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Statistics by the list of entries

23. 8. 2017 - Roman Ordelt, Evžen Gargulák

The organisers of Barum Czech Rally Zlín have recently published the final list of entries for the 47th edition of Barum rally. Start list is quite numerous since 151 participants from 23 countries signed in. It is one of the best-rated events of the FIA European Rally Championship.

Four pilots with FIA priority arrived in Zlín, among them is the defending ERC champion and current ERC leader Kajetan Kajetanowicz from Poland, the five-time winner of Barum rally Jan Kopecký, Bryan Bouffier from France and Murat Bostanci from Turkey. Altogether 50 crews have ERC priority! Out of which 29 have priority ERC1, one has priority RGT, three have ERC2 priority and the remaining 17 have ERC3 priority. Total of 91 crews are going for points get ahead in ERC.
As for the racing specials, it's no surprise that the majority of them are Škoda vehicles. The start list contains 37 vehicles R5 category and two vehicles Super 2000 category. Moreover, seven brave women will be steering the wheel of racing specials and 18 will be a co-driver. And some famous figures of originally different profession decided to try their luck on local tarmac roads like the former world hockey champion Martin Špaňhel (Honda Civic VTi) and TV presenter Tomáš Hauptvogel (Opel Adam Cup).

Statistics by the list of entries:
Total entries: 151 crews (105 Czech, 46 foreign)

Number of countries: 23
Czech Republic – 105, Poland – 7, Italy – 5, Slovakia – 4, Hungary – 4, Russia – 3, France – 3, Spain – 3, Germany – 2, Turkey – 2, Great Britain and Northern Ireland – 2, Austria – 2, Portugal – 1, Ireland – 1, Latvia – 1, Finland – 1, Belgium – 1, Norway – 1, Taiwan – 1, Bulgaria – 1, Denmark – 1. Only a co-driver: Cyprus – 1, Sweden – 1

FIA priority: 4
Kajetan Kajetanowicz (POL), Jan Kopecký (CZE), Bryan Bouffier (FRA), Murat Bostanci (TUR)

ERC1 priority: 29
Kajetan Kajetanowicz, Grzegorz Grzyb, Łukasz Habaj (POL), Jan Kopecký, Václav Pech, Roman Kresta, Pavel Valoušek, Tomáš Kostka, Jan Černý, Antonín Tlusťák, Jarosław Szeja, Martin Vlček, Jaromír Tarabus, Roman Odložilík (CZE), Bryan Bouffier, Sylvain Michel (FRA), Marijan Griebel, Albert von Thurn und Taxis (DEU), José Maria López, José António Suárez (ESP), Dávid Botka, László Német (HUN), Bruno Magalhães (PRT), Alexey Lukyanuk (RUS), Josh Moffett (IRL), Martin Koči (SVK), Nikolaj Gryazin (LVA), Murat Bostanci (TUR), Massimiliano Rendina (ITA)

RGT priority: 1
Romain Dumas (FRA)

ERC2 priority: 3
Zelindo Melegari (ITA), Tibor Érdi jun. (HUN), Sergej Remennik (RUS)

ERC3 priority: 17
Filip Mareš, Radomír Kupec, Dominik Brož (CZE), Aleksander Zawada, Dariusz Poloński, Jerzy Tomaszczyk (POL), Chris Ingram, Catie Munnings (GBR), Simon Wagner, Julian Wagner (AUT), Jari Huttunen (FIN), Buğra Banaz (TUR), Sebastien Bedoret (BEL), Kristóf Klausz (HUN), Emma Falcón (ESP), Tamara Molinaro (ITA), Artur Muradian (RUS)

ERC priority U28 Junior: 7
Jan Černý (CZE), Marijan Griebel (DEU), José Maria López José António Suárez (ESP), Josh Moffett (IRL), Sylvain Michel (FRA), Nikolaj Grjazin (LVA)

