Published June 1, 2011 in IRC. 
The Ukraine Rally is part of the IRC calendar for the first time in history. Unfamiliar tracks will be a big challenge for all the crews to take part.
The fourth IRC event this season, the Prime Yalta Rally scheduled to take place in the Ukraine over June 2-4, will see SKODA Motorsport (factory team) at full strength. The team’s ambitions for this asphalt rally that is part of the IRC calendar for the first time in history are high. Besides the reigning IRC champions Juho Hanninen & Mikko Markkula, the event will see a further four Fabia Super 2000s, including one to be driven by Jan Kopecky, currently second in the IRC rankings. The program of the Prime Yalta Rally consists of 14 stages (262 kilometers in total). Continue reading ‘IRC: SKODA Motorsport heads to the Prime Yalta Rally this weekend’
Published January 24, 2011 in IRC. 
Freddy Loix in a Skoda Fabia S2000 of Skoda Motorsport factory team came second in the world’s most famous rally which, as is so typical of this event, was strongly affected by quickly changing weather conditions. Continue reading ‘IRC: Skoda succeeds in an extremely difficult Rally Monte Carlo’
Published October 20, 2010 in IRC. 
Gallery after the jump!Juho Hanninen & Mikko Markkula of Skoda Motorsport (factory team) won the last-but-one race of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) to decorate the victory in this year’s Drivers Competition that they had secured at the previous event. Continue reading ‘IRC: Skoda Motorsport’s Juho Hanninen dominates Scottish Rally’
Published September 27, 2010 in IRC. 
After finishing second at the 52nd San Remo Rally, this year’s tenth Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) event, Škoda Motorsport’s crew Juho Hänninen – Mikko Markkula have become the IRC champions in the Drivers Competition. Also supported by the factory team, Freddy Loix – Frédéric Miclotte finished third, Jan Kopecký – Petr Starý, another regular Škoda Motorsport crew, came sixth. Continue reading ‘IRC: Juho Hanninen with Fabia S2000 becomes champion’
Published August 31, 2010 in IRC. 
The 40th Barum Czech Rally Zlín was dominated by Skodas Fabia Super 2000. Skoda has sealed its victory in the brand competition in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Continue reading ‘IRC: Victory for Freddy Loix and Skoda at the Barum Czech Rally’
Published May 11, 2010 in IRC. 
The Canary Islands Rally, the fourth event of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, saw the second consecutive absolute triumph of Škoda Fabia Super 2000 vehicles. (continue reading…)
Published March 22, 2010 in IRC. Rally Argentina was dominated by Škoda cars. Juho Hänninen crowned his excellent performance with a convincing victory, second was Guy Wilks (Škoda UK Motorsport team) and third place was occupied by Jan Kopecký. (continue reading…)
Published March 8, 2010 in IRC. Reliable performances of Škoda Fabias Super 2000 at the Brazilian Rally near Curitiba earned the brand second, third and fourth places in the final standings.
Guy Wilks of Škoda UK Motorsport came second, Juho Hänninen of Škoda Motorsport third and his team Jan Kopecký fourth!
The beginning of the second event of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) series saw bad weather –the prologue scheduled for Thursday had to be cancelled due to long, heavy rains, and so the racers appeared on the start line as late as Friday morning, with altogether 14 speed trials of a total length of 213 km ahead of them. (continue reading…)
