After Friday’s ceremonial start and the night city special stage, which was dominated by the Austrian Simon Wagner, the two-day race took place with eight other special stages on the four sections of Březová, Kateřinice, Rajnochovice and Bunč and two passes. The last and longest one didn’t happen in the end.
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RZ9 BUNČ
The ninth special stage was cancelled. This was done for safety reasons, a storm had passed over the area. After the first day, the bee of the race is Dominik Stříteský, who has a lead of 21 seconds over the Austrian Simon Wagner. Third place is defended by Adam Březík with a loss of 45 seconds.
“Today went great. We have a stage victory, which I am very happy about given the conditions. It was successful,” says Dominika Stríteský.
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“The stage could definitely have been better, we made a lot of mistakes. Mainly me a few stupid things. We spent a lot of time coaching. We are not satisfied,” Adam Březík says flatly.
“The second section was great from the start. A bad decision with the rubber cost us very valuable time. It will be very difficult tomorrow,” guesses Erik Cais in a response to the official social networks of Barumka.
RANKING AFTER THE FIRST STAGE (Saturday exams)
1. Stříteský D. / Jiří Hovorka (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) 55:46.6.
2. Wagner Simon / Hain Jara (AUT, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 21.1.
3. Březík Adam / Krajča Ondřej (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 45.9.
4. Cais Erik / Bacigál Igor (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 46.1 (20 s penalty).
5. Mareš Filip / Bucha Radovan (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2) + 52.8.
6. Franceschi M. / Malfoy Andy (FRA, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 57.2.
7. Llarena Efrén / Fernandez Sara (ESP, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1:12.4.
8. Miko Marczyk / Gospodarczyk S. (POL, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1:14.2.
9. Neubauer H. / Ettel Bernhard (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1:20.8.
10. Jan Kopecký / Jan Hloušek (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) 2:34.5.
11. Václav Pech / Petr Uhel (Škoda Fabia R5) + 2:37.6.
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18. Paddon Hayden / Kennard John (NZL, Hyundai i20 N Rally2) + 4:33.8.
RZ8 RAJNOCHOVICE
The rain spoke to the race. The new conditions suited Stříteský best, who won the erzeta for the first time at this year’s Barumka. He left Wagner three and a half seconds behind, Pole Marczyk finished third. The fourth Březík had a loss of almost 15 seconds on the current leader. Cais was 41 seconds behind.
Out of the game for a good position is the leading man of the European Championship, Paddon, who suffered a puncture on the track. He is looking at the first place with a distance of four and a half minutes. Kopecký appeared off the track and gained another 23 seconds loss.
RZ7 KATEŘINICE
Erik Cais won already on the fifth erzeta. The native of Fryšták in Kateřinice gave two and a half seconds to the Austrian Wagner, another 1.2 seconds to Jan Kopecká and 4.5 seconds to Dominik Stříteský.
The 25-year-old rider loses only 4.2 seconds to the first Stříteský. He lost almost a quarter of a minute from the first Březová.
“We lost a lot more here than we wanted to. However, we still have some head start,” Stríteský knows well.
RZ6 BIRCH
In the afternoon, Březová offered an extremely exciting spectacle. The fourth test was mastered by Cais, who, however, shared this first place with Březík with a completely identical time of 7:30.8. Kopecký was just a tenth of a second behind them.
Erik Cais once again closed the gap on Dominik Stříteský (fourth in this RZ), currently only 8 seconds and 7 tenths behind him. Marczyk (now ninth) and Neubauer (now tenth) only swapped positions in the top ten.
RZ5 BUNČ
The first half of the Saturday exams are behind us. Things were happening on the last one. Erik Cais once again flew like the wind and won the third RZ of this year’s barumka. The second Dominik Stříteský was behind him by 5.4 seconds, the Austrian Simon Wagner by 7.6 seconds.
The biggest event was the puncture of eleven-time champion Jan Kopecky, who lost almost two and a quarter minutes. Adam Březík was clocked, he had a deficit of over 23 seconds on Cais.
