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.
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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| Series | ERC |
| Drivers | Jan Kopecky |
| Author | Matt Beer |
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