The first round of Lausitz Cup is over. Drivers scored after a fierce fight at seven special stages. Many of them retired. Undoubtedly, the favorite of Thermica Luzickie hory rally was the six times German rally champion Matthias Kahle. The driver, in a crew with Christian Doer, drove a Skoda Octavia WRC. Their rivals were Czechs Jerzy Tosovsky / Ernst Michał in a Lancer EVO IX, Dlouhy Ales / Martasek David (Subaru Impreza WRX Sti), the members of the new team Valar Motor Oil and a well known driver from Nachod, Karel Macek / Pavla Fricova - in a Toyota Corolla S2000.

The favorite from Germany was the leader of the rally until his engine failed on SS7. Even though Matthias finished the stage 2 minutes behind Wolski brothers in Fiat 126P, he retired immediately after the finish. Eventually, the winner was Jerzy Tosovski, who finished all the stages before Ales Dlouhy - Subaru Impreza WRX and Karel Macek - Toyota Corolla S2000. The fourth place was taken by Eric Karlsson in Audi TT. Slavek Šrejma and Radek Karhan in BMW 325 finished at the fifth position. The crew demolished a fence along the road at one of the stages and contiuned the run, unfortunately with a considerable time loss.

The fastest driver in class 4 was a local driver from Hradek on Nisa, called „Jari Matti Halala". The driver finished his bad luck of crashes and car failures. The crew Halala / Stepan were fastest among fwd cars in Lausitz Cup. They collected 12 points in general classification and 20 points in class 4. The second position in class 4 was taken by Poles Sławek Kurdyś with Michał Kasina in Honda Civic Type R. They took 17 points in class classification and 8 in general classification. Germans in blue BMW- Marko Roch i Jorg Roch took the final step of the class podium. Łukasz Ryznar, well known for his participation in Monte Carlo Rally, started in class 4. Unfortunately, due to a deffect of an aged Opel Kadett, Łukasz Ryznar with Paweł Skrzywan did not reach the finish line. The fastest among 4 Polish crews in class 4 were Aron Domżała and Kamil Heller, who lost the second place braking a wheel at the final stage.

The competition in class 3 finished with a triumph of Poles - Obajtek Przemyslaw / Wrobel Jakub jadących Hondą Civic Vti. Przemek and Kuba collected 20 points in class 3 and 9 points in general standings. Brázda Jakub / Brázda Zdeněk, in a simmilar Honda Civic Honda Civic Vti, finished just behind them and got 17 points. The final stage of the podium was takien by the crew Stywryszko Marcin / Rosik Szymon from Jelenia Góra - also in Honda Civic ti - 15 pkt. Srb Michal / Teplá Veronika in Volkswagen Polo 1,4 16V finished just behind the podium - 12 points. The fifth place - Havlásek Marcel / Kulajta Jan Citroën Saxo VTS - 11 points; Gilewski Artur / Piskorski Michał in Opel Corsa Gsi - 10 points for the sixth position. A nice driver Klokočník Tomáš withZlámal Jaroslav , in a drifting LADA VFTS :) finished at 7th place. The last but not least were Kiewrel Ryszard / Kiewrel Katarzyna in Citroën Saxo VTS - 8 pts.

Class 2 was a triumph of Czechs ČonkaRobert / Venclík Jakub driving Škoda Felicja Kit Car. They collected all 20 points. The middle step of the podium was taken by their countrymen - a crew in a historical Škoda 110 L Rallye - Křišťan Jiří / Vrzal Martin. They were last-year winners of Lausitz Cup in class 2. The collected 17 points at the first round of Lausitz Cup. Germans, Teichman Ronny / Seibt Dorit, in a small Nissan Micra took the third position and collected 15 points. Ronny's father, who took part in previous editions of Lausitz Cup in Almera Kit Car, does not plans any rallies in the near future. Another Germans - Edelmann Tobias / Peggy Holm in Škoda Felicja, zdobywając collected 12 points for the foruth position. Poles in Suzuki Swift Gti - Gaś Grzegorz / Gaś Marcin - position 5 and 11 points.

As usual, the most spectalucar fight could be observed in class 1. A speeding „Maluch" and flying „soap holders" won appluase of numerous spectators. This year Lausitz Cup is also a round of International Trabant Cup, so there were more Trabants than in previous years.

Unfortunately, Wolscy brothers who despite a less powerful car kept pace with Trabant drivers got a penalty of 30 seconds and finished behind the podium.

After a short summary of the initial round of Lausitz Cup - XIII Thermica Rally Luzicke hory - we invite you to the second round. Karkonoski Rally runs on the last weekend of August. There is still much time left, so get ready:)

General classification after XIII Rajdu Thermica Luzicke hory 2010:
1. Tošovský Jiří / Ernst Michal 20
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX T5
2. Dlouhý Aleš / Martásek David 17
Subaru Impreza Sti T5
3. Macek Karel / Fričová Pavla 15
Toyota Corolla S2000 S2000 T5
4. Halala Jan / Štěpán Dalibor 12
Ford Focus T4
5. Karlsson Eric / Kopp Alexandra 11
Audi TT T/5
6. Čonka Robert / Venclík Jakub 10
Škoda Felicia Kit Car T3
7. Obajtek Przemyslaw / Wrobel Jakub 9
Honda Civic VTi T/3
8. Kurdyś Slawomir / Kasina Michal 8
Honda Civic Type R T/4
9. Brázda Jakub / Brázda Zdeněk 7
Honda Civic VTi T3
10. Stywryszko Marcin / Rosik Szymon 6
Honda Civic VTi T/3
11. Křišťan Jiří / Vrzal Martin 5
Škoda 110 L Rallye T2
12. Teichman Ronny / Seibt Dorit 4
Nissan Micra T/2
13. Edelmann Tobias / Peggy Holm 3
Škoda Felicia T/2
14. Srb Michal / Teplá Veronika 2
Volkswagen Polo 1,4 16V T3
15. Roch Marko / Roch Jörg 1
BMW 318 T/4
16. Gaś Grzegorz / Gaś Marcin
Suzuki Swift GTi T/2
17. Havlásek Marcel / Kulajta Jan
Citroën Saxo VTS T/3
18. Gilewski Artur / Piskorski Michal
Opel Corsa GSi T/3
19. Šrejma Slávek / Karhan Radek
BMW 325 V T/5
20. Christ Martin / Krajewski Tino
Trabant 601 T/1
21. Klokočník Tomáš / Zlámal Jaroslav
LADA VFTS V T3
22. Eckl Dirk / Strauss Christian
Trabant 601 T/1
23. Eckl Ralf / Geuthner Susen
Trabant 601 T/1
24. Kiewrel Ryszard / Kiewrel Katarzyna
Citroën Saxo VTS T/3
25. Wolski Marcin / Wolski Marek
Fiat 126p T/1