52. Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2023
ERC #7 • ERC3 #7 • ERC Junior #5 • ERC4 #7 • Czech Republic #6 • Czech Republic 2WD #6 • Peugeot Rally Cup (CZ) #5 [coef 1.5]
18. 8. – 20. 8. 2023, Zlín • Auto klub Barum Zlín v AČR • asphalt 200.43 km • total distance including road sections - 761.19 km • Other years
Info
SS13
"We got a puncture and we found in in the next right corner."
"It's father's birthday, my son in a three days. It is for them. I'm very tired, but very happy."
"It's amazing for my small team, thank you for my family."
SS12
"I have a strange feeling with car, too soft or something."
"It's unbelieveable, crazy stage."
"It was a pure rallying with everything."
"It was my maximum."
"Still we have no power, dunno where is problem."
"We are disappointed what happened yesterday, but we are here to fight."
"We are still learning on this type of stages, not easy to get confidence."
"It is more slippery and in the forest very dark, but safely through."
SS11
"We changed a little bit setup, now it is perfect. It's easy to make a mistake on such stage."
"My drive is not so good, too much brake."
"It is crazy, like a rollercoaster."
"I enjoyed the stage, time is competitive, let's see our competitors behind."
"We will see Mareš and Březík, but it was not our best stage."
"The main goal is to improve lost sec per km, not so much overall position."
"We lost a power, we have to check why."
"It was a full enjoyment."
"Our rear tyres have one more than 100 km, not in good conditions, we made some wrong decisions with tyre choice yesterday."
"I'm happy with my pace, conditions changed since the first run."
SS10
"Small misjudgement on the notes, so it was a big moment."
"It is very nice fight with the young guns."
"It is a bit closer, so it gives me bigger motivation to push. Setting for this stage was good, for the previous one we have to change something."
"We have a big moment, but we are enjoying."
"We changed back our setting from yesterday and it is much better."
"It is a big fight for a podium, anyway it is not our main goal, we want to see a finish."
"We are maybe in the fight for podium, so we have to push."
Accident, lost a wheel
"It was my first time on the gravel with asphalt tyres, it was cool."
"I have to be very careful on the dust, the car is moving a lot, we have to change setup."
"For this moment it is our pace."
"I have nothing to say."
Missed a junction
SS9
"Every year I have respect for the first runs, but we will try maximum on Halenkovice."
"The last part is very muddy, but we have very good setup:"
"I was bit too cautious, stage is very muddy."
"The last par in the forest is crazy, we were 2x in the ditch with our back."
"I just hit and anticut in the forest."
"It is very slippery and with the hard tyres not easy for drivers."
"Pindula is a difficult stage, I took no risk."
"Before the forest it is very nice stage, in the forest it is very hard to see, not easy."
"I slow down in the forest, I though I have a puncture. but then I had confidence back and pushed again."
"Not easy stage, we tried to do a clean run, but in the forest I lost a confidence."
"It is hard to find where it is slippy or not."
"Very slippy in the forest, but I'm happy with my setup and driving."
SS8
Puncture
"We decided we didn't want to risk on this stage, maybe next time we have to."
"Very very tricky stage."
"I did a mistake, hit a bale and had to reverse."
"I'm trying to get to my rhytm. I was too careful on this stage."
"Difficult stage for the morning."
"Very complicated stage, after the start is the big compression.-ů
"Grip is strange, very bumpy."
"Very demanding and technical."
"On some places I could be quicker, grip was higher than I expected."
"It is really hard stage to start, easy to do a mistake."
"Very very cautious."
SS7
Lost wheel
Fuel pump issue
"We are getting back after 2 crashes in a row. We will see tomorrow."
"We have made some improvements and we're starting to feel more comfortable ahead of tomorrow."
"We have some experience with the first run and also grip is higher now."
"I didn't have a rhytm this morning, now it is better, we will see tomorrow what we can do."
