Czech rally news [Archive] - Page 18

Mirek

28th July 2018, 19:15

Rally Pačejov was very nice (and hot) as usual. The most spectator friendly rally in CZ - the road sections between stages are around 5-10 km long, taping is very friendly for spectators, stages are spectacular and the beer tents are on every crowded place.

The rally was won by Jan Dohnal who started with Melichárek's Fiesta WRC. Odložilík finished second separated only by 0,6 seconds from Tarabus who tried big attack at the last short but difficult half-gravel stage and nearly succeeded. Anyway for me the man (or in this case boy) of the rally was Petr Semerád. The 17-years old boy won 2WD easily and showed again that there is a lot to expect from him in the future. The second guy Kornhefr (26 years old) showed also very good speed with the old C2 R2 (Kornhefr moved from amateur events only last year and this is his first season with relatively fast car).

There was only one major retirement. Kopáček and his co-driver Rendlová tried to get back in the car after the crash in Hustopeče (this time with gr.N Subaru) but they retired early because they were still not fit enough. I really hope they can get well before Barum.

1. Dohnal (Fiesta WRC) 40:31,5
2. Odložilík (Fiesta R5) +19,5
3. Tarabus (Fabia R5) +20,1
4. Vlček (Fiesta R5) +39,3
5. Trněný (Fabia WRC) +1:22,9
6. Rujbr (Fabia R5) +1:29,5
7. Štochl (Fabia R5) +1:38,8
8. Peták (Focus WRC) +3:00,7
9. Růžička (Fiesta R5) +3:24,2
10. Šikl (Evo IX gr.N) +3:27,5

2WD
1. P. Semerád (Adam R2) 45:03,5
2. Kornhefr (C2 R2) +25,0
3. Horák (Adam R2) +30,3

Mirek

1st August 2018, 15:34

The best stage of Pačejov (and maybe of the whole rallysprint season) with Petr Semerád
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V2nr35MqlI

Mirek

5th August 2018, 19:59

Very nice video from Rally Pačejov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8lcgJqgbLk

Mirek

15th September 2018, 18:55

The penultimate round of the Rallysprint championship took place today. The reborn Rally Jeseníky with beautiful mountain stages. Unfortunately not very strong competition entered the event. There was nevertheless a great battle between Odložilík and Vlček which was decided only on the last stage. Trněný lost most of the time with a clutch issue but nevertheless the leading duo was faster. Kurka while not the best driver around finally again brough his Mini WRC on stages. Nowadays it's really rare car and a nice addition to see. Among 2WD this time someone managed to beat the young Petr Semerád (who was ill today) - it was Michal Horák who took the victory by 8,5 seconds.

1. Odložilík (Fiesta R5) 39:29,4
2. Vlček (Fiesta R5) +6,9
3. Trněný (Fabia WRC) +1:17,3
4. Rujbr (Fabia R5) +1:45,1
5. Kurka (Mini WRC) +1:45,8
6. Pátl (Fiesta R5) +3:12,3
7. Šimek (Evo IX gr.N) +3:38,5
8. Hanák (Fiesta R5) +3:44,9
9. Horák (Adam R2) +3:48,8
10. Semerád P. (Adam R2) +3:57,3

Mirek

16th September 2018, 20:00

Nice video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ6aclggWXo

Mirek

18th September 2018, 16:36

17-years old Petr Semerád is now officially the overall winner of the 2018 Rallysprint Series (4WD cars don't count). He will be 18 only in May next year. His team is not doing any secrets about its aim to get him into WRC events as soon as possible.

PLuto

18th September 2018, 18:01

Mirek

30th September 2018, 17:52

Quite strange situation in Czech championship before the last event - Rally Příbram. Filip Mareš will not start in the last event despite him having a good chance to finish the season on second place. Instead he will start in ERC Latvia (good decision IMO). The fight for the overall second place is therefore set to be between Černý and Pech. For Černý it's his home rally. Kopecký will not start (as expected).

Mirek

3rd October 2018, 08:00

Entry list for Rally Příbram, last round of Czech Championship: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=20919

You can notice that Dohnal is there with Focus. Honestly I don't know how is that possible because normally with our rules he can't use his second car. Maybe he got some exception.

Ucci

7th October 2018, 19:25

kure91

7th October 2018, 19:52

No. Just same surname. But he is son of Pavel Dohnal (https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/3629-pavel-dohnal/) who used to compete with Evo IX in lower czech championships.

Mirek

12th October 2018, 18:20

Results of Rally Příbram, last event of Czech Championship will be online tomorrow since 8 o'clock a.m.: https://rally-base.com/2018/svk-rally-pribram-2018/

Mirek

14th October 2018, 12:57

Pech won Rally Příbram after a big fight with Černý and Dohnal. Pech finished the season as second finally. Černý was leading after day one but retired with broken wheel today. Jakeš who was the early leader and who won three stages lost 4,5 minutes with a puncture on the penultimate stage. in 2WD Cais was completely dominating leading by 33 seconds after 7 stages but he retired after hitting a wall in the first stage of the second leg. In the end René Dohnal won.

1. Pech (Fiesta R5) 1:14:23,5
2. Dohnal (Focus WRC) +4,7 (10 sec penalty)
3. Štajf (Fabia R5) +1:16,5
4. Vlček (Fiesta R5) +2:10,2
5. Trojan (Fabia R5) +2:16,8
6. Pospíšilík (Fabia R5) +2:21,5
7. Březík (Fabia R5) +2:24,7 (15 sec penalty)
8. Trněný (Fabia WRC) +3:16,1
9. Štochl (Fabia R5) +3:28,1
10. Rujbr (Fabia R5) +4:02,0 (10 sec penalty)

Some important retirements: Černý (Fiesta R5 - broken wheel), Cais (208 R2 - broken radiator), Tlusťák (Fiesta R5 - double puncture), Šikl (Evo IX - crash), Barčák (Adam R2 - technical issue)

Stage victories: Dohnal 5, Pech 4, Jakeš 3, Černý 1 (one SS was canceled)

Mirek

14th October 2018, 13:25

An interesting fact. It's been exactly four year since Pech's last championship victory! He didn't win a single rally since Příbram 2014 (Příbram 2015, 2016, 2017 were won by Dohnal and all the rest by Kopecký).

Ucci

14th October 2018, 15:03

Mirek

23rd October 2018, 19:11

Great onboard of Jakeš from SS10 (watch at least 3:55-4:05): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21u_QMbXjkU

At 4:36 notice the anti-cutting concrete fallen on the road. This one was hit by Černý who retired because of that.

Mirek

25th October 2018, 22:32

Video Rally Příbram: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU14I3NhO-w

Mirek

26th October 2018, 18:00

Live results of Rally Vsetín, last round of the Rallysprint Series will be online tomorrow since 8 a.m.: https://rally-base.com/2018/partr-rally-vsetin-2018/

Mirek

27th October 2018, 18:16

Final results of Rally Vsetín are quite strange. Vlček or Odložilík were much slower than expected, others like Pospíšilík were faster than expected (first podium ever for him). Trněný had technical issues. Odložilík despite just cruising today is the absolute winner of the season. Only in 2WD nothing changed and Petr Semerád totally crushed everyone and confirmed his dominance through the season.

1. Grzyb (Fabia R5) 38:34,8
2. Melichárek (Fiesta WRC) +13,9
3. Pospíšilík (Fabia R5) +37,8
4. Březík (Fabia R5) +43,7
5. Vlček (Fiesta R5) +1:02,8
6. Rujbr (Fabia R5) +1:20,7
7. Odložilík (Fiesta R5) +1:31,1
8. Trněný (Fabia WRC) +1:38,3
9. Štochl (Fabia R5) +2:24,1 (30 sec pen.)
10. Pešl (Evo IX gr.N) +2:34,1

2WD
1. Semerád P. (Adam R2) 41:58,
2. Horák (Adam R2) +1:04,5
3. Svačina (208 R2) +1:15,0

Maybe another interesting names rise...

Dominik Stříteský. He is 18 years old, did only four rallies so far and already won two events of Adam Cup. Today he was 8th overall in 2WD with only the cup car among much stronger cars.

Tomáš Uher, 21 years old, just 8 rallies (3 of them amateur ones), he was 5th in 2WD with a diesel Fabia RS in all last three rallypsrint events.

Mirek

28th October 2018, 19:07

Nice video from Rally Vsetín: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt-hxFc07yE

Small explanation of the first joke... there was actually a bear walking on stages during the recce :)

Mirek

29th October 2018, 18:35

Popular Prague Rallysprint (1st December) shall have basically same route as last year. That means at the beginning two short classic stages south of the city and than four circuit stages around Strahov stadium held in both directions.

Mirek

30th October 2018, 18:53

Onboard of Petr Semerád from very difficult stage Jabloňová of Rally Vsetín: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ljxSj3jTM

Mirek

1st November 2018, 19:30

Petr Semerád will drive Fabia R5 in Setkání Mistrů Sosnová 10-11th November! He will be 18 only in May 2019.

