Wed January 7, 2015

 Kajetanowicz heads Pirelli 1-2-3 Pirelli has begun the international motorsport season in style with a 1-2-3 finish on the Jannerrallye, the opening round of the European Rally Championship (January 5-6) following a dominant performance by the Italian tyre manufacturer. Kajetan Kajetanowicz won the winter eve...

Tue January 6, 2015

 Kajetanowicz dominates ERC opener Kajetan Kajetanowicz recorded fastest time on all but the final stage of the opening round of the 2015 FIA European Rally Championship to win the snowy Internationale Jännerrallye powered by GaGa Energy. Co-driven by Jarek Baran, the 35-year old Pole was in a class of his own...

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 A Final (SS18) @ 04:14 PM - What an amazing last stage - wihout shoot out rubbish!! Hirschi manages to pass Tlustak, but also Lukyanuk wins stage and passes Tarabus for podium. Raoux back in top10 on last gasp. Final results (after SS18)(subject to last road section and scrutineering):
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 2h50m52s6;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +7m07s4;
3rd= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +8m28s1
4th= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +8m48s8;
5th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +22m38s6;
6th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +27m26s9;
7th= Tlustak/Kucera, Skoda, +27m29s7;
8th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +28m18s6;
9th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +30m38s5;
10th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +35m00s5

 A SS17 - Lefebvre excluded @ 02:46 PM - Lefebvre has been delayed before SS15 for unknown reasons. With no chances the Citroen team has made changes to Lefebvre's car for Monte Carlo tests, which caused further delays. Basically he is now OTL - off time limit (max lateness exceeded). So before the last stage: Results BEFORE SS18:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 2h36m59s7;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +6m32s8;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +8m38s4
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +8m46s9;
5th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +21m08s3;
6th= Tlustak/Kucera, Skoda, +26m35s4;
7th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +26m47s7;
8th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +26m53s;
9th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +28m52s;
10th= Ogryzek/Wrobel, Peugeot(R2), +31m56s1

 A SS17 @ 01:57 PM - Fantastic long stage, repeated as last stage. Many drivers saved their best tyres for the last stage. Hirschi lost his place to Tlustak, but gained it again against Stajf. Lukyanuk could still take 3rd. Results after SS17:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 2h36m59s7;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +6m32s8;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +8m38s4
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +8m46s9;
5th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +21m08s3;
6th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +22m45s8;
7th= Tlustak/Kucera, Skoda, +26m35s4;
8th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +26m47s7;
9th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +26m53s;
10th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +28m52s

 A SS16 @ 01:00 PM - Raoux has major mechanical problems with the longest stage next. There also keeps a question mark over Lefebvre with his road delays. Results after SS16:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 2h23m26s4;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +5m50s;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +7m55s
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +8m31s1;
5th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +19m42s2;
6th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +22m03s6;
7th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +24m31s5;
8th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +24m57s2;
9th= Tlustak/Kucera, Skoda, +25m01s6;
10th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +26m25s9

 A SS15 @ 12:08 AM - Lefebvre delayed at stage start. Raoux had to clean snow from radiator after a mild off. Hirschi catching Stajf and Tlustak catching Hirschi. Results after SS15:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 2h17m38s;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +5m27s3;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +7m42s7
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +8m27s3;
5th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +19m02s3;
6th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +21m46s5;
7th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +23m42s2;
8th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +24m15s2;
9th= Tlustak/Kucera, Skoda, +24m34s1;
10th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +25m23s3

 A SS14 @ 11:26 AM - Kajetanowicz is going to win every stage at that rate. Main interest may be Hirschi, who has a chance to gain 2 places if he drives well - lat 2 stages are 42km together. Results after SS14:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 2h08m50s7;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +4m50s7;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +7m17s
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +8m18s2;
5th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +16m40s5;
6th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +17m50s4;
7th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +22m12s3;
8th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +22m44s7;
9th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +22m57s8;
10th= Tlustak/Kucera, Skoda, +23m50s4

 A SS13 @ 08:41 AM - Kajetanowicz again. And says he is still pushing 100% because he is scared of losing his rythm. Raoux had an off and loses a place. Breen had a massive spin. Results after SS13:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 2h03m28s3;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +4m27s;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +7m04s8
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +8m11s3;
5th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +16m21s;
6th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +ms;
7th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +21m25s4;
8th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +22m;
9th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +22m15s9;
10th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +23m06s4

