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Tom206wrc

21st January 2007, 14:22

Hi,

Tomorrow is published the provisional entrylist of the Magurski rally, first event of the 2007 polish rallies championship(held on 2nd february) and I've read no news of the polish drivers this year on this forum yet :s

http://www.rajdmagurski.pl

So any news ??? :confused:

Apart Tomasz Czopik running the championship on VW Polo S2000...any news about GrN, S1600, Puchar Peugeot 206, other S2000s,... ???

qbus

21st January 2007, 20:31

At this moment it looks like it will be NO S1600 in Polish Championschip... sad news.

Tom206wrc

22nd January 2007, 07:28

No program this year for Peugeot Polska ??? :confused:

I was hoping at least a 207 S2000... :(

Raven

22nd January 2007, 12:21

I hope we will see s1600 cars on polish stages, in other case will be very boring on tarmac rallies, as our drivers are not spectacular at all on this surface :(
As a big fan of FWD cars I keep my fingers crossed!

For now there are almost no news about polish championships. I can only say we will have big comeback of Pawel Dytko (Lancer), the guy that proved (Rally Poland 2006) that he is still veeery quick, even after log break. He is also the originator of team for young guns (two lancers for drivers from second league).
The rest is the same as in 2006, I think. Some rumors about s2000, nothing sure.

Tom206wrc

23rd January 2007, 10:17

When do they publish the entrylist for Rajd Magurski ?? They wrote the 22nd january, and still nothing today !!! :mad:

I want to know which drivers/cars will be on the 1st event of the 2007 polish championship !!! :rolleyes:

Tom206wrc

23rd January 2007, 20:17

Here are now the entrylists
http://www.rajdmagurski.pl

Jarek Z

24th January 2007, 09:37

Yes, this is entry list for Polish championship:
http://www.automalop.pl/magurski2007/lista_zgloszen_rsmp.html
And this one is for second division championship:
http://www.automalop.pl/magurski2007/lista_zgloszen_rsppzm.html

It's snowing over the whole country today!

Tom206wrc

24th January 2007, 10:29

I don't understand why Peugeot Polska don't also enter a 207 S2000 like many other european importers :(

Jarek Z

24th January 2007, 11:18

Nobody knows anything about Peugeot Polska plans for this year. It's not even sure if the Peugeot 206 Trophy will be continued.

But last year Peugeot Polska also didn't compete in Magurski Rally. They were afraid that their Super 1600 cars would be severely beaten in those snow conditions...

Tom206wrc

31st January 2007, 18:55

Finally there are still S1600 cars, Jarek !!! I see Grzegorz Grzyb and another driver on C2 S1600 on Magurski entrylist :eek:

But the most interesting on this rally will be the duel Czopik/Lubiak in S2000 cars on snow ;)

Raven

31st January 2007, 20:59

Sorry Tom, both citroens are C2 R2.

Jarek Z

1st February 2007, 13:50

Jarek Z

1st February 2007, 13:52

Oh, I forgot to tell you that this is going to be the official rally debut for VW Polo Super 2000. The car is going to be homologated... today! Let's hope everything is fine with the homologation!

[Madeira-Rally]

1st February 2007, 15:05

Winter tests before Magurski Rally. The blue Subaru Impreza is Tomasz Kuchar. The silver VW Polo S2000 is Tomasz Czopik. What an unfortunate beginning of the tests! ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C3JsyyKxs&eurl

The rally starts on Friday.
Official website:
http://www.rajdmagurski.pl
Live results:
http://www.subaru.pl

Thanks for the link Jarek..

It looks like Czopit have to learn a lot about driving a 4x4 no turbo charged and with a sequential gear box... it looks he is having some "problems" with that... but.. ok.. it was only a test :)

Tom206wrc

2nd February 2007, 14:21

There are a few pics on the Magurski rally website :D

Nice livery the Polo S2000(of Czopik) !!! :eek:

Tom206wrc

2nd February 2007, 15:26

Here are pictures of the Punto S2000 of Lubiak and Solowow !!! :up:
Really nice livery for Lubiak !! :)

http://rallyonline.pl/g.php?1&pg_[desc]=+DESC&modex=pokaz&T[id]=2059

I really hope there will be a 207 S2000 in Poland this year :mad:

Madeira

2nd February 2007, 15:34

Yes, wonderful livery for Lubiak's Punto.
The rally is on the road!

zales

3rd February 2007, 12:04

On-board Polo S2000 from first stage Rajd Magurski later we have more

http://www.rallypl.com/filmy_strony.php?id=374

Tom206wrc

20th February 2007, 13:33

Today in http://www.autoklub.pl and http://www.rallyonline.pl there's an article about Piotr Adamus and Magdalena Zacharko being honoured in Poland, and the article also mentioned the 2007 season for them, but I don't understand the main meaning of the article :confused:

Can someone translate it for me ?? :)

EDIT:
http://www.rallyonline.pl/index.php?1&modex=pnews&&s=9691

Jarek Z

20th February 2007, 14:39

Oh, it's nothing important Tom. Adamus and Zacharko were honoured with a third place in the "Sportsman of the Oswiecim land" competition. Despite the smile on Magda's face they still don't know what they will do in 2007. Peugeot Polska still haven't made up their minds about continuing their rally programme.

The sportsman of the year of the Oswiecim region is Ryszard Sarna, a table tennis player. But do you like table tennis?

Tom206wrc

20th February 2007, 18:48

No I don't have any particular interest in table tennis :p :

Thanks for the translation Jarek... ;)

I wish an official 207 S2000 for Piotr and Magdalena they deserve it !!! ;(

IQ206

19th March 2007, 18:48

Maciek Lubiak tarmac test Fiat Punto S2000
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7108/dsc0012vn6.jpg
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/728/dsc0011js9.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7140/dsc0025im8.jpg

Jarek Z

29th March 2007, 12:03

7th edition of Mazowiecki Rally will be held in Poland this weekend. It's not a Polish championship round, only a second division rally, but many drivers decided to compete in order to prepare for the second round of Polish championship at the end of April. Main favourites for the overal win are Pawel Dytko and Stefan Karnabal, both driving Mitsubishi Lancers.
You can see the whole entry list here:
http://www.ak-polski.org.pl/mazowiecki/doc/lista_zgloszen.pdf
Official website:
http://www.ak-polski.org.pl/mazowiecki/

Wim_Impreza

29th March 2007, 12:12

Thank you for the news, Jarek. I hope Maciej Oleksowicz will have a good rally :)

Jarek Z

29th March 2007, 12:34

Oleksowicz will be on his home ground, but to be honest... I don't think he has any chance against Pawel Dytko...

Wim_Impreza

29th March 2007, 12:39

A podium place for him would be good too ;)

Please keep us informed, Jarek.

IQ206

29th March 2007, 21:19

Rajd Elmot official website

http://ak-sudecki.motoplaneta.pl/elmot/index.php

Jarek Z

2nd April 2007, 14:20

So, Mazowiecki Rally was won by local driver Piotr Maciejewski and his Mitsubishi Lancer. Pawel Dytko was second and Stefan Karnabal third.

