Mibosport Cup Rd3 – Report
The third round of the 2019/20 Mibosport Cup was held last weekend at its usual venue, the Hotel Sport in Hrotovice, Czech Republic. The event marked the season climax and the final round of this year with everyone being in Christmas mood already. Getting to the venue was less of a fun affair due to icy road conditions on Friday, this however did not affect action on the track as more than 200 drivers from as far as the UK and Denmark found their way to the Czech Republic. Both the on-road and off-road tracks were ready on Friday so the free practice starting at 4 o’clock in the afternoon would kick off with no issues. The grip level was enormous so there was some room to improve setup somehow to adapt to conditions. In the premier on-road class of Touring Car Modified Matej Sulc cemented his role as the pre-event favourite and showed just the rear part of his car. Mads Koue, coming all the way from Denmark, ended up with a nice 2nd place right in front of Kuba Simurda. Brano Panak was another surprise as he finished 4th and Petr Grof completed the top 5.
In Pro Stock Radko Cernohous did a brilliant job and despite Friday’s practise absence he took the overall TQ and victory. Simon Horak was too far away to compete with him, so he had to settle for 2nd position as Karel Kratochvil finished 3rd. Jan Gehrig had shown up in Hrotovice after a long time period finishing 4th and Marton Toth finished 5th.
In GT Stock 17.5T and with the absence of Ales Pelikan, who won two previous rounds, others had the chance to reach a first victory in this class. Ivo Gombik took the TQ, but Günter Krausgruber was just faster in finals. Ivo finished 2nd in the end and Dominik Stangl ended up in 3rd.
In FWD Alexander Mayer snatched the victory for the second time this season. Werner Spannbruckner was really a fellow to fight with. However, some driver errors cost him more than a chance to put himself in a top spot as he finished 4th. Michal Bok meanwhile pushed himself up 2nd in front of Roman Fiby. Marcel Dostal completed the top 5.
The Formula class promised nice fights as the competition is very tough here. Andreas Stiebler claimed the TQ spot and pole for the finals and somehow, he maintained it till the end. But behind him a lot of things happened. Lukas Hoch moved to the 2nd in front of Thomas Dvorszky. David Ehrbar finished 4th and Werner Spannbruckner did well as he came up with 5th position.
Over in off-road and in Buggy 2WD Modified Michal Orlowski took another victory. Being fastest in A1, A2 and A3 awarded him with the top spot on the podium. Martin Bayer did the same in style, just with 2nd place finishes and Max Götzl completed the top 3. Hupo Hönigl finished 4th and Bartolomiej Zambrzycki came in 5th.
In Buggy 2WD Stock Schumacher’s own Tristram Neal, coming over from the UK, showed that he is not only great at thinking about cars. He can drive them as well. And very fast, because he won this class by a margin. Hannes Mayer ended up in 2nd and Juraj Hudy finished 3rd.
Last but not least and in Buggy 4WD Modified Michal Orlowski dominated again. Martin Bayer ended the day on the runner-up spot and Max Götzl with Hupo Hönigl swapped their positions compared to 2WD Mod as Hupo finished 3rd and Max had to satisfy himself with the 4th spot. Adam Iszay finished 5th in the end.
The spirit of the race award went to Mads Koue and the Junior of the race award went to Vaclav Krizak.
Source: Mibosport [mibosport.com]
