Zlin ERC: Jan Kopecky cruising, Roman Kresta hits trouble
Jan Kopecky is cruising towards a home victory in the European Rally Championship's Rally Zlin, but Sunday morning dramas have shuffled the podium battle
A puncture for Roman Kresta cost the sometime factory Ford World Rally Championship driver several minutes and third place.
The same problem then struck new third-place man Jaromir Tarabus. Though he lost less time, it brought him within range of Kopecky's works Skoda team-mate Sepp Wiegand.
Tarabus responded on the final stage of the morning loop and brought his advantage over Wiegand back up to 10 seconds with three stages left.
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Kopecky has backed right off with rain arriving for the final day, but maintains a 40s gap over second-placed Vaclav Pech's Mini.
Leading positions after SS12: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Jan Kopecky Skoda 1h45m00.7s 2. Vaclav Pech Invelt Mini +40.7s 3. Jaromir Tarabus AK Skoda +2m37.1s 4. Sepp Wiegand Skoda +2m47.1s 5. Roman Kresta Adell Mogul Skoda +4m10.8s 6. Miroslav Jakes Gemini Mitusbishi +5m31.2s 7. Jaroslav Orsak GPD Mitsubishi +6m55.1s 8. Antonin Tlustak GPD Skoda +7m13.3s 9. Pavel Valousek Delimax Ford +7m53.0s 10. Robert Koristka GPD Mitsubishi +8m01.1s
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