2010 Barum Czech Rally Zlín

The 2010 Barum Czech Rally Zlín was the ninth round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season and also a round of the European Rally Championship. The seventeen stage asphalt rally took place on 27 – 29 August 2010. Other than the opening stage on Friday night all stages were run in daylight.^[1]

2010 Barum Czech Rally Zlín
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Czech Rally Logo
Host country	Czech Republic
Rally base	Zlín
Dates run	27 – 29 August 2010
Stages	17[1] (265.26 km; 164.82 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	625.26 km (388.52 miles)
Statistics
Crews	112[2] at start, 58 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Freddy Loix Freddy Loix

Introduction

The rally, which was being run for the 40th time, was based in the Moravian town of Zlín. Friday saw the ceremonial start and opening super-special stage running through the streets of Zlín. On Saturday a further eight stages covering 138.88 km (86.30 mi) were run on asphalt with the final eight stages (126.38 km (78.53 mi)) being completed on the Sunday. A record-breaking 28 Super 2000 cars started the rally,^[3] including six of the top seven drivers in the championship. New entries to the series included Keith Cronin and Niall McShea from the Proton R3 Rally Team.^[4]

Results

The early part of the rally was dominated by Kopecký, who won the first, second and third stage and lead the rally at the end of the day. Day one saw a total of five different drivers take a stage win.^[5] Day two also saw five different stage winners and the overall lead change three times. Kopecký, while in the lead, crashed out of the rally on stage 14 handing the lead to Bouffier only for Loix to take the lead on stage 16 and win the rally.^[6][7] The result was the fourth 1–2–3 for Škoda in this year's championship.

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Freddy Loix	Fréderic Miclotte	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:31.0	0.0	10
2.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:56.0	25.0	8
3.	Pavel Valoušek	Zdeněk Hrůza	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:51.2	1:20.2	6
4.	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:33:28.6	1:57.6	5
5.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:34:04.9	2:33.9	4
6.	Václav Pech	Petr Uhel	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:34:38.4	3:07.4	3
7.	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:12.1	3:41.1	2
8.	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:36:49.0	5:18.0	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (27–28 Aug)	SS1	21:15	SSS Zlín	9.36 km	Jan Kopecký	7:15.0	77.46 km/h	Jan Kopecký
	SS2	9:48	Biskupice 1	9.01 km	Jan Kopecký	5:02.8	107.12 km/h
	SS3	10:31	Zádveřice 1	14.95 km	Jan Kopecký	7:49.5	114.63 km/h
	SS4	11:24	Semetín 1	11.71 km	Juho Hänninen	7:02.8	95.70 km/h
	SS5	11:52	Troják 1	29.09 km	Bryan Bouffier	16:54.9	103.19 km/h
	SS6	14:55	Biskupice 2	9.01 km	Pavel Valoušek	5:17.3	102.23 km/h
	SS7	15:38	Zádveřice 2	14.95 km	Jan Kopecký	8:07.6	110.38 km/h
	SS8	16:31	Semetín 2	11.71 km	Juho Hänninen	7:11.3	93.82 km/h
	SS9	16:59	Troják 2	29.09 km	Freddy Loix	17:00.9	102.58 km/h
Leg 2 (29 Aug)	SS10	8:28	Halenkovice 1	24.90 km	Pavel Valoušek	13:12.1	113.17 km/h
	SS11	9:11	Kudlovice 1	11.39 km	Bryan Bouffier	6:04.5	112.49 km/h
	SS12	9:59	Velký Ořechov 1	7.14 km	Jan Kopecký	3:48.9	112.29 km/h
	SS13	10:27	Pindula 1	19.76 km	Pavel Valoušek	10:31.6	112.63 km/h
	SS14	12:45	Halenkovice 2	24.90 km	Freddy Loix	13:44.01	108.79 km/h	Bryan Bouffier
	SS15	13:28	Kudlovice 2	11.39 km	Bryan Bouffier	6:05.4	112.22 km/h
	SS16	14:16	Velký Ořechov 2	7.14 km	Juho Hänninen	4:06.7	104.19 km/h	Freddy Loix
	SS17	14:44	Pindula 2	19.76 km	Pavel Valoušek	10:42.4	110.73 km/h

Notes:

1. ^ – SS14 was cancelled after an accident for Josef Béreš, who was running 23rd on the road. A nominal time of 15:09.0 was given for the drivers who had yet to complete the stage, while times for several other drivers, including Loix and Bouffier stood.^[8]