National Rally championships News

[WUff1]

Season final in Austria - Rallye W4 (former Rallye Waldviertel) - takes place this weekend on 16th/17th of November. Considering it doesn´t count for any championship this year (changement in organization team), entries are not bad.

http://www.rallyew4.at/2018/
entries: http://www.rallyew4.at/2018/nennliste.html

[hari]

Rallye W4 2018 - final standings:
1. Hermann Neubauer/Bernhard Ettel A/A Ford Fiesta R5 1:13:01,1 Std
2. David Botka/Mark Mesterhazi H/H Skoda Fabia R5 +1:17,5 Min
3. Tomas Kurka/Katerina Janovska CZ/CZ Ford Fiesta R5 +3:43,1 Min
4. Andreas Aigner/Jürgen Rausch A/A Subaru WRX STi +6:04,5 Min
5. Mariusz Zapala/Lukasz Wloch PL/PL Ford Fiesta R5 +7:50,9 Min
6. Jan Cerny/Ivo Vybiral CZ/CZ Peugeot 208 R2 +8:20,2 Min
7. Hannes Hofstetter/Natalie Mayrhofer A/A Subaru Impreza +8:29,3 Min
8. Walter Mayer/Jürgen Heigl A/A Peugeot 208 R5 +9:04,4 Min
9. Kurt Göttlicher/Stefan Lischka A/A Citroen DS3 R5 +9:34,0 Min
10. Roland Stegg/Alessandra Baumann A/D Opel Adam R2 +9:38,9 Min

Gallery: http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_best...e_w4_2018.html
Video 13 Min: https://vimeo.com/301463216

[Mirek]

Some information revealed about Jänner Rallye 2019. It will be held 3-5th January. The rally has 16 stages (only one circuit one) in 8 sections with 221 km overall stage distance. The stages are 93% ashpalt and 7% gravel (of course hopefully covered by snow). There shall be also a some live stages on ÖRF Sport.

[Rally Power]

There’s a big move about to happen in spanish rally scene; besides the tarmac (CERA) and gravel (CERT) championships, a new ‘superchampionship’ (S-CER) will arrive next year, taking 4 CERA and 4 CERT events. Apparently the plan, if S-CER manages to show potential, is to have only the S-CER from 2020. Lot’s of crews and teams (including some top names) are already interested in the new series. http://www.motorenlinea.es/articulo-...espana-en-2019

[Jarek Z]

Some information revealed about Jänner Rallye 2019. It will be held 3-5th January. The rally has 16 stages (only one circuit one) in 8 sections with 221 km overall stage distance. The stages are 93% ashpalt and 7% gravel (of course hopefully covered by snow). There shall be also a some live stages on ÖRF Sport.

More information about Jänner Rallye 2019 - entry list has just been published. I don't know if WRC cars have been banned or not in Austria, but there isn't any on the entry list. There are 9 R5 cars at the top of the list.
https://www.jaennerrallye.at/fileadm...allye_2019.pdf

[Mirek]

That's very disappointing entry list

At least both Wagner brothers drive R5 cars...

[WUff1]

Yes, indeed very bad list, in quality and quantity. Must be very frustrating for organizers.

[Jarek Z]

Isn't it a standard entry list in Austria?

[Mirek]

No, absolutely not.

[WUff1]

Quality of entries is more like that of a sprint rally in Austria (Austrian rallye challenge).

With this entry list I wouldn´t bet on another edition in 2020, at least not in Austrian championship.