Saaremaa ralli 2016, Estonia - with some action and some guys with new cars (Koitla, Niinemae).
KKSF HD video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Ua9T-1fEA
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Saaremaa ralli 2016, Estonia - with some action and some guys with new cars (Koitla, Niinemae).
KKSF HD video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Ua9T-1fEA
50th Mecsek Rally (penultimate round of Hungarian Championship):
I was not there, I decided against going after seeing the not too strong entry list and the programme. Hadik won in front of Ranga, who won all the stages on saturday to climb up from 10th to 2nd, finishing on the podium 19 years after the last rally his famous, late father competed on. Crowd favourites were Herczig with Octavia WRC and Bútor with 306 Maxi.
Results:
1. Hadik-Kertész, Ford Fiesta R5 Evo 1:16:55.2
2. Ranga-Czakó, Skoda Fabia R5 +42.8
3. Vincze-Kuti, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4 +53.2
4. Velenczei-Farnadi, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4 +57.8
5. Matics-Zejda, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +1:38.1
6. Spitzmüller-Béres, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4 +1:49.0 (+10s pen.)
7. Balogh-Holczer, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +1:57.4
8. Herczig-Bacigál, Skoda Octavia WRC +2:07.7
9. Trencsényi-Verba, Ford Fiesta R5 Evo +2:11.0
10. Rongits-Hannus, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +2:45.3
Notable retirements: ifj.Tóth - accident, Kazár - DNS, Ollé - engine.
Andolfi 2,7 sec from leader Carron
http://www.ewrc-results.com/results....du-Valais-2016
edit Andolfi crashed according to French forum and blocking the road
http://forum-rallye.com/uploads/mont...2876_thumb.jpg
Gassner sen. has a bit strange way of promoting his new "toy" i20 R5; namely after eight stage at 3- Städte Rally he is exactly 4min behind rally leader F.Kreim.....
Rally Latvia 2016, after 1st day, leader K.Rovanpera (Škoda Fabia R5), 2nd N.Gryazin (Škoda Fabia R5) +4,49, 3rd J.Vorobjovs (Mitsubishi Mirage RS Proto) +47,07
Results: http://www.autorally.lv/?m=4&ft=1
Rally Latvia 2016:
1. K.Rovanpera/R.Pietilainen - Škoda Fabia R5
2. N.Gryazin/Y.Fedorov - Škoda Fabia R5 +1,22,82
3. J.Vorobjovs/A.Žeibe - Mitsubishi Mirage RS Proto +1,27,73 (From Kalle)
4. M.Svilis/I.Pūkis - Mitsubishi Lancer EVOX (N4) +3,11,47 (From Kalle)
5. A.Ostanins/A.Arafev - Mitsubishi Lancer EVOX +3,47,13 (From Kalle)
A.Lukyanuk as codriver for S.Travnikov - they finished in 6th place o/a
Full results: http://www.autorally.lv/?m=4
http://www.autorally.lv/files/r140/s...cision_No5.jpg
plus 4 Minutes penalty -
N.Gryazin
Y.Fedorov
Škoda Fabia R5
Rally Latvija 2016 (including Historical Sport cars) was won by K.Rovanpera
KKSF HD video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UDbW-B-oQg
Congrats to young Kalle, his family and team. There’s a bright future ahead of him!
Rally LATVIA photos - http://janisasaris.com/jaunumi
JA
Final round of the Hungarian Championship ended today, amid big controversy as Kazár was excluded, because yesterday he didn't stop at Velenczei's crash (the crew was still in the car, as they were having trouble getting out), then he didn't stop at the next radio point, just at the stage finish. When he received the papers of the exclusion, he tore them up. It is possible he will get some sort of a suspension. Anyways, results:
1. Hadik-Kertész, Ford Fiesta R5 Evo 1:11:21.7
2. Spitzmüller-Béres, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4 +41.2
3. Vincze-Kuti, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4 +1:07.8
4. Bodolai-Molnár, Ford Fiesta R5 +1:31.9
5. Balogh-Holczer, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +1:45.4
6. Kiss-Varga, Ford Fiesta R5 Evo +2:00.9
7. Matics-Zejda, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +3:17.0
8. Lovász-Kürti, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +3:20.5
9. Rongits-Hannus, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +4:04.3
10. Maricsek-Notheisz, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +4:53.1
Notable retirements: ifj.Tóth - crashed radiator on chicane, Ollé - slid off into a valley, Kazár - excluded.
With all victorious R5 cars around Europe, it is funny (and sad too..) that in Slovenia on the Rally Idrija (final round for the championship) won Rok Turk with P 208 R2!!!
Of course this does not reduce Rok's magnificient drive (I spectaced it), he was already on the first glance very fast, drove very clean lines, made no mistake.....defenitely one of the fastest FWD drivers in this region.
Where in Europe it is still allowed to drive a 997 GT3 apart from R-GT? I know from CZ and Belgium but what about the rules f.i. in Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Poland? PN welcome. Thx.
In Portugal unrestricted GT’s are allowed but very few drivers rally them, because the main championship is half gravel half tarmac. There’s also a separate GT series, with only 2 guys competing. Gt’s are more popular on the tarmac roads of the Portuguese Madeira islands, and some 911’s drivers are still winning local events.
The same happens at the Canarias islands and on others Spanish regional rally series, but in Spain’s main championship 911’s were forced to use a 40mm restrictor, becoming uncompetitive.
