No, Jan will stay with Pavel.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
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No, Jan will stay with Pavel.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Results of Rally Kopná will be tomorrow available here: Autogames Rallysprint Kopná 2012 - Results - Rally-Base
Weather forecast says it will be very wet event.
Here photos of Krestas Focus in livery: www.AutoSport.CZ
Rumors says he was disappointed with cars performance in test, especially suspension even saying he set better times on some test road in Fabia S2000...
I'm really surprised by his choice of car from Friulmotor, it won' be easy to win tommorow.
Test Tomáš Kostka:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2gAWVMui1k
Fight between Kresta and Kostka is over, this second had crash at SS7.
It was a massive crash. I fear there is one C4 less now...
Photo from Rallylife.cz
http://www.rallylife.cz/image.php?fi...4m.jpg&size=xm
Anyway it was an epic family battle! (Kostkas wife is sister of Kresta) I was on some very fast places and these two were driving like mad completely different level to others. Weather was changing and it was a tyre gamble. For example in second section Kresta used cut slicks (4 less and 2 more) and Kostka wet tyres. Really very very spectacular event for me :)
I spoke with man from Kostka's team and he told me that Citroen will repair it. But the car is heavy demaged. One photographer told me that somebody recorded the accident. And i agree that battle between them were fantastic.
Take a seat and enjoy this amazing onboard of Roman Kresta from stage Kopná. It's on cut slicks. The one mistake happened to many, Kostka also. There is strange kind of an incredibly slippery asphalt in that braking zone.
The last and crazies part of the stage is often used for testing before Barum. And by the way this stage goes around a house of Krestas parents.
V?e o Rally CZ, AutoCrossu, RallyCrossu, Kartingu ? MediaSport.cz
Very nice stage, thanks to post this link Mirek.
only what can i say about Kostka C4 is WOW!
onboard is amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmH6qqJDDLY
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Felice Re, the owner of both C4 WRC's (Tam-Auto is servicing both cars) has a destroyed sunday afternoon.....Quote:
Originally Posted by had_zachau
I'm sure the car was insured.
Video including Tom Kostkas crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5XVmnf-v4A
What an amazing stage and drive. Please can someone from FIA ditch Germany or France and give the czech's a rally in the WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I heard that Kostka have his C4 only for first 5 rounds and next he will use Fabia.
http://www.rallybohemia.cz/2012/docs...m_EN_CZ_DE.pdf > Timetable for Bohemia is online, i think on Sumburk but i'm not sure
They used this new names for some reason but mostly the stages are known from last years. Sumburk will be partly different than last year, Bartek.
Entry list for Rallye Český Krumlov: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=12680
Entry list of historic cars: http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=12856
I would like to visit the krumlov-stages on saturday....are there any stage maps online resp. can somebody suggest some nice places to watch?
thanks in advance :)
Here link to Legend entry list (driving some stages just for show): Rallye esk Krumlov - Soutc - Seznam pihlench posdek Rally Legend Show
Map is here: http://www.rallyekrumlov.cz/attachme...2mapa_lock.pdf
On the left side there are in gray color some spectator places with GPS, photos and videos: Rallye esk Krumlov - Divci - Divck msta
These are places where You can easily get. Of course there are other nice places on stages where You need to walk through stages. Generally I think that stages of Český Krumlov are very nice and You can find quite a lot of nice places. But I must admit that I somehow almost never manage to get there in its date. Last time I was there is 2008 so I'm no expert for local stages.
PS Be prepared for some rain. Český Krumlov is famous for rain on Friday and sun on Saturday. It's almost always like that so we'll see this year...
thanks, that helps a lot, appreciate that :)
Results of Rallye Český Krumlov will be live since 16 o'clock here: 40. Rallye
I hope Valousek will have done improvements this time !!! He should be behind Kopecky, but NOT behind the other Fabia S2000 drivers :mark:
Tom, Roman Kresta is without any doubts faster driver than Pavel Valoušek. In my opinion on Czech stages Václav Pech is faster too (speaking about driving skills) but that would be most likely different on foreign stages though.
This event is in fact probably the only chance for Kresta to defeat Kopecký. But sure Roman prays for rain. This event has been his domain in last years when he out of 8 starts in top class won 7x while once he had to retire for technical problem when leading...
