Czech rally news

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Originally Posted by Mirek

You are right that it's a stage which requires really big balls but what I hate about it is the huge number of artificial chicanes,mostly placed in crossroads. Unfortunately after the number of tragedies we have really strict rules which doesn't allow even a second pass of stage with average speed over 120 km/h. The event organizers have really hard work with cars and tyres being faster every year. The result is often a chicane-flooded stage like this one (the average speed was 119 km/h by the way). For example the most legendary stage of Czech rallying Malonty from Rally Český Krumlov will come soon. I can't imagine how they can keep Kopecký with R5 under 120 km/h if the stage is dry. Last year with S2000 on wet and with many chicanes the average speed was 119. Anyway in my opinion this rule is useless. It only complicates everything and doesn't bring much for the safety as in most cases the chicanes are not placed in dangerous sections but in crossroads, villages etc.

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About artificial chicanes - I partly agree; yes they useless in crossroads, but still I see some point in locating them in narrow villages - driving close to the top-speed between houses, concrete fences, telegraph poles....without any ''safety zone'' is very very dangerous....not to mention that spectators are also very close to the scene.
Yet again if I remember my times as a codriver I always enjoyed ''flying'' between houses...but I was younger at that time.....I think I would not feel comfortable today...

Emil Triner entered Rally Český Krumlov - with 208 R2 :)

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Emil Triner entered Rally Český Krumlov - with 208 R2 :)

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I knew the name sounds a bit familiar - http://ewrc-results.com/profile.php?...&t=Emil-Triner. Almost though I have watched him in Bulgaria back in 80's when I was a meter high above the ground, but may be it has been 10 years later.

In case You don't know this video... it shows why Emil has been always loved by rallyfans :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdkAI3WOUd8

It's the celebration of his F2 victory in Rally New Zealand 96.

haha, never watched such thing:)

so you have to watch this video from one of best year of Emil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixjAgEXhsuo

Yeah, I enjoyed it, thanks. Good driver with a good WRC car.

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Originally Posted by sete

so you have to watch this video from one of best year of Emil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixjAgEXhsuo

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Very spectacular indeed!! I didn´t know he is such a showman. Waiting for the Český Krumlov ;) ;)

very fast guy in his good years.Saw him plenty of times at Acropolis,he and Sibera were a joy to watch.

Miroslav Janota entred Rallye Český Krumlov with Porsche 996 GT3! In case You don't know he has been very fast and spectacular historic driver, historic ERC champion in 2011 together with Pavel Dresler.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Miroslav Janota entred Rallye Český Krumlov with Porsche 996 GT3! In case You don't know he has been very fast and spectacular historic driver, historic ERC champion in 2011 together with Pavel Dresler.

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Great! But what happened with his Lancia 037 project?

I think he was about to drive 037 from Volta's team in some events... I don't know any details but I remember that last year in Krumlov Janota was there waiting for the Italians to come with the car but they didn't arrive. I don't know why.

It was not serious project, they were thinking only about some starts. And now, when gr.A cars are allowed in historics, it is nonsense to start with 037...

Unfortunately Janota crashed badly today in one small rally and the car seems to be destroyed... :(

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Unfortunately Janota crashed badly today in one small rally and the car seems to be destroyed... :(

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That´s bad news. Hope the crew is alright.

You can see some photos of the wreckage here: http://forum.autosport.cz/viewtopic....tart=10#p77596

The crew is said to be in hospital for observation but hopefully they are ok.

Meanwhile a pretty rare car appeared on the entry list of Rallye Český Krumlov - Octavia 4x4 1.8T N4. It shall be the car which Paasonen used in Jänner rally about a decade a go.

Seeeded entry list for Český Krumlov with 116 crews.

http://entry.rallyekrumlov.cz/

The strange seeding is because of ERT priority and also because of ASN ones. It's easy to overlook someone because some are really down the field...

Rally Šumava/Vltava https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gcUdLLA6hE

Very nicely done entry list for Český Krumlov with pictures of each crew

Modern: http://www.rallyekrumlov.cz/cz/soute...a-ert-mcr-2015
Historic: http://www.rallyekrumlov.cz/cz/soute...k-mcr-rha-2015
Legend show: http://www.rallyekrumlov.cz/cz/soute...egendy-show-15

Nice to see Christian Mitterlehner in the legend show!

