Originally Posted by Mirek
Pech isn't international driver. He starts outside CZ very rarely and when, it's never in some high-profile event. I think the only exception was Antibes 2003 where he was 10 minutes behind Thiry in comparable car.
By the way Kresta and Pech drove almost 3 seasons against each other with same Evo IX from same team. Pech won four times - once Kresta crashed while leading (Šumava 2007) once Kresta changed tyre on stage (Barum 2007 - but he almost caught Pech anyway), twice Kresta had problems with overheating and run without ALS (Třebíč, Hustopeče 2008). Never Pech defeated Kresta when both had Evo IX in a clean run for the second.
So yes, Pech is very good local specialist but he is no superstar, especially not international.