ERC priority U27 Junior: 13
Filip Mareš, Radomír Kupec, Dominik Brož (CZE), Aleksander Zawada, Dariusz Poloński, Jerzy Tomaszczyk (POL), Simon Wagner, Julian Wagner (AUT), Chris Ingram, Catie Munnings (GBR), Jari Huttunen (FIN), Buğra Banaz (TUR), Sebastien Bedoret (BEL), Kristóf Klausz (HUN), Emma Falcón (ESP), Tamara Molinaro (ITA), Artur Muradian (RUS)

Classification according to the listed classes in FIA European Rally Championship (ERC)

Total entries: 91 crews

RC2 Class – S2000-Rally: 2.0 Atmospheric, Group R5 (VR5), Group NR4 over 2000 cc (current N4) – 52 cars

RGT Class – RGT cars: 1 car

RC3 Class – Group A over 1600 cc, Super 1600, R2 (Atmospheric – over 1600 cc and up to 2000 cc – VR2C and turbo – over 1067 cc and up to 1333 cc – VR2C), R3 (Atmospheric – over 1600 cc and up to 2000 cc – VR3C and turbo – over 1067 cc and up to 1333 cc – VR3C), R3 (turbo – up to 1620 cc / nominal – VR3T), R3 (diesel – up to 2000 cc / nominal – VR3D) – 6 cars

RC4 Class – Group A up to 1600 cc, R2B (Atmospheric – over 1390 cc and up to 1600 cc – VR2B and turbo – over 927 cc and up to 1067 cc – VR2B), Kit -car up to 1600 cc, Group N over 1600 cc and up to 2000 cc – 31 cars

RC5 Class – Group N up to 1600 cc, R1 (Atmospheric – up to 1600 cc – VR1A/VR1B and turbo up to 1067 cc – VR1A/VR1B) – 1 car

Statistics by brand: 15
Škoda – 38, Ford – 21, Peugeot – 21, Opel – 17, Mitsubishi – 14 , Honda – 11, Renault – 7, Citroën – 7, Subaru – 5 , Porsche – 5, Fiat – 1, Toyota – 1, Alfa Romeo – 1, Suzuki – 1, Nissan – 1

Cars R5 category: 37
Škoda Fabia R5 – 18, Ford Fiesta R5 – 17, Peugeot 208 T16 – 2

Cars S2000 category: 2
Škoda Fabia S2000 – 2

Mixed crews: 18
Pavel Valoušek – Veronika Havelková (CZE), Martin Vlček – Jindřiška Žáková (CZE) , Dariusz Polonski – Balbina Gryczynska (POL), Miroslav Jakeš – Marcela Ehlová (CZE), Vojtěch Štajf – Markéta Skácelová (CZE), Patrik Rujbr – Veronika Římalová (CZE), Václav Kopáček – Barbora Rendlová (CZE), Egon Smékal – Petra Němcová (CZE), Karel Štichl – Adéla Vacková (CZE), Jiří Jírovec – Kateřina Janovská (CZE), Martin Sopúch – Karin Sopúchová (CZE), Michal Vaňhara – Vanda Jugasová (CZE), Richard Lešák – Vlasta Lešáková (CZE) , Ondřej Mezihorák – Adriana Buršíková (CZE), Dalibor Mach – Kateřina Mach (CZE), Martin Špaňhel – Zuzana Lieskovcová (CZE/SVK), Petr Lukašík – Martina Mikulášková (CZE), Martin Minařík – Zuzana Plšková (CZE)

Female crews: 7
Emma Falcón – Rogelio Penate (ESP), Tamaro Molinaro – Ursula Mayrhofer (ITA/AUT), Catie Munnings – Katharina Anne Stein (GBR/AUT), Ekaterina Stratieva – Georgij Avramov (BGR), Pavlína Tydlačková (CZE), Barbora Holická – David Haumer (CZE), Diana Nohálová (CZE)