in Rally Šumava in May. Next year DRM is opened only for FIA R-GT cars, this year it was more free.

[vino_93]

Do you think the other Porsche will become FIA R-GT ? That would grow the number of cars in this category ... and maybe give some other competitors for the RGT Cup.

[Mirek]

Which other Porsche do You mean?

[vino_93]

Sorry I thought we were in German Rally News thread :)
So the ones which are used in Germany (Noller, Stölzel, ...)

[Mirek]

I don't know. Better to ask CJW ;)

[jolle1982]

Stölzel and zeltner want to drive r5. It rumours, stölzel skoda and zeltner peugeot

[br21]

Any infos why Fabia R5 from Wevers didn't pass scrutineering before Prazsky Rallisprint? Quite strange for such car in such event?

[TWRC]

Any infos why Fabia R5 from Wevers didn't pass scrutineering before Prazsky Rallisprint? Quite strange for such car in such event?

Wevers had problems with Grzyb's Fiesta WRC on Rally Košice this year on the technical check after the rally if I remember well. He even got a drive for compensation in Wevers' Fabia R5.

[Mirek]

PLuto sure knows more but I heard it was problem with invalid license plate, nothing technical.

[br21]

OK, thx

[Mirek]

Video from Prague: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19J_NWGbZes

[Mirek]

Entry list for Slušovice show with 7 WRC and 7 R5/S2000 cars: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=17730

[PLuto]

PLuto sure knows more but I heard it was problem with invalid license plate, nothing technical.

Yes, problem was with registration plate.

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

Have I understood a post in the autosport.cz forum right, that Pech's Mini might have been sold to Austria?

[Mirek]

Ja, genau :)

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

Ja, genau :)

Do know, who should have bought the MINI as his new toy?

[Mirek]

No, I have no idea.

[WUff1]

Will be first Austrian WRC in 2016 championship :)

[Mirek]

Slušovice show to start in 2 minutes: http://rally-base.com/2015/mikulas-zaremba-rally-slusovice-2015/

Tomaštík si missing (Impreta WRC not yet repaired after Prague fire). Březík with Fiesta R5.

[Eddie1]

http://s24.postimg.org/3wp14faqt/odlozilik.png
Mikuláš Rally Slušovice 2015 [HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbnnGvm1QWU

[Mirek]

Great stuff!

Another spectacular place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVsTmBhgCJk

[Mirek]

Superspectacular video of Czech 2015 champions Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler (watch in HD, I tried also in 480p but it looked weird, like speed up, HD is ok):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm5z_JMed2E

[Mirek]

Eddie hasn't posted his Best of 2015 yet, so I do...

Jeppe, You are there! ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsozb_2_J6s

[Mirek]

Kopecký confirmed for MČR. Sadly no competition for him this time...

[dimviii]

Kopecký confirmed for MČR. Sadly no competition for him this time...

nevermind you will watch Pech with 911.

[RS]

Kopecký confirmed for MČR. Sadly no competition for him this time...

I'm disappointed but not surprised. I'm sure i've said it before but i would rather Skoda offered some support to a younger driver for MCR and sent Kopecky to ERC. They could win WRC2, ERC, APRC and MCR quite easily.

Anyway, congratulations to Kopecky and Dresler on the 2016 Czech title.

[Mirek]

Vojtěch Štajf switches for Fabia R5. He will do Czech events with it. Hopefully more support from Subaru for Kopáček instead (just my wish).

Preliminary calendar of Czech Opel Adam Cup. I guess only one leg counts in the two-day events but it has to be confirmed.

15. - 16.4. Valašská Rally
13. - 14.5. Rally Vyškov
02. - 03.7. Rally Bohemia
29. - 30.7. Rally Pačejov
26. - 27.8. Barum Rally Zlín
16. - 17.9. Rally Jeseníky
30.9. - 1.10. Rally Příbram
21. - 22.10. 3 Stadte Rally

[dimviii]

https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/12734195_987781981312871_4205962712568513204_n.jpg ?oh=4e4f0ffa20168aaa905d43cf9dcfd89e&oe=5724C062

[liposh]

...much more slovak rally news, because the MM team has at the moment budget just for slovak rally championship. (because it is slovak team with czech driver Valousek) Of course they will try to find money and run also czech rally championship, but nothing confirmed yet. And as we all know it will be tough work.

[dimviii]

very nice article about the problems had Pech with mini and Prodrive.Worth to read.Use google translate.

http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/show.php?id=28009&title=rozhovor-s-vaclavem-pechem-jun-a-jirim-jirovcem-1

[Mirek]

Pontus Tidemand entered Rally Šumava!