“It happened on gravel, which is quite loose and has big rocks coming out of it. One was on the track and I ran into it. That’s what a rally is,” Kopecký realizes.
“It’s difficult, demanding, especially now on Bunča. Like Honza, we had a puncture, fortunately a smaller one, just three or four kilos before the finish line,” recounts Stříteský.
Before the next races, Stříteský leads by 10 seconds ahead of Cais, the third Wagner loses over 16 seconds. The fourth Březík is chasing the current leader by almost half a minute. Franceschi and Mareš still fit within 30 seconds.
Jírovec crashed at the test, the RZ was then cancelled. The remaining crews were given spare time behind those who passed.
ORDER OF FIVE RZ
1. Stříteský D. / Jiří Hovorka (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) 36:19.5
2. Cais Erik / Bacigál Igor (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 10.1 (20 s penalty)
3. Wagner Simon / Hain Jara (AUT, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 16.8
4. Březík Adam / Krajča Ondřej (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 28.9
5. Franceschi M. / Malfoy Andy (FRA, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 29.0
6. Mareš Filip / Bucha Radovan (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2) + 29.3
7. Paddon Hayden / Kennard John (NZL, Hyundai i20 N Rally2) + 38.7
8. Llarena Efrén / Fernandez Sara (ESP, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 45.2
9. Neubauer H. / Ettel Bernhard (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 48.9
10. Marczyk Miko / Gospodarczyk S. (POL, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) 53.5
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12. Václav Pech / Petr Uhel (Škoda Fabia R5) + 1:56.6
15. Jan Kopecký / Jan Hloušek (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) 2:13.1
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RZ4 RAJNOCHOVICE
The fourth special stage waved with the order. The leader Adam Březík drove with a flat tire, dropped to third place with a loss of 10.7 seconds to the leading competitor. This is Dominik Stříteský, who finished second on this track. Kopecký is less than a second behind him. Erzeta was once again controlled by Cais.
“I’m thinking about where the defect could have occurred,” thought Březík after the unintended defect.
“It’s a crazy track, really fast with a few jumps. We had a good time,” boasted Stříteský.
“I can’t even imagine what it must have looked like in Erika’s car during the drive,” snapped Spaniard Llarena before Cais’s fast drive in this erzeta.
In addition to Březík, Armstrong and Marczyk also had a defect. Molle even crashed.
RZ3 KATEŘINICE
In the order of the third RZ, Cais took over. In Kateřinice, he left Stříteský behind by two and a half seconds, Kopecký finished third. Březík was more than four seconds behind Cais.
“It’s amazing that I can introduce myself to the audience first. There are two very good tracks ahead of us now, I’m really looking forward to them,” admits Cais, who dominated qualifying. So far he is the eleventh.
Nothing changes at the forefront of the running race. Adam Březík leads Jan Kopecký by 0.5 seconds, Stríteský is 2.4 seconds behind the leading man. Sixth place is guarded by Filip Mareš, ninth by Hayden Paddon.
Photo gallery: Barum Czech Rally Zlín, 2024, RZ 2
RZ2 BIRCH
Adam Březík won the first heat on Saturday, Jan Kopecký was 1.4 seconds behind him. Dominik Stríteský is currently also on the box, who is 4.3 seconds behind the current leader.
“We started well, I feel good about it. Now we have to follow up on it,” says Březík.
The fourth fastest time was set by Erik Cais, due to the 20-second penalty from Friday’s city test however, he is only fourteen. So far, Simon Wagner and Filip Mareš are in the elite five.
Photo gallery: Barum rally – 2nd RZ Březová
MORE INFORMATION
The second stage on the three sections of Semetín, Pindula and Halenkovice starts on Sunday morning so that the name of the fastest crew will be known between 4 and 5 p.m. They will present themselves at the finish ramp again in front of the Zlín town hall after 5 p.m.
