Barum Czech Rally Zlín 

Statistics of the participating crews

25. 8. 2016 - Evžen Gargulák, Roman Ordelt

The organizers of Barum Czech Rally Zlín have recently released the list of participating crews for this year's 46th Barum rally. This year the start list is quite large with 132 participating crews. It is one of the widest starting fields among FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) events.

There are entered four drivers with FIA priority with the actual ERC leader kajetan Kajetanowicz from Poland, Czech Jan Kopecký, Bryan Bouffier from France and Turkish Murat Bostanci as a ERC 2WD contender. 34 drivers have ERC priority, while 19 of them competes in the main group ERC1, two crews run in the ERC2 and 13 drivers compete in the ERC3, including seven participants in the Junior championship. Overall 87 crews will be classified in the European rally championship classification.

Unsurprisingly, the manufacturer Škoda has the highest number of the participating cars. The start list contains 20 vehicles of R5 category. In addition, the start list is jazzed up by 4 women behind the wheel and another 24 crews are in mixed crews. One of the driving ladies is Ekaterina Stratieva known in Zlín from previous years, there will compete also Czech popular actress and singer Olga Lounová.

Statistics of the participating crews
Total entries: 143 crews (89 Czech, 43 foreign)

Number of countries: 20
Czech Republic – 89, Slovakia – 6, Poland – 6, Italy – 5, Hungary – 4, Germany – 3, Belgium – 3, Russia – 2, Latvia – 2, Denmark – 2, France – 1, Netherlands – 1, Turkey – 1, Great Britain and Northern Ireland – 1, Portugal – 1, Ukraine – 1, Austria – 1, Sweden – 1, Monaco – 1, Bulgaria – 1. Only co-driver: Luxemburg – 2.

FIA priority: 4
Kajetan Kajetanowicz (POL), Jan Kopecký (CZE), Bryan Bouffier (FRA), Murat Bostanci (TUR)

ERC 1 priority: 19
Kajetan Kajetanowicz, Łukasz Habaj (POL), Jan Kopecký, Jaromír Tarabus, Pavel Valoušek, Jan Černý, Roman Odložilík, Tomáš Růžička, Tomáš Kostka, Martin Vlček, Antonín Tlusťák Jan Jelínek (CZE), Bryan Bouffier (FRA), Alexey Lukyanuk (RUS), Ralfs Sirmacis (LVA), Hermen Kobus (NLD), Fabian Kreim (DEU), Dávid Botka (HUN), Cédric Cherain (BEL)

ERC 2 priority: 2
Giacomo Scattolon (ITA), Tibor Érdi jun. (HUN)

ERC 3 priority: 13
Luca Rossetti (ITA), Murat Bostanci (TUR), Christopher Ingram (GBR), Marijan Griebel, Julius Tannert (DEU), Nikolay Gryazin (LVA), Łukasz Pieniążek (POL), Kristóf Klausz, László Német (HUN), Dominik Brož, Jiří Navrátil (CZE), Renato Pita (PRT), Artur Muradian (RUS).

ERC Junior priority: 7
Christopher Ingram (GBR), Marijan Griebel (DEU), Julius Tannert (DEU), Nikolay Gryazin (LVA), Łukasz Pieniążek (POL), Kristóf Klausz (HUN), Dominik Brož (CZE)

Statistics according to the classes of cars within FIA European Rally Championship (ERC)

Total entries: 87 crews

Class RC2 – S2000 Rally 2.0 Atmospheric, Group R5 (VR5), Group N over 2000cc (current N4) – 40 cars

Class RC3 – Group A over 1600cc, Super 1600, R2 (atmo 1600cc – 2000cc – VR2C) and turbo (1067cc - 1333cc – VR2C), R3 (atmo – 1600cc – 2000cc – VR3C and turbo (1067cc – 1333cc – VR3C), R3 (turbo – 1620cc / nominal – VR3T), R3 (diesel – 2000cc, nominal– VR3D) – 6 cars

Class RC4 – Group A (up to 1600cc), R2B (atmo 1390cc - 1600cc – VR2B) and turbo – 927cc – 1067cc – VR2B), Kit car (up to 1600cc), Group N (1600cc - 2000cc) – 36 cars

Class RC5 – Group N (up to 1600cc), R1B (atmo 1400cc - 1600cc – VR1A/VR1B) and turbo (up to 1067cc – VR1A/VR1B) – 5 cars

Brands: 14
Škoda – 30, Peugeot – 19, Mitsubishi – 15, Opel – 13, Ford – 12, Renault – 11, Honda – 9, Subaru – 8, Citroën – 7, Toyota – 3, Suzuki – 2, Alfa Romeo – 1, Porsche – 1, Nissan – 1

R5 cars: 20
Škoda Fabia R5 – 11, Ford Fiesta R5 – 7, Citroën DS3 R5 – 2

S2000 cars: 4
Škoda Fabia S2000 – 3, Ford Fiesta S2000 – 1

Mixed crews: 24
Pavel Valoušek – Veronika Havelková (CZE), Miroslav Jakeš – Marcela Ehlová (CZE), Martin Vlček – Jidnřiška Žáková (CZE), Luca Rossetti – Eleonora Mori (ITA), Julius Tannert – Jennifer Thielen (DEU/LUX), Kristóf Klausz – Julianna Nyirfás (HUN), Vlastimil Majerčák – Michaela Vejačková (SVK), Václav Kopáček – Barbora Rendlová (CZE), Marco Cavigioli – Monica Fortunato (ITA), Karel Štochl – Adéla Vacková (CZE), Ján Kundlák – Michala Rezková, Jacob Madsen – Line Jensen Lykke (DNK), Simon Wagner – Ella Kremer (AUT/DEU), Claudio Galli Conforto – Sonia Scarafoni (ITA), Petr Lukašík – Martina Mikulášková (CZE), Renaud Bronkart – Martine Victor (BEL/LUX), Kenneth Madsen – Mette Felthaus (DNK), Michal Vaňhara – Kateřina Janovská (CZE), Vlastimil Dědic jun. – Eva Čiháková (CZE), Martin Sopúch – Karin Sopúchová (CZE), Miroslav Kadlec – Veronika Ščotková (CZE), Martin Špaňhel – Zuzana Lieskovcová (CZE/SVK), Daniel Matuš – Viera Urbaníková (SVK)

Ladies: 4
Ekaterina Stratieva (BGR), Pavlína Tydlačková – Michal Cibulka (CZE), Olga Lounová – Richard Nesvadba (CZE), Hana Baďurová – Vítězslav Baďura (CZE)