Live results from Rallye Český Krumlov

Modern: http://rally-base.com/2015/43-rallye...-krumlov-2015/
Historic: http://rally-base.com/2015/43-rallye...2015-historic/

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Live results from Rallye Český Krumlov

Modern: http://rally-base.com/2015/43-rallye...-krumlov-2015/
Historic: http://rally-base.com/2015/43-rallye...2015-historic/

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Nice battle, happy to see the Skoda is not overdominating!

It's interesting. I was a bit expecting Pech to win SS3 which is extremely difficult stage, very narrow with a lot of crests but I didn't expect him to win very fast SS4 at all.

any reason why especially cerny is so slow? lost over 1 minute on 4 (short) stages??

Maybe Cerny is not so slow, maybe Pech+Kopecky are so fast :D

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Originally Posted by liposh

Maybe Cerny is not so slow, maybe Pech+Kopecky are so fast :D

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i do not compare Cerny with Kopecky/Pech...but when also Jelinek and Vlcek are faster (with same car) than something is wrong, no?

Hard to say. Maybe he chose wrong tyres. The stages were dry (at least I think they were but I'm not sure) but rain was expected at any moment.

There was a mistake now. They let Valoušek into the stage just one minute after Laivola instead of two like in previous stage and as a result Valoušek lost some time with overtaking him.

Edit: Kopecký lost 22 seconds in SS6!

Kopecky with mistake at ss 6? lost 22,8 sec.

Left rear puncture was reported. No confirmation though.

Interesting also is that Valoušek drives with stock fuel.

Edit: Kopecký takes 11 seconds back on last stage of today!

The rain came during last night. The top crews were hit mainly in the last stage. Today it's raining. Pech now won first stage of today which is traditionally very muddy narrow forest road. Now the legendary crazy Malonty.

PS Also notice that Pech is on Pirelli tyres while Kopecký on Michelin.

I didn't expect for Pech to be in the position to fight with Kopecky. I thought this season would be an easy game for Kopecky&new FabiaR5...

Pech faster again on SS9, no one expected this I think.


I found their secret ;) :
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2015/photo...vbe_vb_014.jpg
http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/image_browse.php?id=225219

Great new generation of cars though:
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2015/photo...l_peli0839.jpg
http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/image_browse.php?id=225127

Pech on pirellis,and again faster at ss10

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Originally Posted by Ucci

I didn't expect for Pech to be in the position to fight with Kopecky. I thought this season would be an easy game for Kopecky&new FabiaR5...

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I didn't think it would be so easy. Pech is master of our roads and especially on wet and mud it's very very hard to defeat him (now he is moreover on Pirelli tyres which are traditionally perfect when wet). You could see it several times in Barum that when it's wet he is able to fight with anybody from IRC/ERC. For him it's also very good to start first because he is taking a lot of cuts throwing mud on the road which makes it difficult for drivers behind him (sometimes it's clear that he cuts only to make the road dirty).

And now Kopáček did the same as Smékal before. Crashed while leading by a huge margin. I really like him, in this moment he is clearly fastest gr.N driver here, but he must sometimes finish...

Photo of Kopáček's car. Seems like he was only unlucky that there were no spectators to help them out...
http://ewrc-results.com/quickp/20639...62531982_n.jpg

Looks like it will be nearly impossible to win this one for Kopecky, now 12 sec behind Pech with only two stages to go.

We saw on Sumava that the brute power of the Fabia is better than Pech's mini, so it must be down to tyre/driver combination. Nothing too much to worry about, as Mirek pointed out Pech is pretty quick at home.

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Originally Posted by wwbroe

Looks like it will be nearly impossible to win this one for Kopecky, now 12 sec behind Pech with only two stages to go.

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The situation is exactly same like last year. Let's see if this time both make it to the finish.

Kopecký only slightly faster than Pech on the penultimate stage. Jakeš had servo problems and lost one and a half minute. Also Dohnal had technical troubles. Szeja was in a ditch.

Kopecky wins on the last stage!

Feel a little sorry for Pech, he deserved this one but results are counted at the end.