The car will have absolutely awesome livery! And if the huge Škoda logo on the roof means something than it's very good news.
https://www.ewrc.cz/images/2018/news/sem_sos_2.jpg
https://www.ewrc.cz/images/2018/news/sem_sos_1.jpg
https://www.ewrc.cz/images/2018/news/sem_sos_3.jpg

Pictures from this article: https://www.ewrc.cz/clanek/33043-petr-semerad-poprve-ve-skode-fabia-r5/

Jarek Z

2nd November 2018, 15:52

Wow! This livery is awesome indeed! And good luck to this young driver!

Mirek

4th November 2018, 22:02

Entry list for Setkání Mistrů Sosnová (as usually mix of rally, rallycross and autocross):

https://www.ewrc.cz/images/2018/news/startovka_sm_2018.png

Another nice surprise is Fabia R5 for Jan Talaš. He is this years 2WD MČR champion. Paolo Diana and Tomáš Enge with 2WD historic cars are also nice addition. It's just a show but I think I'll go.

Mirek

12th November 2018, 19:56

I know that it's not important at all but it's at least interesting... The two who got into the final in Sosnová show were not Pech, Grzyb or Černý but Mareš and Semerád who in his 17 years sat in the R5 for the very first time. In the end Mareš was slightly faster.

Mirek

13th November 2018, 21:39

Video from Sosnová: https://youtu.be/9BNfSqXvhBU

Mirek

14th November 2018, 12:05

https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/46189986_2280532075500154_7943093872769368064_o.jp g?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ht=scontent-ams3-1.xx&oh=f37bb89c870003ed7171f283eb88bda2&oe=5C69B61F

Mirek

18th November 2018, 15:25

Alex Lukyanuk (Fiesta R5) will start in Prague Rallysprint! Other confirmed foreign drivers are Koči (Fabia R5), Gryzb (Fabia R5), Melichárek (Fiesta WRC), Béreš jr. (Evo IX gr.N), Drotár (Fabia R5), Lapdavský (Impreza STi gr.N) or Konečný (Impreza STi gr.N).

We can aslo expect some new cars as pre-announcement for our next season. Some Hyundai and VW R5 with Czech drivers ;)

PLuto

20th November 2018, 17:51

Martin Vlcek will not start in Prague with Hyundai, I think he will use his usual Fiesta R5 there...

Mirek

20th November 2018, 18:18

I haven't said he would ;)

PLuto

20th November 2018, 18:52

I havent said that you have said it. :)

Mirek

23rd November 2018, 12:37

Now it's official - Vojtěch Štajf with Polo R5 in Prague Rallysprint and in 2019. In Prague with BRR car, later with one of his own team.

Mirek

23rd November 2018, 13:45

Another good news is that Peugeot 208 R2 cup continues. It will add also a free start on Rallye du Var for the winner of the cup.

Mirek

25th November 2018, 23:21

Entry list for Prague is out: https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries/45684-tipcars-prazsky-rallysprint-2018/

4 WRC, 21 R5, 2 S2000 etc.

Except from what I already wrote some more unusual combinations (often suggest plans for next year)

Béreš jun. (SVK) with Fiesta R5 (ex-Odložilík)
Odložilík with Fabia R5
Kopáček with Fabia R5 (ex-Štajf)
Bisaha with i20 R5
Gavlák (SVK) with Fabia R5
Sýkora with Fiesta R5
Zabloudil with Fiesta R5 (usually Impreza STi or Impreza 555)
Kašpar with Fabia R5 (usually Octavia Kit Car)

The timetable is nearly same as last year. First two stages are short natural narrow hill-climb tracks located south of the city, then they move to the very fast and wide city circuit around Strahov stadium where they'll do 4 circuit stages bringing hours of action. Despite it's being a show the rule is that those who can fight for the win until the first spin. After that they claim they drive just for fun of spectators :p That's why we can expect Lukyanuk and Pech actually fighting each other. Also others like Koči, Melichárek or Gryzb can try.

Mirek

29th November 2018, 09:42

Lukyanuk is going to start in Rufa Sport colors with H-Racing boss as a co-driver.
http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b_f0079cb7243d53afefa961428d6a9fea.jpg

Mirek

30th November 2018, 17:01

It's not really the most important event but if somebody is interested in Prague results here You can find them (tomorrow since 8:30): https://rally-base.com/2018/tipcars-prazsky-rallysprint-2018/

Meanwhile this car is ready
https://scontent.fprg1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/47197948_2378248632192285_479752816240361472_o.jpg ?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent.fprg1-1.fna&oh=56eb2f2fe4be4cf104d8a54e8b03da95&oe=5C6C27C2
https://scontent.fprg1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/46998180_2378250878858727_6134898862898282496_o.jp g?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ht=scontent.fprg1-1.fna&oh=e959e05b4ca4dd21425b5e1bbc91cb8a&oe=5C6ECFC1
https://scontent.fprg1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/47183394_2378248655525616_5970645307610890240_n.jp g?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent.fprg1-1.fna&oh=1a2bc16321aab0feaa0f15a6efa2626a&oe=5CA1581F

Jarek Z

1st December 2018, 10:17

Full winter in Praha today! :)

http://www.prazskyrallysprint.cz/files/galerie/2018/large/9_MG_6717.jpg

Jarek Z

1st December 2018, 10:23

Roman Odlozilik (Skoda Fabia R5) leads after stage 3. The new Polo is third overal at the moment. Lukyanuk and Grzyb (who are driving in one team) in disappointing 11th and 13th positions.
https://rally-base.com/2018/tipcars-prazsky-rallysprint-2018/?ssId=5099&ssGroupId=1

Mirek

1st December 2018, 12:20

Saw a bit of action but returned early as I have other things to do.

The Polo is awesome. Works great, looks great. I'm really impressed.

Lukyanuk when I saw hiw was driving slow and totally unspectacular. The least spectacular driver of the whole 4WD field. I don't know why but it felt like if he was just bored. Maybe it's due to the tyres he uses (Hankook). Some others were driving purely just for show (Kopáček, Sýkora for example).

Otherwise standard organization chaos for this event starting with competely unrealistic time schedule (every year it's the same!). The stages have been mostly wet with some salty snow slush.

Meanwhile Pech crashed into some parked local cars. I haven't seen any video of the crash yet.

Mirek

1st December 2018, 14:03

Štajf broke wheel in the last stage and that cost him victory. It would be the first ever victory for Polo R5 but it didn't happen.

Mirek

1st December 2018, 18:27

Pech's crash: https://youtu.be/Yk31b63IA7U

It's not visible in the video but he lost control during heavy braking on a wide straight before the corner.

Jarek Z

1st December 2018, 20:50

Štajf broke wheel in the last stage and that cost him victory. It would be the first ever victory for Polo R5 but it didn't happen.

If Stajf was able to lead the rally in his first event in this car, the new Polo seems to have a big potential!

dimviii

1st December 2018, 22:33

Mirek why Luky so slow? did he mentioned something?

the sniper

2nd December 2018, 04:43

Mirek why Luky so slow? did he mentioned something?

He wasn't with his usual co-driver, so maybe communication issues there?

Mirek

2nd December 2018, 11:15

You don't need much of co-driving here. Most of the time You do laps on the same street circuit. I think it may have more to do with Hankook tyres which he didn't trust. I don't know.

Jarek Z

2nd December 2018, 11:34

They say something about problems with tyres and pacenotes here:
https://www.fiaerc.com/the-boss-done-good-houst-guides-lukyanuk-to-p7-in-prague/

dimviii

2nd December 2018, 11:59

They say something about problems with tyres and pacenotes here:
https://www.fiaerc.com/the-boss-done-good-houst-guides-lukyanuk-to-p7-in-prague/

standard tyres?

Despite being forced to tackle treacherous stage conditions with standard tyres fitted to their Ford Fiesta R5,

Mirek

2nd December 2018, 19:48

standard tyres?

Seems to be confirmed he was on stock tyres but in the moment I have no idea why. In 2011 local crews used stock tyres when there was snow because they worked better than Monte Carlo style tyres without studs (those are not allowed). That time this team was there with PG Andersson and they lost huge time with MC Michelin tyres compared to others on stock ones. So maybe they thought it would be the same again. But this time there was little to no snow compared to 2011.

New videos of Pech's crash. This time some people were veeeery lucky. Usually the problem with Prague is that there are thousands of people who have never beeen to any rally before and also the organization level isn't good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qdo1BW73wE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXIkdxQtA9Y

Jarek Z

2nd December 2018, 20:47

New videos of Pech's crash. This time some people were veeeery lucky. Usually the problem with Prague is that there are thousands of people who have never beeen to any rally before and also the organization level isn't good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qdo1BW73wE

I like the educational value of the description of this video:

"we made a big mistake standing in this position. It was the first and last time we stood in very dangerous places." :)

Mirek

3rd December 2018, 07:43

Entry list for Mikuláš Rally Slušovice: http://rallysprintkopna.cz/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/mikulas_2018_entrylist_web.pdf

Mirek

3rd December 2018, 11:40

Some of the crazy stuff from Prague (the video contains mostly fun stuff, not much of rally ;) ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp5Hr9p0hvc

Mirek

4th December 2018, 09:44

Conditions on stages are best visible on onboards. SS1 with Trojan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0kee0ejUGU , SS3 with Trojan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvA2XWEW5hQ (the place where Pech crashed is at 2:30)

Mirek

8th December 2018, 11:10

Results from Mikuláš Rally Slušovice, if somebody is interested: https://rally-base.com/2018/mikulas-rally-is-life-2018/

Mirek

9th December 2018, 20:39

Superspectacular video from Prague (95% proper places without donuts or other fun stuff): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0_nHdnVac

Also a lot of Polo R5 inside.