Final results:
1 4 Piotr Maciejewski Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Gość 00:42:07.1 --:--.- 00:00:00.0 --:--
2 1 Paweł Dytko Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Gość 00:42:29.6 +00:22.5 +00:00:22.5 --:--
3 2 Stefan Karnabal Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Gość 00:42:30.2 +00:00.6 +00:00:23.1 --:--
4 7 Bartłomiej Grzybek Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Gość 00:42:57.6 +00:27.4 +00:00:50.5 --:--
5 3 Maciej Oleksowicz Subaru Impreza Gość 00:43:10.8 +00:13.2 +00:01:03.7 --:--
6 11 Tomasz Trembicki Subaru Impreza Gość 00:44:00.5 +00:49.7 +00:01:53.4 --:--
7 8 Szymon Ruta Subaru Impreza Gość 00:44:04.6 +00:04.1 +00:01:57.5 --:--
8 10 Wojciech Karłowski Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Gość 00:44:30.9 +00:26.3 +00:02:23.8 --:--
9 17 Ariel Piotrowski Citroen C2 R2 Gość 00:45:35.2 +01:04.3 +00:03:28.1 --:--
10 12 Grzegorz Bonder Honda Civic Type R Gość 00:46:19.6 +00:44.4 +00:04:12.5 --:--

Photo of the winning car:
http://www.autoklub.pl/fotogalerie/rallyart/mazowiecki07/img0064.jpg

Tom206wrc

2nd April 2007, 14:44

Any news about Elmot entrylist ??? :confused:

IQ206

2nd April 2007, 20:15

Tom206wrc Pawel Dytko changes evo8 to evo9, Solowow begins adventure with Punto S2000, perhaps Kajetanowicz will comeback with Mitsu. Grzegorz Grzyb Swift S1600, he is probably "lone driver" in S1600 class. We excepct few C2 R2 and 206 Cup (last seazon this year)

IQ206

18th April 2007, 20:56

Pawel Dytko brand new (virgin ;) ) Evo 9 testing
http://www.v10.pl/archiwum/galeria/polska/dytko_testy_17_04_2007/dytko_testy_photomax_1.JPG

full galery is here:
http://www.rajdy.v10.pl/Testy,Pawla,Dytko,17.04.2007,fot.,Photomax,Jarosla w,Wysocki,galeria,77.html

Soon will be released entry list 35. Rajd Elmot-Remy

Tom206wrc

18th April 2007, 22:48

No news about Piotr Adamus ??? :confused:

Jarek Z

20th April 2007, 13:27

Unfortunately no news about Adamus. He is missing on the entry list of Elmot Rally, that will be held next week:
http://www.rajdelmot.pl/foto/zgl35rer.pdf

Tom206wrc

20th April 2007, 14:05

OK...I won't follow the polish championship at all this year ... :rolleyes:

Jarek Z

20th April 2007, 14:06

There are much better drivers than Adamus in the Polish championship Tom :)

Jarek Z

23rd April 2007, 10:52

New livery for Tomasz Kuchar and Jakub Gerber for Elmot Rally this weekend:
http://motoplaneta.pl/mgaleria/2007/04/shell_vpday_kolasinski/075.jpg

Jarek Z

23rd April 2007, 10:53

And here is a new car for Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Wislawski (former Holowczyc's co-driver):
http://www.v10.pl/archiwum/rajdy/aktualnosci/elmot/kajetanowicz_wislawski_rajd_elmot.JPG

Jarek Z

26th April 2007, 14:32

Elmot Rally, one of the most classic events in Polish championship, starts on Friday evening. Live results will be available at http://www.subaru.pl

My photos from last year (so that you know what kind of stages those are):
http://www.rallyonline.pl/g.php?1&pg_[search]=autor&pg_[keyword]=Zag%C3%B3rny+Jaros%C5%82aw&pg_[order]=data+galerii&pg_[desc]=+DESC&modex=pokaz&T[id]=1509

Jarek Z

30th April 2007, 20:23

As HaCo said in one of the other threads this year's Elmot Rally was a real thriller. A suspense at the very end and a sensational winner in the person of Kajetan Kajetanowicz!

Here you can see a bunch of my photos from the rally:
http://www.rallyonline.pl/g.php?1&pg_[order]=id&pg_[desc]=+DESC&modex=pokaz&T[id]=2207

HaCo

1st May 2007, 16:08

Yeah, it was even great to follow it online! A must say: polish rally service online is near-to perfect. With pics uploading during the day and very professional timing system it is really top!

Would love to see some video footage of this rally! :D

Edit: Nice pics Jarek!!!

Jarek Z

1st May 2007, 17:08

The only bad side of the rally was Tomasz Czopik's disappearance from the start. His VW Polo S2000 broke down already on the shakedown :( It's a real shame as Czopik is probably the best driver of all S2000 drivers in Poland. I saw some videos from the shakedown and the Polo looked spectacular! Unfortunately it was a very bad weekend for the whole Rene Georges team as Freddy Loix didn't start his rally in Belgium, too.

The unlucky Polo:

http://foto.rallyonline.pl/GALERIA/2007/05/elmot/leszczynski/009.jpg.jpg

The winning car:

http://foto.rallyonline.pl/GALERIA//jarekz/elmot2007/rajdelmot2007_jz01.jpg

Jarek Z

1st May 2007, 17:14

Yes, the timing system is very good. One or two years ago there were even some negotiations to use it for all rounds of the European Championship, but I don't know what happened to that idea.

Jarek Z

1st May 2007, 17:15

The only bad side of the rally was Tomasz Czopik's disappearance from the start. His VW Polo S2000 broke down already on the shakedown :( It's a real shame as Czopik is probably the best driver of all S2000 drivers in Poland. I saw some videos from the shakedown and the Polo looked spectacular! Unfortunately it was a very bad weekend for the whole Rene Georges team as Freddy Loix didn't start his rally in Belgium, too.

The unlucky Polo:

http://foto.rallyonline.pl/GALERIA/2007/05/elmot/leszczynski/009.jpg.jpg

The winning car of Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Wislawski:

http://foto.rallyonline.pl/GALERIA//jarekz/elmot2007/rajdelmot2007_jz01.jpg

Unfortunately the Punto had a gearbox problem :(

http://foto.rallyonline.pl/GALERIA//jarekz/elmot2007/rajdelmot2007_jz08.jpg

Jarek Z

1st May 2007, 17:34

The guy from my city, Tomasz Kuchar, is now leading the Polish championship :)

http://foto.rallyonline.pl/GALERIA//jarekz/elmot2007/rajdelmot2007_jz02.jpg

Jarek Z

5th May 2007, 14:11

A short videoclip of Leszek Kuzaj's performance on the Elmot Rally can be downloaded from here:
http://www.kuzaj.pl/nowe/_video/LeszekKuzaj_Elmot_07.zip

GigiGalliNo1

11th May 2007, 18:40

I watched another video of Elmot

amazing stuff Jarek! I have to come to Poland :p for the rallye of course! I don't think I can make rally of Poland for wrc status but maybe next year and some smaller events in Poland too! i have also never been to poland so i think i will love to just go for 6-7 days for the rally and recce like i do in other rallies! just in and out and i think it will become one of my favs! :p :D

HaCo

11th May 2007, 18:58

GigiGalliNo1

11th May 2007, 19:01

http://www.rallyfahrer.info/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=27&func=select&id=10

lol :p

HaCo

11th May 2007, 19:11

LOL, thanks again!!! :D

GigiGalliNo1

11th May 2007, 19:23

Jarek... could this not be a good photo of Leszek Kuzaj???

:p

GigiGalliNo1

11th May 2007, 19:24

ok maybe not :p haha

HaCo

11th May 2007, 19:25

Honda Civic have a good time too!! (Faster than FIAT S2000)

GigiGalliNo1

21st May 2007, 12:36

so how's the PL champs going? :D

Raven

22nd May 2007, 10:31

Standings you have here: http://www.rajdy.v10.pl/rsmp/
Now we are waiting for Rally Poland, third round of polish championships and fourth of ERC.