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The top of the European and Czech championship appeared at the start – eleven-time champion and winner of the last eight editions of the Zlín race Jan Kopecký (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2), reigning European champion, leader of the ERC standings Hayden Paddon from New Zealand (Hyundai i20 N Rally2) or this year’s surprise season Mathieu Franceschi from France (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2).
If you can’t visit the race in person, where can you watch the Barum Rally? While last year the public Czech Television broadcast only selected events, this year the Barumka sports station O2 TV Sport will offer the rally fans a complete program when it broadcasts all 15 special stages in live broadcasts.
Photo gallery: Barum Rally 2024 – 1st MRZ Zlín
Program of the 53rd Barum Rally
Friday, August 16
Qualification test Oldřichovice (2.77 km) 8.00 – 10.10
Shakedown Oldřichovice (2.77 km) – 10:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m
The ceremonial start is upon us. Peace in Zlín 16.00
1. RZ SSS Zlín (9.57) 21.15
Saturday, August 17
2. and 6. RZ Březová (12.73) 8.58 a.m. and 3.35 p.m.
3rd and 7th RZ Kateřinice (7.49) 10.06 and 16.43
4th and 8th RZ Rajnochovice (13.19) 10.59 and 17.36
5. and 9. RZ Bunč (18.04) 12.42 and 19:19
Sunday, August 18
10. a 13. RZ Semetín (11,51) 8.23 a 13.08
11. to 14. RZ Pindula (16.57) 9.16 to 14.01
12. and 15. RZ Halenkovice (12.48) 10.35 a.m. and 4.05 p.m.
Finish in Zlín 17.35
Results 1. SSS Zlín
1. Wagner Simon / Hain Jara (AUT, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) 7:05.5
2. Březík Adam / Krajča Ondřej (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 0.8
3. Jan Kopecký / Jan Hloušek (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1.0
4. Stříteský D. / Jiří Hovorka (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 3.0
5. Mabellini A./Lenzi Virginia (ITA, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) +
6. Mareš Filip / Bucha Radovan (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2) + 3.2
7. Llarena Efrén / Fernandez Sara (ESP, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 5.6
8. Miko Marczyk / S. Gospodarczyk (POL, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) 5.9
9. Franceschi M. / Malfoy Andy (FRA, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 6.1
10. Paddon Hayden / Kennard John (NZL, Hyundai i20 N Rally2) + 6.9
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12. Pech Václav / Uhel Petr (Škoda Fabia R5) + 9.4
17. Cais Erik / Bacigál Igor (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 20.8 (20 s penalty)
Qualification results in Ludkovice (2.77 km)
1. Cais Erik / Bacigál Igor (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) 1:40.992
2. Wagner Simon / Hain Jara (AUT, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 0.769
3. Marczyk Miko / Gospodarczyk S. (POL, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1.011
4. Mareš Filip / Bucha Radovan (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2) + 1.045
5. Llarena Efrén / Fernandez Sara (ESP, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1,050
6. Franceschi M. / Malfoy Andy (FRA, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1.167
7. Stříteský D. / Jiří Hovorka (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1,238
8. Jan Kopecký / Jan Hloušek (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1,301
9. Březík Adam / Krajča Ondřej (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1.305
10. Neubauer H. / Ettel Bernhard (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 1.859
11. Paddon Hayden / Kennard John (NZL, Hyundai i20 N Rally2) + 2.029
12. Václav Pech / Petr Uhel (Škoda Fabia R5) + 2.242
13. László Martin / Bán Viktor (HUN, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 2.767
14. Mabellini A./Lenzi Virginia (ITA, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 2.872
15. Armstrong Jon / Treacy Eoin (IRL, Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII) + 2.904
16. Jirásek Aleš / Machů Petr (Škoda Fabia R5) + 3.335
17. von Thurn und Taxis A. / Christian Frank (DEU, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 3.531
18. Kołtun J. / Pleskot I. (POL, Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) + 4.122
19. Vlček Martin / Kunst Jakub (Hyundai i20 N Rally2) + 4.914
20. Jakub Jirovec / Jindra Petr (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2) + 7.170
