Barum Czech Rally Zlín 

Statistics according to the list of registered crews

10. 8. 2023 - Roman ORDELT

The official list of crews registered for the 52nd edition of the Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2023 was published a few days ago. The organizers from the Auto Club Barum Zlín in the Czech Republic have registered a total of 114 crews from 22 countries, of which 42 are foreign. Not only representatives from Europe will appear in Zlín, but also a crew from New Zealand will come to the Czech Republic.

A total of 70 crews have entered the European Rally Championship (ERC) starting field with 41 ERC priority crews. The highest number of priorities is within ERC1, consisting of 24 drivers. The FIA priority consists of five drivers who will appear in Zlín. Within the European championship, the RC2 class is the most numerous with 35 cars, followed by the RC4 class with 31 cars.

Among the 17 brands, the winged arrow from Mladá Boleslav clearly dominates, just like in previous years, with a total of 35 Škoda cars in the entry list. The next popular brands are Peugeot, Ford, Opel and Renault. Among the entries, there are 34 cars in the Rally2 (R5) category with 26 cars of the Škoda brand clearly dominating, while the Fabia RS Rally2 is represented with ten cars. The unusually high number of six women representatives behind the wheel and a total of 18 mixed crews also adds variety to the entry list.

Statistics according to the list of registered crews:

Total number of registered crews: 114 (72 Czech, 42 foreign)

Countries: 22
Czech Republic - 72, Hungary - 5, Italy - 4, Romania - 4, Poland - 4, Austria - 3, Germany - 3, Great Britain - 3, Norway - 2, France - 2, Ireland - 2, Sweden - 2, Bulgaria - 2, New Zealand - 1, Spain - 1, Cyprus - 1, Latvia - 1, Finland - 1, Slovenia - 1.

FIA priority: 5
Hayden Paddon (NZL), Mads Ostberg (NOR), Efrén Llarena (ESP), Andrea Mabellini (ITA), Alexey Lukyanuk (CYP)

ERC1 priority: 24
Hayden Paddon (NZL), Mads Ostberg (NOR), Efrén Llarena (ESP), Andrea Mabellini (ITA), Alexey Lukyanuk (CYP), Martinš Sesks (LVA), Mathieu Franceschi (FRA), Mikko Heikillä (FIN), Filip Mareš, Erik Cais, Jan Kopecký, Dominik Stříteský, Adam Březík, Martin Vlček (CZE), Simon Wagner (AUT), Joshua McErlean (IRL), Miklós Csomós, Martin László (HUN), Simone Tempestini, Bogdan Cuzma (ROU), Albert von Thurn und Taxis (GER), Chris Ingram (GBR), Jaroslaw Koltun (POL), Rachele Somaschini (ITA)

ERC3 priority: 2
Jon Armstrong (GBR), Jakub Matulka (POL)

ERC Junior priority: 11
Ola Nore jr. (NOR), Norbert Maior (ROU), Roberto Dapra, Mattia Zanin (ITA), Victor Hansen, Mille Johansson (SWE), Max McRae (GBR), Timo Schulz (GER), Aoife Raftery (IRL), Mark Škulj (SVN), Fabian Zeiringer (AUT)

ERC4 priority: 15
All of ERC Junior plus Norman Kreuter (DEU), Ghjuvanni Rossi (FRA), Jaromír Tarabus (CZE), Cristiana Oprea (ROU)

The split of the individual classes in the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC):
Total number of registered crews: 70

RC2 class - Rally2 Group, Rally2 Kit Group (VR4K), NR4 over 2000 cc (now N4), S2000-Rally:2,0 Atmospheric - 35 cars

RGT - RGT cars – 1 car

RC3 class - Rally3 (atmospheric engines over 1390 cc, up to 2000 cc and turbo engines over 927 cc, up to 1620 cc) – 3 cars

Class RC4 - Rally4 (atmospheric engines over 1390 cc, up to 2000 cc and turbo engines over 927 cc up to 1333 cc), R3 (atmospheric, over 1600 cc up to 2000 cc and turbo over 1067 cc up to 1333 cc), R3 (turbo - up to 1620 cc/denomination), A-segment up to 2000 cc – 31 cars

RC5 class - Rally5 (atmospheric engines up to 1600 cc and turbo engines up to 1333 cc), R1 (atmospheric engines up to 1600 cc and turbo engines up to 1067 cc) – 0 car

Cars of category Rally2 / R5: 34
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 – 10, Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo – 9, Škoda Fabia R5 – 7, Citroën C3 Rally2 – 2, Hyundai i20 N Rally – 2, Hyundai i20 R5 – 1, Ford Fiesta Rally2 MKII – 2, Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 - 1

Classification according to individual classes within the PSG Czech Rally Championship (MCR):
Total number of registered crews: 74

Division 1:
RC2 class – 14 cars
RGT class – 1 car
RC3 class – 0 car
RC4 I class – 11 cars
RC 4 II class – 11 cars
RC 5 class – 1 car

Division 2:
RN6 class – 9 cars
RN7 class – 6 cars
RN8 class – 5 cars
RN9 class – 6 cars
RN10 class – 9 cars

Organizer's cup – 1 car

Statistics according to the ERC + MCR entry list:

Brands statistics: 17
Škoda – 35, Peugeot – 20, Ford – 15, Opel – 11, Renault – 10, Citroën – 4, Honda – 4, Hyundai – 3, Toyota – 2, Mitsubishi – 2, Lada – 2, Volkswagen – 1, Audi – 1, Fiat – 1, Porsche – 1, Alfa Romeo – 1, Dacia - 1

Mixed crews: 18
Efrén Llarena – Sara Fernandez (ESP), Andrea Mabellini – Virginia Lenzi (ITA), Albert von Thurn und Taxis – Jara Hain (GER), Rachele Somaschini – Nicola Arena (ITA), Norbert Maior – Francesca-Maria Maior (ROU), Aoife Raftery – Arthur Kierans (IRL), Mark Škulj – Pia Sumer (SVN), Fabian Zeiringer – Angelika Letz (AUT), Norman Kreuter – Anna-Maria Seidl (GER), Petr Zedník – Olga Zedníková (CZE), Petr Lukašík – Martina Lukašíková Mikulášková (CZE), Adrienn Vogel – Miklós Maricsek (HUN), Ekaterina Stratieva – Georgij Avramov (BGR), Tomáš Enge – Lucie Engová, Karel Macek – Lucie Vondřičková, Miroslav Kalina – Radka Brisudová, František Andrys – Lenka Kreslová, Eliška Slavíková – Jan Slavík (všichni CZE)

Female crews: 6 (female driver)
Rachele Somaschini – Nicola Arena (ITA), Aoife Raftery – Arthur Kierans (IRL), Cristiana Oprea – Alexia Parteni (ROU), Adrienn Vogel – Miklós Maricsek (HUN), Ekaterina Stratieva – Georgij Avramov (BGR), Eliška Slavíková – Jan Slavík (CZE)

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