Tue August 28, 2007

NEWS JUST IN

 More great photos from Barum @ 09:18 PM - More great photos can now be found from Barum Rally Zlin by clicking here

Mon August 27, 2007

 SJJ stages brilliant comeback The gritty determination and fighting spirit of Simon Jean-Joseph and Jack Boyère saw the Citroën C2 Super 1600 crew complete the second day of the 2007 Barum Rally Zlín in an outstanding 10th position overall to bag valuable points that keep their European Championship (ERC) ...

 Honda's Barum Rally The JAS Motorsport Honda Civic Type R team has taken away a class win and many useful lessons from the Barum Rally Zlin, which is characterised by rough and bumpy asphalt roads, many of which were in very bad condition. Former Junior World Rally Champion Dani Sola was forced to s...

Sun August 26, 2007

 Peugeot success in CZ Below the IRC final press release to the Barum Rally. The event has been gripping to the very end again with several major changes inside the top10 until the very last stage. It was a stunning success for Peugeot, double worthwile since Peugeot has a major factory in CZ. Interest...

 IRC points after Barum CZ

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 CZ end - Dramatic last stage! @ 02:10 PM - Peugeot takes 1-2. Casier moves into 5th. Top10 placed Mitsubishi drivers Dimitar Iliev & Miroslav Jandik both retire with mechanical problems. The finish is so dramatic that within 2 stages Jean-Joseph moves from 16th to 10th. Final (provisional) Positions: 1 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, 2h28m10s8; 2 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +16s3; 3 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +1m56s3; 4 - Kresta/Gross, Mitsubishi, +2m28s8; 5 - Casier/Miclotte, Peugeot, +4m10s8; 6 - Arazim/Gal, Mitsubishi, +4m16s9; 7 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +4m47s7; 8 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +5m44s; 9 - Grzyb/Hundla, Suzuki, +6m32s9; 10 - Jean-Joseph/Boyère, Citroen, +7m10s1

 CZ SS14 - Peugeots pacing @ 01:27 PM - Stage times show both official Peugeots are going slow to make sure of a finish. They are in a clear 1-2 with only 1 stage left, however a 27km stage that called for drama first time round. Travaglia attacks for last point. Positions after SS14: 1 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, 2h12m37s3; 2 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +13s2; 3 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +1m56s4; 4 - Kresta/Gross, Mitsubishi, +2m39s7; 5 - Arazim/Gal, Mitsubishi, +4m08s3; 6 - Casier/Miclotte, Peugeot, +4m14s7; 7 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +4m54s6; 8 - Iliev/Yanakiev, Mitsubishi, +5m36s8; 9 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +5m43s; 10 - Jandik/Chrastecky, Mitsubishi, +6m03s8

 CZ SS13 - Kresta wins stage @ 01:19 PM - Vouilloz a close 2nd in stage while Ojeda seems to pace himself and to be contend with 2nd overall. Positions after SS13: 1 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, 2h07m37s3; 2 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +15s3; 3 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +1m57s7; 4 - Kresta/Gross, Mitsubishi, +2m46s8; 5 - Arazim/Gal, Mitsubishi, +3m59s9; 6 - Casier/Miclotte, Peugeot, +4m16s8; 7 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +5m00s4; 8 - Iliev/Yanakiev, Mitsubishi, +5m34s6; 9 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +5m50s; 10 - Jandik/Chrastecky, Mitsubishi, +5m57s6

 CZ SS12 - More Drama, new leader! @ 10:32 AM - On the 27km Trojak stage leader Freddy Loix lost a wheel! Travaglia has a puncture. New leader however is not Ojeda but his team mate Vouilloz with a stunning stage win! Positions after SS12: 1 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, 2h00m37s2; 2 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +4s; 3 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +1m52s; 4 - Kresta/Gross, Mitsubishi, +2m47s; 5 - Arazim/Gal, Mitsubishi, +3m47s8; 6 - Casier/Miclotte, Peugeot, +4m09s9; 7 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +4m56s7; 8 - Iliev/Yanakiev, Mitsubishi, +5m18s2; 9 - Jandik/Chrastecky, Mitsubishi, +5m42s3; 10 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +5m48s3

 CZ SS10 - Loix extends lead @ 10:26 AM - Stage win for Vouilloz, Loix extends lead over Ojeda, Anton Alen did not start for extensive accident damage, Jimmy Joge retired for feeling unwell. Positions after SS10: 1 - Loix/Chevaillier, Fiat Abarth, 1h39m55s7; 2 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +5s9; 3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +27s3; 4 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +1m49s7; 5 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m38s6; 6 - Kresta/Gross, Mitsubishi, +3m03s7; 7 - Arazim/Gal, Mitsubishi, +3m24s2; 8 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +3m52s5; 9 - Casier/Miclotte, Peugeot, +4m03s4; 10 - Iliev/Yanakiev, Mitsubishi, +4m27s9

Sat August 25, 2007

 An almost perfect day for Jean-Joseph The long opening leg of the 2007 Barum Rally, which featured more than 160km of againstthe- clock action, saw Simon Jean-Joseph, Jack Boyère and their Citroën C2 Super 1600 dominate Class A6 – reserved for two-wheel drive cars – thanks to a score of eight fastest times in thei...