Jarek Z

23rd May 2007, 11:55

Last weekend in Northern Poland was held Rally Agapit. It was not a Polish championship round, only a second division rally, but many top drivers competed in order to prepare for the Rally of Poland, that will be held in June. Krzysztof Holowczyc (Subaru Impreza rented from Bernard Munster) won the rally after a fierce battle with local hero Zbigniew Staniszewski (Mitsubishi). Tomasz Kuchar (Subaru) came in third position, but wasn't happy with the settings of his car.

Results:
1. Krzysztof Holowczyc (Subaru)
2. Zbigniew Staniszewski (Mitsubishi) +16,6
3. Tomasz Kuchar (Subaru) +34,6
4. Paweł Dytko (Mitsubishi) +50,8
5. Mariusz Stec (Mitsubishi +1.51,9
6. Maciej Oleksowicz (Subaru) +2.05,8.

A bunch of photos: http://www.rallyonline.pl/g.php?1&pg_[desc]=+DESC&modex=pokaz&T[id]=2273

Jarek Z

30th May 2007, 15:26

Does anybody want to buy two Peugeots?
http://www.rallycarsforsale.net/clas/index.php?ct=fsrc&md=details&id=22822

Tom206wrc

30th May 2007, 20:05

No more car at all for Peugeot Polska then, or are they owner of the 207 S2000 that will be used by Bouffier on Rajd Polski next week ?? :confused:

Tom206wrc

6th June 2007, 16:16

Tom206wrc

6th June 2007, 20:01

Official press realease of Bryan Bouffier has been released, and it's confirmed that he will drive 3 or 4 events of polish championship with the 207 :bounce:

It seems Bouffier fell in love with Poland then :D

There's a picture of Bryan's 207 on the press release but livery is very strange: a mix of ex-Peugeot Polska 206 S1600 and current Janos Toth 207 livery :eek: :eek:

http://www.rally-news.org/news/index/1185

By the way, the article says that Peugeot-Polska uses Bouffier services to continue to developpe the car(Bryan is part of official Peugeot-Sport tester staff for that car) and that they have big project for 2008... :)

WRC1

7th June 2007, 07:12

There's a picture of Bryan's 207 on the press release but livery is very strange: a mix of ex-Peugeot Polska 206 S1600 and current Janos Toth 207 livery :eek: :eek:

http://www.rally-news.org/news/index/1185

very good seen from you tom!! this IS the car of Janika!!
Rolf Schmidt (Schmidt Racing prepares that car for Janos) told me that Janika and Buffier will share that one car!

regards

wrc1

Tom206wrc

7th June 2007, 07:57

Thanks for the news WRC1... ;)

Jarek Z

7th June 2007, 16:09

Auto-Hebdo Magazine today announces that Bryan Bouffier will run several rounds of polish championship(two or three, not including rally of Poland this week-end)in the Peugeot-Polska 207 S2000 :bounce: :D

Thank you for this news Tom! You know more than us in Poland :up:
As you can see (http://www.autoklub.pl/15822,news.html?AKSID=4c01c20b01e4e5f868afac8cc9fd ac73) Autoklub.pl has already re-printed your post :) They are lurking here all the time :)

And yes, it's true - Bouffier will drive Toth's car.

HaCo

7th June 2007, 18:32

Hope he wont break the car... he needs it for Ypres :(

Jarek Z

12th June 2007, 12:42

Bryan Bouffier confirmed that he will drive 2 or 3 Polish championship rounds more. He will be present on Subaru Poland Rally in Cracow and on Rzeszowski Rally, that he knows from 2004. Maybe he will also drive Warszawski Rally, but it's not confirmed yet. The car will of course be Peugeot 207 S2000 and the team Peugeot Polska.

Tom206wrc

14th June 2007, 15:25

Jarek Z

6th July 2007, 22:58

The next round in the Polish championship will be Subaru Poland Rally, that will be held near Cracow one week after Rally Bulgaria. There will be four S2000 cars, three Fiats for Lubiak, Solowow and Czopik and one Peugeot for Bryan Bouffier. Apart from Bouffier there is one more foreign driver that sent his entry - Daniel Fischer from Hungary.

Official website:
http://www.rajdwawelski.pl

Jarek Z

9th July 2007, 18:48

Here is the entry list for Subaru Poland Rally:
http://www.rajdwawelski.pl/dokumenty/lista_zgloszonych_rsmp2007.pdf

HaCo

9th July 2007, 22:05

Is this a tarmac raly? Looking forward to another exciting event... :D

Jarek Z

9th July 2007, 22:19

Is this a tarmac raly?

Yes, it's a tarmac rally. It will be interesting to see what Bouffier can do here. I hope he will not humiliate our "top" drivers! :D
Maybe I would go to this rally, if only I didn't have to work on Fridays!

Tom206wrc

11th July 2007, 10:37

I can't wait for this event to start :bounce:

But I'm quite gutted for Piotr Adamus and Magdalena Zacharko who really deserved to drive a 207 S2000 after what they achieved on the 206 S1600 on past years ;(

Jarek Z

11th July 2007, 22:25

Solowow will drive Mitsubishi on this rally. The reason is lack of spare parts for his Fiat.

Tom206wrc

12th July 2007, 12:18

When does shakedown start and where can I find pics of it(especially of Bryan Bouffier) ??? :confused:

Tom206wrc

12th July 2007, 17:38

A few pics of the shakedown on http://www.rallyonline.pl :D

First stage of the rally in about 2 hours and 30 minutes(8.00pm GMT+2) ;)

Live results on http://www.subaru.pl

[Madeira-Rally]

12th July 2007, 18:21

I'm curious to see what Czopik can do in this rally...

He nows the roads very well... so, let's see what is the real potential of Czopik in a S2000 car!

HaCo

12th July 2007, 19:03

Damn, I wish I lived in Poland... :)

Jarek Z

12th July 2007, 20:01

Damn, I wish I lived in Poland... :)

You can always come here for holiday, can't you? :D
Typical postcard from Polish holiday:
http://www.rallyonline.pl/ft.php?idg=2340&pg_[go]=22

But man, you had Snijers, Droogmans, de Mevius, Thiry, Loix, Duez and Verreydt and you want to switch Belgium for Poland? ;)

Jarek Z

12th July 2007, 20:03

Testing sessions before the rally:
http://www.rallyonline.pl/g.php?1&pg_[desc]=+DESC&modex=pokaz&T[id]=2396

[Madeira-Rally]

12th July 2007, 20:14

A few pics of the shakedown on http://www.rallyonline.pl :D

First stage of the rally in about 2 hours and 30 minutes(8.00pm GMT+2) ;)

Live results on http://www.subaru.pl

Isn't GMT +2...

It's GMT +1

As always results are working very well in Subaru's Polska site :)

Tom206wrc

12th July 2007, 20:18

SS1 is on the way :D

In reverse order ;)

HaCo

12th July 2007, 20:40

SS1 is on the way :D

In reverse order ;)

You should be happy, an 206 in the lead!!! ;)

Tom206wrc

12th July 2007, 20:44

You should be happy, an 206 in the lead!!! ;)

More than one !! Five !! :p :

But they have no chance against S1600, GrN and S2000 though :mark:

A wait for Bouffier then :D

HaCo

12th July 2007, 21:16

Top 10 is coming through...

[Madeira-Rally]

12th July 2007, 21:28

Kuchar won the Prolog...