Mirek

10th December 2018, 16:04

And a spectacular video also from Mikuláš Rally Slušovice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WCt41S1Kjw

Again a mix of mickey mouse and proper rally stuff including crazy Josef Urban with his famous yellow Škoda 130LR, superrare Fabia Kit Car or a big crash of Pavel Urban (Fabia RS TDI).

Ucci

10th December 2018, 20:45

Results from Mikuláš Rally Slušovice, if somebody is interested: https://rally-base.com/2018/mikulas-rally-is-life-2018/

Well done Kostka! Has he driven any rally ths season??

PLuto

10th December 2018, 21:55

Well done Kostka! Has he driven any rally ths season??

Except Mikulas only Rallysprint Kopna. He was very close to start on Barum Rally with VW Polo R5, but it was not homologated in time. There were some negotiations about start with C3 R5, but there were no available car in time of Barum. And when last negotiations to start with Skoda failed, he didnt started...

Mirek

11th December 2018, 07:38

Well done Kostka!

Well, this is a show event. Winning it means nothing.

Jarek Z

11th December 2018, 23:42

Superspectacular video from Prague (95% proper places without donuts or other fun stuff): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0_nHdnVac

Good video indeed! Some moments worth noticing:

- Lukyanuk's mistake at 3:53 --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0_nHdnVac&t=233
- Semerad, who is very fast and spectacular in his little Opel Adam at 6:28 --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0_nHdnVac&t=388
- for the first time I see Subaru BRZ in a rally --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0_nHdnVac&t=401
- Subaru driver completely loses front wheel at 7:49 --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0_nHdnVac&t=469

PLuto

12th December 2018, 14:24

- for the first time I see Subaru BRZ in a rally --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0_nHdnVac&t=401

It is Toyota GT86 CS-R3 :)

Jarek Z

12th December 2018, 15:22

It is Toyota GT86 CS-R3 :)

I know it isn't :)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-to2KrO-OfTU/Ub3TkyF6DEI/AAAAAAAAEhE/Rc_eiK6jbOc/s640/2012+Toyota+GT+86+&+2013+Subaru+BRZ.jpg

Jarek Z

12th December 2018, 15:25

Can you tell them apart? :)

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hq8KZXiIT4Y/maxresdefault.jpg

Mirek

12th December 2018, 15:45

IMHO it has only the front bumper from the BRZ but it's Toyota R3.

Mirek

16th December 2018, 13:24

Vlček officially confirmed he would use Hyundai i20 R5 next year. It's not a surprise but only now it's official.

Mirek

17th December 2018, 14:26

2019 calendars are out.

MČR:
29-30th March - Valašská Rallye
26-27th April - Rallyy Šumava + Vltava (ERC Historic)
14-15th June - Rally Hustopeče + Slovak championship (?)
13-14th July - Rally Bohemia
16-18th August - Barum Rally + ERC
4-6th September - Rally Příbram

Rallysprint Series:
13th April - Rallysprint kopná
1st June - Rally Vyškov
27th July - Rally Pačejov
14th September - Rally Jeseníky
19th October - Rally Vsetín

Some other:
23rd March - Test Stage Žiželice
30th November - Mikuláš Rally Slušovice
7th December - Prague Rallysprint

pucky54

17th December 2018, 14:47

Mirek

17th December 2018, 15:03

Sorry, my mistake :D

MČR:
29-30th March - Valašská Rallye
26-27th April - Rallyy Šumava + Vltava (ERC Historic)
17-18th May - Rallye Český Krumlov
14-15th June - Rally Hustopeče + Slovak championship (?)
13-14th July - Rally Bohemia
16-18th August - Barum Rally + ERC
4-6th September - Rally Příbram

Rallysprint Series:
13th April - Rallysprint kopná
1st June - Rally Vyškov
27th July - Rally Pačejov
14th September - Rally Jeseníky
19th October - Rally Vsetín

Some other:
23rd March - Test Stage Žiželice
30th November - Mikuláš Rally Slušovice
7th December - Prague Rallysprint

Mirek

18th December 2018, 17:22

Another adjustment after today's Slovak announcement.

MČR:
29-30th March - Valašská Rallye + Slovak championship
26-27th April - Rallyy Šumava + Vltava (ERC Historic)
17-18th May - Rallye Český Krumlov
14-15th June - Rally Hustopeče + Slovak championship
13-14th July - Rally Bohemia
16-18th August - Barum Rally + ERC
4-6th September - Rally Příbram

Rallysprint Series:
13th April - Rallysprint kopná
1st June - Rally Vyškov
27th July - Rally Pačejov
14th September - Rally Jeseníky
19th October - Rally Vsetín

Some other:
23rd March - Test Stage Žiželice
30th November - Mikuláš Rally Slušovice
7th December - Prague Rallysprint

Mirek

27th January 2019, 18:06

Jan Jelínek will drive Fabia R5.
https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/50981737_10213681008600547_7971553305325207552_n.j pg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent-vie1-1.xx&oh=6cd917127edac5f28b0f4785901ca71e&oe=5CF1477C
https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/50681603_10213681009120560_4416183853052329984_n.j pg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ht=scontent-vie1-1.xx&oh=7b1dcd625a8cd90a667e7735b386a33c&oe=5CB716C0

Mirek

30th January 2019, 18:50

New car for Vlček: https://twitter.com/HMSGOfficial/status/1090612515548086272

Mirek

8th February 2019, 11:36

It's confirmed now that Kopecký will do the championship again.

Mirek

10th February 2019, 17:29

And now something for all fans of weird stuff. Yesterday the annual amateur event Ve stopě Valašské zimy took place. This even is the crazies one in our country because of conditons combined with no studs and sometimes very amateur level and bad old stock cars (of course there are some very good drivers as well even some proffesionals with zero cars). Anyway tons of weird accidents and funny stuff plus from time to time some nice driving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03T0Wa_AGoA

By the way all shots are taken on former Barum rally stage Zádveřice.

Valašská zima = Walachian winter; it used to be an international Czechoslovak championship event through the 80'.

Mirek

13th February 2019, 14:16

Tarabus again only in Rallysprint Series and Barum and again with Fabia R5.

https://scontent.fprg1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/52143703_2345584405485593_8207695778399911936_n.jp g?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent.fprg1-1.fna&oh=0ef1cb281d90642678614bae2427e6fb&oe=5CF13618

Mirek

21st February 2019, 12:53

Livery of Filip Mareš for Czech Championship and selected ERC events.

https://scontent.fprg2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/52480986_833140783689019_5708567279382298624_o.jpg ?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent.fprg2-1.fna&oh=dfa76c5a79f9beb484a2fb745599128e&oe=5D27C265
https://scontent.fprg2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/52548536_833140773689020_870913853167239168_o.jpg? _nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent.fprg2-1.fna&oh=aa808a5dbd75df5e981d8cf10c39773f&oe=5CE669DC

Mirek

6th March 2019, 11:01

Jan Černý is back in Fabia.

https://scontent-prg1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53317890_2155549667856205_8950812115170492416_n.jp g?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent-prg1-1.xx&oh=1a06a791fdbac3c5d059f2fc862651c4&oe=5CDD76B1

Tom206wrc

8th March 2019, 11:39

I can't find the news anywhere: do you know if in 2019 championship there will still be the czech 208 cup :confused:

PLuto

8th March 2019, 11:45

I can't find the news anywhere: do you know if in 2019 championship there will still be the czech 208 cup :confused:

Yes, there will be czech 208 cup. More details here: www.e-pluto.cz/PRCCZ-2019-EN.pdf

Tom206wrc

8th March 2019, 12:14

Thanks Pluto ;)

Mirek

16th March 2019, 12:12

Some not yet here mentioned news from the provisional entry list for the season starter Valašská Rally.

Béreš jr. with Fabia R5. Jakeš and Březík with new rich sponsor Samohýl under Samohýl ŠKoda Team banner. Trněný switched after ages from the Fabia WRC to Fiesta R5. Trnovec with second i20 R5 in Vlček's team. Zabloudil with Fiesta R5 instead of Impreza.

So far 17 R5 (3 Slovak, 2 Polish). So far one Polo (Štajf) but second shall appear too (Grzyb). The entry list is not yet closed.

kure91

16th March 2019, 18:52

1746
To add to Mirek´s info, here are designs of i20 R5

Mirek

19th March 2019, 08:43

26 R5 + 1 S2000 on the list now!

Mirek

20th March 2019, 19:57

Seeded entry list for Valašská Rally, first event of Czech and also Slovak Championship: http://valasskarally.cz/data/home/media/dokumenty2019/VR19VM_startovka_final.pdf

85 crews, 26 R5 including 2 Polos.