 Loix holds narrow lead after day one Privateer Abarth driver Freddy Loix leads the Barum Rally Zlin at the end of leg one after a thrilling battle with Peugeot’s Enrique Garcia Ojeda over the final two stages. Nonetheless, Ojeda’s second postion potentially places him in a strong position to take over the lead of th...

 Bad start for Alen, Vouilloz leads Abarth Grande Punto driver Anton Alen has had a dramatic start to only his second-ever asphalt rally, when he went off on the very first corner of tonight´s spectator superspecial in Zlin. The incident cost him 21 seconds and he is now in 18th place....

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 CZ leg1 - Now Alen out! @ 07:03 PM - What a dramatic day. New leader and 3 top10 drivers in trouble on the previous stage. Now Anton Alen crashed out of his very superb 4th place! Positions after leg1: 1 - Loix/Chevaillier, Fiat Abarth, 1h32m55s6; 2 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +4s1; 3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +29s2; 4 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +1m38s3; 5 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m32s5; 6 - Kresta/Gross, Mitsubishi, +3m01s5; 7 - Arazim/Gal, Mitsubishi, +3m09s4; 8 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +3m35s3; 9 - Casier/Miclotte, Peugeot, +3m53s1; 10 - Iliev/Yanakiev, Mitsubishi, +3m53s9

 CZ SS8 - All change! @ 06:09 PM - All change on the 24km Halenkovice stage. Loix is the new leader thanks to a fastest stage time that impressive that Ojeda's 3rd fastest stage time wasn't enough to retain his 14s lead! Travaglia has a puncture and Toth lost a wheel, Jean-Joseph dropped time too, all dropped several places! Positions after SS8: 1 - Loix/Chevaillier, Fiat Abarth, 1h20m34s; 2 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +1s3; 3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +30s1; 4 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, +1m04s6; 5 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +1m27s7; 6 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m16s5; 7 - Arazim/Gal, Mitsubishi, +2m47s7; 8 - Kresta/Gross, Mitsubishi, +2m56s2; 9 - Iliev/Yanakiev, Mitsubishi, +3m17s8; 10 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +3m21s3

 CZ SS7 - Navarra drops @ 03:48 PM - After a slow morning series leader Navarra drops another 90s and 4 places when damaging a wheel, while Kresta moves into top10. Ojeda and Toth show excellent pace in SS7, so Ojeda's lead is no bigger for a good time by Loix the previous stage. Positions after SS7: 1 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, 1h07m38s9; 2 - Loix/Chevaillier, Fiat Abarth, +14s2; 3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +36s4; 4 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +39s8; 5 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, +1m01s2; 6 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +1m13s6; 7 - Toth/Bahor, Peugeot, +1m27s2; 8 - Arazim/Gal, Mitsubishi, +2m24s1; 9 - Jean-Joseph/Boyère, Citroen, +2m49s5; 10 - Kresta/Gross, Mitsubishi, +2m51s6

 CZ SS6 - no major changes @ 03:05 PM - At 10.6km the shortest stage of the day, all other stages over 20km. Positions after SS6: 1 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, 57m19s3; 2 - Loix/Chevaillier, Fiat Abarth, +13s2; 3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +23s9; 4 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +30s; 5 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, +55s9; 6 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +1m03s1; 7 - Toth/Bahor, Peugeot, +1m19s2; 8 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +1m31s2; 9 - Arazim/Gal, Mitsubishi, +2m00s3; 10 - Jean-Joseph/Boyère, Citroen, +2m20s

 CZ SS5 - hot before mid day service @ 01:13 PM - Last stage before mid day halt was won by Loix. However Ojeda was only 0.2s behind and keeps his grip on the lead. Sola's Honda retired with a fire, Fontana Fiat lost a wheel. In the morning delays included Kresta with a puncture, Casier crash and extensive front damage, Betti powersteering failure. Positions after SS5: 1 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, 50m13s; 2 - Loix/Chevaillier, Fiat Abarth, +16s1; 3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +30s2; 4 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +36s; 5 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, +54s2; 6 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +59s8; 7 - Toth/Bahor, Peugeot, +1m15s2; 8 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +1m32s6; 9 - Arazim/Gal, Mitsubishi, +1m52s3; 10 - Jean-Joseph/Boyère, Citroen, +2m12s6