[Mirek]

Very good news! Václav Kopáček is now an official successor of Vojtěch Štajf in his Subaru.

http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b_dc15923ad69be962df2eafb4755f6dba.jpg

[fansosek]

Dakar show Sosnová 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCsQvmS65Xo

[Rally Power]

Very good news! Václav Kopáček is now an official successor of Vojtěch Štajf in his Subaru.

http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b_dc15923ad69be962df2eafb4755f6dba.jpg

With such a gorgeous codriver who cares about him...

[liposh]

...and Štajf switched to Fabia R5 and will drive czech championship. This project called racing21.cz should be long-term (for sure more than just one year)

[Mirek]

According to Jan Kopecký Czech GT cars won't have classic restrictors in 2016. They only need to show dyno protocol with maximum 300 kW (408 Hp). So far 4 Porsche 997 are known but except Pech nobody able to be on top of the leaderboard.

Another interesting information from the magazin is that Sýkora will drive Fabia R5.

[Mirek]

Also Rally Hustopeče is now part of both Czech and Slovak championship which shall make it very nice.

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

Very good news! Václav Kopáček is now an official successor of Vojtěch Štajf in his Subaru.

http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b_dc15923ad69be962df2eafb4755f6dba.jpg

I really wish Kopacek a year without any major issue.

[Mirek]

Car of Štajf in colors of Škoda dealer Klokočka, the team owner is billionaire and philanthropist Karel Janeček (the man on the right side)
http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b_c9710458adccc694049319b62f44c7d0.jpg
http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b_30314c6e515cd276833cc902841a6ad3.jpg

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD5Lwbg05wE

[Jarek Z]

Car of Štajf in colors of Škoda dealer Klokočka, the team owner is billionaire and philanthropist Karel Janeček (the man on the right side)

Interesting! I also heard that the team owner is a mathematician. Is that true?

Cool livery! Good luck with this new project!

[Mirek]

Yes, he is. Besides other scientific work he teaches financial mathematics on the university and he is also well known person here as a founder of several foundations (anti-corruption, support of science etc.). You can read something about him on his English website: http://www.kareljanecek.com/en-CZ/

[Rally Power]

Come on guys…there’s info about Czech mathematicians, billionaires and philanthropists but not a line on Kopacek good looking codriver?


http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b_dc15923ad69be962df2eafb4755f6dba.jpg

Thank God we got Ewrc! According to them, Miss Rendlova has been codriving since 2010 with some nice results on regional level, and this will be her second season with Kopacek on czech national series.

Best luck to Barbara. It would be great see her getting to WRC!

(It may sound a bit sexist, but if we take Kournikova role on WTA revamp I think we all agree that having more pretty and talented girls driving or codriving at WRC would be a nice progress).

[Mirek]

Maybe You want to hear her as well? I know it's that strange language but still... ;)
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/8098.html

[Rally Power]

Maybe You want to hear her as well? I know it's that strange language but still... ;)
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/8098.html

Yep, she even ‘sings’ the notes in a nice way!

Seriously: FIA must get a proper program to promote women active participation on motorsport. We’ve been seeing a growing numbers of girls getting involved at rally or racing, mainly thanks to ASN’s friendly policies, but there’s no real help from FIA to make them get into top motorsport international series. It’s a shame.

[Mirek]

The Ladies cup in ERC sadly wasn't exactly a success despite it having same promotion as ERC 2WD. It started quite well but the competition didn't grow with the time but faded.

[janvanvurpa]

Maybe You want to hear her as well? I know it's that strange language but still... ;)
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/8098.html

What's so strange? Pretty similar in so many ways to other neighboring Slavic languages.. Hell, you guys are nice enough to use Roman letters..That's good! Much easier to see immediately that I don't know what the hell a word is than when I fight reading 'Rooskija' where i strugle with Cyrillic and then get the word, and THEN I see "No f**king idea"..

[Mirek]

Hehe, actually we use quite a lot of German words (ja, wir waren ein Teil von Östereich für ziemlich lange Zeit) but after centuries of their use by us they don't resemble the original that much :p

[skarderud]

Norwegian Petter Kristiansen will do czech championship with õrsak skoda s2000 this year. Pluss some erc's, barum is one of them.

[Mirek]

Crazy livery for Černý

https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/12936729_993029267441590_3001942942513564601_n.jpg ?oh=ee41c3a251bfaa318924293b524a3d39&oe=57757A20
https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/12936729_993029287441588_475700943540704540_n.jpg? oh=c18cbc8db621acf4aae7b60fe364c654&oe=57819F5C

[dimviii]

very nice livery!

