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There is (finally) something happening in Czech republic; a rally test!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bgv...F0LgVfNiONzcDA
So Mirek, what is Daniel talking about (he is also mentioning Porsche)? Thanks in advance.
Nothing extra special. He is returning back to rallysport after some break. Currently only for one non-official race and then he will see how it will work. There was question about Porsche which he likes to use in private life - if he doesnt want to try it in rally. And he refused, he prefer 4WD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
And in basic, there is plenty of tests during last three months. Some drivers are sitting in a rally car almost every second week. But as it is not official race or official action, it is not published by pictures or videos.
New calendars for 2020 season are out!
http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=21113
Since nothing is happening atm, here you have two videos from tests of Erik Cais. The first one is recent from yesterday, the other is few weeks old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCV6wDPX2iw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TxkjqnmyEw
Jari Huttunen on Rally Bohemia and possibly not only there.
Apparently two Peugeot 208 Rally 4 in CZ, by teams Brynda and MRS Carso :confused:
Their first event would be Rallysprint Pribram by end of july...
It's chassis No. 1 and 2, originally test cars. They want to start already on Bohemia 10-12th July.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
I don't see any 208 Rally 4 on final entrylist Bohemia Rally :(
Finally they won't be there (aside of a short drive outside of the competition in Sosnová arena I believe).
Test Kopecký: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjmj...ture=emb_title
If someone of you wants to attend Bohemia please be aware that Sosnová arena is accessible only with tickets from the internet. No tickets to on sale on the place due to Covid regulations. Other stages with no limitations, service rules will be decided on Wednesday based on the situation.
No spectator entry into the service during Rally Bohemia.
Anyway a really great entry list.
Modern: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=22459
Historic: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=22618
Legend: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=22619
Rally Bohemia online:
https://rally-base.com/2020/rally-bo...0/?ssGroupId=1
Historics online:
https://rally-base.com/2020/rally-bo...c/?ssGroupId=1
Huttunen impressive so far!
R5 cars are faster than WRCs. What the hell? :confused:
Despite the hard times of pandemic entry list is great! :up:
Strong performance by Radstrom as well, totally dominating R2/Rally4
Well, to be honest, Pech's Focus is dating back to 2007...to be on the same speed as brand new works Fabia R5 and i20 R5, is still an achivement. The advantage in the pure power of WRC car is lost when you compare suspension....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Kopecky took 4,7 sec from Jari at first stage!
edit Semerad and Mares also faster from Jari,maybe a problem/spin?
edit2 Huttunen Jari - Lukka Mikko
small off
again 4 sec faster time for Kopecky
Huttunen Jari - Lukka Mikko
"Not good at all. We have made changes in setup and it is not working."
But at the end of the day it was the 14-year-old Ford Focus WRC that was faster than the brand new Skoda Fabia R5. Vaclav Pech wins the rally!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Fabia Rally2 EVO ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
The Focus still is a faster car if properly driven, set and maintained (this one certainly is being run by very capable team). That's a simple fact.
Per Czech rules only WRC cars allowed in the championship are those which had Czech registration already in 2014. It means that Pech's only chance to defeat Kopecký was to get the only eligible faster car - Dohnal's Focus.
Fun fact - Pech won Bohemia only for the second time in his long and successful career. In the more distant past the event used to be dominated by Kresta and in last years by Kopecký (last year by Rovanperä).
You may have watched the coverage from Rally Video Novinky but some particularly nice shots are here:
Huttunen in a potato field: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3j...=youtu.be&t=77
Pech total flat out: https://youtu.be/5jLAhW43YBo?t=74
Same place from outside: https://youtu.be/5jLAhW43YBo?t=421
Semerád's crashed car: https://youtu.be/IgPIlm4rDZ0?t=162
Pech's big moment: https://youtu.be/IgPIlm4rDZ0?t=253
Great video with another Huttunen's off (and many other offs and mistakes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elx7o_T6p68
Two spectacular offs of Matěna and Šimek here: https://youtu.be/dL37yKKVDDo?t=122
All in all I think that it was a great event. It looks like Huttunen may drive another events of the championship so the battle of the three may continue. Also great performance from Radström!
So René Dohnal and Robert Hordossy will be the drivers of the 208 Rally 4 at Rallysprint Pribram :confused:
Looking at this video, Vaclav Pech urgently need a fitness training (jogging and workout), because he looks totally exhausted after arrival into TC (at 02:40):
https://www.ewrc-results.com/video/3...nen-mimo-trat/
To be able to outpace other Czech drivers on day one at least, Huttunen and the latest Hyundai R5 must be damn quick!
Re: Pech, I would rather see him in a Polo or new Fiesta R5 so he is competing on a level playing field.
Huttunen is still driving old i20 R5, not the latest spec...Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Great video from Bohemia (only modern event): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1-N...ture=emb_title
On Saturday the Rallysprint season started too. After a big battle 19-years old Petr Semerád (younger brother of Martin) claimed his first ever overall victory (in his second proper 4WD event). There's more to come for sure! With most of the very top MČR drivers not starting the event was long time dominated by Vojtěch Štajf before he crashed out on the penultimate stage (quite hard). Afterwards it was a question whether Martin Vlček can keep his thin lead over Petr Semerád which he gained in the morning (when Petr made some mistakes such as one very funny off). Among 2WD Jan Dohnal in ex-Simon Jean-Joseph's Clio S1600 defeated René Dohnal with the new Peugeot 208 Rally4 (before René's one mistake they were very close). The performance of the Rally4 Peugeot was definitely very good although there still some work to do especially with the rear axle on jumps as far as I can tell from the videos. By the way the two Dohnals are not related.
