Also Rally Hustopeče is now part of both Czech and Slovak championship which shall make it very nice.
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Also Rally Hustopeče is now part of both Czech and Slovak championship which shall make it very nice.
I really wish Kopacek a year without any major issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Car of Štajf in colors of Škoda dealer Klokočka, the team owner is billionaire and philanthropist Karel Janeček (the man on the right side)
http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b...b62f44c7d0.jpg
http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b...02841a6ad3.jpg
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD5Lwbg05wE
Interesting! I also heard that the team owner is a mathematician. Is that true?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Cool livery! Good luck with this new project!
Yes, he is. Besides other scientific work he teaches financial mathematics on the university and he is also well known person here as a founder of several foundations (anti-corruption, support of science etc.). You can read something about him on his English website: http://www.kareljanecek.com/en-CZ/
Come on guys…there’s info about Czech mathematicians, billionaires and philanthropists but not a line on Kopacek good looking codriver?
Thank God we got Ewrc! According to them, Miss Rendlova has been codriving since 2010 with some nice results on regional level, and this will be her second season with Kopacek on czech national series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Best luck to Barbara. It would be great see her getting to WRC!
(It may sound a bit sexist, but if we take Kournikova role on WTA revamp I think we all agree that having more pretty and talented girls driving or codriving at WRC would be a nice progress).
Maybe You want to hear her as well? I know it's that strange language but still... ;)
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/8098.html
Yep, she even ‘sings’ the notes in a nice way!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Seriously: FIA must get a proper program to promote women active participation on motorsport. We’ve been seeing a growing numbers of girls getting involved at rally or racing, mainly thanks to ASN’s friendly policies, but there’s no real help from FIA to make them get into top motorsport international series. It’s a shame.
The Ladies cup in ERC sadly wasn't exactly a success despite it having same promotion as ERC 2WD. It started quite well but the competition didn't grow with the time but faded.
What's so strange? Pretty similar in so many ways to other neighboring Slavic languages.. Hell, you guys are nice enough to use Roman letters..That's good! Much easier to see immediately that I don't know what the hell a word is than when I fight reading 'Rooskija' where i strugle with Cyrillic and then get the word, and THEN I see "No f**king idea"..Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Hehe, actually we use quite a lot of German words (ja, wir waren ein Teil von Östereich für ziemlich lange Zeit) but after centuries of their use by us they don't resemble the original that much :p
Norwegian Petter Kristiansen will do czech championship with őrsak skoda s2000 this year. Pluss some erc's, barum is one of them.
very nice livery!
Interesting livery. But more important than the livery is that he finally got a proper car! Do you think he can win the championship?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
He had the same car last year.
And no, he doesn't have a chance against Kopecký.
Yes, sorry, I didn't know that the official Skoda team competes in Czech champonship this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Pontus Tidemand tested the R5 on Barum rally stage Žlutava (Halenkovice). Very spectacular, especially the infamous crest!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niCfDx3avZE
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Very nice and spectacular driving indeed. ;)
Entry list for Valašská rally, first event of Rally Sprint Series. As expected after last year's disaster without big names from Poland. On the other hand Černý or Kristiansen are nice surprise. 8 cars in Opel Adam cup.
http://www.valasskarally.eu/index.ph...ch-posadek-pdf
The new organization brought also quite a lot different itinerary compared to the last year
http://www.autosport.cz/zavody/soubor.php?f=18183
I see Robert Adolf in the list - his first rally after his accident?
What accident do You mean? I thought he skipped last year due to problems with his knee (maybe also because of what happened to Petr Gross).
Ok thank you, forgot that Gross death wasn´t due to codriving with Adolf.
I thought that Petr Gross is very much alive but not competing anymore? Can Mirek confirm this?Quote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
same impression for me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeppe
Kopecky testing
https://youtu.be/xlBGcgtwN4I
He is alive but his state is another question. I don't want to spread what I heard only from second hand sources but I haven't heard much positive things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeppe
Matthias Kahle (Fabia R5) entered Rally Šumava :)
Shortly for foreign members: The injury has some similarities with Schumacher case. So you can get an idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Saturday morning the Czech 2016 rally season finally starts with the first event of Rally Sprint Series - Valašská rally. The live results will be available since 9:09 a.m. here: http://rally-base.com/2016/rocksteel...ka-rally-2016/
Just checked provisional lists for Šumava/Vltava and I can see Jeppe being entered again :)
So far Černý won all three stages and is keeping a comfortable lead over his opponents.
EDIT: Due to the need to let ambulance go through SS3 to some injured child (not rally related) all next stages are to be postponed by 15 minutes. Meanwhile SS3 was restarted.
Final results
1. Černý (Fabia S2000) 42:39,5 (won 7 out of 8 stages)
2. Odložilík (Fiesta R5) +32,1 (5 sec penalty) (already upgraded to Evo but complained about lack of power)
3. Vlček (Fabia WRC) +1:01,8 (20 sec penalty) (complained about no testing)
4. Kristiansen (Fabia S2000) +1:31,1
5. Březík (Evo IX gr.N) +1:45,7
6. Pešl (Evo IX gr.N) +2:38,8
7. Adolf (Fabia S2000) +2:48,5
8. Trnovec (Fabia S2000) +3:22,1 (5 sec penalty)
9. Smékal (DS3 R3T) +3:35,1
10. Šikl (Evo IX gr.N) +3:44,1 (10 sec penalty)
Most notable retirement is Ševčík (Evo IX gr.N who retired after SS3 from 6th place only 6 seconds behind Březík).
With the new organization everything seems to work a lot better but let's wait with quick judgements.
Odložilík should bought a new Fiesta with the upgraded chassis too to go "fight" with Skodas
Great news, JNK studio started to put their event videos on youtube. Enjoy the one from Valašská rally, very spectacular!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlX0aG0A8WM
And by the way probably an all time record of Czech rallies today. Out of 100 starters only 1 retired due to a crash :eek:
Only minutes left to enter Rally Šumava but new names keep coming into the provisional list. I can already say that the list will be awesome!
By the way there is already around 180 cars entered for both Šumava and Vltava and nearly 200 cars including Legends.
The entry list gets better and better. Now Kostka has also entered the event with a Fiesta R5. I am really looking forward to see this rally live. Nearly 20 R5/S2000 cars, 2 WRCs, 3 GTs and plenty of R2 and N4 cars. It is just crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Just a proof more how strong is Czech economy. Lucky Czech members!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiat-131-Abarth
Probably the strongest entry list of Rally Šumava ever!
Rally Šumava: http://entry.rallyesumava.cz/
Historic Vltava: http://entry.vltavarallye.cz/