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    2018 National Champions

    I don't have much time anymore to keep track of national championships, so for anyone who's interested I'm posting here the 2018 champions that I've collected. Feel free to add and/or correct anything.

    Argentina: Federico Villagra - Ford Fiesta MR
    Austria: Niki Mayr-Melnhof - Ford Fiesta R5
    Belgium: Kris Princen - Skoda Fabia R5
    Bulgaria: Miroslav Angelov - Skoda Fabia R5
    Croatia: Krisztian Hideg (Hungary) - Skoda Fabia R5
    Czech Republic: Jan Kopecky - Skoda Fabia R5
    Denmark: Ib Kragh - Citroen DS3 R5
    Estonia: Valeriy Gorban (Ukraine) - Mini Countryman JCW WRC
    Finland: Eerik Pietarinen - Skoda Fabia R5
    France: Yoann Bonato - Citroen C3 R5
    Germany: Marijan Griebel - Peugeot 208 T16
    Great Britain: Matt Edwards - Ford Fiesta R5
    Hungary: Andras Hadik - Ford Fiesta R5
    Iceland: Ragnar Bjarni Grondal - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
    Ireland (Tarmac): Josh Moffett - Ford Fiesta R5
    Italy: Paolo Andreucci - Peugeot 208 T16
    Japan: Toshihiro Arai - Subaru WRX STi
    Kenya: Carl Tundo - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
    Latvia: Valeriy Gorban (Ukraine) - Mini Countryman JCW WRC
    Lebanon: Roger Feghali - Skoda Fabia R5
    Lithuania: Giedrius Notkus - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
    Netherlands: Hermen Kobus - Skoda Fabia R5
    New Zealand: Hayden Paddon - Hyundai i20 AP4
    Northern Ireland: Derek McGarrity - Subaru Impreza S14 WRC 08
    Norway: Anders Grondal - Ford Fiesta R5
    Paraguay: Gustavo Saba - Skoda Fabia R5
    Poland: Grzegorz Grzyb - Skoda Fabia R5
    Romania: Simone Tempestini - Citroen DS3 R5
    Russia: Sergey Uspenskiy - Subaru WRX STi
    Scotland: Andrew Gallacher - Ford Focus RS WRC 01
    Serbia: Goran Rabasovic - Citroen C2 R2
    Slovakia: Martin Koci - Skoda Fabia R5
    Slovenia: Rok Turk - Peugeot 208 T16
    South Africa: Guy Botterill - Toyota Etios R2
    Sweden: Martin Berglund - Skoda Fabia R5
    Switzerland: Ivan Ballinari - Skoda Fabia R5
    Uganda: Susan Muwonge - Subaru Impreza WRX STi N12
    Ukraine: Borys Gandzha - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
    Uruguay: Guzman Rivero - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
    USA (Rally America): David Brown - Subaru Impreza RS
    USA (ARA): David Higgins (UK) - Subaru WRX STi

    FIA Africa: Manvir Singh Baryan (Kenya) - Skoda Fabia R5
    FIA Asia Pacific: Yuya Sumiyama (Japan) - Skoda Fabia R5
    FIA Codasur: Gustavo Saba (Paraguay) - Skoda Fabia R5
    FIA Middle East: Nasser Al Attiyah (Qatar) - Ford Fiesta R5
    FIA Nacam: Ricardo Trivino (Mexico) - Citroen DS3 R5
    Alpe Adria Cup: Michael Kogler (Austria) - Citroen DS3 R3
    Euro Trophee: Sebastien Luis (Belgium) - Citroen C2 R2
    Mitropa Cup: Gergely Fogasy (Hungary) - Peugeot 208 T16

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    China: Gaoxiang Fan - Subaru XV S6
    Greece: Ioannis Badounas - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI

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    4 equal champions in Finland

    SM1 Eerik Pietarinen Fabia R5

    SM2 Henrik Pietarinen Lancer Evo IX (Eerik and Henrik are brothers)

    SM3 Jaro Kinnunen 208 R2

    SM4 Erno Kinnunen Civic Type-R EP3 (Jaro and Erno are NOT from same family, Kinnunen is just common name)

    Teams champion is TGS (Toni Gardemaister Sport)
    "quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"

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    Spain Gravel: Xavi Pons (Peugeot 208 R5 & Fabia R5)
    France Gravel: Sylvain Michel (Skoda Fabia R5)

    In two weeks we'll also know the Spanish tarmac champion, probably Miguel Fuster (Ford Fiesta R5).

    This weekend we'll know the portuguese champion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by focus206 View Post
    (...) for anyone who's interested I'm posting here the 2018 champions that I've collected. Feel free to add and/or correct anything.
    Great job focus206, once more. There's little to add!

    Portugal: Armindo Araújo/Luís Ramalho - Hyundai i20 R5
    Rally addict since 1982

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    Brazil - Paulo Nobre - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X

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    Since there are also some other championships named and maybe some of You can find it interesting here are other Czech names for 2018 related to rallysprint series (1 day long events):

    RSS (Rallysprint Series, 2WD only): Petr Semerád (208 R2/Adam R2, 17 years old)
    P2+ (A cup added to the Rallysprint Series for 4WD and 2.0T cars): Roman Odložilík (Fiesta R5)
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    Spain (Tarmac): Miguel Fuster/Ignacio Avińo - Ford Fiesta R5
    Rally addict since 1982

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