Rallye Waldviertel 2016 - Entry list: Final round of the Austrian Rallye Championship 2016 and FIA European Rallye Trophy final event.
https://www.tw-sportsoft.de/Rallye_W...RAEDIKAT_ID=30
88 Teams from 16 nations - 12 R5 cars in total.
Leading entries
Botka - Citroen DS3 R5
Gryazin - Skoda Fabia R5
Cerny - Skoda Fabia R5
Baumschlager - Skoda Fabia R5
Mrlik - Skoda Fabia R5
Mayr-Melnhof, Ford Fiesta R5
Trencseny, Ford Fiesta R5
Wagner, Ford Fiesta R5
Al Ketbi, Ford Fiesta R5
Fogasy, Peugeot 208 T16
Bodolai, Ford Fiesta R5
Mayer, Peugeot 208 T16
you can add Austria for 2016, don´t know for sure for next year, but I don´t expect a change here, anyway we didn´t see a single GT3 on our stages this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by CWJ
New head of staff for former Jänner Rallye organizers, Rallye Club Mühlviertel. Ferdinand Staber is gone, Robert Zitta (an active Austrian rally driver) took over. Zitta plans a return of Jänner Rallye in 2018, still not sure if as a run of Austrian championship or sprint championship:
https://www.rallye-magazin.de/index....ws%5Bday%5D=09
BILLIOT Jérémie @planetemarcus · 2h2 hours ago
#WRC #CDF Kevin Abbring is confirmed to drive Rallye du Var with i20R5 ➡ http://bit.ly/2fz0LNN
Interesting battle ongoing on Waldviertel Rallye in Austria: https://rally-base.com/2016/rallye-w...016/?ssId=3847
After first leg:
1. Černý (Fabia R5)
2. Schuberth (Fabia R5) +1,0 (who is it?)
3. Baumschlager (Fabia R5) +11,0
4. Mayr-Melnhoff (Fiesta R5) +11,3
5. Botka (DS3 R5) +19,3
6. Al Ketbi (Fiesta R5) +27,6
Gryazin crashed from 4th place in SS4. Sadly SS3 was canceled so they did only one proper stage and two SSS today.
It is Christian Schuberth-Mrlik, (double name after marriage), former Mrlik, quite experienced rallye driver, and winner of rallye waldviertel 2014...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
btw it is his home event.
Waldviertel is finished. Great battle between Baumschlager, Schuberth-Mrlik and Černý till the end but the old fox Baumschlager won again. Černý went off in SS6 loosing half a minute but nevertheless nearly caught Mrlik in the last stage. Gryazin after his yesterday's accident in SSS restarted but except one stage win he was quite a lot off the pace.
1. Baumschlager (Fabia R5) 1:34:05,0
2. Schuberth-Mrlik (Fabia R5) +23,4
3. Černý (Fabia R5) +26,2
4. Botka (DS3 R5) +2:29,6
5. Rongits (Evo IX) +4:26,3
6. Wagner (Fiesta R5) +5:36,3
7. Al Ketbi (Fiesta R5) +5:47,8
8. Trencsenyi (Fiesta R5) +6:17,7
9. Hideg (Evo IX) +7:10,1
10. Stigler (Evo IX) +8:40,7
21. Gryazin (Fabia R5) - superally
Some retirements: Mayr-Melnhof (Fiesta R5, technical), Böhm (Evo IX, no reason), Mayer (208 T16, no reason)
Mayer retired with fuel pump problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Gallery Rallye Waldviertel 2016:
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_best...rtel_2016.html
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2016/w4/bestof/15.jpg
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2016/w4/bestof/3.jpg
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2016/w4/bestof/2.jpg
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2016/w4/bestof/4.jpg
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2016/w4/bestof/7.jpg
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2016/w4/bestof/20.jpg
In Spain took place 'Rally Comunidad de Madrid', the last one of this year national competition. The victory came to Cristian García (national champion) after close battle with Sergio Vallejo (Citroën DS3 R5) and Nil Solans (Peugeot 208 R5). It has to be taken into account that the roads were extremely fast, with an average speed of 115/120km/h, so that fits pretty good with the García's Evo X.
Another driver, who has no luck with Peugeot 208 T16. He did 10 rallyes in 2016 and finished only 2 (Arctic Lappland and Sweden), none of the 8 rallyes after Sweden:Quote:
Originally Posted by TWRC
http://ewrc-results.com/profile.php?...t=Walter-Mayer
Is there a reason there were so many foreign drivers in Waldviertel Rallye?
There has always been many foreign drivers there mainly from Hungary and Czech republic ;)
I think it's because it's a great gravel event very close from everywhere around the Austrian/Hungarian/Czech/Slovak corner.
I think it is because great event, very close to the border and also good date as there is not so many rallies in November. So lot of crews is going there to make it as a last "normal" rally of the season before shows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Rallye waldiertel was the final of the european rallye trophy this year, i think that was the main reason, the stages are very challenging, specially because of the traditional slippery, muddy, mixed tarmac and gravel roads in late fall.
I was competing there twice as codriver and i will keep it forever in my mind as extraordinary experience.
I think that most of the foreign crews don't care about ERT.
Some teams in leading positions in the different FIA zones took part, so I think it did matter for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Video Rallye Waldviertel 2016 - 11 Min:
https://vimeo.com/192346160
http://www.ir7.at/w4vid16.jpg
Another nice video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFJMlo2Y488
What is ERT?? ERT, TER, ERC, very confusing...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
European Rally Trophy. Those zones about which nearly nobody cares, You know what I mean? We've had loads of zone champions in CZ simply because large part of central European zone events are part of MČR. Normally they did one or two extra events abroad and took some money for representation from ASN...
No, actually I never heard about it :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Aha :) It's been existing since medieval age I guess :)
Just searched it on the internet, and yes, it exist since 2012 (almost medieval age) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Before it was called European Rally Cup and before European Rally Championship :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton