2011 Barum Czech Rally Zlín Explained

2011 Barum Czech Rally Zlín
Round:7
Championship:2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
Previous Round:2011 Rally Azores
Next Round:2011 Mecsek Rallye
Rallybase:Zlín
Startdate:26
Enddate:28 August 2011
Stages:15[1]
Stagekm:248.48
Overallkm:619.73
Surface:Asphalt
Driver1: Jan Kopecký
Team1: Škoda Motorsport
Teamsstart:112
Teamsfinish:77

The 2011 Barum Czech Rally Zlín was the seventh round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season, and also a round of the European Rally Championship. The fifteen stage asphalt rally took place over 26–28 August 2011. Other than the opening stage on Friday night, all stages were run in daylight.[1]

Introduction

The rally, which was run for the 41st 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 124.04km (77.07miles) were run on asphalt with the final six stages, consisting of 115.08km (71.51miles) being completed on the Sunday.

Results

Jan Kopecký took his first win in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge for over a year, holding off Freddy Loix by just 1.2 seconds, the closest finish in series history.[2]

Overall

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
1. Jan Kopecký Petr StarýŠkoda Fabia S20002:15:51.70.025
2. Freddy Loix Frédéric MiclotteŠkoda Fabia S20002:15:52.91.218
3. Juho Hänninen Mikko MarkkulaŠkoda Fabia S20002:16:29.137.415
4. Thierry Neuville Nicolas GilsoulPeugeot 207 S20002:17:51.31:59.512
5. Andreas Mikkelsen Ola FløeneŠkoda Fabia S20002:17:57.42:05.710
6. Toni Gardemeister Tapio SuominenŠkoda Fabia S20002:19:34.93:43.28
7. Craig Breen Gareth RobertsFord Fiesta S20002:19:39.13:47.46
8. Roman Kresta Petr GrossŠkoda Fabia S20002:20:13.24:21.54
9. Per-Gunnar Andersson Emil AxelssonProton Satria Neo S20002:20:32.84:41.02
10. Karl Kruuda Martin JärveojaŠkoda Fabia S20002:20:46.14:54.41

Special stages

DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
Leg 1
(26–27 August)
SS121:15SSS Zlín9.36 km Juho Hänninen7:03.479.58 km/h Juho Hänninen
SS29:38Biskupice 18.89 km Guy Wilks4:41.0113.89 km/h Andreas Mikkelsen
SS310:11Pindula 112.95 km Jan Kopecký6:41.5116.11 km/halign=left rowspan=13 Jan Kopecký
SS410:54Troják 128.69 km Jan Kopecký15:49.0108.83 km/h
SS511:37Semetín 111.49 km Bryan Bouffier6:30.9105.82 km/h
SS615:00Biskupice 28.89 km Freddy Loix4:39.5114.50 km/h
SS715:33Pindula 212.95 km Juho Hänninen6:37.2117.37 km/h
SS816:16Troják 228.69 km Freddy Loix
Jan Kopecký
15:44.7109.33 km/h
SS916:59Semetín 211.49 km Freddy Loix6:27.1106.86 km/h
Leg 2
(28 August)
SS108:33Maják 122.69 km Andreas Mikkelsen12:26.8109.38 km/h
SS119:21Kudlovice 110.48 km Andreas Mikkelsen5:28.2114.95 km/h
SS129:54Halenkovice 124.37 km Freddy Loix12:51.5113.72 km/h
SS1312:12Maják 222.69 km Andreas Mikkelsen12:11.6111.65 km/h
SS1413:00Kudlovice 210.48 km Andreas Mikkelsen5:22.4117.02 km/h
SS1513:33Halenkovice 224.37 km Freddy Loix12:35.5116.12 km/h

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rally Itinerary. PDF. barum.rally.cz. Barum Rally Zlín. 25 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316124333/http://www.czechrally.com/2011/pdf/bcrz2011-itinerary.pdf. 16 March 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  2. News: Kopecký wins in Zlín after closest IRC finish. https://archive.today/20130126145705/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=2998. dead. 26 January 2013. ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 28 August 2011. 28 August 2011.