 CZ SS3 - Surprise top3 @ 09:55 AM - Anton Alen superstar. The youngster with close to zero asphalt experience is 3rd fastest in the stage, beating all Abarth team mates by at least 6secs! However Roman Kresta in the Lancer beat Alen again by over 7sec! And still ahead of Kresta, by only 0.1s, Peugeot driver Ojeda, who also takes the lead! Positions after SS3: 1 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, 24m57s2; 2 - Loix/Chevaillier, Fiat Abarth, +11s2; 3 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +11s9; 4 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +12s; 5 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +24s7; 6 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, +27s2; 7 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +33s8; 8 - Toth/Bahor, Peugeot, +36s4; 9 - Kostka/Krecman, Mitsubishi, +50s5; 10 - Fontana/Casazza, Fiat Abarth, +53s8

 CZ SS2 - Early drama @ 09:23 AM - First proper stage in the Barum Rally, IRC round6. Strong start for Peugeot as the official Peugeot Spain drivers are a clear 1-2 in that stage. But local hero and event favourit Roman Kresta in a gN Lancer as well as the Kronos 207 of Bernd Casier drop over 2min each with unconfirmed problems! Positions after SS2: 1 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, 14m21s7; 2 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +5s7; 3 - Loix/Chevaillier, Fiat Abarth, +7s3; 4 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +9s2; 5 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +9s3; 6 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +20s; 7 - Fontana/Casazza, Fiat Abarth, +27s6; 8 - Iliev/Yanakiev, Mitsubishi, +28s1; 9 - Jean-Joseph/Boyère, Citroen, +28s5; 10 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, +29s

 CZ SS4 - Spaniard at home in CZ @ 00:42 AM - Another stage win and extending lead for Enrique Garcia Ojeda. Anton Alen finds asphalt rallying difficult but keeps moving up, Navarra disappointing in comparison. Positions after SS4: 1 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, 37m48s6; 2 - Loix/Chevaillier, Fiat Abarth, +16s3; =3 - Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +25s2; =3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +25s2; 5 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, +40s4; 6 - Pech/Uhel, Mitsubishi, +46s6; 7 - Toth/Bahor, Peugeot, +56s9; 8 - Navarra/d'Esposito, Fiat Abarth, +1m06s3; 9 - Fontana/Casazza, Fiat Abarth, +1m30s2; 10 - Kostka/Krecman, Mitsubishi, +1m30s6

Fri August 24, 2007

 Peugeot Spain top Barum shakedown The competitors on the Barum Rally Zlin have had a chance to see the route during the reconnaissance and complete the shakedown. Peugeot Spain driver Nicolas Vouilloz emerged quickest, closely followed by Abarth driver (and series leader) Andrea Navarra. For the Italian´s team ma...

Thu August 23, 2007

 BF Goodrich preview - Barum Rally Zlin BFGoodrich's Intercontinental Rally Challenge partners will be ideally shod as the series heads to the Czech Republic and the town of Zlin, home to footwear giant Bata....

Tue August 21, 2007

 SJJ looks to continue strong run in CZ The next port of call for Simon Jean-Joseph and Jack Boyère takes them to the Czech Republic for the 37th Barum Rally Zlín – round eight of the European Rally Championship (ERC) and round six of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) – on which the Citroën C2 Super 1600 cr...

 Preview Barum Rally Zlin The Challenge: The Barum Rally Zlin is round six of the IRC and the third asphalt event of the year, but it is extremely different in character to the sealed-surface events that have preceded it in Belgium and Madeira. The Czech rally uses a wide variety of roads, many of wh...

 Honda continues asphalt learning curve

Fri August 17, 2007

 Alen looking forward to Czech asphalt Anton Alen has been named as Abarth´s second factory driver on the forthcoming Barum Rally Zlin in the Czech Republic - in what will only be his second-ever asphalt rally. The Rally Russia winner now faces an entirely different challenge as he gets to grip with sealed surfaces....

Tue August 14, 2007

 Barum reveals record entry The Barum Rally Zlin - the next round of the IRC in the Czech Republic that starts in less than two weeks´ time - will feature the biggest number of Super 2000 cars ever to take the start of an IRC event....

Mon August 13, 2007

NEWS JUST IN

 Barum entrylist published @ 11:32 AM - 15 S2000 cars on the entrylist for Barum! Alen returns to IRC action, Travaglia switches to a Punto and former Ford works driver Roman Kresta will start in a Lancer. Full entrylist click here