It's strange.. but.. Lubiak was the fastest S2000...

Jarek Z

12th July 2007, 21:32

]It's strange.. but.. Lubiak was the fastest S2000...

Maybe the time spent in Vittorio Caneva's rally school in Italy has finally payed off?

Tom206wrc

12th July 2007, 21:32

So steady start for the S2000 cars on this SS1/Prolog... :rolleyes:

Let's hope a different sound tomorrow...

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 10:48

Why is SS1 cancelled ??? :confused:

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 11:03

SS2 is running !! :bounce:

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 11:18

Leszek Kuzaj out of road AGAIN !!! :eek: :s

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 11:24

WOW Bryan Bouffier great time !!! :up:

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 11:27

Nice time by Gregorz Grzyb too in his 2WD Suzuki Ignis S1600 ;)

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 11:34

Lubiak off road...his lead of S2000 after prolog was really short :rolleyes:

[Madeira-Rally]

13th July 2007, 11:42

Kuzi lost so many time due to a crash...

[Madeira-Rally]

13th July 2007, 11:56

Not a Fantastic time by Czopik... but not bad... let's see what he can do in next stages...

Solowow lost a lot of time...

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 12:10

Kuchar lost a lot too :mark:

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 12:13

Again a schedule change(SS3 will start only in 25mn) :mad:

[Madeira-Rally]

13th July 2007, 12:32

Hum.. what's happening in Poland...

first SS3 was delayed about 25min, after 30 min and now about 40 min. :s

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 12:39

SS3 is running normally now ;)

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 12:49

Where's Bouffier on SS3 ?? :confused:

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 13:02

OK Bouffier best time again, increasing his lead to 10s :p :

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 14:22

Best time for Kuzaj in front of Czopik and leader Bouffier in SS4 but he lost really too much with his crash in SS2 :mark:

SS5 is running...

Tom206wrc

13th July 2007, 14:44

It's simply FANTASTIC what Bryan Bouffier is currently doing :bounce:

He now has a 25s gap with 2nd overall(Pawel Dytko)with only one short stage(11km)to go before end of leg :up:

[Madeira-Rally]

13th July 2007, 18:54

SS 6 - stage canceled no-time-drive...

So, Bouffier is the leader after leg one :)

Fantastic rally by Grzyb in his Swift S1600... he his being really fast!

And.. It looks like Kuzi is getting back in good old times... he his crashing too many times again...

Czopik is going too much normal.. "only" 5th overall...

Solowow very disappointing :(

Pics available on
http://www.rallyonline.pl

Jarek Z

13th July 2007, 20:09

Solowow lost so much time, because he stopped at the place where Kuzaj went off the road to see if everything is OK with the crew. The last stage was canceled because of heavy rain, that started when all the drivers were on slick tyres.

HaCo

13th July 2007, 23:55

I don't find any pics except from shakedown on rallyonline.pl

Edit: I found OS3 now..

IQ206

14th July 2007, 08:12

Another gallery from the rally
http://www.gsr.pl/galeria/thumbnails.php?album=77

There are cancelled time penalties for Grzyb, Frycz and Bebenek so there are changes in classification. Grzyb is second now and has 16 sec. gap to Bouffier. Dytko is fifth.

For me fascinating is that there is only 1 minute gap between first nine drivers. There is no place for mistakes, if you want keep your place. And it 's difficult to provide who will be the winner.

HaCo

14th July 2007, 10:15

This will be an exciting day!

Thanks for the pics!

[Madeira-Rally]

14th July 2007, 10:55

SS8 is stopped... Ambulance on the stage...

It looks like another crash for Kuzi :s

Tom206wrc

14th July 2007, 11:01

Bad year for Kuzaj it seems :(

[Madeira-Rally]

14th July 2007, 11:08

Hum... strange.. I thought it was Kuzaj who crashed.. but he finished the stage.. so... I think it was Bouffier who was 3rd in the road...

Waiting for informations..

[Madeira-Rally]

14th July 2007, 11:16

It looks there wasn't any crash...

Maybe some spectator felt bad or something...

Tom206wrc

14th July 2007, 11:21

They say puncture for Kuzaj :mark:

IQ206

14th July 2007, 12:11

SS8 is stopped... Ambulance on the stage...

it is because, "second" league starts before "first" league, and one crew had crash. Co-driver (female) was injured.

Madeira

14th July 2007, 15:34

One SS to go and it looks Bouffier has a safe lead, but for the second place Czopik is trying to catch Gabrys, who will be better?

[Madeira-Rally]

14th July 2007, 16:10

Kuzaj went off road in the last stage... crew is ok...

[Madeira-Rally]

14th July 2007, 16:45

First victory for Bouffier in Polish Champ. ;)

Simpatic rally for Czopik.. I was hopping more from him, but the overall result wasn't bad at all.

Let's wait for our Polish members... for sure they will do a report for us ;)

Tom206wrc

14th July 2007, 18:26

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: for Bryan and Xavier

Definitely a BAD 2007 year for Leszek Kuzaj :(

HaCo

15th July 2007, 00:47

Very nice result of the 207 and Bouffier, congrats!!!

IQ206

15th July 2007, 20:48

Gabrys was DQ, so Czopik is second.

Photos:
http://www.rajdy.v10.pl/Rajd,Subaru,zdjecia,z,I,etapu,galeria,264.html
http://www.rajdy.v10.pl/Rajd,Subaru,zdjecia,z,II,etapu,galeria,265.html
http://www.gsr.pl/galeria/thumbnails.php?album=77

Videos:
Kajetanowicz lost his wheel
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=yy2yG7FB1n0&NR=1
Lubiak crash
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7cEEHD2TTvo
Dytko huge crash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxkkiDbfKEU

Tom206wrc

15th July 2007, 21:52

Gabrys did a so great job especially in the last SS to keep Czopik behind him, so what a terrible sadness he was disqualified !!! ;(

HaCo

16th July 2007, 16:56

Gabrys did a so great job especially in the last SS to keep Czopik behind him, so what a terrible sadness he was disqualified !!! ;(

Why was he DQ? Again a bad N4?

Jarek Z

16th July 2007, 20:17

Why was he DQ? Again a bad N4?

They found something in the turbo. It's sad, because Gabrys is a good driver, he just isn't lucky with the sponsors. And that won't help him for sure.

Jarek Z

16th July 2007, 20:27

But that wasn't the biggest scandal of the rally. I don't know if you know about it or not, but the rally ended not on Saturday, but on Sunday at 5 AM! A certain very very little man issued a protest against Tomasz Kuchar's car. Kuchar's car was already checked twice this year - on Magurski Rally (winner) and on Elmot Rally (2nd place). On both occasions it turned out that Kuchar's car was crystal clear. This time the judges worked all night to find something and you know what? At 5 AM they found that Kuchar's car is as clear as an azure sky of deepest summer.

Do you know who issued the protest?

N.O.T

16th July 2007, 22:00

Who ?

Jarek Z

16th July 2007, 22:37

Who ?

A certain driver that has been competing for many many years, but who has never learned one thing... how to deal with a loss. You know his name very well...

Madeira

16th July 2007, 23:06

Who? :D

misiuwolf

17th July 2007, 00:07

Who? :D

The GREATE"S(PR)T" ;-) !!!!

Mirek

17th July 2007, 00:55

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7840/dsc3571ac7.jpg

How about this? :confused: :eek: :mad:

[Madeira-Rally]

17th July 2007, 10:31

A certain driver that has been competing for many many years, but who has never learned one thing... how to deal with a loss. You know his name very well...