Mirek

22nd March 2019, 11:46

Test Pech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsI2bOn-tkc

Mirek

25th March 2019, 13:01

Samohýl Škoda Rally Team liveries (Březík on the left and Jakeš on the right):

https://scontent.fprg1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/55455266_10219110421730063_665925509489623040_n.jp g?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ht=scontent.fprg1-1.fna&oh=51141b27fbb362c7fecc66023786e273&oe=5D066DF0

Mirek

25th March 2019, 20:30

A video from the traditional pre-season shakedown in Žiželice with some 20 crews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar2zlz0bcQg

Trojan (Fabia R5) won over Kalista (Evo VI gr.A) and Janota (997 GT3).

Hopefully it means that Kalista will drive something. He's been badly missing on the official events for nearly five years!

Mirek

26th March 2019, 12:25

Test Jakeš + Březík: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4b3HTP_-P0

sb7

26th March 2019, 19:25

PLuto

26th March 2019, 22:09

Can any local guy help me?
Is there any road (except Motorway #1) in the region of Valašská Rally which I can not use free of charge? We will go from Hungary and I am not sure if I have to buy motorway sticker for road 35, 48 or 57. Thanks in advance.

In region of Valasska Rally, only D1 is with toll, other roads are free. Of course, in Slovakia you should pay toll for motorway.

sb7

27th March 2019, 06:17

Thanks Pluto,

Slovakian part is clear, we visit Valašská and Barum regularly, but I was not sure if there were new motorway sections since last year.

PLuto

27th March 2019, 15:00

Thanks Pluto,

Slovakian part is clear, we visit Valašská and Barum regularly, but I was not sure if there were new motorway sections since last year.

Dont worry, there is nothing new regarding motorway...

Mirek

29th March 2019, 10:45

Live results of Valašská Rally here: https://rally-base.com/2019/kowax-valasska-rally-valmez-2019/?ssGroupId=1

SS1 starts at 19:30.

TWRC

30th March 2019, 16:44

Live results of Valašská Rally here: https://rally-base.com/2019/kowax-valasska-rally-valmez-2019/?ssGroupId=1

SS1 starts at 19:30.
As usual, Kopecký is on another level, but what a great fight for 2nd between Pech and Koči! Also, Černý is not far off from them in 4th.

Tom206wrc

30th March 2019, 19:51

Nice performance by Matej Kamenec in the 208 cup :cool:

30th March 2019, 19:58

As usual, Kopecký is on another level, but what a great fight for 2nd between Pech and Koči! Also, Černý is not far off from them in 4th.

Kopecky not blowing them away but consistently quickest.

Cerny doing better with the Fabia and Mares a little disappointing so far.

Mirek

31st March 2019, 17:25

So Valašská Rally 2019 is finished now. This time I wasn't there due to some other plans for the weekend but nevertheless it must have been a nice event to spectate especially due to the crazy number of R5 cars on the start.

Kopecký unsurprisingly won and won also all 14 stages... but aside of that there was a lot of things worth mentioning. There was an awesome battle for the second place (and victory in the Slovak championship) between Pech and Koči. Unfortunately the fight was decided by technical problems of Koči (likely differential) on the last two stages. Černý was mostly the fourth guy (finally having the speed again) but just like Koči also he had technical problems. He lost gear shifting on the road section, managed to repair it but got a time penatly for being late into the next stage. Mareš had a rather slow start but in the end he finished third overall which is pretty good result I'd say. From those not so positive points I'd name lack of speed for Jakeš, Štajf, Vlček, Béreš jr., Odložilík or even Grzyb. I think that everyone thought Grzyb would finish better than 8th (despite driving Fabia instead of Polo in the end). Štajf was quite slow with the Polo. He himself said he must get used to the car on Czech stages and also work hard on the setup for our roads. Vlček looked like he lost some speed with the Hyundai but maybe he will be faster next time. Jakeš had two punctures but even without them the speed was not there. I personally think that it goes down to the Hankook tyres. This time it was bone dry and not wet and damp like on Barum. Béreš was simply nowhere, finished 18th with the best stage result being 15th place! Odložilík lost 3,5 minutes with a puncture but even without that he was rarely able to set a top 10 time. Also worth mentioning that Trněný switched from Fabia WRC to Fiesta R5 after more than a decade and he was unable to show any speed. He finished only 22nd.

Overall except for Kopecký and Pech it was like most of the old classic names got very rusty through the winter.

Strange thing happened also in 2WD. Kamenec went into the penultimate stage as a clear leader with half a minute lead over René Dohnal but he crashed heavily and gave the victory away.

1. Kopecký (Fabia R5) 1:31:29,6
2. Pech (Fiesta R5) +1:05,1
3. Mareš (Fabia R5) +1:42,6
4. Koči (Fabia R) +2:14,6 (5 sec penalty + 1:24 lost on the last two stages with technical problems)
5. Dohnal (Focus WRC) +2:20,6
6. Kopáček (Fabia R5) +2:40,3 (5 sec penalty)
7. Černý (Fabia R5) +2:47,7 (+1:20 penalty and a puncture)
8. Grzyb (Fabia R5) +2:59,1 (10 sec penalty)
9. Orsák (Fiesta R5) +3:05,3
10. Štajf (Polo R5) +3:12,0

There was only one (!!!) retirement from the whole top 30 starting numbers. Pospíšilík (Fabia R5) crashed hard (crew ok).

Mirek

2nd April 2019, 14:21

Very nice video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZCal0mjTG8

dimviii

2nd April 2019, 18:28

lol at 1,39

dimviii

3rd April 2019, 10:06

Erik Cais rally driver
‏ @CaisRally

Big news! As we are not able to start at @RIslasCanarias this year due to my final school exams we got surprise from our team! At Rallysprint Kopna we will start with @Ford Fiesta R5 prepared by Orsak Rally Sport!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3N8I0-W4AAnl9k.jpg

Nowi

3rd April 2019, 10:39

My photogallery from the 1 round of Czech rally championship - Valašská rally 2019 at https://www.rallylife.cz/kowax-valasska-rally-valmez-2019/

Mirek

3rd April 2019, 14:23

Brutal onboard of Pech from the hardest stage of the rally with massive moment at 8th minute and also a very unusual thing when shortly after the start co-driver Uhel gets lost in the pacenotes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuxYo1rkfgI

dimviii

3rd April 2019, 18:34

Mirek

3rd April 2019, 23:51

Second onboard of Pech is maybe even better. This time from the most famous stage of this rally. You wonder how such driving can be more than 0,5 s/km slower than Kopecký (so far sadly no onboards from him)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGXSewoaSs0

Mirek

5th April 2019, 17:17

Crash of 2WD leader Kamenec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20MVuMvTWlI

Mirek

5th April 2019, 18:14

Surprisingly awesome entry list for the first event of the rallysprint season Rally Kopná!
http://rallysprintkopna.cz/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Rallysprint_Kopna_2019_entries.pdf

Kostka, Melichárek and Tlusťák with 1.6 WRC cars. Many Polish drivers including official Škoda Polska driver Marczyk. Tarabus, Jakeš, Vlček,Cais, Bisaha, Odložilík, Březík, Kasperczyk, Riegler etc. with R5. 3 1.6T WRC, 16 R5, 1 S2000, 1 Proto, 1 RGT.

And this is a second league event!!!

Mirek

11th April 2019, 17:22

Kostka will drive the recent Fiesta WRC from Tuohino!

Mirek

11th April 2019, 20:30

Kostka testing: https://www.facebook.com/CestiRallyoviSrdcari/videos/2167050650037535/

Mirek

12th April 2019, 12:29

Tlusťák with HMI:
https://scontent.fprg1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/56757518_1341770102636871_6462134345325871104_n.jp g?_nc_cat=100&_nc_eui2=AeHA6Mbmr-hbwfVzZR0X9o5OqCjIH7T1Pm3EIxcwsMbyRxmhP1iNpP8QjQgP 78TRaTssgSFEwsQx45wO0bGd1wpnqbpr3eDY9aKlDMGIAxBH4Q&_nc_ht=scontent.fprg1-1.fna&oh=2cfd39ac23ccafa04951e66e6084961c&oe=5D36ED86
https://scontent.fprg1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/q82/p180x540/56866295_2281131442103232_890291633210261504_o.jpg ?_nc_cat=108&_nc_eui2=AeFpB0MWrlt_i2xJ83yy8PtpVpQS7o3k6Cb732G7g g4kMTsoUeSho45UfXyqbodwcPMkAnkVA70o61D_0zyIADY-UMVRN4-g_wceGRAuS83UKw&_nc_ht=scontent.fprg1-1.fna&oh=c8b2c9337562492c774da0cac4d54723&oe=5D01D0CC

Mirek

12th April 2019, 16:13

Finally a very spectacular JNK video from Valašská Rally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VbKInheJM

Mirek

12th April 2019, 18:15

Erik Cais was surprisingly second fastest behind Kostka during shakedown. Let's see tomorrow. The results will be here since 9:15: https://rally-base.com/2019/vancik-rallysprint-kopna-2019/?ssGroupId=1

Video from SD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csy7aXBAyfI

Mirek

13th April 2019, 08:05

There was a little snow fall in the night. Roads are mostly wet without snow. The historics are first on stages.

Kostka lost nearly 6 minutes with a puncture on SS1. He will not win this one...