"Michelin tyres are working really well from the start to the end."
"Pace is very high, I enjoyed afternoon drive, but the gap is still high."
"I'm very happy with my today results, it is crazy pace."
"We are not giving up, we will race until the finish."
SS6
"Surface is melted and I'm missing experience how to brake on it. Stupid mistake."
Spin
"I'm speaking more than my codriver."
"It is very tricky, we were off on the same place as Erik in the first run."
"We are trying to keep our pace a do no mistakes."
"It is going better and better, but demanding stage because of a lot of polusion."
"Incredible stage, just in the last corner we made a spin."
"My fault, I was too fast over the crest, sorry for my team."
Puncture
SS5
Electrical
Mechanical
Mechanical
"This one was the fast stage, but also easier, so I felt better."
Transmission issue
"Broken transmission again, that's why we spin. We have only rear wheels drive."
"We have softened the car, it is better."
Spin
"In this stage we feel very confident."
"Probably first cars had more wet places. Anyway I'm pushing now."
"Not 100% happy with my drive."
"I spent some time with my wife and daughter, reset mind and now it is much better."
"First part is very wet, it will be good for a later guys."
"Now it is disadvantage to be first on the road, because it will dry quickly."
SS4
Driveshaft
Mechanical
Mechanical
Mechanical
Electrical
"I love this stage, it is very fast, perfect time. On previous stage we had two big moments."
"Very demanding stage, drivers from Europe are very fast."
"One of the most craziest stage with everything, I'm satisfied."
"Very tricky stage, especially on the beginning."
"This stage is crazy, especially narrow parts."
"It was quite good, it is very demanding on pacenotes just with 2 recce runs."
"We had an issue with powersteering after previous stage, we fixed it."
"No pacenotes, 50% I'm driving on my eyes."
"This stage is very demanding. Eric is a local guy, so I expected he is fast here."
"Better then stage before, but to lost 14 sec is crazy."
"We lost brakes for the last 7 kms."
"There is no problem with my car, just I need to improve my driving."
Transmission issue
"It is a closest stage to my home. I was trying maximum to concentrate, I'm exhausted."
SS3
Mechanical
Alternator
Accident
Alternator
Lost wheel
"More demanding stage, more slippery."
"It is very dirty just after few cars and we had a big moment just after the start, so I was more cautious."
"I'm searching for my own pace."
"It is already very messy."
"I can be satisfied with the car, but I can imrove my driving."
"Very very tricky, but good."
"My mistake, I though I can brake later, but there was a lot of dust."
Small off road
SS2
Mechanical
"I guess the road position is quite OK, safe run through but not enough commitment."
Steering
"The gap is too big, we will see on the next stages."
"No issue for me, still a long way to finish."
"It is fast and the grip is very high. Now we are looking for a proper forest stages."
SS1
"That was a bit tricky, I had some alarm on the car all the way through, but it came and disappeared and I didn't see what it was."
"We've got a gearbox problem, hopefully it's gonna be OK. We want to put in a good performance."
"I made no mistake in the stage and it's good. Did you see that crowd at midnight? It's amazing and thanks to them!"
"The real rally starts tomorrow. To win Rally Barum, I guess you have to be Czech?"
Brakes issue
"Not bad, I have to say thank you to my home crowd because the atmosphere was amazing. We really enjoyed it, you guys are amazing and we're going to keep pushing for the weekend."
"We're living the dream! It's great. We were waiting for the past few hours to get started and can't wait to get going tomorrow."
"In this weekend, it's the most important for me, I need to build my confidence back and my team said not to make any risks or crash in this race."
"Everything is OK, I just switched on the vents in the car! The stage was very nice and full of spectators!"
"There are a lot of really fast guys, we'll see where we are after the first day and we'll go from there on the Sunday."
"The atmosphere here is unbelievable, I hope I'm good but we'll see. The real rally starts tomorrow."
Mechanical
Mechanical
Mechanical