Barum Czech Rally Zlín 

Insight into statistics according to the list of registered crews

8. 8. 2024 - Roman Ordelt

The official list of crews registered for the 53rd BARUM CZECH RALLY ZLÍN 2024 was released recently. The organizers from the Auto Club Barum Zlín in ACR have registered a total of 106 crews from 19 countries, 37 of them are foreign. Not only European representatives will appear in Zlín, but also the crew of Hayden Paddon, John Kennard from New Zealand will come to the Czech Republic as the reigning European champions.

A total of 64 crews are entering the European Rally Championship (ERC) starting field, of which 37 will be competing in the ERC priority. The highest number of priorities is in ERC1, with 24 drivers listed. Three drivers, including Czech driver René Dohnal, will appear in Zlín with FIA priority. The RC2 class with 35 cars is the most numerous in the European Championship, followed by the RC4 class with 33 cars.

Among the 12 brands, the winged arrow from Mladá Boleslav rules the show, as in previous years, with a total of 33 Škoda cars on the list of entries. The next most numerous brands are Peugeot, Ford and Opel. The list of registered crews (ERC + MCR) includes a total of 34 cars in the Rally2 (R5) category and Škoda clearly dominates with 26 cars. The Fabia RS Rally2 designation is the most represented with 18 cars. Three female representatives behind the wheel and a total of 17 mixed crews also add variety to the entry list.

Statistics according to the list of registered crews:

Total number of registered crews: 106 (69 Czech, 37 foreign)

Countries: 19
Czech Republic - 69, Poland - 8, Hungary - 5, Bulgaria - 3, Romania - 2, Austria - 2, Great Britain - 2, Belgium - 2, Germany - 2, Turkey - 2, Slovakia - 2, New Zealand - 1, Spain - 1, France - 1, Norway - 1, Italy - 1, Ireland - 1, Croatia - 1, co-driver as Swede - 1.

FIA Prioriy: 3
Hayden Paddon (NZL), Efrén Llarena (ESP), René Dohnal (CZE)

ERC1 Priority: 24
Hayden Paddon (NZL), Efrén Llarena (ESP), Mathieu Franceschi (FRA), Simone Tempestini (ROU), Mads Ostberg (NOR), Miko Marczyk, Jaroslaw Koltun (POL), Andrea Mabellini (ITA), Jon Armstrong (IRL), Simon Wagner, Hermann Neubauer (AUT), Erik Cais, Filip Mareš, Dominik Stříteský, Jan Kopecký, Adam Březík, Václav Pech, Aleš Jirásek, Martin Vlček, Jakub Jirovec (CZE), Martin László (HUN), Philip Allen (GBR), Amaury Molle (BEL), Albert von Thurn und Taxis (DEU)

ERC3 Priority: 7
Filip Kohn (CZE), Kerem Kazaz (TUR), Igor Widlak, Hubert Kowalczyk (POL), Martin Ravenščak (HRV), Aleksandar Tomov (BGR), Róbert Kolčák (SVK)

ERC4 Priority: 6
Max McRae (GBR), Daniel Polášek (CZE), Márton Bertalan, Patrik Herczig (HUN), Ekaterina Stratieva (BGR), Ciprian-Daniel Lupu (ROU)

The split of the individual classes in the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC):
Total number of registered crews: 64

RC2 class - Rally2 Group, Rally2 Kit Group (VR4K), NR4 over 2000 cc (now N4), S2000-Rally:2,0 Atmospheric – 33 cars

RGT - RGT cars – none

RC3 class - Rally3 (atmospheric engines over 1390 cc, up to 2000 cc and turbo engines over 927 cc, up to 1620 cc) – 8 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 and turbo over 1067 cc up to 1333 cc), R3 (turbo - up to 1620 cc/denomination), A-segment up to 2000 cc – 20 cars

RC5 class - Rally5 (atmospheric engines up to 1600 cc and turbo engines up to 1333 cc), Rally5-Kit (atmospheric engines up to 1600 cc), (atmospheric engines up to 1600 cc and turbo engines up to 1067 cc) – 3 cars

Cars of category Rally2 / R5: 33
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 – 18, Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo – 1, Škoda Fabia R5 – 6 , Hyundai i20 N Rally – 3, Ford Fiesta Rally2 MKII – 2, Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 – 2, Citroën C3 Rally2 – 1

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

Total number of registered crews: 69

MCR groups and classes listed:
RC2 class – 18 cars
RGT class – 1 car
RC3 class – 2 cars
RC4 I class – 11 cars
RC 4 II class – 8 cars
RC 5 class – 1 car

Rally Challenge groups and classes listed:
RN6 class – 8 cars
RN7 class – 13 cars
RN8 class – 3 cars
RN9 class – 2 cars
RN10 class – 2 cars

Statistics according to the ERC + MCR entry list

Brand statistics: 12
Škoda – 33, Peugeot – 15, Ford – 14, Opel – 13, Renault – 12, Honda – 6, Toyota – 4, Hyundai – 3, Citroën – 3, Fiat – 1, Mitsubishi – 1, Alfa Romeo - 1

Mixed crews: 17
Efrén Llarena – Sara Fernández (ESP), Andrea Mabellini – Virginia Lenzi (ITA),
Simon Wagner – Jara Hain (AUT/GER), Martin Ravenščak – Dora Ravenščak (HRV), Ekaterina Stratieva – Georgi Avramov (BGR), Petr Zedník – Olga Zedníková (CZE), Petr Lukašík – Martina Lukašíková Mikulášková (CZE), Wolfgang Irlacher – Regina Miedl (DEU), Kübra Denizci Keskin – Onur Vatansever (TUR), Tomáš Vyvlečka – Hana Baďurová (CZE), Radek Hořejší – Eva Argmannová (CZE), Matěj Manderla – Martina Kalistová (CZE), Jakub Fridrich – Lenka Kreslová (CZE), Karel Macek – Lucie Vondřičková (CZE), Eliška Slavíková – Jan Slavík (všichni CZE), František Andrys – Šárka Rejfková (CZE), Andrej Kacvinský – Lucia Rybanská (SVK)

Female crews: 3 (female driver)
Ekaterina Stratieva – Georgij Avramov (BGR), Kübra Denizci Keskin – Onur Vatansever (TUR), Eliška Slavíková – Jan Slavík (CZE)

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Zlín, 7th August 2024

Roman ORDELT
Press Relations Officer
Barum Czech Rally Zlín