Sebastian Loeb is currently leading the RACC world 'rally de espana' in Salou Costa Daurada
Showing posts with label Salou Rally. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salou Rally. Show all posts
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Sebastian Loeb current leader of RACC rally Salou
Sebastian Loeb is currently leading the RACC world 'rally de espana' in Salou Costa Daurada
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Salou Rally 2010
The RACC Salou rally beging this October, more fantastic rally action coming to Salou
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Gravel and Asphalt for the Catalunya Rally
The organisers of the Catalunya Rally have announced a mixed-surface opening day and a final day which includes two runs through a 26-mile stage.
The October 22-24 event, which is based in Salou, will start with an opening day comprising two stages which run on gravel and asphalt, and one completely loose surface test.
For the first time in the history of the modern era of the World Rally Championship, the teams are likely to start Friday with a car in gravel specification and finish it in asphalt trim.
The Saturday and Sunday stages are all asphalt. The pre-event shakedown has been moved closer to Salou and altered to reflect the split nature of the event. The 1.8-mile stage is now part-gravel and part-asphalt.
Clerk of the course Aman Barfull said: "We are and we want to continue being an asphalt rally, but we have included a mixed day. This new rally concept benefits the show, both for spectators and for the media. And it follows the guidelines of the FIA, requesting organisers to provide for novelties and to contribute in order to raise the interest in the WRC.
"The rally consists of eight stages run twice in three days, totalling 792 miles, of which 220 are competitive."
The October 22-24 event, which is based in Salou, will start with an opening day comprising two stages which run on gravel and asphalt, and one completely loose surface test.
For the first time in the history of the modern era of the World Rally Championship, the teams are likely to start Friday with a car in gravel specification and finish it in asphalt trim.
The Saturday and Sunday stages are all asphalt. The pre-event shakedown has been moved closer to Salou and altered to reflect the split nature of the event. The 1.8-mile stage is now part-gravel and part-asphalt.
Clerk of the course Aman Barfull said: "We are and we want to continue being an asphalt rally, but we have included a mixed day. This new rally concept benefits the show, both for spectators and for the media. And it follows the guidelines of the FIA, requesting organisers to provide for novelties and to contribute in order to raise the interest in the WRC.
"The rally consists of eight stages run twice in three days, totalling 792 miles, of which 220 are competitive."
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Sebastien Loeb Leads Catalunya Rally
SALOU, Spain — Five-time world champion Sebastien Loeb surged to the lead in the Rally of Catalunya on Saturday.
The French driver finished the day 1.5sec ahead of Citroen teammate and overnight leader Dani Sordo with Mikko Hirvonen, in a Ford, third at 48.5sec.
The race, which finishes Sunday, is the penultimate leg of the 2009 championship race, in which Finnish ace Hirvonen currently leads Loeb by only five points in the standings.
"I'm in the lead, but not by a lot," said Loeb. "The stage was difficult, but the main thing is we got through the day okay and with no punctures.
"I'm very happy to be in the lead but there's a long day still to come tomorrow. We'll see how we do."
Hirvonen admitted to feeling the pressure after Sordo and Loeb dominated from early in the day, and the Ford Focus driver could only lament losing time at key points on the course.
"Against Citroens on tarmac it looks like third is the only place I can take," joked Hirvonen.
"It's been a good day. But it's a bit like history repeating itself; on Friday in Spain we lose a lot, on Saturday we get closer. I couldn't do much more and there's still more to do for next year - both from me and the car. We're closer though - and that's good news."
The 2009 world championship concludes with the Rally of Britain, in Wales, in three weeks' time.
The French driver finished the day 1.5sec ahead of Citroen teammate and overnight leader Dani Sordo with Mikko Hirvonen, in a Ford, third at 48.5sec.
The race, which finishes Sunday, is the penultimate leg of the 2009 championship race, in which Finnish ace Hirvonen currently leads Loeb by only five points in the standings.
