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*Brazil’s Paulo Nobre continues his season-long ERC campaign with Motorsport Italia.

Qualifying Stage (for priority drivers): 09h35-10h20, 16 August, Pohořelice (4.40 kilometres)
Shakedown (for all drivers): 10h25-13h00, 16 August, Pohořelice (4.40 kilometres)

Overview
While the battle for the overall FIA European Rally Championship is still wide open with three events left, next week’s Barum Czech Rally Zlín takes on huge importance for five young hopefuls aiming to prove they have the talent to take title glory in the fiercely competitive ERC1 Junior and ERC3 Junior categories.

The sealed-surface event based in Zlín, the South Moravian university city, from 16-18 August marks the deciding rounds of the ERC’s two young driver divisions when two prize packages, each worth 100,000 euros, will be up for grabs.

Ever-present in the ERC since the championship’s streamlining in 2004, Barum Czech Rally Zlín is a sealed-surface test like no other due to the bumpy and sometimes broken nature of the roads. To add to the challenge, several stages feature high-speed blasts through forests. Intermittent showers are always possible. While the weather might be hard to predict, huge numbers of fans follow the action, especially on the opening night-time Zlín superspecial stage. Taking place two weeks earlier than normal, Barum Czech Rally Zlín will also host the Czech championship decider.

Of the major route tweaks, the return of the legendary Pindula after a one-year absence leads the changes, which also include the Qualifying Stage running in reverse direction and the revival of the Kostelany test.

Once again Barum Czech Rally Zlín organisers have attracted a packed entry featuring some of the best drivers in the host country, across Europe and beyond. Fifty-seven crews with priority status appear on the list of registrations, which total 137 entries across all events.

Barum Czech Rally Zlín in 100 words

Ever-present in the ERC since the championship’s streamlining in 2004, Barum Czech Rally Zlín is based in the South Moravian university city, 300 kilometres south of the Czech capital Prague. It is a Tarmac test like no other due to the bumpy and sometimes broken nature of the road surface. To add to the challenge, several stages feature high-speed blasts through forests and intermittent showers are always possible. While the weather might be hard to predict, huge numbers of fans follow the action, especially on the opening night-time Zlín superspecial stage. The rally has a long-term contract with the ERC.

What’s new for 2019?
Taking place two weeks earlier than normal, Barum Czech Rally Zlín will host the final ERC Junior rounds of the season as well as the Czech championship decider. Of the major route tweaks, the return of the legendary Pindula after a one-year absence leads changes, which also include the Qualifying Stage running in reverse direction and the revival of the Kostelany stage.

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ERC event preview: Barum Czech Rally Zlin

Five facts:
1: Zlín’s rise from small town to big city is credited to Tomáš Bat’a, who founded a shoe factory there in 1894. His old office – located in a moving elevator – is preserved in the Regional Authority Building 21.
2: Now established as a bustling university city, Zlín’s south-eastern Moravia setting is 300 kilometres from the Czech capital Prague and 220 kilometres from the Austrian capital Vienna.
3: Zlín became Gottwaldov from 1949-1990 after the first Czech communist president, Klement Gottwald.
4: Barum Czech Rally Zlín ran for the first time in 1971 and turns 48 this year. Jan Halmažna took the inaugural honours in a ŠKODA 1100 MB.
5: Event sponsor Continental Barum’s giant tyre factory and distribution centre in nearby Otrokovice hosts the rally’s permanent service park.

Media info, activities and opportunities:
Starts: 16h00, 16 August, Náměstí Míru, Zlín
Finishes: 16h58, 18 August, Náměstí Míru, Zlín
Headquarters: Regional Authority – Building 21, třída T. Bati 21, 761 90 Zlín (Building 21, Zlín)
ERC appearances (since 2004 restructuring): 15 (2004-2018)
Stages: 15
Stage distance: 219.63 kilometres
Liaison distance: 545.68 kilometres
Total distance: 765.31 kilometres
Surface: Asphalt

Autograph session: 19h00, Tuesday 13 August, Zlaté Jablko Shopping Centre, Náměstí Míru, Zlín
Mandatory Media Safety Briefing: 19h00, 15 August, Media Centre, Zlín
Free Practice (for priority drivers): 08h00-09h30, 16 August, Pohořelice (4.40 kilometres)
Qualifying Stage (for priority drivers): 09h35-10h20, 16 August, Pohořelice (4.40 kilometres)
Shakedown (for all drivers): 10h25-13h00, 16 August, Pohořelice (4.40 kilometres)
Pre-event press conference: 14h30, 15 August, 16th Floor, Building 21, Zlín (In attendance: Erik Cais, Jan Kopecký, Alexey Lukyanuk, Zelindo Melegari)
ERC Junior title contenders photocall: 15h20, 16 August, Náměstí Míru, Zlín
Start order selection: 15h30, 16 August, Náměstí Míru, Zlín
FIA Action for Road Safety photocall: 15h45, 16 August, Náměstí Míru, Zlín
Ceremonial start: 16h00, 16 August, Náměstí Míru, Zlín
Finishing podium: 16h58, 18 August, Náměstí Míru, Zlín
Post-event press conference: 17h45, 18 August, Zlaté Jablko Shopping Centre, Náměstí Míru, Zlín

Media Centre/Media Accreditation Centre location:
Tomáš Baťa University Centre, T.G. Masaryka 5555, 760 01 Zlín

Media Accreditation Centre opening hours:
08h00-23h00, Thursday 15 August
07h00-24h30, Friday 16 August
08h00-24h00, Saturday 17 August
08h00-12h00, Sunday 18 August
Media Centre opening hours:
08h00-23h00, Thursday 15 August
07h00-24h00, Friday 16 August
08h00-24h00, Saturday 17 August
08h00-20h00, Sunday 18 August
Satellite Media Centre location:
Foyer AB Continental Barum, Otrokovice
Satellite Media Centre opening hours:
06h30-20h00, Friday 16 August
07h00-24h00, Saturday 17 August
08h00-18h00, Sunday 18 August

More information/resources, including event itinerary, entry list and maps:
https://www.fiaerc.com/event/barum-czech-rally-zlin-2019/

Shakedown: QS Pohořelice 🇨🇿 🇮🇹

Pátek / Friday 16.8.
BARUM RALLY – QS Pohořelice
Volný trénink / Free practice – 09h35-10h20, 16 August, Pohořelice (4.40 kilometres)

Neprioritní jezdci / non-priority riders
Shakedown – Pohořelice 09h35-10h20 🇨🇿 🇮🇹

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August 9th 2019