In stage 14 Kopecky extend his advantage to 20.0 seconds ahead Bouffier as he wins the stage.
In the next stage Jan Kopecky lost 56.7 seconds and moved overall to third position at 29.7 seconds by the new leader Bryan Bouffier. Beppo Herrach with Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4 wins the 13.53 km stage followed by R. Baumschlager. Jan Kopecky lost so much time due too a puncture. I don't know how and where we damaged the wheel, we were in the right line, said Jan Kopecky.
At the same stage with a puncture is F. Delecour, while Bouffier lost a lot of time due too spin at the second half of the stage.
In stage 16 Kopecky finished second after the Subaru of K. Kajetanowicz. In the overall Kopecky close Bouffier to 25.0 seconds.
Delecour lost a lot of time due too using slick tyres. Delecour finished 21 seconds behind the leader and moved to 7th overall.
In stage 17 Kopecky takes to Bouffier 15 seconds. The stage win is for Jan Kopecky as Bouffier finished 3rd at 14.4 seconds. It is reporting for heavy rain in the stage. In the overall standing Kopecky is second at 10.6 seconds by Bouffier.
After the service park in the last stage Kopecky made a fantastic drive to win the stage and the rally. Kopecky finished first with 11.1 seconds ahead Bouffier.
Comments:
Kopecky: Thanks to Bryan, it was incredible fight. It was really incredible rally, I was trying my best.
Bouffier:  I tried to dry well, but it was complicated. Jan was pushing all the time. It was crazy rally, so dirty and so quick!
Baumschlager:  We lead the Austrian championship, it was our main goal. This year the Jänner Rallye was extremely difficult.
Pech: Very good weekend, we are second in the Czech championship, very good for us.
Delecour: We have finished, it's important for the championship. It was tough weekend, we have few problems with the car or the logistics, but it's experience for next events.
Harrach:  I hope we won the production category. We were very lucky, we touched some concrete barrier with rear wheel, but it was OK.

Overall Results:
1. J. Kopecky Skoda Fabia S2000 2:35:45.3
2. B. Bouffier Peugeot S207 +0.5
3. R. Baumschlager Skoda Fabia S2000 +1:18.1
4. V. Pech Mini John Cooper Works S2000 +2:47.0
5. B. Harrach Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4 +3:31.8
6. K. Kajetanowicz Subaru Impreza Sti R4 +3:32.9
 

The last day of Janner Rally 2013 started with wet roads. Stage 11 surprises some of the drivers with mud and slippery roads. Five drivers retired in the first day stage plus two out due too health problems (Tlustak and Burkart). Jan Kopecky win the stage with 2.3 seconds advantage to the local driver R. Baumschlager.
In stage 12 Kopecky lost 7.3 seconds by Bryan Bouffier as Bouffier cut the overall distance to 16.7 seconds. Francois Delecour spin during the stage as in the overall standing remains 5th at more than 3-minutes delay.
Stage 13 is the last stage before the service park. The stage winner is R. Baumschlager followed by B. Bouffier. Kopecky remains 4th as in the overall standing the Czech advantage cut to 14.3 seconds.
It is reporting for ice at the end of the stage. Bouffier reports at the end of the stage for few mistakes and dirty parts of the road. Kopecky delay is caused by the speed down at the end of the stage due too the expecting ice.
Results after SS 13:
1. J. Kopecky Skoda Fabia S2000 1:48:52.5
2. B. Bouffier Peugeot S207 +14.3
3. R. Baumschlager Skoda Fabia S2000 +42.7
4. V. Pech Mini John Cooper Works S2000 +2:36.7
5. F. Delecour Peugeot 207 S2000 +3:03.5
6. K. Kajetanowicz Subaru Impreza Sti R4 +3:24.0

There are 5 stages to the end of the rally.

Stage 7 allow to Jan Kopecky to extend his rally lead to 13.6 seconds after his stage win. In the service park most of the drivers change the car settings from snow to tarmac.
In stage 8 Bryan Bouffier takes the stage win as close the gap to Jan Kopecky in overall to 9.4 seconds. R. Baumschlager is third overall at 12.5 seconds. These three drivers are with chance to win the first rally for 2013. This stage was too rainy with fog and aquaplaning.
After the last service park for day 1 V. Pech win stage 9 followed by Kopecky. It is report for heavy rain in the stage.
The last stage 10 win Jan Kopecky who extend his rally lead to 20 seconds in overall. V. Pech lost a lot of time due too out of the road but continue later.

Results after the end of Day 1:
1. J. Kopecky Skoda Fabia S2000 1:30:36.5
2. B. Bouffier Peugeot S207 +20.2
3. R. Baumschlager Skoda Fabia S2000 +38.9
4. V. Pech Mini John Cooper Works S2000 +2:24.7
5. F. Delecour Peugeot 207 S2000 +2:49.3
6. K. Kajetanowicz Subaru Impreza Sti R4 +2:53.3

In the last rally day remain to run 8 stages.