EDIT:Kostka retired due to time lost on SS1 (rumors say the rim broke that bad that it got stuck and the crew lost loads of time trying to remove it).

Kostka's rim (from ewrc):
https://www.ewrc-results.com/quickp/55772_56811322_10157098419459868_65731542720603750 40_n.jpg

dimviii

13th April 2019, 12:16

Tlustak fast with hyundai r5!

Mirek

13th April 2019, 12:26

Tlustak fast with hyundai r5!

Dimitris, it's WRC 2016 spec what Tlusťák is driving ;) Vlček is with the R5.

dimviii

13th April 2019, 12:38

Dimitris, it's WRC 2016 spec what Tlusťák is driving ;) Vlček is with the R5.

aha, i thought that was with r5,my bad.

Mirek

13th April 2019, 15:03

Mirek Jakeš won Rally Kopná and proved again that the Hankooks are strong in wet and cold weather (unlike on the dry Valašská Rally). Erik Cais in his first ever 4WD start brought the biggest suprise. He won three of seven stages overall and was able to keep the pace with Jakeš through the whole event. He made a spin on one stage and lost roughly ten seconds. Jakeš on the other hand got five seconds penalty for hitting a chicane. Vlček with Hyundai R5 finished third when he managed to get over Tlusťák in Hyundai WRC (2016 spec.) in the very last stage. Kostka retired after first stage when his rim broke. He said he would prefer to start in another event with the same car instead of fighting a lost battle here. So let's hope he brings this car again elsewhere. I think that everybody expected somewhat more from Marczyk, Odložilík or Melichárek.

Adam Březík (son of Martin Březík) won 2WD classification with a large margin.

Dominik Stříteský won the Opel Adam Cup.

To me completely unknown French driver Stéphane Scellier won historic classification (after some problems of his opponents but still it's unusual to have a winner who is not known to anyone).

Final results:
1. Jakeš (Fabia R5) 39:12,5 (5 sec penalty)
2. Cais (Fiesta R5) +10,8 (one spin)
3. Vlček (i20 R5) +18,0
4. Tlusťák (i20 WRC) +20,6
5. Tarabus (Fabia R5) +41,3
6. Březík M. (Fabia R5) +43,0
7. Odložilík (Fabia R5) +1:00,4
8. Melichárek (Fiesta WRC) +1:05,4
9. Marczyk (Fabia R5) +1:14,1
10. Rujbr (Fabia R5) +1:35,5

PLuto

13th April 2019, 22:02

To me completely unknown French driver Stéphane Scellier won historic classification (after some problems of his opponents but still it's unusual to have a winner who is not known to anyone).

I know him very well :) I am in contact with him more than one year, due to some business he is working in Czech now. Quite crazy when he was trying to find some team and codriver in Czech, had big plans of starts last year. At least he did Partr Rally Vsetin, where he finished on 5th position. For this year he finally got czech licence, so he can score points in czech historic championship.

Mirek

16th April 2019, 19:40

Some entertaining onboards of Jakeš from Kopná:

SS6 (great stage with some fog): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_kw7UXPr9g
SS3 (not the best stage but very flamboyant driving): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24TLwAGKUyE

The hardest stage is available with Březík (the second mad half is rather famous): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyd53WojG6A

Unfortunately nothing from Cais, who by the way drove the whole rally on slick...

TheFlyingTuga

16th April 2019, 19:51

Mirek or Pluto,

what does it mean horizont? It's a flat crest?

Mirek

16th April 2019, 19:55

It's simply a crest. If it's meant to be taken flat out it's usually something like "horizont na plno" or "horizont plny" meaning "crest full".

Mirek

18th April 2019, 15:12

Entry list for Rally Šumava and Vltava (ERC historic). With 95 entries (12 A8 cars) the list for the historic event is probably our all time best and also the quality of the historic field is impressive. With another 77 competitive crews (14 R5, 2 WRC, 6 GT) in the modern event and some legend crews it's nearly 200 crews together!

Šumava is already pre-seeded but the numbers were not yet published since they are not yet validated by FIA.

Šumava: http://form.pamk.cz/prihlasky/sumava/
Vltava: http://form.pamk.cz/prihlasky/vltava/

19th April 2019, 05:15

Will Kopecky start Sumava with Fabia Evo?

PLuto

19th April 2019, 10:59

Will Kopecky start Sumava with Fabia Evo?

We will see. My bet was that new evolution will start for first time in Portugal.

Mirek

23rd April 2019, 15:56

JNK video from Kopná is finally out. Full of action as always. The first part on dry is shakedown. A lot of crazy old Eastern block cars action inside as well ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7VByk6ftLk

Mirek

24th April 2019, 19:37

Kopecký and Mareš testing (no Evo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tWvnk6-1Go

Some really brutal passes from Kopecký!

Btw. same testing track as every year before Šumava since R5 homologation...

Mirek

26th April 2019, 09:15

ERC Historic Rallye Vltava starts today at 15:18. Live results here: https://rally-base.com/2019/historic-vltava-rallye-2019/?ssGroupId=1

MČR Rallye Šumava starts today at 17:48. Live results here: https://rally-base.com/2019/rallye-sumava-klatovy-2019/?ssGroupId=1

Mirek

26th April 2019, 14:39

Shakedown video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIQt3gPfg0c

Mirek

26th April 2019, 19:18

Jakeš crashed (picture from ewrc):
https://www.ewrc-results.com/quickp/55770_jakes.jpg

27th April 2019, 05:21

Kopecky bossing it and Mares impressing so far.

Mirek

27th April 2019, 07:22

Kopecký (even though he doesn't need it) was also very lucky with the weather on SS2. He drove it nearly all dry while every following driver had it more and more wet.

Also if somebody is bossing it, it's the good old "Lucky" Battistolli and his even more famous co-driver Fabrizia Pons in ERC historic leading by almost two minutes after six stages (one was canceled for them due to a crash of Štochl from the modern field).

dimviii

27th April 2019, 15:42

Kopecky while leading with 52 sec from Pech ,changed wheel at ss 8 and droped 43 sec from Pech
he had climb back 25 sec from Pech but 2 remaining stages are short

Mirek

27th April 2019, 19:43

So... Kopecký will not keep winning Czech events until his retirement. The final number of the winning streak is 24 events.

Anyway rather difficult rally, especially the first leg with the strong rain in the night. As You might remember usually there are few retirements among the R5 drivers in our events. Here three of fourteen crashed (Jakeš, Štochl, Trojan and all of them on the same stage Koráb). Dohnal with Focus WRC also went off and suprise, surprise, on the same stage. He got back on the road after eight minutes but after that retired anyway. Trněný sat back into Fabia WRC and retired with broken gearbox already on the first stage.

From the sporting point of view Kopecký was massively faster in the night rainy stages (he was also lucky with the moment when the rain started). Especially his crazy time from SS6 is worth mentioning (17,5 s faster than the second driver Mareš), but, but... again he picked a puncture. This time he lost too much time to recover. If the rally was two stages longer he may have won anyway but that's not important. Pech was initially maybe a bit slower than expected but when he got the chance he took it. Nevertheless Mareš gave him a good fight and later also to recovering Kopecký. I dare to say it was Mareš's best performance so far. Hopefully there is more to come. Kopáček started slower but in the end also he picked a very good speed. Both of these guys step by step overtook Černý who was initially ahead of them. Simon Wagner crushed the 2WD opposition. Janota was the fastest GT driver.

1. Pech (Fiesta R5) 1:32:19,0 (5 sec penalty for a chicane)
2. Kopecký (Fabia R5) +12,7 (lost 1:36 with a puncture)
3. Mareš (Fabia R5) +18,3
4. Kopáček (Fabia R5) +53,0 (5 sec penalty for a chicane)
5. Černý (Fabia R5) +1:05,9 (lost around 20-30 seconds with engine issue on SS6)
6. Štajf (Polo R5) +1:51,3
7. Odložilík (Fabia R5) +2:41,8 (5 sec penalty for a chicane)
8. Březík (Fabia R5) +2:44,3 (10 sec penalty for a jump start)
9. Hrobský (Evo IX gr.N) +8:52,7 ((5 sec penalty for a chicane)
10. Kalista (Evo VI gr.A) +9:08,2 (lost roughly 3 minutes with an accident)
11. Wagner (Adam R2) +9:18,9 (1st 2WD)
12. Janota (997 GT3) +9:42,8 (1st GT)

SS wins: Kopecký 10, Dohnal 2, Pech 1, Kopáček 1

Historic Rallye Vltava was a true one man show of Luigi "Lucky" Battistolli and Fabrizia Pons (Lancia Delta Integrale). They won by 2,5 minutes over Vlastimil Neumnann (Escort Cosworth) in overall classification and by more than three minutes over Karl Wagner (Porsche 911 SC) in the ERC classification. Also this event saw plenty of retirements.

