Barum Czech Rally Zlín 

Flash info after 6th stage

27. 8. 2016 - Jakub Kudláč, Karolína Lečbychová

Crews of the 46th Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2016 run third Saturday section comprising of stages Hošťálková, Semetín and Březová. At Regroupping in front of the administrative building of Continental Barum s.r.o. we took some of their time to ask them about the rally so far.

Łukasz Habaj (POL, Ford Fiesta R5, starting no. 9):
'It's a difficult rally, we're learning. Because of damaged gearbox we lost a lot of time and now we're just going through stages. Trying not to make any stupid mistakes. We're having a good time for sure and the fans are great.'

Alexey Lukyanuk (RUS, Ford Fiesta R5, starting no. 4):
'On the last onewe slipped off the road and there were rocks. We damaged a wheel or a suspension and it costs us about 8 seconds, luckily there wasn't any puncture.'

Jan Kopecký (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5, starting no. 2):
'Semetín is quite tricky, you need to know this road. We lost a lot of time there.'

Ralfs Sirmacis (LVA, Škoda Fabia R5, starting no. 6):
'We had a puncture, we changed the tyre. Then we had some problems with the car, probably it's gearbox or axle. Then we drove carefully, just to get to the finish.'

Tomáš Kostka (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5, starting no. 16):
'For me it's the best stage in the whole season. Our team did a very good job and we're doing above our expectations.'

Jaromír Tarabus (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5, starting no. 5):
'Everything is good. We don't have any issues.'

Roman Odložilík (CZE, Ford Fiesta R5, starting no. 12):
'On this round everything was bad. We lost front breaks.... Luckily we're alive and the car too. And we got hit by Jára Tarabus.'

Fabian Kreim (DEU, Škoda Fabia R5, starting no. 11):
'So far it's good since it's our first here in Zlín. We are satisfied.'

Dávid Botka (HUN, Citroën DS3 R5, starting no. 14):
'I think Semetín is the best stage. It is beautiful here.'

Jan Černý (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5, starting no. 10):
'With each kilometre it's getting better. We're going up in the overall clasification.'

Pavel Valoušek (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5, starting no. 7):
'Everything is OK, no crisis so far. We're trying to push our limits. I have to admit that everybody is really strong here. But also anything can happen, so we need to hold on.'

Cédric Cherain (BEL, Ford Fiesta R5, starting no. 19):
'It's not easy. I'm not very confident on these roads. It's very difficult here.'

Martin Vlček (CZE, Ford Fiesta R5, starting no. 17):
'I feel more confident since we changed the chassis. Finally I can say I'm driving according to my plans plus we know that only a third of the crews will make it to the finish.'

Antonín Tlusťák (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5, starting no. 18):
'We changed the setup, it's better now. But it's very demanding rally for the car too.'

Bryan Bouffier (FRA, Citroën DS3 R5, starting no. 3):
'Unfortunately on the last stage we had to slow down because we met a car on hairpin, we even had to even stop the engine. We lost some time.'

Giacomo Scattolon (ITA, Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX, starting no. 21):
'It's good. Car is working well. On the second stage the time wasn't that bad. On the last one we were fast.'