First career hurrah for the Březík-Krajča couple, they win the Hustopeče Rally by mocking Jan Kopecky.
The 19th Agrotec Petronas Rally Hustopeče offered fans great fights and emotions until the last kilometer of the race, giving Adam Březík And Ondřej Krajča the first career victory in a Czech championship race. The Samohýl Škoda Team crew, at the wheel of the Škoda Fabia RS Rally2, he triumphed by just 2.7 seconds up Jan Kopecký And Jan Hlousek, also competing with a Fabia RS Rally2. For the multiple Czech champion and winner of WRC2 and FIA ERC titles, this is the second prank in a row on the asphalt of Hustopeče, after the one in the last edition, when he lost the race with the same gap to Václav Pech. He takes the third step of the podium home Dominik Stříteský And Jiří Hovorka (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2), trailing the winners of the rally by 24.9 seconds.
Fourth position for Erik Cais, the representative of the Autocentrum Lukáš Škoda Team, who paid dearly for the 20 seconds lost on day 1, which effectively eliminated him from the fight for victory, despite a leading day 2. Completing the top 5 is the Škoda Fabia R5 Aleš Jirásekwho defends the position tooth and nail from attacks by Věroslav Cvrček (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2). The first seventeen positions are occupied by Rally2 cars with the Škoda brand dominating with fifteen cars present. Between two-wheel drive, success for David Stefan (Peugeot 208 Rally4), which precedes by just 4.2 seconds Rene Dohnal (Peugeot 208 Rally4) and 18 seconds Ján Kundlák.
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