FLASH INFO no. 15
SS 15 Komárov – BARUM (8.47 km)
Sunday, August 23, 14:53
The final stage of the 39th Barum Czech Rally Zlín, which is part of the Czech championship, European championship and Intercontinental Rally Challenge, was won by Juho Hänninen from the Škoda Motorsport team. He ensured the third place in total standings ahead Roman Kresta who was on the seventh place at this stage. Václav Pech did very well at this stage with his Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX when he finished on the second place. The third place was gained by the current leader of the IRC Kris Meeke with a Peugeot 207 S2000 who was followed by Pavel Valoušekwith a (Škoda Fabia S2000). Meeke confirmed his second place in the total standings. Jan Kopecký was keeping his position all the time. He ended up on the tenth place at the stage but he has ruled the whole event. Václav Arazim had a puncture near the finish but he managed to get to the finish.
Roman Kreta (Peugeot 207 S2000 st. no. 8)
“The rally was beautiful and difficult.“
Martin Prokop (Peugeot 207 S2000 st. no. 3)
“Everything went well. It was perfect. The car worked well and it was wonderful to drive.“
Luca Rossetti (Fiat Grande Punto S2000, st. no. 2)
“The result is not very satisfactory but the rally was nice.“
Václav Pech (Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX, st. no. 12)
“We’re very satisfied. We didn’t even hope for such an amazing result among such competition of the S2000 carsi.“
János Tóth (Peugeot 207 S2000, st. no. 18)
“Everything was ok. The rally was nice regarding the organization as well as our result.“
Michal Solowow (Peugeot 207 S2000, st. no. 6)
“Absolutely wonderful event. I guess it was the most beautiful event in the whole IRC. I’m also satisfied with the result.“
Pavel Valoušek (Škoda Fabia S2000, st. no. 15)
“Today went according to our plans. It’s shame that we had some problems with the car yesterday. We could have done better.“
Jaroslav Orsák (Fiat Grande Punto S2000, st. no. 27)
“Apart from the problems we had on Saturday, everything was ok. Today everything was much better and I believe that next time we’ll do better.“
Vojtěch Štajf (Subaru Impreza STi, st. no. 34)
“Our result has exceeded our expectations. We started very well and we managed really well despite our health problems. The car worked perfectly. We’re rally happy.“
Jan Černý (Subaru Impreza STi, st. no. 51)
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