National Rally championships News

[TWRC]

Just arrived back, unfortunately had time only for this day. But what a day it was!
The standard and the pace was very high, with almost everybody suffering from punctures (Herczig or Melichárek for example), and great atmosphere. The "old" 306 Maxi generated more interest than the R5s serviced next to it, and also on the stages everybody was waiting for it, like it was a messiah or something The "evo" 208 T16 with Janika retired after stage 5 with an engine problem, it started right before me, sounded like it went to three then to two cylinders, but nothing has been said about it so far. All in all a great day, and I'm sure tomorrow will be just as good as well. Good luck to everybody still in competition!

Just some more thoughts: the 208 was good till it gave up, it was about as fast as the Fiestas and Fabias. Also, it looks like there's no rally in Eger without having to put out a forest fire started by fans (at least everytime I was there, that was the case). There were some nasty accidents as well, most notably a Fabia S2000 went off into the trees and caught fire. But fortunately nobody was hurt.

[Mirek]

There were some nasty accidents as well, most notably a Fabia S2000 went off into the trees and caught fire. But fortunately nobody was hurt.

Yes, that was Czech driver Ondřej Bisaha who switched recently from DS3 R3T.

[Mirek]

1,2 seconds between Grzyb and Herzig before last stage!

[TWRC]

1,2 seconds between Grzyb and Herzig before last stage!

And Grzyb wins by 0,5! Great rally by both, also by Valousek for his first time in the R5, in the end it seemed like he was concentrating more on finishing 2nd in MSR rather than pushing it too far.

[Mirek]

Final results

1. Grzyb (Fiesta R5) 1:12:02,8
2. Herzig (Fabia R5) +0,5
3. Valoušek (Fabia R5) +10,3
4. Melichárek (Fiesta WRC) +20,2
5. Hádik (Fiesta R5) +27,8
6. Ondrej (Fabia WRC) +42,4
7. Kazár (Fiesta R5) +57,6
8. Spitzmüller (Evo IX R4) +1:20,2
9. Vincze (Evo IX R4) +1:26,1
10. Botka (Evo IX R4) +1:30,0

23. Bútor (306 Maxi) +4:06,6

[dimviii]

Βotka with evo 9,not ds3?

[Jarek Z]

Grzyb wins a very interesting Eger Rally in a great style! Congratulations!



Slovakian championship syandings:
1. Grzyb 60, 2. Valoušek 46, 3. Melichárek 42, Hadik 42, 5. Ondrej 34, 6. Trencsényi 28.

[Mirek]

Βotka with evo 9,not ds3?

Yes. Does anyone know if Hungarians still use ethanol powered R4? Today on the extremely fast stages the R4 were setting times quite equal with R5 (yesterday on slower stages not).

[Jarek Z]

Βotka with evo 9,not ds3?

Yes, he has two cars, one for European and one for Hungarian championship. Look:
http://m.cdn.blog.hu/pr/pressrelease...ajttaj_135.jpg

[WUff1]

Baumschlager took 27,9 sec off Neubauer at Lavanttal Rallye (2nd run of Austrian championship) on just 2 stages, Neubauer only third now behind Grössing after 3 stages (Neubauer won the first stage). Even if we consider that roads are wet, which should be an advantage for Baumschlager, there must be something wrong with Neubauer. Normally he isn´t slower than Grössing.

EDIT: Neubauer just 4th after 4 stages with 1:50 behind Baumschlager, even a Subaru Impreza driver in front of him.