"I'm in the lead, but not by a lot," said Loeb. "The stage was difficult, but the main thing is we got through the day okay and with no punctures.
"I'm very happy to be in the lead but there's a long day still to come tomorrow. We'll see how we do."
Hirvonen admitted to feeling the pressure after Sordo and Loeb dominated from early in the day, and the Ford Focus driver could only lament losing time at key points on the course.
"Against Citroens on tarmac it looks like third is the only place I can take," joked Hirvonen.
"It's been a good day. But it's a bit like history repeating itself; on Friday in Spain we lose a lot, on Saturday we get closer. I couldn't do much more and there's still more to do for next year - both from me and the car. We're closer though - and that's good news."
The 2009 world championship concludes with the Rally of Britain, in Wales, in three weeks' time.
Friday, 2 October 2009
FIA Elections October 23rd 2010
The former rally driver Ari Vatanen and Jean Todt, current candidates for president of the FIA in the elections to be held on October 23 were cited in the Rally of Catalonia, starting this Friday to submit their programs to the media.
The meeting with the two contenders will be in the press room of the hotel Port Aventura in Salou (Tarragona), where the headquarters of the Rally of Catalunya, the penultimate round for the World Cup scoring, which start Friday and end on Sunday.
After the first six special stages on Friday, Ari Vatanen, World Rally champion in 1981 at the wheel of a Ford Escort RS, will appear before the media and subsequently make the Frenchman Jean Todt, who collects the sympathies of the President Outgoing Briton Max Mosley.
The election of new president of the FIA will take place on 23 October in Paris, where Spain will have three votes: the Federation, that of the RACC and RACE. For now, the Spanish president, Carlos Gracia, has already advanced that their vote will go to Todt. Jean Todt is a former rally driver but his track record of success is linked to Formula 1, where he was director of teams, including Ferrari, which under his leadership has achieved in recent years several world championships.
The meeting with the two contenders will be in the press room of the hotel Port Aventura in Salou (Tarragona), where the headquarters of the Rally of Catalunya, the penultimate round for the World Cup scoring, which start Friday and end on Sunday.
After the first six special stages on Friday, Ari Vatanen, World Rally champion in 1981 at the wheel of a Ford Escort RS, will appear before the media and subsequently make the Frenchman Jean Todt, who collects the sympathies of the President Outgoing Briton Max Mosley.
The election of new president of the FIA will take place on 23 October in Paris, where Spain will have three votes: the Federation, that of the RACC and RACE. For now, the Spanish president, Carlos Gracia, has already advanced that their vote will go to Todt. Jean Todt is a former rally driver but his track record of success is linked to Formula 1, where he was director of teams, including Ferrari, which under his leadership has achieved in recent years several world championships.
Sunday, 27 September 2009
WRC Rallye de España - Salou
The WRC has arrived in PortAventura
Start of the RallyRACC week in Salou and the Costa Daurada
From today, Monday, the Service Park of the 45 RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA, Rally de España (1 to 4 October), gets going with almost all infrastructures of the teams already
set up. Located on the car park of the PortAventura theme park, the Service Park is distributed into working areas, according to the type of participant or championship, although the largest part is taken up by the two big teams of the championship, the so-called priority one teams, i.e. Citroën Total and BP Ford Abu Dhabi, which also include in their structures their satellite teams, i.e. Citroën Junior at Citroën, and Stobart VK and Munchi’s at Ford. They are surrounded by viewing areas for spectators.
The distribution of the entrants is also planned for the participants of second and third priority, i.e. the J-WRC drivers and the Pirelli Star Drivers and bet santy copies this there is also an area for the remaining participants, including the Spanish drivers, those pertaining to the Producción Rally Racing series and the Fiesta Sport Trophy International. All the trucks of the official teams are located in their designated areas, surrounded by working structures that will be operative throughout the week.
