APRC-WINNING SATRIA NEO S2000S IN THE IRC AT CZECH RALLY

PROTON continues its campaign in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) when round seven of the championship returns to the high-speed and tricky asphalt roads of the Barum Czech Rally Zlin this weekend. The team’s two Satria Neo S2000 cars will be piloted by two-time FIA Junior World Rally Champion P-G Andersson and double FIA European Rally Champion Giandomenico Basso. Based in the south-east of the Czech Republic – some 300 km east from the capital Prague and about 200km north from the Austrian capital of Vienna – the 41st edition of the rally will be contested through the forests close to the city of Zlin. The event will consist of 15 special stages with a combined competitive distance of 248.48km.
Rallying begins with a 9.36-kilometre test along a super special stage in the town centre which will be run in the dark before day two takes teams through another nine special stages totaling 133.4km. The third and final day will feature six special stages with a distance of 115km. The event has also attracted 29 S2000 cars, 14 of which consisting of 14 Skoda Fabia S2000s, from a total of 123 registered entries. Other S2000 contenders comprises of Ford and Volkswagen.