National Rally championships News

[AnttiL]

The motorsport organizations of Finland and Estonia are planning on a co-operation, where one Estonian Championship rally could be arranged in Finland already in 2020, and one Finnish Championship rally in Estonia, but not before 2021.

[KKS]

Final round of Ukraine nat. championship after huge rain in clay quarry. With lot of drama on drivers standings.







Results - https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...y-shlyah-2019/

[svstock]

52. Saaremaa Rally 11.10-12.10.2019

R 11.10
SS1 Salavere 1 (7.77 km) 17:28
SS2 Peederga (12.99 km) 18:23
Service A Kuressaare 20min 19:43
SS3 Kuressaare (1.81 km) 20:18
22.57 km

L 12.10
Service B Kuressaare 20min 06:59
SS4 Salavere 2 (7.77 km )07:44
SS5 Karujärve (8.19 km) 08:47
SS6 Oriküla 1 (2.46 km) 09:34
Service C Kuressaare 30min 10:29
SS7 Salme 1 (7.96 km) 11:37
SS8 Kurevere 1 (23.76 km) 12:25
SS9 Kehila 1 (5.17 km) 13:08
SS10 Oriküla 2 (2.46 km) 13:46
Service D Kuressaare 30min 14:41
SS11 Salme 2 (7.96 km) 15:49
SS12 Kurevere 2 (23.76 km) 16:37
SS13 Kehila 2 (5.17 km) 17:20
94.66 km
total 117.23 km

Entry list : https://saaremaarally.eu/en/competit...ontestant_1276
Rally radio : http://kadi.ee/player/
maps https://www.rally-maps.com/Saaremaa-Rally-2019
GPS tracking http://gps.autorally.lv/
times: https://times.saaremaarally.eu/et/co...s/5/times/42/0
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...aa-rally-2019/

LIVE streams!
Postimees online
R 11.10
17:00 start podium https://sport.postimees.ee/6799373/o...il-liidriohjad
20:18 SS3 Kuressaare (1.81 km) https://tv.postimees.ee/6799373/otse...allit-voimsalt

L 12.10
11:37 SS7 Salme 1 (7.96 km) https://tv.postimees.ee/6799373/otse...torn-katkestas
15:49 SS11 Salme 2 (7.96 km) https://tv.postimees.ee/6799373/otse...b-kova-heitlus
18:40 Podium https://tv.postimees.ee/6799373/otse...emaa-autoralli

*there may be changes
** all times in Estonian time zone

[KKS]

review of final round Ukraine championship (ukr/rus) - https://youtu.be/FRGVrIf0-rE
And a bit on "drama" before last round.
In overall counts only best 4 results. For a win get 50 pts and plus 10pts for "PowerStage" as usually short spectator stage at rally start.

Before R6 we have this situation

	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Overall-1worst	Diff	Diff with 2nd worst
Khomitskyi Yuriy	10	56	40	32	60		188
Kozlov Oleksandr	25	0	8	60	48		141	47	55
Korzun Anton	56	0	34	40	6		136	52	58

To match current Khomitslyi position, at final round contenders needs:
- Kozlov to score 55 pts (rally win 50pts + 3rd on power stage 6pts)
- Korzun to score 58 pts (rally win 50pts + 2nd on power stage 8pts)

This two only have mathematical chances. But if Khomitsky finish 2nd on last rally (40pts) or win powerstage + 4th on rally (35pts) - he will be a champion.