The Rally Headquarters have also opened today and tomorrow will be the first day for the Media Centre, both of which will be located this year in the new PortAventura Convention Centre next to the PortAventura Hotel. From today, the teams will start with the sporting checks and continue with the scrutineering procedures which end on Wednesday. Tuesday and Wednesday are reconnaissance days, while the Shakedown (Coll de la Teixeta) will be carried out on Thursday, 1 October, the same day of the start ceremony that will be held from 20.00h on the podium located on the Salou Promenade.
Reconnaissance (not testing) of the stages is regulated so that all of the participants may cover certain stages on certain days. Thus, tomorrow Tuesday, 29 September, the drivers will have the chance to cover the stages Querol, El Montmell, La Mussara and Riudecanyes - the initial section of the latter being also the Shakedown stage - while on Wednesday, 30 September, they will be able to drive along the stages Priorat-Ribera d’Ebre, Les Garrigues, La Llena, Santa Marina y La Serra d’Almos. According to their status as priority 1, 2 or 3, the drivers will start the reconnaissance in different stages in order to avoid having too many vehicles on the same stage.
The 45 RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA, Rally de España, will be held from 2 to 4 October covering an itinerary of 1,299.13 km including 18 special stages, making up 353.62 timed kilometres. The entry list has 80 participating vehicles from 28 different countries, including 20 Spanish teams.
Total Kms : 1299.13 km
Liaison : 945.51 km
SS Kms : 353.62 km
Special Stages : 18
Friday 02.10 > 6 stages (131.76 km)
Saturday 03.10 > 6 stages (127.98 km)
Sunday 04.10 > 6 stages (93.88 km)
Home Page > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/ingles/index.html
Itinerary > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/descargas/itinerario.pdf
Entry List > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/descargas/inscritos.pdf
Rally Guide > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/descargas/rg1.pdf
Citroen preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=346754&FS=WRC
Ford preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=346751&FS=WRC
Citroen Jr preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=346756&FS=WRC
Stobart preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=346753&FS=WRC
Munchi's preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=346750&FS=WRC
Championship Standings
1. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) > 78
2. Sébastien Loeb (F) > 73
3. Daniel Sordo (E) > 50
4. Jari Matti Latvala (FIN) > 36
5. Henning Solberg (N) > 29
6. Petter Solberg (N) > 25
7. Matthew Wilson (GB) > 23
8. Sébastien Ogier (F) > 20
9. Federico Villagra (RA) > 15
10. Conrad Rautenbach (ZW) > 8
Start of the RallyRACC week in Salou and the Costa Daurada
From today, Monday, the Service Park of the 45 RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA, Rally de España (1 to 4 October), gets going with almost all infrastructures of the teams already
set up. Located on the car park of the PortAventura theme park, the Service Park is distributed into working areas, according to the type of participant or championship, although the largest part is taken up by the two big teams of the championship, the so-called priority one teams, i.e. Citroën Total and BP Ford Abu Dhabi, which also include in their structures their satellite teams, i.e. Citroën Junior at Citroën, and Stobart VK and Munchi’s at Ford. They are surrounded by viewing areas for spectators.The distribution of the entrants is also planned for the participants of second and third priority, i.e. the J-WRC drivers and the Pirelli Star Drivers and bet santy copies this there is also an area for the remaining participants, including the Spanish drivers, those pertaining to the Producción Rally Racing series and the Fiesta Sport Trophy International. All the trucks of the official teams are located in their designated areas, surrounded by working structures that will be operative throughout the week.
The Rally Headquarters have also opened today and tomorrow will be the first day for the Media Centre, both of which will be located this year in the new PortAventura Convention Centre next to the PortAventura Hotel. From today, the teams will start with the sporting checks and continue with the scrutineering procedures which end on Wednesday. Tuesday and Wednesday are reconnaissance days, while the Shakedown (Coll de la Teixeta) will be carried out on Thursday, 1 October, the same day of the start ceremony that will be held from 20.00h on the podium located on the Salou Promenade.
