A great show all over the three days of the seventh event of this year's Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) that went so well for both Škoda Motorsport crews turned upside down in the last two special stages.

The Finnish driver Juho Hänninen in a Škoda Fabia S 2000 wins the weekend Rally Bohemia. Pavel Valoušek, Škoda Delimax team driver, has an accident and fails to complete the race.

Freddy Loix is celebrating his sixth career win at a home rally with a Škoda Fabia S 2000 Facelift. The crew of Škoda Motorsport team Jan Kopecký – Petr Starý came second, just like last year.

The winners of the fifth Intercontinental Rally Challenge this season are Juho Hänninen and Mikko Markkula of Škoda Motorsport, their team colleagues Jan Kopecký and Petr Starý came third.

The Canary Islands Rally, the fourth event of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge saw the second consecutive absolute triumph of Škoda Fabia Super 2000 vehicles.

After the first day of Rally Canarias, the fourth round of the Interncontinental Rally Challenge series, the first two places belong to the crews of Skoda Motorsport.

The stable members of the Škoda Motorsport factory racing team, Jan Kopecký and Petr Starý, will participate at this year's Italian Rally Championship.

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.

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.

The second event of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) series saw an unpleasant weather at the beginning of the race.