1. Lucky (Delta Integrale) 1:27:50,5 (one long stage was canceled for historics)
2. Neumann (Escort Cosworth) +2:33,6
3. Wagner (911 SC) +3:09,2
4. Silvasti (Lancia 037) +3:14,3
5. Káňa (Sierra Cosworth) +6:26,8
6. Veikkanen (911 SC) +7:11,6
7. Kirvesmäki (Corolla GT) +7:16,2 (congratulations Jeppe!)
8. Klik (Lada VFTS) +8:34,8
9. Mekler (Alfa Romeo 1750 GTAm) +8:58,7
10. Krejča (Škoda 130 LR) +9:06,6

Mirek

27th April 2019, 21:31

Crash Trojan, Jakeš, Kalista: https://youtu.be/1BKGhwbRMTY?t=64

Mirek

28th April 2019, 12:16

Worth mentioning that despite Pech and Mareš fighting hard to keep Kopecký behind them the fastest driver of the second leg was... Kopáček!

Lol, Kalista repairing his Evo VI after the crash. He finished the next two stages with a good speed therefore we can safely say he was successful in repairs :D
https://www.facebook.com/ewrccz/videos/vb.176732834867/381359402589008/?type=2&theater

Mirek

29th April 2019, 09:04

Martin Macík did the SS1 with a Valtra tractor. here is v video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brFPs6jaJzw

From the video: ... chicane from the left... you're fucking kidding me, we have no chance to fit in that one! :D

Jarek Z

29th April 2019, 09:17

So... Kopecký will not keep winning Czech events until his retirement. The final number of the winning streak is 24 events.

Uff! Finally! :D At least some change in the Czech championship! ;)

Mirek

30th April 2019, 12:49

Some onboards are coming.

Kopáček SS12 (must watch, especially the second half!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1LU0NnfQHI
Pech SS10 (I was spectating at the finish line): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kfDq3z_eLo
Jakeš SS2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfyumtY5nTs
Mareš SS14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeNtaLDBAZs
Štajf SS6 (this is the stage where many crashed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mugHp_R5wiU

Mirek

10th May 2019, 07:50

Entry list for Rallye Český Krumlov: http://www.rallyekrumlov.cz/media/attachments/rck2019_fiaert_mcr_entries.pdf

14 R5, 1 S2000, 1 WRC, 4 GT and a world premiere of Fabia R5 Evo.

Mirek

13th May 2019, 16:56

Unfortunately Kopáček had a serious accident today during testing. He is in the hospital with four broken ribs. He will be out for a long time.

dimviii

15th May 2019, 19:17

Kopecky test pre Cesky Krumlov

https://youtu.be/Y2PeR4Yo7LM

15th May 2019, 21:51

Kopecky test pre Cesky Krumlov

https://youtu.be/Y2PeR4Yo7LM

Super confident driving in tricky conditions, new car looking good :)

Mirek

17th May 2019, 12:50

Live results from Český Krumlov here: https://rally-base.com/2019/rallye-cesky-krumlov-2019/?ssGroupId=1

Mirek

17th May 2019, 14:23

Finally JNK videos from
Rallye Šumava: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5kUF9nJnH4
Historic Rallye Vltava: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4eKurc24s

Got Mail

17th May 2019, 20:01

What does the 'retarder' penalty mean?

17th May 2019, 20:07

What does the 'retarder' penalty mean?

Late?

17th May 2019, 21:25

Looks like Kopecky had some kind of penalty then (30s), so he ends the day with a very small lead.

Stage times don’t seem a great deal different to what one would have expected with the old car but perhaps he is taking it easy or getting used to the new car.

CWJ

17th May 2019, 21:34

What does the 'retarder' penalty mean?

Gues chicane / traffic cone faults ?

mknight

17th May 2019, 22:12

This:

https://youtu.be/uCjk7zI2bxc

In description of the spectator spots it's showed like this:
http://www.rallyekrumlov.cz/cz/divaci/divacka-mista-2019/e-col-de-jan-2019

But Kopecky says roadbook is different, so they can prbly appeal. Doesn't matter much though, unless he makes a puncture tomorrow.

Mirek

17th May 2019, 22:42

Retarder = Chicane

In our system you get 30 seconds if you miss a chicane completely or brake straight through (less for lesser infingement, such as 5 seconds for moving one chicane piece from its base marked on the road). The system is pretty clear with a refferee at each chicane marked so in the road book.

I think they would not appeal if nothing more happens and they win.

Today SS2/6 was the hardest one today (and my favourite). First two stages tomorrow are the hardest of the rally.

Got Mail

17th May 2019, 23:04

Retarder = Chicane

In our system you get 30 seconds if you miss a chicane completely or brake straight through (less for lesser infingement, such as 5 seconds for moving one chicane piece from it's base marked on the road). The system is pretty clear with a refferee at each chicane marked so in the road book.

I think they would not appeal if nothing more happens and they win.

Today SS2/6 was the hardest one today (and my favourite). First two stages tomorrow are the hardest of the rally.

Thank you for the explanation.

18th May 2019, 09:19

Mares up to second, good performance.

18th May 2019, 13:19

Pech out (accident). He was pushing really hard on the videos that i have seen.

Hard work keeping up with those Fabias but he could be really strong in a new Fiesta or Polo maybe..

Mirek

18th May 2019, 13:44

Pech first spun and lost second position to Mareš. Afterwards he tried to get back but broke wheel.

18th May 2019, 14:26

Are you at the event Mirek?

Mirek

18th May 2019, 14:42

No, I am not, no time...

Pech likely broke wheel over a hay bale in a chicane.

Mirek

20th May 2019, 12:02

Some nice onboards from 1st leg (second leg not available yet):
Jakeš SS2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U5BfOIbLTY
Mareš SS8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwxzbgTKCZg
Štajf SS7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg2dQ6O0wuY

20th May 2019, 19:28

Did Skoda 130LR really have six speed sequential box?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DwlO6_IqRso

PLuto

20th May 2019, 22:23

Did Skoda 130LR really have six speed sequential box?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DwlO6_IqRso

For sure this is not regular historic car, but bastard allowed only in national class.

Mirek

21st May 2019, 08:12

For sure this is not regular historic car, but bastard allowed only in national class.

But very spectacular bastard.

Mirek

21st May 2019, 08:13

A truckload of adrenaline with Jakeš on the legendary stage Malonty (especially second half): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki9LuOP4TOE

Meanwhile some bad news. Rally Příbram si canceled :(

21st May 2019, 09:31

A truckload of adrenaline with Jakeš on the legendary stage Malonty (especially second half): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki9LuOP4TOE

Meanwhile some bad news. Rally Příbram si canceled :(

Crikey, need big balls for that stage!

Mirek

22nd May 2019, 16:15

Another two nice stages which weren't yet posted.

SS11 with Jakeš: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA71kCXUcS0
SS13 with Štajf (this is very spectacular stage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjvQv3YR_5s (at 1:27 You can see what happened to Pech, he hit the hay bale by right front wheel, broke steering and went off - his traces are nicely visible on the road)

Speaking about Pech, finally something from him (this stage was posted but only from a night run): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42O0MHFa8KY (crazy fast with a massive jump at 3:44)

Jarek Z

25th May 2019, 22:23

Retarder = Chicane

In our system you get 30 seconds if you miss a chicane completely or brake straight through (less for lesser infingement, such as 5 seconds for moving one chicane piece from its base marked on the road). The system is pretty clear with a refferee at each chicane marked so in the road book.

Yes, chicanes are quite popular in Czech Republic as well as in Poland, where this hilarious video was taken :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXNfUfBbGr8

Mirek

28th May 2019, 21:10

Nice video from Český Krumlov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcCQ6V48M7Y

Mirek

1st June 2019, 07:40

Rally Vyškov (Rallysprint Series) live in half an hour: https://rally-base.com/2019/rally-vyskov-2019/

Mirek

1st June 2019, 15:44

Not much worth talking about hapened in Rally Vyškov, also the competition wasn't the best.

1. Tarabus (Fabia R5) 40:15,1
2. Odložilík (Fabia R5) +15,0 (5 sec penalty)
3. Vlček (i20 R5) +22,7 (5 sec penalty + spin)
4. Rujbr (Fabia R5) +32,2 (5 sec penalty)
5. Jelínek (Fabia R5) +58,3
6. Trněný (Fiesta R5) +1:19,3 (30 sec penalty)
7. Hanák (Fiesta R5) +2:02,2
8. Riegler (Fiesta R5) +2:15,8 (35 sec penalty)
9. Kurka (Fiesta R5) +2:20,4 (5 sec penalty)
10. Ševčík (Evo IX gr.N) +2:47,5 (5 sec penalty)

PLuto

2nd June 2019, 02:09

Mirek

2nd June 2019, 09:44

With all respect I don't think that people on the international forum are interested in 2WD results of a second league national event.

Mirek

4th June 2019, 18:58

Nice onboard of Tarabus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGBdAHJ7XXo

Mirek

8th June 2019, 18:20

Massive 26 R5 cars for Hustopeče! Entry list: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=21659

Kopecký won't start so we can expect a big battle for the victory between Pech, Koči, Mareš, Dohnal, Černý, Jakeš or Grzyb.