Reconnaissance (not testing) of the stages is regulated so that all of the participants may cover certain stages on certain days. Thus, tomorrow Tuesday, 29 September, the drivers will have the chance to cover the stages Querol, El Montmell, La Mussara and Riudecanyes - the initial section of the latter being also the Shakedown stage - while on Wednesday, 30 September, they will be able to drive along the stages Priorat-Ribera d’Ebre, Les Garrigues, La Llena, Santa Marina y La Serra d’Almos. According to their status as priority 1, 2 or 3, the drivers will start the reconnaissance in different stages in order to avoid having too many vehicles on the same stage.
The 45 RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA, Rally de España, will be held from 2 to 4 October covering an itinerary of 1,299.13 km including 18 special stages, making up 353.62 timed kilometres. The entry list has 80 participating vehicles from 28 different countries, including 20 Spanish teams.
Total Kms : 1299.13 km
Liaison : 945.51 km
SS Kms : 353.62 km
Special Stages : 18
Friday 02.10 > 6 stages (131.76 km)
Saturday 03.10 > 6 stages (127.98 km)
Sunday 04.10 > 6 stages (93.88 km)
Home Page > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/ingles/index.html
Itinerary > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/descargas/itinerario.pdf
Entry List > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/descargas/inscritos.pdf
Rally Guide > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/descargas/rg1.pdf
Citroen preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=346754&FS=WRC
Ford preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=346751&FS=WRC
Citroen Jr preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=346756&FS=WRC
Stobart preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=346753&FS=WRC
Munchi's preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=346750&FS=WRC
Championship Standings
1. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) > 78
2. Sébastien Loeb (F) > 73
3. Daniel Sordo (E) > 50
4. Jari Matti Latvala (FIN) > 36
5. Henning Solberg (N) > 29
6. Petter Solberg (N) > 25
7. Matthew Wilson (GB) > 23
8. Sébastien Ogier (F) > 20
9. Federico Villagra (RA) > 15
10. Conrad Rautenbach (ZW) > 8
Friday, 21 August 2009
SALOU - CATALUNYA RALLY
For the first time in the modern history of the World Rally Championship, the shakedown stage of the Catalunya Rally will form part of the competitive route.
In previous years, the shakedown test - a short stage run a day ahead of the start to offer the teams a final check over the cars - has always been run away from the route.
But, following a suggestion to the FIA from Catalunya Rally organisers RACC, the Salou-based event will break new ground when it runs from October 1-4.
Shakedown in Spain will include the first 4.32km of the Riudecanyes stage, which runs competitively (in its 16km entirety) twice on the final day of the penultimate round of this year's WRC.
A spokesman from the RACC said: "Using part of the real stages for shakedown will be another contribution to the continuous cost-reduction battle."
The leading drivers all have to complete at least two runs at shakedown between their allotted time of 08:00 and 10:00 - but there is now likely to be an increased enthusiasm from the drivers to complete as many runs at shakedown as possible, using it as the chance to fine-tune pace notes. Salou 2009
In previous years, the shakedown test - a short stage run a day ahead of the start to offer the teams a final check over the cars - has always been run away from the route.
But, following a suggestion to the FIA from Catalunya Rally organisers RACC, the Salou-based event will break new ground when it runs from October 1-4.
Shakedown in Spain will include the first 4.32km of the Riudecanyes stage, which runs competitively (in its 16km entirety) twice on the final day of the penultimate round of this year's WRC.
A spokesman from the RACC said: "Using part of the real stages for shakedown will be another contribution to the continuous cost-reduction battle."
The leading drivers all have to complete at least two runs at shakedown between their allotted time of 08:00 and 10:00 - but there is now likely to be an increased enthusiasm from the drivers to complete as many runs at shakedown as possible, using it as the chance to fine-tune pace notes. Salou 2009
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