Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2019

[Fast Eddie WRC]

this event must be a WRC round!

If you want a great new tarmac rally in WRC, the nearest thing could be if Rally GB moves to Northern Ireland.

Barum is too small as stated and exciting enough with just R5 cars.

[Rally Power]

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FIA ERC should be equal to all competitors what means that or they are giving the same time to everybody or panalized each single driver if had a problem on canceled stage.
This is how Champion title is stolen due to not fair play game.”

Without the confirmation that Llarena got his puncture before the red flag it seems hard to say Torn was robbed; still, it’s quite a shame to see an exciting ERC3 Junior championship being decided behind the curtain.

To add more confusion to this matter, Llarena said to AS that Franceschi was stoping to let Torn pass him on the stage but the red flag changed their tactic (which seems a bit strange as it’d be easier to halt just once, rather than several times…). https://as.com/motor/2019/08/19/mas_...93_869093.html

Btw, Llarena is entered by the spanish ASN (RFEA) under the Rally Team Spain badge; having the RFEA pressuring the organizers to change a direct (privately entered) competitor notional time, while avoiding his own time to be changed due to the flat tyre issue, was probably vital for Llarena’s late success.

[m-ast]

Btw, Llarena is entered by the spanish ASN (RFEA) under the Rally Team Spain badge; having the RFEA pressuring the organizers to change a direct (privately entered) competitor notional time, while avoiding his own time to be changed due to the flat tyre issue, was probably vital for Llarena’s late success.

Torn is also entered by the Estonian ASN, so I not see any point on this comment of an ASN pressuring the organizers

[Rally Power]

Torn is also entered by the Estonian ASN, so I not see any point on this comment of an ASN pressuring the organizers

Was Estonian ASN president there? Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't the guy in the middle the RFEA president?

[m-ast]

Was Estonian ASN president there? Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't the guy in the middle the RFEA president?

You are correct in the second question and I don't know the first one, but obviously I don't think the Spanish president has the power to pressure a foreign organiser with he has no relation.

[Hartusvuori]

Loubet in Finland was much much deeper and there where three stumps...

Those Arai pictures show that audience didn´t even try...

and yes, it´s very to shoud from sofa

Just catching up with this thread. Loubet - well, about the same distance off road, but Arai's car was in a much steeper angle. If you look at the Loubet rescue video, he drives back up mostly. Arai on the other hand, about 45 degree angle, that's very hard to pull a car back up. And what Mirek says, this is a high speed place with most of the crews just coming. Loubet's place with a warning was relatively safe to rescue.

You can judge fellow spectators for not trying from home, but please don't do it publicly.

[sb7]

pitty,it would be a dream to watch Ogier/Tanak/Neuville etc at these amazing roads.

Tänak and Neuville have been already there in IRC era. However didn't drive WRC but S2000, which is a big difference. As far as I remember organizers were trying to candidate this rally to be WRC event but they left it later. Maybe Czech guys can confirm my memo.

[tommeke_B]

On that place Ilka Minor already said they wouldn't even restart on sunday. Hiroki was blaming the tyres for the crash... It's not like they were asking someone to push them back on the road. Also with that angle the car was in, and all the bushes around it, you would need a rope to pull the car out of the deep ditch.

[Jarek Z]

As far as I remember organizers were trying to candidate this rally to be WRC event but they left it later. Maybe Czech guys can confirm my memo.

Yes. According to this article Barum Rally was a candidate for the WRC in 2005:
http://skoda.tj/en/motorsport/rally/...ech-rally-zlin

[Mirek]

Tänak and Neuville have been already there in IRC era. However didn't drive WRC but S2000, which is a big difference. As far as I remember organizers were trying to candidate this rally to be WRC event but they left it later. Maybe Czech guys can confirm my memo.

Pluto can say more but at some point there were WRC ambitions indeed. I think that it would be realistically possible only if Škoda entered WRC but as Tommeke said the infrastructure would be an issue for sure. I honestly can't imagine let's say 2x more spectators than now.