[Jarek Z]

Crazy livery for Černý

Interesting livery. But more important than the livery is that he finally got a proper car! Do you think he can win the championship?

[Mirek]

He had the same car last year.

And no, he doesn't have a chance against Kopecký.

[Jarek Z]

And no, he doesn't have a chance against Kopecký.

Yes, sorry, I didn't know that the official Skoda team competes in Czech champonship this year.

[Mirek]

Pontus Tidemand tested the R5 on Barum rally stage Žlutava (Halenkovice). Very spectacular, especially the infamous crest!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niCfDx3avZE

[wwbroe]

Pontus Tidemand tested the R5 on Barum rally stage Žlutava (Halenkovice). Very spectacular, especially the infamous crest!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niCfDx3avZE


Very nice and spectacular driving indeed. ;)

[Mirek]

Entry list for Valašská rally, first event of Rally Sprint Series. As expected after last year's disaster without big names from Poland. On the other hand Černý or Kristiansen are nice surprise. 8 cars in Opel Adam cup.
http://www.valasskarally.eu/index.php/media/prihlasene-posadky?download=109:seznam-prihlasenych-posadek-pdf

The new organization brought also quite a lot different itinerary compared to the last year
http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=18183

[WUff1]

I see Robert Adolf in the list - his first rally after his accident?

[Mirek]

What accident do You mean? I thought he skipped last year due to problems with his knee (maybe also because of what happened to Petr Gross).

[WUff1]

Ok thank you, forgot that Gross death wasn´t due to codriving with Adolf.

[Jeppe]

Ok thank you, forgot that Gross death wasn´t due to codriving with Adolf.

I thought that Petr Gross is very much alive but not competing anymore? Can Mirek confirm this?

[dimviii]

I thought that Petr Gross is very much alive but not competing anymore? Can Mirek confirm this?

same impression for me too.

[dimviii]

Kopecky testing
https://youtu.be/xlBGcgtwN4I

[Mirek]

I thought that Petr Gross is very much alive but not competing anymore? Can Mirek confirm this?

He is alive but his state is another question. I don't want to spread what I heard only from second hand sources but I haven't heard much positive things.

[Mirek]

Matthias Kahle (Fabia R5) entered Rally Šumava :)

[liposh]

He is alive but his state is another question. I don't want to spread what I heard only from second hand sources but I haven't heard much positive things.

Shortly for foreign members: The injury has some similarities with Schumacher case. So you can get an idea.

[Mirek]

Saturday morning the Czech 2016 rally season finally starts with the first event of Rally Sprint Series - Valašská rally. The live results will be available since 9:09 a.m. here: http://rally-base.com/2016/rocksteel-valasska-rally-2016/

[dimviii]

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Pech testing 911
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[Mirek]

Just checked provisional lists for Šumava/Vltava and I can see Jeppe being entered again :)

[Mirek]

So far Černý won all three stages and is keeping a comfortable lead over his opponents.

EDIT: Due to the need to let ambulance go through SS3 to some injured child (not rally related) all next stages are to be postponed by 15 minutes. Meanwhile SS3 was restarted.

[Mirek]

Final results

1. Černý (Fabia S2000) 42:39,5 (won 7 out of 8 stages)
2. Odložilík (Fiesta R5) +32,1 (5 sec penalty) (already upgraded to Evo but complained about lack of power)
3. Vlček (Fabia WRC) +1:01,8 (20 sec penalty) (complained about no testing)
4. Kristiansen (Fabia S2000) +1:31,1
5. Březík (Evo IX gr.N) +1:45,7
6. Pešl (Evo IX gr.N) +2:38,8
7. Adolf (Fabia S2000) +2:48,5
8. Trnovec (Fabia S2000) +3:22,1 (5 sec penalty)
9. Smékal (DS3 R3T) +3:35,1
10. Šikl (Evo IX gr.N) +3:44,1 (10 sec penalty)

Most notable retirement is Ševčík (Evo IX gr.N who retired after SS3 from 6th place only 6 seconds behind Březík).

With the new organization everything seems to work a lot better but let's wait with quick judgements.

[Andre Oliveira]

Odložilík should bought a new Fiesta with the upgraded chassis too to go "fight" with Skodas

[Mirek]

Great news, JNK studio started to put their event videos on youtube. Enjoy the one from Valašská rally, very spectacular!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlX0aG0A8WM

And by the way probably an all time record of Czech rallies today. Out of 100 starters only 1 retired due to a crash :eek:

[Mirek]

Only minutes left to enter Rally Šumava but new names keep coming into the provisional list. I can already say that the list will be awesome!

