Romanian rally news

[Mihai]

@ PLuto: very goood point! Back in 2008 when the Romanian Rally Championship opened its doors to foreign drivers, some people from around the national motorsport spectrum were against the idea of awarding a foreign driver/crew the national championship title and I pointed out that Italian Enrico Bertone won the title in the Czech Republic, Michele Mouton was champion of West-Germany and so on. Needless to say that after 2008 the level of Romanian drivers/crews grew significantly, while some that couldn't up their pace simply retired or compete occasionally. A couple of years ago, Romania's Valentin Porcisteanu managed to beat the 'Foreign Legion' in CNR on pure pace and won the overall title.

Last Autumn I did some acounting and I got a few interesting statistics about the last decade of the Romanian Rally Championship.
CNR Statistics: the most recent 10 years (2004-2013)

One of the most interesting is this one about event wins based on the drivers' nationality :


In total, 14 drivers won at least one round in the last 10 years, exactly half of them being foreign. Here's the complete list :

[Mihai]

Provisional entry list for Tess Rally Romtelecom (better known as Raliul Brasovului), round 1 of the CNR, was released :

http://www.autorally.ro/documents/cnr/2 ... crieri.pdf

[Tom206wrc]

Very interesting, Botka in a 207 S2000 too

[PLuto]

Very interesting, Botka in a 207 S2000 too

Botka will do romanian championship with 207 S2000

[Mihai]

David Botka is not yet commited for a full season in Romania, but will definitely start the first round of the national championship - NEXT WEEK.

Latest news :
Manfred Stohl is competing in Romania !

[Co-driven]

Latest news :
Manfred Stohl is competing in Romania !

Manfred Stohl will compete on the first round? When it will be held?

[Mihai]

First round will be held next weekend (March 21-22).

http://www.raliulbrasovului.ro/

[Tom206wrc]

What car for Stohl

[kbalaazs]

Very interesting, Botka in a 207 S2000 too

Botka will do romanian championship with 207 S2000

Latest news about Botka/Mihalik: They will do the Hungarian championship and few Romanian races and ERC rounds.

[Mihai]

Manfred Stohl was signed by last year's champion squad ESD Rally Team to compete in Romania this year. For the moment it is not clear what car will he drive, how many rounds are included in his programme or even who will be his co-driver. All it is certain is that Stohl obtained a Romanian rallying license for the 2014 season and that he will carry race number 101.