Mirek

12th June 2019, 19:41

Spectacular video from Rally Vyškov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lch8D69frE4

Mirek

14th June 2019, 08:31

Rally Hustopeče live today since 6 p.m.: https://rally-base.com/2019/agrotec-petronas-rally-hustopece-2019/?ssGroupId=1

Mirek

15th June 2019, 14:51

Ladies and gentlemen... we have a new maiden overall winner in Czech lands. Something very very special :)

Before Rally Hustopeče it was expected that a big battle will rage for the victory because Jan Kopecký is on Sardinia and Václav Pech hasn't been dominating the rest of the field anymore like when he was younger (probably the Fiesta limits him in a certain way as well). It was exactly like that and the rally was overloaded with drama. There were three rally leaders and six stage winners.

The early leader was Černý followed by Grzyb, Koči and Pech. In the second night section Mareš won both stages and got into the lead. Pech lost 40 seconds with broken driveshaft (and two spins out of that), Koči retired behind the finish of the loop due to double puncture (it's not allowed to drive on three wheels on the road section). Grzyb got a 30 second penalty for taking a shortcut on SS1 (see here: https://youtu.be/QszvQOzMuBo?t=222 ). Jakeš broke three concrete poles of a fence but luckily without any functional damage. Therefore after the first leg it was Mareš - Černý +3,5 - Jakeš +30,3.

In the second leg Mareš further extended his lead and took the victory. Černý retired on the very last stage with a broken transmission after a puncture. Jakeš would be therefore second but he also retired but this time behind the finish of the very last stage! He wasn't able to start the engine. He was lucky in the first leg but very unlucky in the end. Pech got a puncture and had to change a wheel. As a result he finished only 10th. Koči restarted to get points for the second leg into the Slovak championship (they give points for each day separately) and won the second leg ahead of Grzyb in Slovak standings.

Final standings look therefore like this:

1. Mareš (Fabia R5) 1:22:56,1
2. Dohnal (Focus WRC) +1:05,8
3. Grzyb (Fabia R5) +1:15,7 (30 sec penalty)
4. Štajf (Polo R5) +1:23,6
5. Odložilík (Fabia R5) +1:36,3
6. Rujbr (Fabia R5) +1:44,0
7. Březík (Fabia R5) +1:54,1 (5 sec penalty)
8. Vlček (i20 R5) +2:13,8
9. Pospíšilík (Fabia R5) +2:57,2
10. Pech (Fiesta R5) +3:23,0 (broken driveshaft and tyre change on stage)

Jan Talaš (208 R2) easily won 2WD. Stejskal (Clio R3T), who was the closest to Talaš, crashed. Semerád (Adam R2) crashed after he encountered a concrete anti-cut thrown by gr.N car of Hrobský into the middle of the road (see here: https://www.ewrc-results.com/quickp/55768_64732880_464027891044721_1033275084518719488 _n.jpg ). Strangely somehow seven crews managed to avoid it.

Mirek

15th June 2019, 18:01

Onboard of Semerád's accident due to the anti-cut in the road: https://youtu.be/5KnFleEWabU?t=146

Mirek

18th June 2019, 21:57

Rally Hustopeče is the most specific and the most spectacular rally in our country and also the onboards are great. Some of them here:

Jakeš SS1 (with a close call for a pheasant): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTJ1i38vNwc
Pech SS2 (with a great jump at 3:35 and near roll at 5:20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWwZcuXK7CU
Mareš SS8 (not that nice half-circuit stage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuZ-eMGl7fw

Mirek

24th June 2019, 08:17

There was one very lucky man in Hustopeče. The driver Braňo Mičko had to undergo a surgery of his left shoulder but fortunately nothing worse happened to him!

https://www.autosportfoto.sk/images/gallery/lama-racing-rally-hustopece/branohustopece.jpg
https://www.autosportfoto.sk/images/gallery/lama-racing-rally-hustopece/branohustopece2.jpg

Photo from www.autosportfoto.sk.

Mirek

26th June 2019, 07:42

Kalle Rovanperä entered Rally Bohemia.

Mirek

1st July 2019, 11:44

1st July 2019, 16:05

Entry list for Rally Bohemia: http://www.rallybohemia.cz/2019/cs/Dokumenty/Dokumenty-MCR/Seznam-posadek-MCR.html

Historics: http://www.rallybohemia.cz/2019/cs/Dokumenty/Dokumenty-MCR-HA/Seznam-posadek-MCR-HA.html

Legend: http://www.rallybohemia.cz/2019/cs/Dokumenty/Dokumenty-LEG/Seznam-posadek-LEG.html

Nice to see former works Skoda drivers Jindrich Stolfa and Vladimir Berger on the historic entry, also a Skoda 200RS in the legends!

Mirek

1st July 2019, 16:50

They are not really rare entries in our events ;)

1st July 2019, 20:22

They are not really rare entries in our events ;)

Nice.. I don’t normally read the historic entry lists tbh.

Mirek

9th July 2019, 15:00

Henning Solberg and Jimmy McRae will start on Rally Pačejov!

Henning will use Fiesta R5 which Pech normally uses. Jimmy McRae will drive Opel Manta 400 from the collection of Jiří Jírovec and it's actually ex-Jimmy's car.

Mirek

9th July 2019, 19:24

Finally very spectacular JNK video from Rally Hustopeče: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGlcGNI6UWk

11th July 2019, 19:16

Skoda Motorsport pre-Bohemia test: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJg3G7JpuM

Mirek

12th July 2019, 09:12

Rally Bohemia starts today in the evening with Sosnová SSS. Live results can be found here: https://rally-base.com/2019/rally-bohemia-2019/

It looks like today and tomorrow will be wet while for Sunday the forecast doesn't show any rain for the moment.

dimviii

12th July 2019, 15:25

your opinion about Kopecky vs Rovanpera?

Mirek

12th July 2019, 15:27

My bet on Kopecký but Rovanperä is somewhat lucky because more than 1/2 of the route is completely new this year and Kopecký won't have such a big advantage as he would have, had it been all old well known stages.

dimviii

12th July 2019, 15:49

Mirek

12th July 2019, 15:56

It's also a home event for Mareš. Not saying he can fight with Kopecký but he shall be fast.

PLuto

12th July 2019, 16:32

It's also a home event for Mareš. Not saying he can fight with Kopecký but he shall be fast.

Last year Bohemia was the worst rally for Mareš in terms of performance. He was so nervous and overmotivated, he was not able to find good rhythm. Sometimes home events are not the easiest...

12th July 2019, 16:40

Rovanpera is pretty quick on asphalt these days (check Catalunya times from last year) but Kopecky should still have a home advantage I suppose.

Anyway , good practice/test for Deutschland for both of them.

Mirek

12th July 2019, 17:03

PLuto

12th July 2019, 17:09

If this works for You it's live TV from Sosnová SS1 and SS2: https://sport.ceskatelevize.cz/zive-vysilani#live

First there are some lazy electric cars cruising around... and the TV crew is bashing them :D

As that electroshits were delayed, maybe there will not be enough time for top cars for live coverage :D

Mirek

12th July 2019, 17:16

And now we are waiting and waiting... it's not funny anymore.

EDIT: Crews are on stage for half an hour already but the TV stream is still stopped :(

Mirek

12th July 2019, 19:48

At least nice video from shakedown with a spin of Kalle (when interviews start you can stop :) ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRlKpkwOtYs

Mirek

13th July 2019, 10:41

Kopecký lost 11 seconds on SS4. Maybe a spin or something.

SS3 was dry, SS4 wet.

EDIT: Small off for Kopecký, same for Vlček and Tomek. All on the same spot.

dimviii

13th July 2019, 11:04

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‏ @MotorsportSkoda

@RallyBohemia after SS 4: @KalleRovanpera so far quickest and took the lead, #Kopecký took softer rain tires, lost 10 seconds, weather conditions unpredictable #Skoda @eWRCresults @OfficialWRC

Mirek

13th July 2019, 11:13

2WD leader Talaš lost over 20 seconds on SS4 too.

SS6 was nearly dry and Rovanperä was fastest again (maybe he had a bit better tyres I don't know).

dimviii

13th July 2019, 11:34

Rovanpera surprised me against Kopecky! took some difference at ss6

Mirek

13th July 2019, 12:13

Kopecký again very slow time on SS7. SS8 currently stopped due to an accident of one of the historical cars starting before the main field. Ambulance on the spot.

EDIT: Kopecký's time will be corrected. Shall be a timing mistake.

Mirek

13th July 2019, 15:49

Never mind, strange things happen...

A lot of punctures on SS11 but the times have changed now, hard to say who lost how much...

There is some mess in times now (not only in times but also in the timetable).

Most likely Černý is leading now after the puncture plague bus his time is wrong (also of Dohnal and Vlček who also escaped the puncture).

Mirek

13th July 2019, 16:30

So now the times make sense. There was some rain water pipe in a ditch which they dug out by cutting in the first run and nearly everybody made a puncture on it in the second run. Černý, Dohnal and Vlček were the only one from the top crews who avoided it. Černý is leading.

From the times in the following stage I'd say some had damaged geometry or suspension from the puncture as well. Another reason could be wrong tyres in the spare for the actual conditions on the stage.

Ucci

13th July 2019, 16:36

even without stage knowledge advantage, imho Kopecky will be easy faster

You were wrong....

Mirek

13th July 2019, 16:54

So after first day we can expect a big battle tomorrow. Tomorrow there are two well known stages for everyone except Kalle (including the long one which will most likely decide) and one new stage for everyone. At the end there is a second run of the city stage.

