Unfortunately it's true. Jiří Skoupil died in an accident on stage 2 after he hit a big tree by left side of his car. His co-driver Jiří Volf is in stable condition and his life is safe. Drivers decided not to start into second leg.
Jiří Skoupil was 46 years old. He started with rallying rather late, in 2000 for the first time he drove Nissan Sunny GTi in Rallysprint Kopná. This year he changed his usual Fiat Punto S1600 for Citroën C2 S1600. Among his successes we can find fifth place overall in Valašská Rally 2006, sixth place overall in Rally Třebíč 2005 or a victory in IRC 2WD cup in Barum Rally 2009.
R.I.P. Jiří Skoupil .... Много тъжна новина