 A SS12 @ 08:11 AM - And yet another Kajetanowicz stage win, this time followed by Lukyanuk 2nd. Lefebvre moves up into 5th now. Results after SS12:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 1h57m13s;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +4m21s8;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +6m57s8
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +8m06s3;
5th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +15m41s4;
6th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +16m11s6;
7th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +19m03s3;
8th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +20m21s6;
9th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +21m17s9;
10th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +22m06s4

 A SS11 @ 07:09 AM - Yet another stage win for Kajetanowicz. Short, snowy stage to start the day. Breen 6th fastest on stage. Botka takes Tlustak for 10th. Results after SS11:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 1h47m54s3;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +4m08s9;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +6m40s9
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +7m54s7;
5th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +14m41s1;
6th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +14m41s4;
7th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +17m20s5;
8th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +18m39s;
9th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +19m14s4;
10th= Botka/Michalik, Mitsubishi, +20m29s1

Mon January 5, 2015

 Perfect 10 for leader Kajetanowicz Kajetan Kajetanowicz made it a clean sweep of stage wins on the opening day of the 2015 FIA European Rally Championship, recording 10 out of 10 fastest stage times in his LOTOS Rally Team Ford Fiesta R5 on the Internationale Jännerrallye powered by GaGa Energy. Heavy snowfall...

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 A day1 (SS10) @ 07:15 PM - Kajetanowicz wins every stage of the day. The last driver to manage that was Kubica in Canarias 2013. Results after day1 (SS10):
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 1h42m13s6;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +3m52s5;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +6m29s4
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +7m35s5;
5th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +13m42s5;
6th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +14m02s4;
7th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +16m10s9;
8th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +17m20s8;
9th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +18m05s4;
10th= Tlustak/Kucera, Skoda, +19m17s

 A SS9 @ 06:27 PM - Puncture for Consani increases lead for Kajetanowicz now to over 3min. Results after SS9:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 1h24m35s9;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +3m19s7;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +5m27s4
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +7m15s3;
5th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +11m34s6;
6th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +12m23s9;
7th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +13m32s1;
8th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +14m49s3;
9th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +15m50s7;
10th= Tlustak/Kucera, Skoda, +16m19s8

 A SS8 @ 04:20 PM - Long stage with much fresh snow. Consani has a spin but keeps position. Lefebvre loses 4min with an off close to the finish. Hirschi now in top10. Results after SS8:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 1h19m00s5;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +2m48s3;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +5m16s4
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +7m04s8;
5th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +11m07s1;
6th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +11m57s;
7th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +12m49s7;
8th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +13m56s1;
9th= Hirschi/Landais, Peugeot, +15m09s;
10th= Ogryzek/Wrobl, Peugeot(R2), +15m17s5

 A SS7 @ 03:25 PM - This stage was for the last third just tarmac, no snow. No changes. Next stage will be longest of day. Results after SS7:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 1h01m35s1;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +1m29s5;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +4m11s7
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +6m48s1;
5th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +7m44s6;
6th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +8m02s7;
7th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +8m49s1;
8th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +10m28s7;
9th= Tlustak/Kucera, Skoda, +11m24s1;
10th= Ogryzek/Wrobl, Peugeot(R2), +11m32s6

 A SS6 @ 01:33 PM - Kajetanowicz dominates the rally so far. Neubauer as expected retired after SS5. Now Lukyanuk says he has a water pressure problem, but next is service. Keferböck appears to be missing. Results after SS6:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 56m00s8;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +1m09s1;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +3m54s3
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +6m35s2;
5th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +7m14s7;
6th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +7m26s2;
7th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +8m46s3;
8th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +9m22s;
9th= Tlustak/Kucera, Skoda, +10m14s6;
10th= Ogryzek/Wrobl, Peugeot(R2), +10m36s9

 A SS5 @ 12:47 AM - Now the end of Nerubauer from 5th after his engine is losing oil. No big changes at the front, although Kajetanowicz says he was nearly off a few times. Lukyanuk passes Lefebvre. Results after SS5:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 50m37s4;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +57s4;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +3m35s
4th= Lukyanuk/Chervenenko, Ford, +6m20s6;
5th= Fischerlehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +6m33s8;
6th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +6m39s2;
7th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +7m57s1;
8th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +8m19s1;
9th= Keferböck/Gründlinger, Peugeot(S2000), +8m24s4;
10th= Neubauer/Ettel, Ford(S2000), +8m27s3