Solowow or Bebenek :confused: :confused: :eek:

HaCo

17th July 2007, 17:48

Owh, this is not so nice to read. What about that last photo? Where they used by some sort of anti-rally org?

[Madeira-Rally]

17th July 2007, 18:05

There was a stage that many drivers suffered a puncture.....

Madeira

17th July 2007, 18:22

what is this? a civil war on the polish stages?

Jarek Z

17th July 2007, 19:57

Who? :D

Just take a look at his face, does it look like a face of a fair play driver?
http://www.rallyonline.pl/ft.php?idg=111&pg_[go]=28

Madeira

17th July 2007, 20:13

Just take a look at his face, does it look like a face of a fair play driver?
http://www.rallyonline.pl/ft.php?idg=111&pg_[go]=28

I thought that Kuzi was famous due his big accidents and some ability to drive rally cars....

Jarek Z

17th July 2007, 20:28

I thought that Kuzi was famous due his big accidents and some ability to drive rally cars....

Not only big accidents, but also big mouth :)

N.O.T

17th July 2007, 21:44

My mind went on Kuzaj on first thought, but to be honest i never considered him a bad loser.....

The picture posted above is shocking...

[Madeira-Rally]

18th July 2007, 13:54

I am surprised by this news...

I didn't know Kuzi was a bad loser...

Jarek Z

18th July 2007, 18:37

]I am surprised by this news...

I didn't know Kuzi was a bad loser...

That's because you don't understand Polish. Kuzaj has been famous for strange explanations of his accidents for years here. It's not even funny anymore. Do you know what he said after his big crash on Rally Poland? That he went off the road, because he didn't know this stage by heart!
And which driver learns stages by heart?!
By the way, in one of the recent interviews Kuzaj said that he had a headache for two weeks after this accident.

Jarek Z

18th July 2007, 18:54

If anybody wants to see Kuchar's Subaru in pieces... here you can find photos from technical inspection that started on Sturday night and ended on Sunday at 5 AM:
http://www.kuchar.net/index.php?modex=strona&s=180&ngl=10

[Madeira-Rally]

18th July 2007, 18:59

Wow... they have seen piece by piece...

Who paid that work? Kuzi?

I really don't know that Kuzaj was a bad looser... I can tell you that I used to appreciate a lot Kuzaj, I like his driving style, no matter that he crash a lot... but now, I will not appreciate Kuzaj anymore... :(

N.O.T

18th July 2007, 19:14

Indeed....i also liked Kuzaj a lot because of his style...he lost a lot of respect by his actions though....

The guys who did the technical inspection of poor Kuchars Subaru literally ripped the car apart !!!!!!

Jarek Z

18th July 2007, 19:58

]Who paid that work? Kuzi?

I really don't know that Kuzaj was a bad looser... I can tell you that I used to appreciate a lot Kuzaj, I like his driving style, no matter that he crash a lot... but now, I will not appreciate Kuzaj anymore... :(

Yes, they found Kuchar's car to be perfectly clear and Subaru Poland team (which means: Kuzaj) had to pay for the whole operation.

Kuzaj has never been a gentleman. You should have heard his fantastic theories when he was losing the battle against Kulig and Holowczyc a few years ago. But that being said, I have to admit he's a very fast driver (when he stays and the road of course :) )

Tom206wrc

18th July 2007, 21:21

I've read rumours that Peugeot-Sport Polska may enter Bryan Bouffier and the 207 S2000 on the rest of polish championship, as he's second overall behind Kuchar after Subaru Poland Rally... :confused:

NRI

18th July 2007, 23:11

I've read rumours that Peugeot-Sport Polska may enter Bryan Bouffier and the 207 S2000 on the rest of polish championship, as he's second overall behind Kuchar after Subaru Poland Rally... :confused:

yes, it' s right ! Peugeot Poland want to win the 2 tiltles (manufacturers + drivers)

Tom206wrc

19th July 2007, 10:15

That's a bit consolated after his cancellation of Ralis Vinho da Madeira(IRC)because lack of partners/sponsors... ;)

Tom206wrc

20th July 2007, 18:14

Could anybody translate this article ??? :confused:

http://www.autoklub.pl/16302,news.html

Lizard

20th July 2007, 19:20

It means that Bouffier change his mind and he will start in Rally Lotos Baltic Cup. Earlier "Buffy" said that he will not appear on polish stages until the Rzeszowski Rally, which is on 9-11 August. Lotos Baltic Cup is on 27-29 July.

Bouffier is numbered on this rally with no.5 That's all. Another part of article are words about attractions which will be on this days like prologue ;) Nothing necessary ;)

Sorry for my English. I hope You understand what I write there and everything will be now clear ;)

Tom206wrc

21st July 2007, 14:54

Thanks Lizard ;)

Jarek Z

22nd July 2007, 15:59

Entry list for Rajd Lotos Baltic Cup, next round of Polish championship, that will be held on gravel next weekend:
http://www.rajdlotos.pl/media/lista_zgloszen.pdf

Tom206wrc

22nd July 2007, 17:07

Entry list for Rajd Lotos Baltic Cup, next round of Polish championship, that will be held on gravel next weekend:
http://www.rajdlotos.pl/media/lista_zgloszen.pdf

Thanks...

And what about Tomasz Czopik??? :confused:

Jarek Z

22nd July 2007, 19:15

And what about Tomasz Czopik??? :confused:

Because of constant technical problems with Polo S2000 Czopik has very little points in the Polish championship, so he decided to quit it and concentrate on ERC.
http://www.rallyonline.pl/ft.php?idg=2421&pg_[go]=0

Jarek Z

22nd July 2007, 19:20

By the way, what do you think about the livery of this car? :)
http://www.rallyonline.pl/ft.php?idg=2420&pg_[go]=55

Tom206wrc

23rd July 2007, 11:26

Because of constant technical problems with Polo S2000 Czopik has very little points in the Polish championship, so he decided to quit it and concentrate on ERC.
http://www.rallyonline.pl/ft.php?idg=2421&pg_[go]=0

But he was already in a Fiat Grande Punto S2000 at the Rajd Subaru Polska where he finished second overall :s

Mirek

23rd July 2007, 12:44

Tom, Czopik said in Bulgaria that he would start in Krakow to find good setup for bumpy tarmac similar to Barum rally ;)

[Madeira-Rally]

27th July 2007, 19:50

Could someone translate this article ;)

Thanks in advance

http://www.autoklub.pl/16276,hotnews.html

Jarek Z

27th July 2007, 23:39

]Could someone translate this article ;)

Thanks in advance

http://www.autoklub.pl/16276,hotnews.html

Nothing important for you Paulo. They are looking for any information about the person(s) who put those things on on the road on one of the stages. If you know anything about it Paulo, the prize for you is approximately 10000 Euro :)

Jarek Z

27th July 2007, 23:43

Anyway, from more important news, the next round of Polish championship starts this Saturday. Tomasz Kuchar, whose engine, as you remember, was literally disassembled to pieces after the last rally, didn't have time for the revision of this engine. He usually sends his engines for the revision to Belgium and 2 weeks were no enough to do it. Kuchar will drive on a spare engine in his car.

Tom206wrc

28th July 2007, 01:19

Apparently there was a superspecial stage(prolog)this evening won by Leszek Kuzaj ahead of Solowow...the S2000s were 5th(Bouffier)and 6th(Lubiak)fastest... ;)

But of course, real race starts tomorrow :p :

[Madeira-Rally]

28th July 2007, 10:05

SS1 is running ;)

[Madeira-Rally]

28th July 2007, 10:23

According to Subaru's Polska site, today is a beautiful day in Poland :) sunny weather... The perfect conditions for S2000 cars!