1. Černý
2. Rovanperä +7,6
3. Kopecký +12,7
4. Mareš +22,0

Video SS3-SS8. You can skip the interviews in Czech of course :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL1Ku4p7fKg

The most funny thing from the interviews is that some drivers were complaining they had slicks and needed wet tyres (Dohnal, Odložilík for example) while Kopecký was complaining that he had wet tyres and needed slick :D

And a second funny thing. I don't know if you ever saw something like that. The second loop today was started 24 minutes ahead of the schedule...

Mirek

14th July 2019, 06:13

Video SS9-SS13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoM7MpSdgaM

dimviii

14th July 2019, 09:10

Amazing Rovanpera! Cant remember when was last time Kopecky lost so clear in his country.

Co-FIN

14th July 2019, 09:12

Mirek

14th July 2019, 09:58

Now it's sunny and the roads are dry but the morning loop was still partially wet and full of crashes. Mareš, Dohnal, Pech and Trojan all went off. Only Pech was able to continue with broken suspension.

dimviii

14th July 2019, 11:14

wet,dump or dry,Kalle still faster.

14th July 2019, 13:15

Looks like Kopecky had problems or gave up on the penultimate stage. Well done to Kalle, beating Kopecky at home is indeed quite an accomplishment.

PLuto

14th July 2019, 13:50

Looks like Kopecky had problems or gave up on the penultimate stage. Well done to Kalle, beating Kopecky at home is indeed quite an accomplishment.

Yes, he gave up. Because of missing in Hustopece and cancellation of Pribram, for him was more important to score maximum points in Czech championship.

dimviii

14th July 2019, 14:06

Imho best performance we have seen from Kalle till now.

Mirek

14th July 2019, 15:20

And the best debut of a foreign driver on Czech event in at least twenty years. Hats off!

In fact this is how it shall be. The young shall take over the old before those retire and that day comes ever closer for Jan.

Today I finally went on the stages again. Saw three of them and I am very happy about my choice of places. Also saw a few rather big crash of Tomek and helped to move the car off the road.

Jeppe

14th July 2019, 16:01

Congrats for Kalle and Jonne!!!

Best tarmac performance from Kalle so far... We´ll see how it goes in Germany ;)

Mirek

14th July 2019, 16:08

Video SS14-SS16 with some very spectacular moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY2FubhVjho

At 11:35 you can see the moment when Pech broke wheel. Also a scary moment for Jakeš at 9:44.

Mirek

14th July 2019, 16:37

And a final video SS17-SS20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRgO7n-TzsY

As you can see SS19 was full wet while others were dry or slightly damp (the last city stage).

14th July 2019, 16:41

In fact this is how it shall be. The young shall take over the old before those retire and that day comes ever closer for Jan.

2018 was peak Kopecky. Still he can be pretty useful for Skoda for the time being, but Mares is coming on well too..

I think they should send Kalle to Barum too, just to check :)

mousti

14th July 2019, 16:51

2018 was peak Kopecky. Still he can be pretty useful for Skoda for the time being, but Mares is coming on well too..

I think they should send Kalle to Barum too, just to check :)Some people think he will, but normally he won't be there.

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Mirek

15th July 2019, 15:00

Kopecký off on SS4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCOvtLPUcBg

And Vlček the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npNb26gc_hk

PLuto

15th July 2019, 22:14

I think they should send Kalle to Barum too, just to check :)

They dont want :(

had_zachau

16th July 2019, 07:27

Nice video including pláče, where the most of top crews made punchure

https://youtu.be/S6UVF-tC4eI

Mirek

16th July 2019, 07:42

... and me in the action removing the crashed car of Tomek :D

Mirek

16th July 2019, 08:58

Pech returning to Porsche for the Rally Pačejov.

Mirek

18th July 2019, 15:07

Entry list for Rally Pačejov: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=21838

Mirek

19th July 2019, 08:01

Peták changed car to Fiesta WRC.

Jimmy McRae will drive as a VIP before the historic field.

Mirek

19th July 2019, 15:25

Some onboard from Bohemia appeared finally, for example:

Jakeš SS4, the place where Kopecký went off is at 1:32: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw2FqPdZOxY
Štajf SS12, very difficult stage, especially the second half: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xd9G0Nw9gU
Jakeš SS19, the longest stage with hard slick on wet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ7SCenQVPc

And another video from the rally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfI8pbreqA

Mirek

21st July 2019, 10:28

Beautiful SS14 with Jakeš with massive big moment just after the start and another mistake near the end. This stage was back in the rally after 20 years. Just check the awesome jump at 2:58 (I was spectating in that section): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7hh8mhinv8

Ucci

22nd July 2019, 06:46

Mirek

27th July 2019, 17:21

Dohnal easily won Rally Pačejov. Behind him Odložilík, Tarabus and surprisingly Rujbr were battling. Odložilík retired with broken suspension (Vlček with the same problem). Henning Solberg was co-driven by his wife and he was rather slow (he also made a mistake with setup and tyres for one section). Moreover he got 3 minutes penalty for being too early in TC (he said it was his mistake). Pech drove Jírovec's Porsche 997 but he wasn't able to keep with the R5 cars. In fact he was battling with top gr.N drivers not with the R5. There were many retirements and crashes therefore the final results look a bit unusual for Czech events...

Jimmy McRae drove two of his ex-cars as zero - Chevette and Manta from the collection of Jiří Jírovec. Jírovec also bought ex-Mäkinen's Evo VI from Henning.

Video from SS1-SS6 including a short onboard of Henning (note 10:23 and 11:43 the rims): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF0tNpk2Kag

1. Dohnal (Focus WRC) 42:50,4
2. Tarabus (Fabia R5) +40,1
3. Rujbr (Fabia R5) +43,6
4. Trněný (Fiesta R5) +1:54,8
5. Pech (Porsche 997 GT3) +2:50,9
6. Šimek (Evo IX gr.N) +3:08,4
7. Šikl (Evo IX gr.N) +3:19,7
8. Pokorný (Fabia R5) +4:19,6
9. Březík jr. (208 R2) +4:20,8
10. Nešpor (Porsche 997 GT3) +4:47,4

12. Solberg (Fiesta R5) +4:57,7 (3 minutes penalty)

This time I could not go therefore I only give info which was posted on the internet. I really like this event but my friend had a wedding yesterday :)

Mirek

27th July 2019, 20:00

Video from the last section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHnvRyCmFy0

You can hear in the video Henning saying that the Pech's Fiesta is one of the best set-up asphalt cars he has ever driven.

By the way this rally may replace Příbram in next years main championshpip.

Ucci

27th July 2019, 20:07

What is Pech saying when asked about comparison between R5 cars and Porsche 911?

Mirek

27th July 2019, 20:13

What is Pech saying when asked about comparison between R5 cars and Porsche 911?

When he was asked if he could make a choice at that moment if he would stay in the Porsche or choose the R5 instead, he laughed and avoided to answer.

kure91

27th July 2019, 20:13

In short from last video, he´s saing that he didn´t tested the 911 prior the event and hoped they would remember from 2016. In second half of event they started to enjoy it. About Henning, Pech is happy that Henning liked the car. Not much about comparison of cars.

Ucci

27th July 2019, 20:16

When he was asked if he could make a choice at that moment if he would stay in the Porsche or choose the R5 instead, he laughed and avoided to answer.

Fair enough...but he answerd to me....the RWD beast is his choice.

Mirek

27th July 2019, 20:23

Fair enough...but he answerd to me....the RWD beast is his choice.

Well, everything looks like driving the GT for fun is his way to retirement. I have never been a fan of him but I will miss him because he used to be one of our best drivers of all time (at least on the home soil). As it looks a big chapter will be closed at Barum and maybe not only one.

WRC1

28th July 2019, 17:07

Well, everything looks like driving the GT for fun is his way to retirement. I have never been a fan of him but I will miss him because he used to be one of our best drivers of all time (at least on the home soil). As it looks a big chapter will be closed at Barum and maybe not only one.

:bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry:

Mirek

29th July 2019, 09:52

Video from Pačejov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOq7lteDMFQ

Mirek

29th July 2019, 10:57

:D:D:D
https://www.facebook.com/arek.torski/videos/10214344125864063/

Mirek

29th July 2019, 19:10

Quite spectacular accident of Trnovec: https://youtu.be/NPF5QIu7pYE?t=368

kure91

31st July 2019, 08:23

Bisaha with i20 R5, first start at Barum, next events in 2019 will be anounced later
1810

Mirek

31st July 2019, 18:32

Some onboards from Pačejov:

Henning Solberg SS7 with a small moment near the finish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec625u24ZPo
Jaromír Tarabus SS6 with a nice jump shortly after the start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6KIuJw-8B8
Jan Sýkora SS5 (half-gravel, short but spectacular stage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7524TycI5F4
Jimmy McRae SS3 (unfortunately the Manta broke down shortly after the start): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9AtXaYjOHk
Adam Březík SS7 (winner of 2WD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXppAMGo_AU
Václav Kopáček sen. SS3 (with a big crash): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVm--UQ-GjQ