The first competitor we present to you in this first edition of Rally 4 Passion is Belgian and a lifelong Skoda enthusiast.

A few years ago, Francis Listrez set about building this superb replica of the Skoda 130 RS Group 2, powered by a 140bhp 1.3 4-cylinder engine, faithful to the car in which Czechoslovakia’s Svatopluk Kvaizar and Jiri Kotek – two well-known figures on the Belgian rally – finished a fine 9th in the Boucles de Spa in 1979.

« It’s a very rare car, even unknown in our country. In the Czech Republic, the Skoda 130 RS is part of the national heritage », explains Francis Listrez, who will be competing in the first Rally 4 Passion in the company of Sébastien Stas.