1. P. Semerád (Fabia R5 Evo) 38:07,3
2. Vlček (i20 R5) +1,8
3. Odložilík (Polo R5) +33,7
4. Bisaha (i20 R5) +1:02,6
5. Trněný (Fiesta R5) +1:24,7
6. Adolf (Fabia R5) +1:39,3
7. Tomek (Fabia R5) +1:57,5
8. Šimek (Fiesta R5) +1:59,6
9. J. Dohnal (Clio S1600) +2:17,1
10. R. Dohnal (208 Rally4) +2:45,2
Crash of Štajf: https://youtu.be/0XrAYdGYFfs?t=135
That lucky ridiculous off of Semerád: https://youtu.be/WniANeEunAQ?t=192
Thanks for the info Mirek, I was exactly asking myself if René and Jan Dohnal were from the same family ;)
Pech leading with 4,3 sec Kopecky after day 1
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...2020/?s=294271
Pech is winner again, this time on very fast stages of Kowax ValMez Rally (usually called Valasska) - https://rally-base.com/2020/kowax-valmez-rally-2020/
ValMez rally was a bit strange in several aspects. Unusual date, both rallysprint (only 1st leg) and MČR event in the same time and also the route was a bit improvised and therefore some stages were a bit too flat out. One stage was even calnceled because of too high average speed in the first run (135 km/h).
MČR:
1. Pech (Focus WRC) 1:11:14,6
2. Kopecký (Fabia R5 Evo) +5,3
3. Mareš (Fabia R5 Evo) +1:04,6
4. Černý (Polo R5) +1:10,5
5. Jakeš (Fabia R5 Evo) +1:51,8
6. Semerád P. (Fabia R5 Evo) +2:15,7
7. von Thurn und Taxis (Fabia R5 Evo) +2:49,1
8. Jelínek (Fabia R5) +3:56,1
9. Bisaha (i20 R5) +4:22,5
10. Adolf (Fabia R5 Evo) +4:28,6
MČR 2WD:
1. Dohnal J. (Clio S1600)
2. Stříteský (208 R2) +1:50,2 (30 sec penalty)
3. Stejskal (Clio R3T) +3:03,2
4. Lukašík (Fiesta Rally4) +3:38,8
5. Pohlídal (208 R2) +3:42,2
Rallysprint P2+:
1. Jakeš (Fabia R5 Evo) 38:20,2
2. Semerád P. (Fabia R5 Evo) +20,2
3. Bisaha (i20 R5) +44,0
4. Trněný (Fiesta R5) +45,6
5. Jelínek (Fabia R5) +1:03,3
Rallysprint 2WD:
1. Dohnal J. (Clio S1600) 40:48,9
2. Dohnal R. (208 Rally4) +37,0 (one spin)
3. Stříteský (208 R2) +40,1 (two slow punctures)
4. Smékal (DS3 R3 Max) +41,3
5. Gargulák (208 R2) +53,8
Ok, I will throw the ball of fire first...
This championship is getting interesting discussion wise...
Everybody loves the upset of the works driver loosing from the privateer but this “window of old cars” I think could damage the championship long term...
The Czech championship for me was one of the “TOP” advertisements for FIA! Always new spec cars and actually a lot of them in all the rallies which is the reason that made Barum, Bohemia, etc, some of the top international rallies outside WRC. The local entries are the ones that bring a rally to a higher level...
If this situation continues I have a feeling that next year the number of these WRCs and S1600s will rise all of a sudden...
I don’t have anything against these cars but I believe each era has its cars and this is going the wrong way for a championship I simply love and try to follow for many many years...
I would really like to hear the opinion of the locals over there...
I was against the rule as it was set in 2014. At that time the number of crews in the international championship (MMČR) was rapidly decreasing and the popularity of the sprint events with mix of all cars was growing at the same time. So ASN decided that the WRC cars (and other older or national cars) can start even in the main championship even if that means to loose the international status. That would be quite fine for me but the issue is how they did it with the WRC cars. They simply decided to freeze the situation as it was. In October or November they released a rule that the cars which have Czech registration till the end of the year can start in next seasons of the MČR but nobody expected that Dohnal would be able to buy a Focus WRC in such a short time before the end of the year (nothing against him, he used the window which was there). Therefore instead of some old Fabias, Octavias or 206 (which really aren't competitive anymore) there was this one Focus, was perfectly legal and nobody could buy a similar car to compete against it because that is forbidden by the rules. When Dohnal was driving it, he was fast, occasionally able to win but he was not Pech who is yet another level. In between another strange thing happened. The Focus burned completely two years ago but M-Sport gave Dohnal a certificate that his second Focus chassis (used for spares) is the same chassis as the burned one. Everybody knows it's new chassis but the paper is always right. Now with Pech the situation is completely weird. At the end of the year it's possible that Škoda works team will leave MČR because they don't want to loose against a privateer with 12 years old car (simply that's how it is) and everybody else is forbidden to buy a car able to compete with Pech in the Focus. ASN will be forced to react on that somehow but banning the car will be obviously pretty bad for a large part of the public. I don't know what they will do. All solutions are bad for someone.
The funniest part is that nobody else can buy a similar car...
Is this the same for S1600 too?
My opinion is simple. Pech won two rallies, but has zero points in the championship. How much sense does it make sport-wise?
Pech has full points. You are wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
No, S1600 cars are completely free but that's ok for me. They don't count into any Peugeot cups, junior trophies etc. which are relevant for the young drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by atsiotras79
It'd be better if that were the case. Let the rich guys play with their toys and entertain the spectators. Keep the actual competition fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z