By the way there is already around 180 cars entered for both Šumava and Vltava and nearly 200 cars including Legends.

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

Only minutes left to enter Rally Šumava but new names keep coming into the provisional list. I can already say that the list will be awesome!

By the way there is already around 180 cars entered for both Šumava and Vltava and nearly 200 cars including Legends.

The entry list gets better and better. Now Kostka has also entered the event with a Fiesta R5. I am really looking forward to see this rally live. Nearly 20 R5/S2000 cars, 2 WRCs, 3 GTs and plenty of R2 and N4 cars. It is just crazy.

[Ucci]

The entry list gets better and better. Now Kostka has also entered the event with a Fiesta R5. I am really looking forward to see this rally live. Nearly 20 R5/S2000 cars, 2 WRCs, 3 GTs and plenty of R2 and N4 cars. It is just crazy.
Just a proof more how strong is Czech economy. Lucky Czech members!

[Mirek]

Probably the strongest entry list of Rally Šumava ever!

Rally Šumava: http://entry.rallyesumava.cz/

Historic Vltava: http://entry.vltavarallye.cz/

[dupanton]

Very nice entrylist, a surprise to see Matthias Kahle in a competitive car again!

[Jarek Z]

8 Fabias, 3 Fiestas and one DS3 in R5. Not a single Peugeot 208.

[Nowi]

Some photos from Valašská rallye 2016 at http://www.rallylife.cz/35-rocksteel-valasska-rally-2016-nowi

[Mirek]

Some onboards from valašská rally are available: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy.html

With Černý You can watch SS1 and SS6. SS6 is quite a special kind of stage held on a testing polygon of Tatra. It used to be part of Barum rally in 90' but hasn't been used since.

[Mirek]

Test of Karel Trojan with Fabia R5 from two different stages (test area in Bělá pod Bezdězem and former Bohemia stage Březovice)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaQTYd3PTyg&feature=youtu.be

[Mirek]

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[Mirek]

One more onboard of Černý from Valašská rally. The last (and the nicest) stage of the rally: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/8674.html

[RS]

Strange to see BMW and Mini advertised on a Porsche.

[Mirek]

For those who come to Šumava... due to an enormous number of entrants the timetable has to be modified. It will be soon released. Therefore wait a bit with the final planning.

[Mirek]

Yesterday it was 40 years since Roman Kresta was born - in a house next to the road which would later become a stage Kopná with which his entire rally life is bound. He was one of several drivers who managed to get from nothing up to the works WRC team. As a young man from a common family without any rallying background he started his career as a mechanic in a small local team. First time he tried to drive with a Škoda Favorit in Horácká rally 1994. His main characteristic is perfectionism, his ability to work incredibly hard and to go deep into every problem. He spent incredible time studying how stuff works. Later he drove Felicia first in the narrow version and then the Kit Car.

In 2000 Škoda Motorsport gave him a chance to drive their Octavia WRC and Roman used it winning the Czech title and being the youngest ever driver to win the ERC Barum Rally. Next year he repeated the Czech title although he started in only four events. On the other hand he had a chance to try first WRC events and it proved to be a really tough challenge. Two technical problems and two accidents caused him not to finish a single event.

2002 season started with one of the most spectacular crashes in the rallying history. Roman's Octavia hanging upon a ridge on the telegraph pole is something what probably every rally fan have seen at least once. Overal the WRC season wasn't anything special to speak about. For next season Roman moved to French team Bozian Racing in which he felt like in a family as he once said. His best result was 8th place in Wales. It's worth mentioning that in that time it was out of 28 starters with WRC cars.

2004 season started with a hell ride on the icy roads of Monte Carlo with a privately entered Hyundai Accent WRC. Sadly a technical problem stopped him from reaching the finish. He was battling all the time for 6-7th place among 21 WRC cars. Another two starts in WRC ended with crashes - another famous one crashing into the standing car of Dani Solá (from 8th place of 23 WRC) and the second one in Germany in his return into Škoda works car. He was leading Škoda driver getting up to the 5th place of 23 WRC drivers with seriously underpowered first evolution of Fabia WRC.

