Matthias Kahle wins this time the fight against Olaf Dobberkau in his 911 GT3 by the Eifel Rallye, the 4th round of the German Rally Championship.
By beautiful sunshine weather, the driver gave all the best they could, but on the gravel section on the stage, the Porsche lose to much time. Also the Skoda youngster Mark Wallenwein showed a good performance with the second Fabia S2000. He won 4 stages, but small mistakes coast him the second place in the overall classification. His older brother lost the intern brother fight in his Subaru Impreza N14. His car has become some engine and damper problem at the section of the rally, so he could not fight for any position only to saw the finish ramp.
It was a very good rally in the summer, with a lot of spectator on the stages and service area. This rally include the main event from the “slowly sideways” group, where over 65 historical rally cars made a demonstration how rally has developed
This year was the last time that the rally was an event for the German Rally Championship. The rally director do not his work. So next year it could be a big event for the “slowly sideways” historic car, from all over Europe.
The final round of the 2010 German Rally Championship will be the Saarland Rallye, at the first weekend in September, from 03.9. – 4.09. . Here follows the decision, who is the 2010 Champion. Good chance of it has Kahle on the Skoda Fabia S2000.
Here is the result of the rally:
|
Driver |
Car |
Time |
1. |
M. Kahle |
Skoda Fabia S2000 |
1:19:20,4 |
2. |
O. Dobberkau |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
+28,0 |
3. |
M. Wallenwein |
Skoda Fabia S2000 |
+41,6 |
4. |
S. Wallenwein |
Subaru Impreza N14 |
+1:32,4 |
5. |
H. Gassner |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X |
+2:15,0 |
6. |
C. Mohe |
Renault Clio R3 maxi |
+2:46,0 |
7. |
M. Souvignè |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII |
+3:31,9 |
8. |
R. Hachenberg |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX |
+3:40,2 |
9. |
T. Stebani |
Opel Corsa OPC |
+3:44,3 |
10. |
R. Zeltner |
BMW M3 E36 |
+3:46,0 |
It’s interesting to looks on the point table after round 4 of 5:
Position |
Name |
Car |
Points |
1. |
M. Kahle |
Skoda Fabia S2000 |
83 |
1. |
L. Mysliwietz |
Citroen C2 R2 Max |
76 |
3. |
S. Wallenwein |
Subaru Impreza N14 |
74 |
4. |
F. Herbold |
Honda Civic R3 |
73 |
5. |
M. Wallenwein |
Skoda Fabia S2000 |
59 |
5. |
C. Mohe |
Reault Clio R3 maxi |
59 |
5. |
O. Dobberkau |
Porsche 911 GT3 |
59 |
8. |
T. Stebani |
Opel Corsa OPC |
45 |
9. |
H. Gaßner |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X |
42 |
9. |
M. Abendroth |
Honda Civic Type-R |
42 |