Apparently Kuchar's spare engine is so good as the other.. e set 2nd fastest time only 2.8 sec. behind Bouffier...

Lubiak is stopped in the stage..

Tom206wrc

28th July 2007, 11:05

Wim_Impreza

28th July 2007, 11:16

And please don't tell me S2000 are that superior to GrN, especially regarding what happens on italian rallies... :rolleyes:

In Italy the S2000's are dominating too on tarmac, only Andreucci can sometimes use the same pace.

Jarek Z

28th July 2007, 11:22

Best time for Bouffier again in SS2 :bounce:

His gap with Kuchar is now 12s ;)

If the car is working perfectly(reliability)Bouffier is really dominating the other drivers despite his lack of polish roads knowledge :eek:

And please don't tell me S2000 are that superior to GrN, especially regarding what happens on italian rallies... :rolleyes:

SS2 was won by Zbigniew Gabrys and not Bryan Bouffier. I think that in general S2000 cars are a little better than group N, but their problem is reliability...

[Madeira-Rally]

28th July 2007, 12:06

Something wrong with Bouffier... he lost almost 2 min. in SS3

Tom206wrc

28th July 2007, 12:42

What happened to Bouffier ??? :(
Gearbox again ??? :mad:

In english they just wrote "Hazard lights on" about him :mark:

Jarek Z

28th July 2007, 12:54

Regarding S2000 reliability... Engine broke down in Lubiak's Fiat already on the first stage! Now Boufier has some problems too, but I don't know any details.

Staniszewski is leading the rally in front of Gabrys after SS3.

Jarek Z

28th July 2007, 13:28

What happened to Bouffier ??? :(
Gearbox again ??? :mad:

No, this time it is broken drive shaft :(

Tom206wrc

28th July 2007, 16:12

Crazy time by Bouffier on the long SS6(23km) !!! :eek: :eek:
Minimum 18s faster than everybody else :D

He's back in the top 10, and if he goes on like this on SS7(the re-run of SS6)position 7 overall can be reached today... ;)

Tomorrow with 4 stages to go he could fight with Solowow for 4th... :)

Tom206wrc

28th July 2007, 18:08

Leg is over... ;)

New retirement for Leszek Kuzaj... :mark:

Bryan Bouffier has attacked even more on SS7 and was 30s+ faster than anyone else :eek:

Overall after the leg he climbed back to 6th and has a gap of 49s to rally leader Gabrys... ;)

His gap is about 13s to Solowow, 3rd overall(with four stages of 15 and 8km to go)...

Filip

28th July 2007, 19:04

Has anyone noticed 0 car?
Octavia WRC from Profiko.
That car is racing almost every weekend.

N.O.T

28th July 2007, 23:01

Impressive timing by Buffier...is he that good? is his car that much superior ? or the locals are that bad ??

He can win this tommorow if he keeps that pace.

Tom206wrc

29th July 2007, 11:12

Well after two stage wins today, he's 3rd overall but with gaps of 41 over leader Zbigniew Gabrys and 33s over Michal Bebenek... :mark:

Will he chose maximum attack again on the last two stages or rather the safety for his current position(and reducing gap with Kuchar by only two points) ??? :confused:

Jarek Z

29th July 2007, 14:28

Gabrys won the rally in front of Bebenek and Bouffier.

Some interesting comments after the rally:
Michal Bebenek (Mitsubishi Lancer) - "I really like that Peugeot. I have to start saving money for it" :)

Lizard

29th July 2007, 14:28

According to online results unofficial final standings in Lotos Baltic Cup:
1st: Gabrys
2nd: Bebenek +6.3 s
3rd: Bouffier +10.8

Without time penalty for Bouffier (+30 s) it's easy to say that at present he is unstoppable for polish drivers except the Bouffier mistakes or car damage. However, level of polish rallyes has risen up with Bryan presence on our stages ;)

btw. Can someone explain me why I can see only five topics in this room (European rallying) ? In general room number of topics is much bigger but forum show me only the last five ... (I use Opera)

Mirek

29th July 2007, 14:41

There is a choice for how old topics You want to display ;) Default is "last day", so there are only few topics then.

Lizard

29th July 2007, 14:59

]There is a choice for how old topics You want to display ;) Default is "last day", so there are only few topics then.

Ok, my fault, I miss that ;) Now it's fine.

Dékuji. Nashle ;)

Jarek Z

29th July 2007, 20:24

Tomasz Kuchar during leg 1 - We are looking at Mr Bouffier, who simply destroyed the opposition. That is really impressive. As far as my own speed is concerned, the scientific explanation of it may be that the driver is an ass, but we are working on it. :D

Jarek Z

7th August 2007, 20:59

Next round of Polish championship, Rzeszowski Rally, will be held this weekend.

Entry list for Polish championship:
http://www.rajd.rzeszow.pl/pl/5/2/22//lista_zgloszenstartowa.html

Entry list for second division trophy:
http://www.rajd.rzeszow.pl/pl/5/2/20//lista_zgloszenstartowa.html

[Madeira-Rally]

10th August 2007, 10:20

Rally have started.. and Kuzi went off in SS1... :s

Definitely 2007 is a bad year for Kuzi...

[Madeira-Rally]

10th August 2007, 10:27

Fantastic time for Grzyb in 1st SS!

He is the leader of the rally, 4.3 sec. ahead of Bouffier.

It's nice to see that Solowow and Lubiak improved their performances in comparison with previous rallys.

Timole

10th August 2007, 10:36

What happened with Kuzi, again crashed out?

Raven

10th August 2007, 10:40

Yes, on the live results at the top you have a scroll and it says Kuzaj crshed out, crew ok.
This guy is just unbelivable! :) :D ) :D

Raven

10th August 2007, 11:03

After 1km of ss1 Leszek visited the ditch what resulted in damaged wheel. End of the rally for him.

[Madeira-Rally]

10th August 2007, 13:46

After 4 stages, Bouffier took the lead...

This rally is being very interesting in a competitive way, the first 11 drivers are separated by minor gaps.

I'm surprised with Solowow's pace! great :)

PLuto

10th August 2007, 14:24

After 1km of ss1 Leszek visited the ditch what resulted in damaged wheel. End of the rally for him.

It looks it is good for us that he will be missing on Barum Rally. In his average length of his last events he should crash on city SS and cancel this stage :D

Raven

10th August 2007, 16:55

SS6 was cancelled because of Norbert Guzek's crash (roll), also spectator was injured (broken arm and collarbone, head and lung injury).

[Madeira-Rally]

10th August 2007, 18:01

SS6 was cancelled because of Norbert Guzek's crash (roll), also spectator was injured (broken arm and collarbone, head and lung injury).

Is the car very damaged? :confused:

That could be problems for Odlozilik start with the same car in Barum... :(

[Madeira-Rally]

10th August 2007, 18:19

Leg one is over...

Bouffier is on the lead, he pushed a little bit more in the last stages, and took the lead.

Grzyb had a fantastic rally start and with his Swift S1600 is on 2nd place.

I think tomorrow it will be a nice battle between drivers that are place 3rd overall to 9th overall...

I suppose Kuzi will return under superrally rules (according to Subaru's Polska site) and.. maybe he could be the fastest driver in the stages.. unless he have a new off road :D

PLuto

10th August 2007, 19:44

]Is the car very damaged? :confused:

That could be problems for Odlozilik start with the same car in Barum... :(

It is heavily damaged :( It looks that car wont be ready for Barum.

