Central European Zone Rally Championship Explained

Category:Super 2000
Group N
Country/Region:Europe
Inaugural:2005
Champion Driver:refer table
Website:CEZ

The Central European Zone Rally Championship is an international rally championship which is run by the Austrian-based Oberste Nationale Sportkommission für den Motorsport (OSK) under the auspicies of the FIA and held across several European countries.

There are four separate championships contested under the Central European Zone banner, and unlike other FIA Zone rally series there is no overall champion. The classes are Production Cars (for Group N vehicles), Class 2 (for Super 2000), 2WD (for FIA classes 5 through 10 which includes Super 1600) and Historic. The Historic class is run largely separate from the other three championships with its own calendar, although it does share some events.

Events are held in Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Slovakia and Serbia.

List of events

2014 calendar events, sourced from:[1] [2] [3]

Champions

YearS1600Group NGroup AHistoric
DriverCarDriverCarDriverCarDriverCar
2005 Josef PetákRenault Clio S1600 Andrej JerebSubaru WRX STi Čedomir BrkičMitsubishi Evo VII Folco GamberucciLancia Fulvia HF
2006 Josef PetákRenault Clio S1600 Václav PechMitsubishi Evo IX Raimund BaumschlagerMitsubishi Evo VIII Vittorio PolicanteOpel Kadett GT/E
2007S2000: Czopik Tomasz
S2000: Scandola Umberto
S1600: Grzyb Grzegorz
Fiat Abarth Grande Punto
Fiat Abarth Grande Punto
Suzuki Swift S1600
Václav PechMitsubishi Evo IX Rihtar MihaMitsubishi Evo V Gruber SeppFord Escort RS
YearClass 2Production Car2WDHistoric
2008S2000: Michał Sołowow
S1600: Carlo Fornasiero
Peugeot 207 S2000
Renault Clio S1600
Darko PeljhanMitsubishi Evo IX Rodolfo CosimiRenault Clio Sport Andras KovesdanPorsche 911SC
2009S2000: Michał Sołowow
S1600: Jiří Vlček
Peugeot 207 S2000
Peugeot 206 S1600
Václav PechMitsubishi Evo IX Andrea TorlascoRenault Clio R3 Andras KovesdanPorsche 911SC
2010 Michał SołowowFord Fiesta S2000 Kajetan KajetanowiczSubaru WRX STi Michał BebenekCitroën C2 R2 Max Miroslav JanotaOpel Kadett C GTE
2011 Michał SołowowFord Fiesta S2000 Wojciech ChuchalaSubaru WRX STi Jan ChmielewskiCitroën DS3 R3T Maurizio PagellaPorsche 911S
2012 Kajetan KajetanowiczSubaru Impreza STi R4 Zoltán BessenyeySubaru WRX STi Radoslaw TypaFord Fiesta R2 Ferenc WirtmannFord Escort RS2000
2013 Norbert HerczigŠkoda Fabia S2000 Asja ZupancMitsubishi Evo IX Aleks HumarRenault Clio R3 Ferenc WirtmannFord Escort RS2000
2014 Norbert HerczigŠkoda Fabia S2000 Juraj ŠebaljMitsubishi Evo IX Rok TurkPeugeot 208 R2 Paolo PasuttiPorsche 911
2015 János PuskádiŠkoda Fabia S2000 Juraj ŠebaljMitsubishi Evo IX Aleks Humar
Zoltán Bessenyey
Renault Clio R3T
Renault Clio R3T
Ferenc WirtmannFord Escort RS2000
2016 Rok TurkPeugeot 208 R2 Ferenc WirtmannFord Escort RS2000
2017 László MeklerAlfa Romeo 1750 GTAm
2018 Andras HadikFord Fiesta R5 Slawomir KurdysSubaru Impreza WRX STi Aleks HumarPeugeot 208 R2 László MeklerAlfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6
2019 Rok TurkHyundai i20 R5 Lukáš LapdavskýSubaru Impreza STi Goran RabasovicCitroën C2 R2 Max Luigi BattistolliLancia Delta Integrale 16V
2020 Grzegorz GrzybŠkoda Fabia Rally2 evo Maciej LubiakPeugeot 208 R2
2021 Jan Kopecký
Rok Turk
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo
Hyundai i20 R5
Tomáš KukučkaMitsubishi Evo VI René DohnalPeugeot 208 Rally4 Paolo PasuttiPorsche 911 Carrera RS 3.0
2022 Grzegorz GrzybŠkoda Fabia Rally2 evo Vlastimil MajerčákFord Fiesta Rally3 Viliam ProdanRenault Clio Rally4 Tibor Érdi, Jr.Ford Sierra RS Cosworth

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OSK - Oberste Nationale Sportkomission für den Motorsport . 2014-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714123859/http://www.osk.or.at/index.php?navid=107_10&__wizardStep=Rally_32_474 . 2014-07-14 . dead .
  2. Web site: eWRC-results.com - rally database. eWRC-results.com.
  3. Web site: eWRC-results.com - rally database. eWRC-results.com.