First two 'parallel run' stages on Saturday must be a combined "power" stage. But due to stage condition and huge rain, organizers forced to cancel two spectator stages. No power stage - no points, that mean Khomitskyi is already a champion. But drivers decide that it's no a rally spirit to win that way. And all of drivers (including Khomitskyi) signed petition to organizer to run SS3 as power stage.

https://www.ewrc-results.com/results/58048-rally-chumatskiy-shlyah-2019/?s=249991
All title contenders do exact what they need. Khomitskyi win 10pts, Korzun 2nd with 8pts, Kozlov 3rd with 6pts.
In big water paddles Kozlov and Khomitskyi Subaru's got problems with engines and turbo.
Khomitskyi - retire.
Kozlov with huge timelose, broken dumpers, broken wheel, broken airfilters, broken turbo, broken handbrake, broken sensors - managed to finish 2nd.
Rally win goes to Korzun and water-free problems on Mitsubishi Evo9.
And after all final standings was:

	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Overall-2worst	Diff
Korzun Anton	56	0	34	40	6	58	188
Khomitskyi Yuriy	10	56	40	32	60	10	188	0
Kozlov Oleksandr	25	0	8	60	48	46	179	9

According to rules, if equal on points - advantage give to who finish higher on last round... And it was Korzun.

Korzun - Ukraine Rally Champion of 2019.

Khomitskyi sign a pettition on Saturday that left without a title, but it was a brave and men's decision.


Khomitskyi


Kozlov


Rally & Championship winner - Korzun

[hari]

ORM Rallye W4 2019 - final results:
1. Simon Wagner/Anne Katharina Stein A/D Skoda Fabia R5 Evo 1:26:25,0 Std
2. Hermann Neubauer/Bernhard Ettel A/A Ford Fiesta R5 +48,5 Sek
3. Raimund Baumschlager/P. Winklhofer A/A Skoda Fabia R5 Evo +2:08,0 Min
4. David Botka/Mark Mesterhazi H/H Skoda Fabia R5 +2:09,5 Min
5. Tomas Kurka/Katerina Janovska CZ/CZ Ford Fiesta R5 +4:27,8 Min
6. Michael Lengauer/A. Thauerböck A/A Subaru WRX +4:48,8 Min
7. Gerald Rigler/Christina Ettel A/A Ford Fiesta R5 +6:08,2 Min
8. Christoph Zellhofer/Thomas Schöpf A/D Suzuki Swift ZMX +8:08,1 Min
9. Kurt Göttlicher/Stefan Lischka A/A Ford Fiesta R5 +8:20,6 Min
10. Kevin Raith/Gerald Winter A/A Peugeot 208 R5 +8:29,3 Min

Championship leader Julian Wagner retired due gearbox problems.

ORM final standings: 1. Hermann Neubauer 147, 2. Julian Wagner 137, 3. Johannes Keferböck 67.

Some pictures: http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_best...e_w4_2019.html

[Raymonhuisjes]

https://youtu.be/FP9FJAEo9TE . Best of Rally 2019 - 4K
Enjoy!

[hari]

Gallery BRR Pre Event Test for Jännerrallye 2020: http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_brr_...takt_2020.html

Julian Wagner / Jürgen Heigl - Gerhard Aigner / Pirmin Winklhofer - Philipp Kreisel / Daniel Foissner

[Ucci]

Looking at those photos from Jänner Rally testing- who is Philip Kreisel? I've haven't found any rally history from this driver….

[WUff1]

Looking at those photos from Jänner Rally testing- who is Philip Kreisel? I've haven't found any rally history from this driver….

He´s of Kreisel Electrics, a local company from rally headquarter town Freistadt, which will deliver the electric parts for World Rallycross Championship from 2021 onwards. Also Raimund Baumschlager plans to start with an electric driven Skoda Fabia from Kreisel in Austria beginning in 2021.

He only drove a sprint rally in autumn, so Jänner Rallye will just be his second rally. I wouldn´t expect too much from him.

https://www.kreiselelectric.com/en/

[Ucci]

He only drove a sprint rally in autumn, so Jänner Rallye will just be his second rally. I wouldn´t expect too much from him.

https://www.kreiselelectric.com/en/

Thanx for explanation. So, totally fresh in R5. Well, we had same situation this year in Slovenia, a driver for the first time in R5 and rally event at all....and won the event !! So never understimate....