Czech rally news

[Mirek]

Kopecký totally dominant. Great result for Szeja and also Kresta after three years long pause and first time with R5 car (just like many he lost over one minute on SS3 alone but he was 2nd fastest in 2nd leg alone). Rather bad rally for Jakeš who made several mistakes. Strange retirement of Dohnal. He run out of time due to being stopped by police on the road section. According to the rumors he was overtaking four cars in a row where overtaking is forbidden and one of those cars was disguised police one. Odložilík retired after a crash into chicane.

Kopáček retired on the last stage with electric problem from first place in gr.N. Březík therefore won again.

Mareš on his home event clearly fastest 2WD driver but who surprised nicely was Furuseth who finished 4th when he lost third only by 0,2 seconds on the very last city stage.

1. Kopecký (Fabia R5) 1:34:23,3
2. Pech (Fiesta R5) +1:09,5
3. Černý (Fabia R5) +1:37,0
4. Szeja (Fiesta R5) +1:45,7 (10 sec penalty)
5. Kresta (Fabia R5) +2:06,7
6. Jakeš (Fiesta R5) +2:57,1
7. Vojtěch (206 WRC) +3:07,1 (10 sec penalty)
8. Štajf (Fabia R5) +3:26,9
9. Tarabus (Fabia S2000) +4:20,7
10. Sýkora (Fabia R5) +4:58,4

SS wins: Kopecký 7, Szeja 2, Kresta 1, Černý 1

Onboards:
Kresta, SS7 (totally different stage than others with extremely fast sections): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt3Ro0ImMYY
Pech, SS8 (city stage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGa2RWeGTmI
Kopáček, SS6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUlhNoIrdEU
Szeja, SS1 (city stage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXNObKMT_E8
Jakeš, SS2 (possibly the mot technical stage in our championship): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUr-Ub_jLUk