Jarek Z

11th August 2007, 11:25

It is heavily damaged :( It looks that car wont be ready for Barum.

This is what happens when driver with no real skills drives the car that he can't control...

http://www.norbertguzek.pl/cutenews/data/upimages/2007_rzeszowski1.jpg

[Madeira-Rally]

11th August 2007, 11:40

As I said before, Solowow improved a lot his pace in comparison with previous tarmac rallys.

It will be a nice battle for the podium.

[Madeira-Rally]

11th August 2007, 12:13

It will be very hard for Grzyb keep the 2nd place.

It's raining...

I think it will be very difficult for Solowow try to catch Bebenek.. he don't have experience with S2000 in wet conditions...

Jarek Z

11th August 2007, 14:34

I think that Ruta drives the car that was previously used by Krum Donchev. Take a look:
http://foto.rallyonline.pl/GALERIA/2007/08/rzeszowski/poreba_testowy/03%20[800x600].jpg
http://www.autoklub.pl/fotogalerie/radek_gulaj/tatry07/img0098.jpg

What a waste of the car!

Jarek Z

11th August 2007, 14:55

]It will be very hard for Grzyb keep the 2nd place.
It's raining...

Yes, Grzyb has already dropped down to 4th place. It is very difficult to drive a FWD car in such conditions. He said that sometimes the road is wet and sometimes dry and he never knows what the best tyre choice for the next stage is.

The next rally for Grzyb is Barum, but I don't know if he will drive Suzuki or Mitsubishi.

And where is Leszek?

Here:
http://www.rallyonline.pl/ft.php?idg=2381&pg_[go]=22

Filip

11th August 2007, 16:58

Raven

13th August 2007, 10:43

Kuzaj's accident on Rzeszowski Rally: http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=T1lfx3xlhwQ&mode=related&search=

[Madeira-Rally]

13th August 2007, 10:50

Standings after Rzesziwski Rally

1. B.Bouffier 33
2. T.Kuchar 28
3. S.Frycz 28
4. M.Bębenek 22
5. K.Kajetanowicz 16
6. Z.Gabryś 16
7. M.Sołowow 16
8. P.Dytko 14

[Madeira-Rally]

13th August 2007, 10:56

It will be the first time a none Polish driver will win the champ?

The regulation allow Bouffier to be Polish Champion?

Jarek Z

13th August 2007, 19:58

Yes and yes :)

Tom206wrc

14th August 2007, 01:07

Again a fantastic victory for Bryan Bouffier !! :bounce: :bounce:

Jarek Z

23rd August 2007, 21:41

A bunch of photos from Polish hillclimbing championship round. This route was previously used as a special stage for Elmot Rally:
http://www.rallyonline.pl/g.php?1&pg_[desc]=+DESC&modex=pokaz&T[id]=2501

Tom206wrc

6th September 2007, 11:08

Can a polish member translate the global idea of this article ??? :confused:

http://www.rallyonline.pl/index.php?1&modex=pnews&&s=12444

Karbonyl

6th September 2007, 11:21

Question of the rally - will Kuzaj succesfully get through SS 1? :p

Filip

6th September 2007, 11:55

Question of the rally - will Kuzaj succesfully get through SS 1? :p

I'm more interested in a Bouffier - Holowczyc duel. :)

luca

6th September 2007, 12:56

stunning news!
Anton Alen in Punto S2000 on starting list of final round - Rajd Orlen
im afraid that Holowczyc and Bouffier can only fight for 2nd place :)

Tom206wrc

6th September 2007, 13:10

Great news indeed :D

But don't underestimate Bouffier though :p :

Filip

6th September 2007, 13:26

That's great news, but I'm not so sure that he will be so much faster.

Addicted

7th September 2007, 00:33

Great news indeed :D

But don't underestimate Bouffier though :p :

Bouffier will be far behind Alen. Don`t underestimate Anton.

HaCo

7th September 2007, 08:44

Bouffier will be far behind Alen. Don`t underestimate Anton.

That is IF Alen keeps the car on the road, nevertheless, I love this guy, he shows such great potential!!!

Madeira

7th September 2007, 10:47

stunning news!
Anton Alen in Punto S2000 on starting list of final round - Rajd Orlen
im afraid that Holowczyc and Bouffier can only fight for 2nd place :)

what kind of surface they will find in this rally? gravel or tarmac?

Mirek

7th September 2007, 11:26

I think it's gravel.

Raven

7th September 2007, 12:35

It's full gravel and I think we will see beautiful fight between Bouffier and Alen. I'm afraid that Holowczyc will be slower...
Kuzaj? Hmmm... I'm not so sure he will be on the finish line ;)

Can a polish member translate the global idea of this article ???

http://www.rallyonline.pl/index.php?...pnews&&s=12444
Nothing intersting, just "blablabla" about Bouffier and Nikon Rally.

Nikon Rally starts tomorrow: http://www.rajd-nikon.pl

Raven

7th September 2007, 21:57

Kuzaj did fastest time on shakedown and Marcin Turski (Impreza) had a crash and the stage wasn't resumed after that.

Tomorrow we are going to spectate the rally so don't expect any info from us :)

Jarek Z

7th September 2007, 23:28

The weather can be a deciding factor in Nikon Rally. They are forecasting rain for Saturday...

And as far as Alen is concerned, he didn't show much in Czech Republic. But gravel is a completely different story...
http://www.rallyonline.pl/ft.php?idg=2523&pg_[go]=0

Mirek

8th September 2007, 01:33

For me Alén was very nice surprise on Barum's specific brutal tarmac. He was both reasonably fast and spectacular. And he was very fast especialy on Pindula which is usualy frightening for those who drive through it for the first time... like as for Vouilloz :) . He was there 3rd (+7s) and 4th (+5s)! That mistake he made on stage nine could happen very easy, as we saw on onboard he lost control on a lose gravel and went off road but it looked like there was no big damage.

Of course he's one of the favourites here on gravel but I think we can't put him aside on tarmac too.

[Madeira-Rally]

8th September 2007, 09:54

The rally has started ;)

Bouffier fastest than Kuzaj and Solowow... :)

Karbonyl

8th September 2007, 10:18

OK, Kuzaj dod SS1, he surprised ;) But where is big star Guzek? :p

Ad Anton: He didn't finish Barum, but he surely was one of the biggest surprises of the competition. If it was his second tarmac competition in his life, it definitely showed his talent.

[Madeira-Rally]

8th September 2007, 10:46

Lubiak improved a lot his performance in this rally! he is currently 2nd overall!

Karbonyl

8th September 2007, 11:08

Guzek damaged clutch before SS1...

[Madeira-Rally]

8th September 2007, 11:23

Kuzaj had a puncture in SS3.

I'm impressed by the performance of Lubiak. he is going very well.

Tom206wrc

8th September 2007, 11:53

Yeah Lubiak surprised me also ;)

GO GO BRYAN BOUFFIER AND XAVIER PANSERI !!!!! :bounce: :bounce:

Mirek

8th September 2007, 12:56

Bouffier again very impressive. But as You I'm very surprised by Lubiak. Is it caused by co-driver change?

Why Alén and Holowczyc are not in the competitive field?