 A SS4 @ 11:54 AM - Hideg retired from 7th. Keferböck also dropped some places. At front another convincing stage win by Kajetanowicz. Results after SS4:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 43m17s9;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +46s1;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +3m14s1
4th= Neubauer/Ettel, Ford(S2000), +5m29s1;
5th= Fischeriehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +5m33s7;
6th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +6m04s7;
7th= Lukyanuk/Chervonenko, Ford, +6m11s;
8th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +6m55s1;
9th= Keferböck/Gründlinger, Peugeot(S2000), +7m10s6;
10th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +7m15s4

 A SS3 @ 11:27 AM - Another convincing stage win for Kajetanowicz. Lefebvre moved into top10 now and Lukyanuk is also heading towards top10. Results after SS3:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 27m56s1;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +30s1;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +2m58s9
4th= Neubauer/Ettel, Ford(S2000), +3m52s2;
5th= Fischeriehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +3m56s2;
6th= Keferböck/Gründlinger, Peugeot(S2000), +4m44s7;
7th= Hideg/Kerek, Mitsubishi, +4m44s8;
8th= Ogryzek/Wrobl, Peugeot(R2), +5m11s5;
9th= Lefebvre/Prevot, Citroen, +5m12s2;
10th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +5m12s8

 A SS2 @ 08:46 AM - Pirelli tyres seem to work well in snow as Kajetanowicz and Consani are proving. Though this stage good time for Lukyanuk too. Hirschi had an off. Results after SS2:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 22m39s4;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +17s3;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +2m22s1
4th= Neubauer/Ettel, Ford(S2000), +3m04s6;
5th= Fischeriehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +3m05s2;
6th= Hideg/Kerek, Mistubishi, +3m38s9;
7th= Keferböck/Gründlinger, Peugeot(S2000), +3m43s9;
8th= Ogryzek/Wrobl, Peugeot(R2), +3m58s3;
9th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +4m07s4;
10th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +4m11s

 A SS1 @ 07:58 AM - Craig Breen is out already! He went off in a downhill section 5km from finish and seems stuck in deep snow for good. Lefebvre and Lukyanuk both delayed for having to clean radiators after spins. Pirelli ytres in 1st and 2nd. Results after SS1:
1st= Kajetanowicz/Baran, Ford, 15m32s6;
2nd= Consani/Vilmot, Peugeot(S2000), +6s4;
3rd= Tarabus/Trunkat, Skoda, +1m34s9
4th= Fischeriehner/Unterweger, Mitsubishi, +2m07s2;
5th= Neubauer/Ettel, Ford(S2000), +2m08s2;
6th= Keferböck/Gründlinger, Peugeot(S2000), +2m28s5;
7th= Hideg/Kerek, Mitsubishi, +2m31s4;
8th= Ogryzek/Wrobl, Peugeot(R2), +2m31s9;
9th= Stajf/Rajnoha, Subaru, +2m48s1;
10th= Raoux/Escartefigue, Ford, +2m49s6

Mon December 29, 2014

 Q&A Jonathan Hirschi The swift Swiss was the first driver to register for the 2015 ERC. An ex-circuit racer, Hirschi will make his Jännerrallye debut in a Peugeot 208 T16 having finished a career-best fourth on the penultimate round of last season’s ERC in Switzerland. ...

 Full Jänner Rally Preview The waiting will soon be over and the high-speed action will begin. A little more than 50 days since Esapekka Lappi secured the 2014 FIA European Rally Championship, the race for ERC success in 2015 starts with the Internationale Jännerrallye powered by GaGa Energy from 4-6 Janua...

Mon December 22, 2014

NEWS JUST IN

 Jänner entry list @ 09:37 PM - Please note that the entry list for Jänner Rallye is out now. Follow the link below or search through top menu IRC > calendar > Jänner Rallye. Or it will be visible the usual on 1st Januar as that is, err, when the web site switches to 2015.
http://www.rallye-info.com/event_entrylist.asp?event=653

Sun December 21, 2014

 Entry list for Jänner takes shape With the entry list for round one of the 2015 FIA European Rally Championship closing on 21 December a number of star names have been confirmed for the Internationale Jännerrallye powered by GaGa Energy from 4-6 January. ...