Barum Czech Rally Zlín 

Statistics according to the list of registered crews

17. 8. 2022 - Roman ORDELT

The official list of crews registered for the 51st edition of the Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2022 has been published in the past few days. The organizers from the Auto Club Barum Zlín within the AutoClub of the Czech Republic have received a total of 115 crews from 21 countries, of which exactly 50 are foreign. Not only representatives from Europe will appear in Zlín, but also crews from Argentina or Taiwan will come to the Czech Republic.

There are a total of 74 crews entered in the European Rally Championship (ERC) starting field, with 44 ERC priority crews. The highest number of priorities is in ERC4 + ERC4 Junior, consisting of 21 drivers. With FIA priority, only one driver will appear in Zlín, surprisingly in the 2WD category, Andrea Mabellini from Italy, who has priority for winning the FIA RGT Cup in 2020. The RC4 class is the largest one in the European Championship with 31 cars, followed by the RC2 class with 27 cars.

Among the 17 brands, the winged arrow from Mladá Boleslav dominates, as in previous years, with a total of 32 Škoda cars on the entry list. The following brands are the next most numerous: Peugeot, Ford and Renault. Among the entries, there are 25 cars in the Rally2 (R5) category where the Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo clearly dominates. The start list is enriched by three representatives of a female gender behind the wheel and a total of 20 mixed crews, where a woman is a co-driver.

Statistics according to the list of registered crews:

Total number of entries: 115 crews (65 Czech, 50 foreign)

Number of countries: 21
Czech Republic - 65, Italy - 8, Hungary - 7, Austria - 5, France - 5, Spain - 4, Romania - 3, Germany - 3, Poland - 3, Bulgaria - 3, Sweden - 2, Estonia - 1, Finland - 1, Andorra - 1, Argentina - 1, Turkey - 1, Taiwan - 1, Slovakia - 1.

FIA priority: 1
Andrea Mabellini (ITA).

ERC1 priority: 17
Efrén Llarena, Javier Pardo (ESP), Simone Tempestini (ROU), Jan Kopecký, Erik Cais, Filip Mareš, Adam Březík, Martin Vlček, Petr Semerád (CZE), Alberto Battistolli, Simone Campedelli (ITA), Ken Torn (EST), Norbert Herczig, Martin László (HUN), Tom Kristensson (SWE), Simon Wagner (AUT), Albert von Thurn und Taxis (DEU).

RGT priority: 5
Emmanuel Guigou, Raphaël Astier (FRA), Jakub Jirovec, Martin Rada (CZE), Roberto Gobbin (ITA).

ERC3 priority: 1
Igor Widlak (POL)

ERC4 + ERC4 Junior priority: 21
Laurent Pellier, Ghjuvanni Rossi (FRA), Oscar Palomo, Sergio Fuentes (ESP), Andrea Mabellini, Roberto Dapra, Mattia Vita, Giorgio Cogni, Andrea Mazzocchi (ITA), Toni Herranen (FIN), Norbert Maior (ROU), Victor Hansen (SWE), Nick Loof, Norman Kreuter (DEU), Alex Espaňol (AND), Daniel Polášek (CZE), Fabian Zeiringer, Roland Stengg (AUT), Paulo Soria (ARG), Tamer Emre Hasbay (TUR), Patrik Herczig (HUN).

The split of the individual classes in the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC): 74 crews entered.

RC2 class - Rally2 Group, Rally2 Kit Group (VR4K), NR4 over 2000 cc (now N4), S2000-Rally:2,0 Atmospheric - 27 cars

RGT - RGT cars - 5 cars

RC3 class - Rally3 (atmospheric engines over 1390 cc, up to 2000 cc and turbo engines over 927 cc, up to 1620 cc) - 3 cars

Class RC4 - Rally4 (atmospheric engines over 1390 cc, up to 2000 cc and turbo engines over 927 cc up to 1333 cc), R3 (atmospheric, over 1600 cc up to 2000 cc)
cc and turbo over 1067 cc to 1333 cc), R3 (turbo - up to 1620 cc/denomination) - 31 cars

RC5 class - Rally5 (atmospheric engines up to 1600 cc and turbo engines up to 1333 cc), R1 (atmospheric engines up to 1600 cc and turbo engines up to 1067 cc) - 8 cars

Cars of category Rally2 / R5: 25
Skoda Fabia Rally 2 Evo - 20 (including R5 5), Ford Fiesta Rally2 - 3, Hyundai i20 R5 - 2.

Classification according to individual classes within the SONAX Czech Rally Championship (MCR):

Division 1:
RC2 class - 13 cars
RGT class - 2 cars
RC3 class - 1 car
RC4 I class - 8 cars
RC 4 Class II - 12 cars
RC 5 class - 2 cars

Division 2:
Class RN6 - 11 cars
Class RN7 - 9 cars
Class RN8 - 5 cars
Class RN9 - 5 cars

Organizer's Cup - 2 cars

Statistics according to the ERC + MCR entry list

Brands statistics: 17
Škoda – 32, Peugeot – 20, Ford – 18, Renault – 16, Opel – 8, Honda – 4, Alpine – 3, Citroën – 3, Hyundai – 2, Fiat – 2, Toyota – 1, Audi – 1, Porsche – 1, Mitsubishi – 1, Subaru – 1, BMW – 1, Alfa Romeo – 1.

Mixed crews: 20
Efrén Llarena – Sara Fernandez (ESP), Simone Campedelli – Tania Canton (ITA), Martin Vlček – Alexandra Skripová (CZE), Laurent Pellier – Marine Pellamurgues (FRA), Andrea Mabellini – Virginia Lenzi (ITA), Norbert Maior – Francesca Maior (ROU), Mattia Vitta – Sofia D´Ambrosi (ITA), Daniel Polášek – Kateřina Janovská (CZE), Fabian Zeiringer – Angelika Letz (AUT), Norman Kreuter – Jeannette Kvick (DEU/DNK), Roland Stengg – Anna-Maria Seidl (AUT/DEU), Andrea Mazzocchi - Silvia Gallotti (ITA), Victor Cartier – Marine Maye (FRA/CHE), Petr Lukašík – Martina Lukašíková Mikulášková (CZE), Martin Narovec – Lucia Laurincová (CZE/SVK), Enrico Windisch – Birgit Gangl (AUT), Lukas Stengg – Jennifer Hofstädter (AUT), Tomáš Janota – Barbora Mrkvicová (CZE), Petr Telipský – Michaela Matušková (CZE), Aleš Holakovský – Alexandra Vrona Wood (CZE).

Female crews: 3 (female driver)
Adrienn Vogel – Miklós Maricsek (HUN), Jekatěrina Stratijev – Georgij Avramov (BGR), Cristiana Oprea – Alexia Parteni (ROU).

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In Zlín 17 August 2022

Roman ORDELT
Press Relations Officer
Barum Czech Rally Zlín