[WRC] Central European Rally 2023 (26-29 Oct)

**TypeR** · 31st October 2023, 17:16

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Per the Dirtfish review podcast saying CER was a rather clinical boring name. Can anyone think of a better, more sexy, interesting, title for this rally ?

KWSB rally - Krušovice Wiener Schnitzel Bratwurst Rally

**Mirek** · 31st October 2023, 17:18

Originally Posted by TypeR

KWSB rally - Krušovice Wiener Schnitzel Bratwurst Rally

Some better beer, please!

**TypeR** · 31st October 2023, 17:22

Originally Posted by Mirek

Some better beer, please!

I'm sorry, no offence

Just booked tickets/hotel to Czech for next summer, won't buy K beer

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 31st October 2023, 17:24

It sounds and looks cooler in German...

Das MittelEuropa Rallye

**Mirek** · 31st October 2023, 17:41

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

It sounds and looks cooler in German...

Das MittelEuropa Rallye

Try to pronounce it in our language

Středoevropská Rallye

**becher** · 31st October 2023, 17:49

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

It sounds and looks cooler in German...

Das MittelEuropa Rallye

"Die"

Altough it's actually Rallye Zentraleuropa.

**WRCStan** · 31st October 2023, 18:33

Originally Posted by Mirek

It's not about disjoined EU. You simply can not use invalid number plates. The fact that in some coutries it's not being checked doesn't make it less wrong. It's nothing new. If you go the ewrc car database you can find there plenty of obviously invalid number plates being commonly used and you don't need to check any papers for seeing that (for example temporary export plates being used for years).

Even CER isn't the first international rally where this issue arose. I do remember similar cases with some foreign cars from Barum Rally.

I read in a link I found early in this thread that these cars had temporary German plates that expired leaving the country, these cars went to Czechia and came back to be pulled over, but they were good for the initial time in Germany. I'm presuming, without checking, these are EU vehicles and assuming that no export/import rules are in place.

If that's not the case or I read it wrong and what you say is true, deary me!

Edit: context, link

Originally Posted by Indreksi

Lisence plate drama in CER

The German police found out that 6 cars no longer have lisence plates that are valid. That means their insurance isn’t active

https://ralli.ee/uskumatu-lugu-saksa...lli-jatkamise/

context, I'm told this kind of thing doesn't happen (special operation?)

Originally Posted by PLuto

german customs checked the cars on czech-german border

**Mirek** · 31st October 2023, 18:46

There are random custom and police checks on Czech-German border (and Czech-Slovak border) because of the illegal migration. Before they wouldn't check anything because noone would be there.

Anyway export plate is used for export not for daily or race use, that's why it's called export.

**becher** · 31st October 2023, 18:59

Did Rossel really break his arm? Or was it speculation?

**WRCStan** · 31st October 2023, 19:47

Originally Posted by Mirek

Anyway export plate is used for export not for daily or race use, that's why it's called export.

I guess then they were running them like this because nobody in the EU cared and they were always prepared to go ex-EU.

I've now read that it was a second set of hastily obtained ineligible plates that ended the rallies, the border didn't cause anything but was just the coincidental place of the police checkpoint.

All this aside from the forged documents lol. But I can sleep tonight now, thanks Mirek.