Q&A with Jan Kopecky

It’s been a few months since your last IRC appearance. What have you been up to?

“I had one week holidays in the south of Czech Republic. We were riding our bikes for four days and it was really nice. I’ve also done a few rallies including a classic rally in Germany in an old ŠKODA.”

What was that like – a bit slower than what you are used to?

“Well the main thing was not to be as fast as possible but to be as precise as possible. One stage was 100 metres long and the gap between the first 20 cars was 0.06s. It was a nice event to do.”

And looking ahead to next week’s Barum Czech Rally Zlín, what result can you achieve?

“I will try to go as fast as possible but it’s not going to be easy because I have to think about the Czech championship and getting the points for that and not taking big risks to win the rally.”