Video Juho Hanninen and Jan Kopecky Skoda Monte Carlo test December

Another excellent video, uploaded by poypoy38, of the recent Skoda Motorsport Monte Carlo test with new signings Jan Kopecky and Juho Haninen driving.

Skoda Motorsport will debut the Fabia S2000 on the Rallye Monte Carlo as they begin their assault on the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Juho Hanninen

Hanninen commented about the Fabia S2000’s potential and his programme for ‘09:
I have tested the new Fabia S2000 throughout the Autumn… Continue reading

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Skoda Motorsport will debut Fabia S2000 at IRC Rallye Monte Carlo 2009

Fabia Super 2000 will race at Rallye Monte Carlo

12/17/2008

Škoda Fabia Super 2000 is going to have a competition premiere at the upcoming Rallye Monte Carlo! The vehicle has successfully received an official homologation certificate from FIA.

 
The Škoda Fabia Super 2000 is going to have a competition premiere at the upcoming 77th Rallye Monte Carlo (21-24 January, 2009) as part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge… Continue reading

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Skoda Motorsport Fabia S2000 testing videos from French Alps ahead of Rallye Monte Carlo 2009

Skoda Motorsport were testing again in the French Alps last week with Jan Kopecky and Juho Hanninen ahead of the Monte Carlo Rally.

The conditions the team faced during the test were of snow and ice  with sections of  dry tarmac, typical Monte conditions. It now appears that the Rallye Monte Carlo 2009 will be the Skoda Fabia S2000’s competitive debut as the team did not enter a car for the Janner Rallye… Continue reading

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Juho Hanninen video testing the Skoda Fabia S2000 recently on asphalt

Video of Juho Hanninen testing the Skoda Fabia Super 2000 last week in the Czech Republic.

The test was carried out on asphalt and it had been raining so the Skoda Motorsport team were able to assess the car’s behaviour in wet conditions.

Gilles Panizzi and Jan Kopecky were testing the Fabia the week previous in the south of France. Skoda Motorsport were conducting the asphalt tests in preparation for January’s Monte Carlo Rally… Continue reading

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Gilles Panizzi, Juho Hanninen and Jan Kopecky will form a three car Skoda team for IRC Rallye Monte Carlo 2009

Auto-Hebdo magazine has revealed that Gilles Panizzi, Juho Hanninen and Jan Kopecky will drive in a three car Skoda Fabia S2000 team for Rallye Monte Carlo in January.

All three drivers have been recently testing for Skoda Motorsport, driving Fabia Super 2000’s in the French Alps, Austria and the Czech Republic as the team prepares for Monte Carlo. This fuelled… Continue reading

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Juho Hanninen has been offered a seat in the Skoda Fabia Super 2000 for 2009

Juho Hanninen has apparently been offered a drive by Skoda Motorsport in the Fabia S2000 for the 2009 season, according to autosport.cz.

Hanninen, who won this year’s IRC Rally Russia, was testing the Skoda super 2000 recently in Austria and suffered a major accident by putting the car off into trees. It appears there was some engine management issue which caused the accident, but the problem has since been identified and sorted… Continue reading

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