2010 Barum Czech Rally Zlín Explained

2010 Barum Czech Rally Zlín
Round:9
Championship:2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
Previous Round:2010 Rali Vinho da Madeira
Next Round:2010 Rallye Sanremo
Country: Czech Republic
Rallybase:Zlín
Startdate:27
Enddate:29 August 2010
Stages:17[1]
Stagekm:265.26
Overallkm:625.26
Surface:Asphalt
Driver1: Freddy Loix
Team1: Freddy Loix
Teamsstart:112[2]
Teamsfinish:58

The 2010 Barum Czech Rally Zlín was the ninth round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season and also a round of the European Rally Championship. The seventeen stage asphalt rally took place on 27 – 29 August 2010. Other than the opening stage on Friday night all stages were run in daylight.[1]

Introduction

The rally, which was being run for the 40th time, was based in the Moravian town of Zlín. Friday saw the ceremonial start and opening super-special stage running through the streets of Zlín. On Saturday a further eight stages covering 138.88km (86.3miles) were run on asphalt with the final eight stages (126.38km (78.53miles)) being completed on the Sunday. A record-breaking 28 Super 2000 cars started the rally,[3] including six of the top seven drivers in the championship. New entries to the series included Keith Cronin and Niall McShea from the Proton R3 Rally Team.[4]

Results

The early part of the rally was dominated by Kopecký, who won the first, second and third stage and lead the rally at the end of the day. Day one saw a total of five different drivers take a stage win.[5] Day two also saw five different stage winners and the overall lead change three times. Kopecký, while in the lead, crashed out of the rally on stage 14 handing the lead to Bouffier only for Loix to take the lead on stage 16 and win the rally.[6] [7] The result was the fourth 1–2–3 for Škoda in this year's championship.

Overall

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
1. Freddy Loix Fréderic MiclotteŠkoda Fabia S20002:31:31.00.010
2. Juho Hänninen Mikko MarkkulaŠkoda Fabia S20002:31:56.025.08
3. Pavel Valoušek Zdeněk HrůzaŠkoda Fabia S20002:32:51.21:20.26
4. Kris Meeke Paul NaglePeugeot 207 S20002:33:28.61:57.65
5. Andreas Mikkelsen Ola FløeneFord Fiesta S20002:34:04.92:33.94
6. Václav Pech Petr UhelMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX2:34:38.43:07.43
7. Guy Wilks Phil PughŠkoda Fabia S20002:35:12.13:41.12
8. Jaromír Tarabus Daniel TrunkátFord Fiesta S20002:36:49.05:18.01

Special stages

DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
Leg 1
(27–28 Aug)
SS121:15SSS Zlín9.36 km Jan Kopecký7:15.077.46 km/halign=left rowspan=13 Jan Kopecký
SS29:48Biskupice 19.01 km Jan Kopecký5:02.8107.12 km/h
SS310:31Zádveřice 114.95 km Jan Kopecký7:49.5114.63 km/h
SS411:24Semetín 111.71 km Juho Hänninen7:02.895.70 km/h
SS511:52Troják 129.09 km Bryan Bouffier16:54.9103.19 km/h
SS614:55Biskupice 29.01 km Pavel Valoušek5:17.3102.23 km/h
SS715:38Zádveřice 214.95 km Jan Kopecký8:07.6110.38 km/h
SS816:31Semetín 211.71 km Juho Hänninen7:11.393.82 km/h
SS916:59Troják 229.09 km Freddy Loix17:00.9102.58 km/h
Leg 2
(29 Aug)
SS108:28Halenkovice 124.90 km Pavel Valoušek13:12.1113.17 km/h
SS119:11Kudlovice 111.39 km Bryan Bouffier6:04.5112.49 km/h
SS129:59Velký Ořechov 17.14 km Jan Kopecký3:48.9112.29 km/h
SS1310:27Pindula 119.76 km Pavel Valoušek10:31.6112.63 km/h
SS1412:45Halenkovice 224.90 km Freddy Loix13:44.0108.79 km/halign=left rowspan=2 Bryan Bouffier
SS1513:28Kudlovice 211.39 km Bryan Bouffier6:05.4112.22 km/h
SS1614:16Velký Ořechov 27.14 km Juho Hänninen4:06.7104.19 km/halign=left rowspan=2 Freddy Loix
SS1714:44Pindula 219.76 km Pavel Valoušek10:42.4110.73 km/h

Notes:

  1. – SS14 was cancelled after an accident for Josef Béreš, who was running 23rd on the road. A nominal time of 15:09.0 was given for the drivers who had yet to complete the stage, while times for several other drivers, including Loix and Bouffier stood.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Rally Itinerary. barum.rally.cz. 2010-08-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20100821111743/http://www.barum.rally.cz/2010/pdf/bcrz2010-itinerary.pdf. 21 August 2010. dead. dmy-all.
  2. News: Hapala to lead 112 starters away in Zlín. ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 2010-08-28. 2010-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20101005214437/http://ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=2083. 5 October 2010. dead.
  3. News: Record-breaking Super 2000 entry for Zlín. ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 2010-08-19. 2010-08-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20100824052429/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=2064. 24 August 2010. dead. dmy-all.
  4. News: New drivers for PROTON R3 Rally Team . ircseries.com . . 2010-08-16 . 2010-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100824052419/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=2061 . 24 August 2010 . dead . dmy .
  5. Web site: After SS9: Loix storms to first stage best . Ircseries.com . 28 August 2010 . 7 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100929095605/http://ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=2099 . 29 September 2010 . dead .
  6. Web site: After SS14: Kopecký out, Bouffier leads . Ircseries.com . 29 August 2010 . 7 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100929124217/http://ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=2109 . 29 September 2010 . dead .
  7. Web site: After SS17: Dramatic third IRC win for Loix . Ircseries.com . 29 August 2010 . 7 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100929123044/http://ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=2112 . 29 September 2010 . dead . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: Barum Czech Rally Zlín, 27th – 29th August 2010: Unofficial results – List for category: IRC; SS 14 – Halenkovice. 2010-08-29. 2010-08-29. irc-results.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. https://web.archive.org/web/20100830095608/http://irc-results.com/2010/irc/barum/14irc.php. 30 August 2010. dead. dmy-all.