Modest Czech race little by little became a European-scale event-in particular, became a calendar rally of such prestigious events as the IRC and the Championship of Europe ...
The winner of the rally became the favorite of the Czech football fans Jan Kopecky, starting history in 1971 as a modest segment of the Championship of the CSSR, today this race, if not on the scale, the number of participants is definitely surpassing the stages of the World WRC Championship. Zline is a city in the south of the Czech Republic, "Barum" is a cover sponsor, and gradually the rally organizers have brought their children to a very high level. This year, besides the stage of the Czech Championship, the race was the stage of the European Rally Championship, as well as the stage of the IRC (Intercontinental Rally Challenge), which, in general, competes with the World Cup. More than 110 people from two dozen countries have left for the start of the flight. Show stoppers are known, mastity and even famous pilots participating in IRC on Super 2000 class cars (full drive, 2-liter engine with no boost). There are four full production teams, as well as a lot of Impreza and Lanser of different generations. Well, any other kind of way of off-off, a word, entertaining technical show. The winner of Zline rally is the favorite of the Czech football fans Jan Kopecky Faworita-the crews on Skoda Fabia S2000 and Peugeot 207 S2000. "Factory training" is an important factor, since, in principle, the S2000 car can be assembled by anyone who wants to use any serial car. The car will only go at a different pace-for factories where the trained engineers have been improving the technique for years, the private sector will not be euned. In the course of the race to the factory teams, the other is much faster and more carefully, and the repair and replacement of aggregates is not economical. At the finish of the three-day rally, the Belgians Freddie Loyx has fallen behind the winner only for one second, the Czech general candidate considered, of course, his pet Jan Kopetsky, a representative of Skoda Motorsport. And, in fact, was right-he and the track know the best, and the experience gained enough, and was already the winner of many stages and prize of IRC. From the second special station, the Czechs took the lead. And then the miracles began. Who knows the world well (and the domestic rally), he will understand: on 10-15 km of special sections rupture in the five leaders in a second, two, three. Moreover, Kopecki has only once lost a second time away from the nearest stalker than ten seconds-since this stalker, the Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen, took off from the track. The best pilot, Peugeot, was the young Belgian Terry Neville-fourth place, however, with the experience of the experienced Belgian, a major specialist in the asphalt race of Freddie Loyx, who had once spent several seasons in the World Cup. And the rest of the distance very seriously warmed the leader, taking out the little things, and eventually got close to two seconds before the start of the last special section. I don't know how they did it, but Loyx played only 12 kilometers. 0.8 seconds. This race is held as part of the IRC commercial series, which does not give its members any official title. Note that, despite the abundance of Fabia in the results of the race, only three crew officially represent the factory team. And Loix isn't in it. One of the leaders of the French team, Guy Wilkes, has gone all the way to the finish in Skoda as a whole, "Barum-Zline" is stronger than Peugeot, and is better at the tournament. The Troika of the leaders are represented by the coworkers-Finns Yukho Honeyn (98 points), then Kopetsky (95), and later Loyx (88). Only then begins "all the rest"-with Brian Buffier, by the way, the winner of the "Monte Carlo 2011" rally, the Young Frenchman at Peugeot 207 gained 61 points. In the standoff, the picture is similar: ahead on the white horse Skoda, then Peugeot. M-Sport (representing the interests of Ford and building Fiesta S2000), Subaru, Ralliart (read-Mitsubishi) and Malaysian Proton are further lagging behind M-Sport. The live broadcast is primarily a helicopter pilot