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[ERC] Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2026

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dominik is on the entry list... i dont have social media, is he ok? i thought he was out for the rest of the year
if hes in, thats good, only him can stop jan on this event hehe
 
saco0o said:
if hes in, thats good, only him can stop jan on this event hehe
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I wouldn't be so sure. Jon Armstrong set some great times here last year in the Fiesta and pushed Kopecký. Maybe Suninen or another can do the same this time. Teemu is certainly showing fine form on tarmac.
 
saco0o said:
dominik is on the entry list... i dont have social media, is he ok? i thought he was out for the rest of the year
if hes in, thats good, only him can stop jan on this event hehe
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Dominik is quite ok, but final decision about his start will be made after weekend, according to actual situation.
 
Fast-Eddie said:
I wouldn't be so sure. Jon Armstrong set some great times here last year in the Fiesta and pushed Kopecký. Maybe Suninen or another can do the same this time. Teemu is certainly showing fine form on tarmac.
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hmmm i hope so but im almost 100% sure that if jan has no problems, its his win again
go teemu!
 
SUNINEN EXPECTS TOUGH ZLIN DEBUT

FIA European Rally Championship leader Teemu Suninen Racing is playing down his prospects of back-to-back ERC victories when he makes his Barum Czech Rally Zlín debut this week (14 - 16 August).

Suninen raced into a 23-point lead by winning last month’s 82nd Rally Poland in the Pirelli-equipped Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 he shares with co-driver and fellow Finn Antti Haapala.

But with Barum Czech Rally Zlín turning the difficulty levels up yet another notch, Suninen’s focus is on making it through the hugely demanding 205.79-kilometre route without delay.

Featuring high-speed forest sections, narrow stretches through villages, bumpy and sometimes broken roads, plus unpredictable weather, Barum Czech Rally Zlín has tested the ERC stars and their cars since 1984 and Suninen is wary of the challenge in store.

“I’ve heard a lot of stories about [the challenging stages in Zlín] and that’s why I wanted to make sure I could win in Poland to get the good position in the championship and drive a bit more carefully in Czech,” The Racing Factory driver, 32, said. “Those roads are super-tricky and the levels of the locals are incredible so it’s not going to be easy to drive for a podium.”

From being the hunter after two rounds, Suninen became the hunted when he finished second on Rally di Roma Capitale in early July to take a three-point championship lead, a result he followed up by banking his breakthrough ERC win in Poland two weeks later.
 
Qualifying...

1 Tempestini
2 Matulka
3 Mares
4 Mabellini
5 Brezik
6 Kopecky
7 Cais
8 Wagner
9 Creighton
10 Marczyk
11 Suninen
12 Pech

My man Andrea Mabellini got quite good running order. :)

Cais had a scary moment on the brakes near the end, but no harm done.

Marczyk came to a stop or near-stop twice to avoid finishing too high up the running order.

Suninen looked a bit careful about it all.

Whole lot of very useful Czech drivers there, on their home turf. …Wagner said he was happy with 8th, because he has a load of Czechs in front of him and he can watch what they do.
 
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Morte66 said:
Marczyk came to a stop or near-stop twice to avoid finishing too high up the running order.
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Are you suggesting that Marczyk slowed down deliberately in order not to be first? I was surprised that Tempestini on MRF tyres won the qualifying stage. Now I don't know what to think about it :)
 
Reiersen withdraws from Barum Rally:
www.fiaerc.com

ERC podium star Reiersen plots quick return

Isak Reiersen is hoping his absence from FIA European Rally Championship action is only temporary after budgetary issues have forced him to miss Barum Czech Rally Zlín this week.
www.fiaerc.com

The other missing drivers are Marco Bulacia, Tristan Charpentier, Tuukka Kauppinen, Valentino Ledda, Ciprian Lupu and Dominik Stříteský.
 
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