Valkoušek already broke a wheel in SS2 and retired. So did Kopáček in SS3. BUT watch times of Emil Triner in his small Fabia A5 fighting for second 2WD place with Peták in Clio R3. Emil is faster than Elwis Chentre in Fabia R2 for example!
Anyway the hardest stages will come tomorrow...
Triner gives them a lesson again on SS4. Do you know is his Fabia 8 or 16v?
16V with sequential gearbox I think
I´m looking forward to the duel Kopecky vs. Kresta on Malonty. For me Kresta is the king of this epic stage. Can´t wait to see them live tomorrow.
Malonty <3Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiat-131-Abarth
Looks like Roman already gave up :( Pech and Tarabus had some troubles (punctures?). Triner flying more and more...
Another Kopecky domination... Is his car that much better than Kresta's or is it in the driver?
I think that the car isn't that much better but it's huge difference to be privateer with one own car and limited budget against a works team with unlimited testing, spare parts, spare cars, data from thousands of testing kilometers etc.
Anyway You can see that difference of Kresta and Pech on Malonty is "standard 17+/-1 seconds like almost every year. It's just Kopecký who is faster. Now Jan had some problem, maybe puncture on Kohout.
Yesterday in the night Pech had puncture and Tarabus run one stage on 3 cylinders (disconnected wire).
Well, as I respect your opinion I must say that I can not totally agree with you on comparing Kopecky and Kresta. I do not belive in any differences in both their cars (maybe tyres, what informations have you on this topic??) and also about testing: Kresta is one of the most experienced European drivers and he is extremely familiar with Czech stages and so he does not need so much testing as one unexperienced driver. Let's be honest: he is a profesional driver. 99% worldwide drivers can yust dream to have such conditions as he has. Kopecky is simply faster. I do not belive in fairytale stories that Kresta sometimes lifts his right food yust to avoid possible go-off....he pushes as much as he can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
On the other hand-one is always slower...in this case is Kresta.
Speaking of disappointment: what is your opinion over Pech? When he was in an un-competetive evo9, he was also behind first two-three S2000. Now is the same story....Do you have any informations comparing his previous stage times with this season times in Mini?? Is he any faster at all with this ugly car??
Well, it's not like You think. Roman Kresta isn't professional driver but professional team boss and that is a difference. His main job is to run cars for others like Tarabus, Trnovec, Adolf etc., to help them with setups, testing. Of course he has good conditions for a privateer but still for example he has less budget for this season than he had last last year without Kopecký in the championship and with more events (that's why he skipped Jänner). If You think that some thousands of testing kilometers which Kopecký has per year is for nothing, You are very naive. And yes, he drives more careful because he doesn't have two three spare cars to continue season with. It's maybe his last season this year and he's no more the crazy guy he used to be. His last crash happened two years a go. That's just impossible if You drive flat out all the time...
Times from Krumlov can't be compared with last year. Completely different weather, also most of the stages is at least a bit different.
Kopecky wins again after his small blip. I think he can afford to go to Ypres now?
All the reasons Mirek states about Kresta are of course valid but IMHO Kopecky is the better driver, even though I like Kresta - sorry to hear he might retire from competition soon.
I too would have expected more from Pech in the Mini.
Now sure Kopecký is faster than Kresta. But as I said it's a complex thing, not only talent what matters.
I still like Kresta more because he came from nothing, from family with no rally/racing background, from a mechanic job, through a car for few Euro to a works team. Everything he knows about setups, dampers, springs, tyres and why he is respected test driver, he learned himself, he doesn't have university education. Kopecký with all respect for him is a "golden child" whose father made him a racing driver. Everything was easier for him and that's why I may be a bit annoying with my personal views ;)
Anyway now I think we will see Kopecký in Ypres and that's sure good news for the IRC :)
But there is a bad news from Krumlov, after crash crew Pelech - Zimolka on Malonty II died coodriver. RIP
Unfortunately it's true. Aleš Zimolka died in the evening in the hospital from internal injuries. Malonty once again took its toll :(
The crew Petr Pelech - Aleš Zimolka with their Civic Type-R has been a long time top-contender in class N3 even winning rallysprint championship...
http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b...e89efcba90.jpg
My condolences to family and friends. Horrible that these news are coming in again.
My condolences specially to family and friends, it has not been a good month.
It's strange, it was no big crash. Seems more it was a really bad luck or something was terribly wrong...