2005 was the year. Roman was number two driver of Ford works team in their transition season. The expectations were high and sadly the pressure from sponsors was too high for Roman. Started well in Monte Carlo but a ripped wheel off spoiled the show. At least he is forever written in the list of people who managed to win the most famous stage over the Col de Turini. The first half of the season didn't go well, the worst moment was a big accident in shakedown of New Zaeland. Than came a story with changing co-drivers once and back. Anyway the second half of the season went reasonably well but sadly there was no will of the sponsors to continue.

2006 was a big downfall. Roman spent most of the time with development testing in M-Sport. He drove the useless Fiesta S1600 in BRC. The only positive highlihg was his only start at home. First time with production car he easily won Barum Rally, for the third time. In 2007 he was doing things like setting cars for Argentinian Ford drivers but without his own drive. He did only four events in CZ, all with gr.N car.He won Bohemia and Český Krumlov, crashed from first place in Šumava. His main highlight which restarted his career came in now IRC Barum rally. He lost 2:45 with changing tyre in SS2 but finished 4th only 2:28 behind the winning works Peugeot team.

2008 brought another Czech title with gr.N car but the main challenge IRC Barum rally stayed undefeated. Having rented a Peugeot 207 S2000 he crashed very hard in stage Pindula. 2009 another Czech title and 4th place in IRC Barum rally as the top scoring private driver behind Kopecký, Meeke and Hänninen. 2009 brought another milestone - Kresta Racing team was established, now one of the best and biggest teams in Czech republic. 2010 was a busy season. Some fun starts with gr.N car all around the world (the highlight being 6th place overall in IRC Cyprus Rally), Czech rallysprint title with gr.N car against WRC but only 4th place in Czech championship and another heavy accident in Barum rally - again with renting a new car for just this rally - Fabia S2000.

2011 and another Czech title, this time after a hard fight with his arch rival Pech but "only" 8th place in very strongly entered Barum rally. 2012 season brought back Škoda works team into CZech championship and Jan Kopecký managed to defeat Roman. Despite that Roman showed once more he can still drive when he finished second in Barum rally behind Juho Hänninen. It shall be also mentioned that Roman helped Škoda works team with the developepment of the S2000 car.

2013 and 2014 were kind of farewell seasons with only several starts. Roman managed to finish 5th in Barum 2013 coming back even stronger for one-shot Barum rally 2014. Sadly a stupid technical problem (cracked exhaust manifold) stopped him while leading the rally. Since 2015 Roman doesn't drive anymore, moreover after his long time co-driver Petr Gross suffered very serious injury in a rally accident from which he hasn't recovered. But there's still a hope that we could see him again behind the wheel. Last year before Barum rally he drove the Fabia R5 of Jaromír Tarabus in the test to help him with setup. He was very happy about the car and his words gave a hope he might try once more with this car. He has two in his team now so maybe...

Recently Roman Kresta lives in Luhačovice, close to Barum rally center Zlín, has a family and two children. His main job is preparing cars and setups for other rally drivers. He is also an expert on Reiger dampers. His testing stage is - well, part of the Kopná stage.

One funny note at the end. Pavel Dresler, now co-driver of Jan Kopecký, has been a huge fan of Roman Kresta and it's a bit funny that he later became co-driver of his big rival (in fact there is bigger rivality among the fans than the two drivers themselves).

http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b_adb99a5d8e7d747fe788820729884085.jpg

[Jeppe]

Nice story of even more nice man. Happy Birthday!!

[Mirek]

A nice video of Škoda test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls2MUu_YZas

[Mirek]

Unfortunately Kostka can not start in Šumava.

[wwbroe]

Unfortunately Kostka can not start in Šumava.

What is the reason that he is not able to start?

[PLuto]

What is the reason that he is not able to start?

Car is not ready. He was supposed to start with Lukyanuk's car damaged in Ireland, but some parts didnt arrived in time.

[Mirek]

Online results of Rally Šumava tomorrow since 17:25: http://rally-base.com/2016/rallye-sumava-klatovy-2016/

Historic ERC Rally Vltava since 15:30: http://rally-base.com/2016/historic-vltava-rallye-2016/

This is how SS6 looked today :eek:

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Anyway latest forecast says that it shall be all dry during the rally. Mornings will be very cold but since there is no early morning stage I don't expect some problems with ice.

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

First stage win for Pech - but maybe his last this year.

[RS]

First stage win for Pech - but maybe his last this year.

Yeah, much slower on the 'normal' SS2.

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

Pech is really insane. Fastest driver behind the works Skodas

[stefanvv]

Pech is really insane. Fastest driver behind the works Skodas

I don't think his driving is, but I'd love to see some onboards from Sumava.