Jan Kopecky takes the first rally stage of Janner Rally. The stages start with wet weather conditions and temperatures at +7 C.
The stage winner comment stage 1: The stage is wet, but there are few dangerous ice patches. We have wide tyres, we have to survive next stages.
With wrong tyres start Francois Delecour and Raimund Baumschlager.
Frigyes Turan crashed in stage 1 as Reinhold Neulinger crashed into his car but continue after that. Gerhard Aigner spun during the stage and lost time.
In stage 2 Raimund Baumschlager takes the stage while Jan Kopecky finished 15th at +27.5 seconds but continue to lead overall followed by Vaclav Pech at +5.9 seconds and Francois Delecour at +29.6. The ice in stage 2 was more than expected that surprise a lot of the drivers.
In stage 3 another Czech driver win Jaroslav Orsak as Kopecky finished at 14th position at +33.5 but although that remain on top overall.
The stage 3 was really driving at ice and fog as the tyre choice was the main reason for the success of the stage.
After the service park the teams change the tyres that allow starting the rally battle. The stage 4 winner is Bryan Bouffier followed by Vaclav Pech and Jan Kopecky.
Kopecky continue to lead with 1.4 seconds ahead Vaclav Pech. Raimund Baumschlager is third at +2.6 seconds.
Raimund Baumschlager win stage 5 the tarmac stage with some parts of muds, snow and ice. Francois Delecour has a broken gear that push him to delay to 13th position for the stage or 8th overall at 1 minutes and 3 seconds behind the new leader Raimund Baumschlager. Kopecky moved to second at +3.4 seconds.
In stage 6 Bryan Bouffier win the stage followed by Poland driver K. Kajetanowicz with Subaru Impreza Sti R4. Third is Kopecky who back to the top overall.

Results after SS 6:
1. J. Kopecky Skoda Fabia S2000 0:52:24.8
2. R. Baumschlager Skoda Fabia S2000 +4.1
3. V. Pech Mini John Cooper Works S2000 +5.8
4. B. Harrach Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4 +17.3
5. B. Bouffier Peugeot S207 +21.9
6. J. Cerny Skoda Fabia S2000 +52.1

There are 4 stages to the end of day 1.
 

Jan 3-5 2013 / International Jannerrallye (Austria)
Feb 1-3 2013 / Rally Liepaja-Ventspils (Latvia)
Mar 21-23 2013 / Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Ingles (Spain)
Apr 25-27 2013 / SATA Rallye Aqores (Portugal)
May 16-18 2013 / Tour de Corse (France)
Jun 6-8 2013 / Croatia Rally (Croatia)*
Jun 27-29 2013 / GEKO Ypres Rally (Belgium)
Jul 11-13 2013 / Rally San Marino (San Marino)**
Jul 25-27 2013 / Sibiu Rally (Romania)
Aug 30-Sep 1 2013 / Barum Czech Rally Zlin (Czech)
Sep 27-29 2013 / Rally Poland (Poland)
Oct 10-12 2013 / Rallye Sanremo (Italy)
Nov 7-9 2013 / Rallye International du Valais (Switzerland)
 

* Subject to signature of Promoter’s Agreement
** Subject to ASN confirmation

While the European Rally Calendar for 2013 will be ready far at the mid of December some other rally calendars are ready. For Italy is schedule 8 events, 6 events for Canada and 7 events for Russia.
 

Italian Rally Championship calendar for 2013

Mar 23-24 Rally Il Ciocco Valli del Serchio (Asphalt)
Apr 13-14 Rally 1000 Miglia (Asphalt)
May 18-19 Rally Adriatico (Gravel)
Jun 8-9 Rally di Gubbio - San Crispino (Gravel)
Jul 13-14 Rally di San Marino (Gravel)
Aug 31-Sep 1 Rally del Friuli e Alpi Orientali (Asphalt)
Sep 28-29 Targa Florio (Asphalt)
Oct 12-13 Rallye Sanremo (Asphalt)


Canadian Rally Championship for 2013

Feb 2-3 Rallye Perce-Neige Maniwaki - Maniwaki, Quebec
June 29-30 Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs - New Richmond, Quebec
Sept 6-7 Rallye Defi-Ste-Agathe, Quebec
Oct 11-12 Pacific Forest Rally - Merritt, British Columbia
Nov 1-2 Rocky Mountain Rally - Invermere, British Colombia
Nov 29-30 Rally Of The Tall Pines - Bancroft, Ontario


Russian Rally Championship for 2013

Jan 25-26 Lahdenpohja, Republic of Karelia, Lahdenpohja
Feb 15-17 Peno, Tverskaya obl., Peno village
Mar 15-16 Gorniy Len (the Mountain Linen), Sverdlovskaya obl, Asbest
Jun 21-22 Belie Nochi (the White Nights), Republic of Karelia, Lahdenpohja
Jul 25-27 Yuzhniy Ural (the Southern Urals), Chelyabinskaya obl., Bakal
Aug 16-18 Alexandrov Rally, Ukraine, Chernovzy
Sep 27-29 Russia 2013, Krasnodarskiy Krai, Novorossiysk
 

Absolutely as the expectation Skoda is at the top in the European Rally Championship, as Juho Hanninen is the new ERC champion for 2012.
Skoda does everything to cut the competition and refuse all the rest drivers to battle for the championship.
In the current rally: Rally Principe de Asturias 2012 there is too many local heroes and less international drivers.
In stage number 8 Villaviciosa-Colunga 2 there was accident between Antonin Tlustak and the public where a spectator was hit by the car and die. The organizers for the moment decided to continue the rally till stage 11.
Antonin Tlustak (CZ) was the rally leader during the accident.
Results after SS 8:
1. J. Vinyes 1:38:44.7
2. M. Solowow +43.6
3. S Pernia +5:20.2
4. A. Monarri +7:13.6