Stuart Jones forced to retire the MG from Rally Bohemia 2008 with power steering failure

Stuart Jones was forced to retire from Rally Bohemia after SS10 with power-steering failure. Jones had been happy enough with progress until then as felt had the MG set up well for today's stages and had been as high as 11th O/A after setting a couple of fifth fastest stage times.

His retirement in the MSD MG S2000 echoes that of Mark Higgins' from Ypres as Higgins also suffered power-steering failure in the BGM MG. Jones next rally in the MG is the BRC Rally Isle of Man at the end of July where he hopes for a similar result to the JCMR where he was second O/A. Roman Kresta won the rally driving a Mitsubishi Evo9 and he would appear on course for the Czech championship this year.

Jones on SS1, image courtesy www.rally-mania.cz

The latest Skoda Fabia S2000 was on static display at the start ramp

Video of Rallye Bohemia which featues Jones

Video of the rally

Rally Results

1. Kresta (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) 2:10:36,6
2. Valoušek (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) + 3:18.8
3. Tarabus (Fiat Grande Punto S2000) + 3:57,9
4. Trojan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) + 4:22,7
5. Štajf (Subaru Impreza Sti) + 5:07,8
6. Votava (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) + 5:13,0
7. Arazim (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) + 5:13,5
8. Běhálek (Subaru Impreza Sti) + 6:05,0
9. Šlehofer (Fiat Punto S1600) + 6:54,6
10. Liška (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) + 9:39,9

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