Mirek

8th September 2007, 13:57

Sorry for last question. I don't know why but I dont have "Edit" at my post so I can't delete it ;)

Tom206wrc

8th September 2007, 18:09

End of leg 1...Bouffier will have an advantage of 1m24s over Leszek Kuzaj on tomorrow four last stages of the rally... ;)

I really hope performance that Bryan and Peugeot-Sport Polska are showing will attract good polish drivers to the 207 S2000 for next year's championship and/or IRC... :mark:

GTA

8th September 2007, 22:48

Why GUZEK did nbot start the first stage with the Punto ? i heard he did the prologue stage and after stop ?? anybody know the reason ?

Tom206wrc

9th September 2007, 08:48

I think he had transmission/gearbox problem :mark:

Filip

9th September 2007, 09:10

Kuzaj is driving a very long rally this time. :D

Mirek

9th September 2007, 12:38

GTA: I saw a photo of Guzek with Swift, not with Punto...

[Madeira-Rally]

9th September 2007, 12:43

]GTA: I saw a photo of Guzek with Swift, not with Punto...

I suppose you made some confusion between Grzyb and Guzek.

Grzyb, drive a Swift S1600 and Guzek a Punto S2000

Grzyb at start ceremony in current rally (http://foto.rallyonline.pl/GALERIA/2007/09/nikon/socha_start/dsc01819.jpg)

Guzek at start ceremony in current rally (http://foto.rallyonline.pl/GALERIA/2007/09/nikon/socha_start/dsc01830.jpg)

[Madeira-Rally]

9th September 2007, 12:44

Kuzaj is driving a very long rally this time. :D

Yes.. it's a a kind of a record for Kuzi this year :s mokin:

Mirek

9th September 2007, 12:52

Nono, I know Grzyb very well but probably I saw some bad photo, maybe from some Guzek's september test with Swift from JM.

Once more? :mad:
http://autoklub.pl/news/foto/200709/news20070909_16916.jpg

Tom206wrc

9th September 2007, 14:02

Victory for Bryan Bouffier and Xavier Panséri !!! :bounce: :bounce:

Very well done, guys !! :up:

I think they are "polish champions" as Tomasz Kuchar seems to have retired in the last stage and that Sebastian Frycz finished 5th(and get 4 points)... :confused:

[Madeira-Rally]

9th September 2007, 14:19

Rally is over... Another victory for Bouffier...

Kuzaj finally got the finish line this year... he should be happy... :D

Lubiak done his best rally this year, very well... rd overall it's a fantastic result for him.

Bebenek, had to change a wheel in stage SS 12 and lost a lot of time... then he retired taken advantage of super rally system...

Kuchar retired with problems in the last stage.

Grzyb achive here a fantastic result... winner of 2 wheel drive cars, and 6th overall, very good for him.

Jarek Z

9th September 2007, 19:08

Why GUZEK did not start the first stage with the Punto ? i heard he did the prologue stage and after stop ?? anybody know the reason ?

The reason was that the clutch in Guzek's Punto broke down before the start of the rally.
The Punto that he was supposed to drive is the same car that Roman Odlozilik drove on Barum Rally:
http://www.rallyonline.pl/ft.php?idg=2523&pg_[go]=20

Somebody was right here, that Guzek was driving Suzuki Swift not so long ago, but it was only a show for his sponsors, not a real rally.

Jarek Z

9th September 2007, 19:14

And yes, Lubiak made a big progress in this rally! I could see with my own eyes, that he was driving much faster and cleaner, than he did in previous rallies. And there were no problems with the car, finally.

But congratulations go to Bryan Bouffier, who is already 2007 Polish Rally Champion. He can celebrate the title, because engine broke down in Kuchar's car on the very last stage, right in front of my eyes.

I will post some photos for you next week, now I'm too tired to do anything. Don't watch any photos until I post mine!!! ;)

Karbonyl

9th September 2007, 19:59

Mirek: Guzek ran Swift only during some promo event for his sponsors ad partners...

The cause with that "steel hedgehogs" seems to me like some ultrapolish fan can´t get over fact, that polish crews are beaten by French... Maybe I am wrong, but this is the feeling I have.

Mirek

9th September 2007, 20:18

Karbonyl: I think that drivers who suffered pancture by that hedgehogs were all Polish ;)

Jarek Z

9th September 2007, 20:35

The cause with that "steel hedgehogs" seems to me like some ultrapolish fan can´t get over fact, that polish crews are beaten by French... Maybe I am wrong, but this is the feeling I have.

Your feeling is totally wrong. I have no idea why you think so.

Karbonyl

9th September 2007, 22:17

Mirek: Bouffier also noticed something about mysterious holes in his tyre at Nikon, probably I got my feeling because of article describing Bryan´s puncture.

Jarek: Similar case happened also in our republic few years ago. At Rally Bohemia 2001 somebody threw nails right in front of Octavia WRC driven by Bruno Thiry. The Belgian suffered double puncture and lost 90 seconds. Until this accident he was fighting for 1st position with Roman Kresta, who finally won the competition. Both of them were running the same cars of manufacture team Škoda Motorsport.

I can not understand behaviour of person, who did this, but on the other hand I can imagine, that this unusually thinking person can do anything in favour of his favourite and to annul his favourite´s opponents. And I still think, that both of these cases are veeeery similar.

Raven

10th September 2007, 15:00

We have these "nails" or "hedgehos" for the second time (in different places in Poland) and in both cases these actions look too professional. I'm afraid that this is done not by some stupid spectators. I still can't believe it's real and really don't know what to think about that... :(

Filip

10th September 2007, 18:49

This looks very bad and it's lucky that nobody got killed.
There was also a similar case last year on Rally Bohemia I think when someone spilled an oil canister and few cars crashed at that spot.Horrible! :mad:

Timole

11th September 2007, 07:20

it´s really difficult to understand that smt like that could be done by another team or driver. Has there been some kind of investigation about that, what does Polish Autosport union think of it?

GTA

11th September 2007, 22:49

some people do not understand the danger they create by putting these things on the road or stones or Oil !! .... really stupid, and i do not think it is just some spectators.. these things were put at certain times for certain cars to drive over them and loose time or retire... let the drivers fight fair on the stages and enjoy rallying when it is still possible.

Raven

13th September 2007, 14:41

My video from Nikon Rally 2007, stil online but now with better quality :)

http://www.rajdy.v10.pl/8,Rajd,Nikon,2007,video,relacja,3404.html

Filip

13th September 2007, 19:46

Here is the official entry list of Rajd Orlen:

http://www.rajdorlen.pl/2007/doc/Rajd_Orlen_Lista_Zgloszen.pdf

IQ206

13th September 2007, 22:48

Rajd Nikon 2007 photos
http://www.rallyonline.pl/g.php?1&pg_[order]=id&pg_[desc]=+DESC&modex=pokaz&T[id]=2555

http://foto.rallyonline.pl/GALERIA/2007/09/nikon/photomax/nikon_2007_0004.jpg

Raven

20th September 2007, 22:54

Tomorrow Rally Orlen is starting, the last round of polish championship! Special star is Anton Alen in Punto S2000. Only SSS, the real rallying beginns on saturday!
http://www.rajdorlen.pl - official webpage
live results as always on http://www.subaru.pl

Raven

21st September 2007, 17:45

Photo for Tom206wrc, Bryan Bouffier on shakedown :)

http://www.rajdorlen.pl/galeria/testowy2_piotrek/dsc_4898.jpg

Jarek Z

21st September 2007, 20:27

Guys, would you like to take a look at our photos from Nikon Rally? The weather had no mercy, but, as you can see on the photos, we had so much fun! :D
http://www.rallyonline.pl/g.php?1&pg_[desc]=+DESC&modex=pokaz&T[id]=2585