Barum Czech Rally Zlín 

Statistics by the List of Entries

16. 8. 2018 - Roman Ordelt

The List of Entries for the 48th Barum Czech Rally Zlín has been recently released. As usual, there is a large number of competing crews, 138 crews from 26 countries. Barum rally is one of the represented events within the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC). There are two drivers with FIA priority, Dani Sordo from Spain, who is a Huyndai factory driver, and Simone Tempestini from Romania. The total number of 55 crews has FIA or ERC priority. Out of that number, 29 crews have ERC1 priority, six have RGT priority, two crews have ERC2 priority and 17 crews have ERC3 priority. Eighty crews are also competing for points in ERC.

Škoda cars make up as always the majority of car brands. Thirty-six cars are in R5 category. Women are no strangers to rally competitions. This year there are seven women as pilots and 15 as co-drivers. There is expected to be a tight fight between Dani Sordo, a world championship series pilot, and Jan Kopecký, a Škoda Motorsport Team factory driver and a six-time winner of Barum rally.

Statistics by the List of Entries

Total number: 138 crews (81 from the Czech Republic, 57 from abroad)

No. of countries: 26
Czech Republic - 80, Hungary - 9, Poland - 7, Austria - 5, Taiwan - 4, Spain - 3, Great Britain and Northern Ireland - 3, Italy - 3, Slovakia - 3, Portugal - 2, Germany - 2, Norway - 2, Latvia - 2, France - 2, Denmark - 2, Russia - 1, Brazil - 1, Turkey - 1, Romania - 1, Sweden - 1, Finland - 1, Luxembourg - 1, Iceland - 1, Bulgaria 1. Only co-drivers: Belgium - 2, Japan - 1.

FIA priority: 2
Daniel Sordo (ESP), Simone Tempestini (ROU)

ERC1 priority: 30
Alexey Lukyanuk (RUS), Bruno Magalhães (PRT), Norbert Herczig (HUN), Jan Kopecký (CZE), Václav Pech (CZE), Fabian Kreim (DEU), Eyvind Brynildsen (NOR), Nikolay Gryazin (LVA), Laurent Pellier (FRA), Chris Ingram (GBR), Jan Černý (CZE), Paulo Nobre (BRA), Łukasz Habaj (POL), Rhys Yates (GBR), Hermann Neubauer (AUT), Filip Mareš (CZE), Orhan Avcioğlu (TUR), Aleksander Zawada (POL), Jaromír Tarabus (CZE), Dávid Botka (HUN), Roman Odložilík (CZE), Albert von Thurn und Taxis (DEU), Martin Vlček (CZE), László Német (HUN), Miroslav Jakeš (CZE), Aloísio Monteiro (PRT), Martin Březík (CZE), Tomáš Růžička (CZE), Vojtěch Štajf (CZE), Antonín TLUSŤÁK (CZE)

RGT priority: 6
Raphaël Astier (FRA), Andrea Nucita (ITA), Simone Tempestini (ROU), Petr Nešetřil (CZE), Andrea Modanesi (ITA), Martin Rada (CZE)

ERC2 priority: 2
Tibor Érdi jun. (HUN), Csaba Juhász (HUN)

ERC3 priority: 17
Martiņš Sesks (LVA), Efrén Llarena (ESP), Tom Kristensson (SWE), Simon Wagner (AUT), Dominik Brož (CZE), Sindre Furuseth (NOR), Mattia Vita (ITA), Roland Stengg (AUT), Miika Hokkanen (FIN), Kristóf Klausz (HUN), Julian Wagner (AUT), Matěj Kamenec (CZE), Grégoire Munster (LUX), Martin László (HUN), Emma Falcón (ESP), Catie Munnings (GBR), Miklós Csomós (HUN)

ERC Junior U28 priority: 8
Fabian Kreim (DEU), Nikolaj Grjazin (RUS), Laurent Pellier (FRA), Chris Ingram (GBR), Jan Černý (CZE), Rhys Yates (GBR), Filip Mareš (CZE), Aleksander Zawada (POL)

ERC Junior E27 priority: 13
Martiņš Sesks (LVA), Efrén Llarena (ESP), Tom Kristensson (SWE), Simon Wagner (AUT), Dominik Brož (CZE), Sindre Furuseth (NOR), Mattia Vita (ITA), Roland Stengg (AUT), Miika Hokkanen (FIN), Kristóf Klausz (HUN), Julian Wagner (AUT), Grégoire Munster (LUX), Catie Munnings (GBR)

Statistics by the listed classes in FIA European Rally Championship (ERC):

Total number: 80 crews

RC2 Class - S200-Rally: 2.0 Atmospheric, Group R5 (VR5), Group NR4 over 2000 cc (current N4) - 39 cars

RGT Class - RGT cars - 6

RC3 Class - Group A over 1600 cc, Super 1600, R2 (atmospheric - over 1600 cc and up to 2000cc, VR2C and turbo - over 1067 cc and up to 1333 cc - VR2C), R3 (atmospheric - over 1600 cc and up to 2000 cc, VR3C and turbo - over 1067 cc and up to 1333 cc - VR3C), R3 (turbo - up to 1620 cc / nominal - VR3T), R3 diesel - up to 2000 cc / nominal - VR3D) - 5 cars

RC4 Class - Group A up to 1600 cc, R2B (atmospheric - over 1390 cc up to 1600 cc - VR2B and turbo - over 927 cc and up to 1067 cc - VR2B), Kit-car up to 1600 cc, Group N over 1600 cc and up to 2000 cc - 29 cars

RC5 Class - Group N up to 1600 cc, R1 (atmospheric - up to 1600 cc - VR1A/VR1B and turbo up to 1067 cc - VR1A/VR1B) - 1 car

R5 category: 36 cars
Škoda Fabia R5 – 20, Ford Fiesta 13, Hyundai i20 R5 – 2, Peugeot 208 T16 – 1

Statistics by the list of crews competing in ERC and Czech National Championship

No. of car brands: 14
Škoda – 31, Peugeot – 24, Ford – 14, Opel – 13, Mitsubishi – 11, Renault – 10, Honda – 8, Fiat – 6, Hyundai – 5, Porsche – 5, Citroën – 5, Subaru – 3, Suzuki – 2, Dacia – 1

Mixed crews: 15
Martin Vlček – Jindřiška Žáková (CZE), Efrén Llarena – Sara Fernandez (ESP), Miika Hokkanen – Reeta Hämäläinen (FIN), Julian Wagner – Katharina Anne Stein (AUT/DEU), Emma Falcón – Eduardo González (ESP), Vojtěch Štajf – Marcela Ehlová (CZE), Petr Lukašík – Martina Mikulášková (CZE), Sandra Pokorná – Jiří Skořepa (CZE), Olga Lounová – Richard Nesvadba (CZE), Pavel Janovský – Kateřina Janovská (CZE), Tomáš Herold – Klára Heroldová (CZE), Ondřej Mezihorák – Adriana Buršíková (CZE), Richard Lešák – Vlasta Lešáková (CZE), Ekaterina Stratieva – Georgi Avramov (BGR), Pavlína Tydlačková – Jiří Hlávka (CZE)

Female crews: 7 (woman as a pilot)
Emma Falcón - Eduardo González (ESP), Catie Munnings - Alba Sánchez (GBR/ESP), Sandra Pokorná - Jiří Skořepa (CZE), Olga Lounová - Richard Nesvadba (CZE), Ekaterina Stratieva - Georgi Avramov (BGR), Michaela Debnárová - Lucia Laurincová (SVK), Pavlína Tydlačková - Jiří Hlávka (CZE).