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2014 RallyRACC Rally de Espana - Preview
Rally de España, the penultimate round of the FIA World Rally Championship, is based in the tourist resort of Salou, south of Barcelona, and is the only event on the calendar featuring gravel and asphalt stages. This year is also the 50th running of the event and various celebrations will be taking place to mark this historic occasion. After the curtain-raising stage in Barcelona on Thursday evening, the first full day of competition on Friday will be run predominantly on gravel stages in the hills of Tarragona. Overnight, the teams will swap the cars from gravel to Tarmac specification during a longer service period to run Saturday and Sunday entirely on asphalt roads. The battle for the World Championship will continue in Spain with Sébastien Ogier looking to secure a second consecutive title and Jari-Matti Latvala fighting for his first. The FIA WRC 2 Championship contenders are also out in force, with no fewer than 18 crews on the entry list as the fight for this support Championship title also nears its conclusion. Just two FIA WRC 3 Championship crews are on the entry list for Rally de España. RALLY DE ESPAÑA – ROUTE GRAPHICS  THE 2014 ROUTE The 2014 route will be largely familiar to the crews with identical stages being run to those in 2012 and 2013, some with minor modifications. The 50 kilometre Escaladei stage celebrates the rally’s 50th edition and is the longest in the event’s history featuring some roads not used since 2002. The only totally new stage is in Barcelona on Thursday. This all-asphalt 3.20 kilometre street stage will run in the Montjuïc area of the Catalan city. RALLY DATA
MEDIA ACCREDITATION
RALLY DE ESPAÑA TIMETABLE AND MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES ORGANISED BY THE FIA
FIA PRESS CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
ADDITIONAL MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES Autograph Signing Session: On Friday and Saturday selected crews will be available for a 15 minute autograph session. This will take place in the service park during the end of day service at the teams’ service areas. FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS The provisional classifications for all the WRC Championships can be found on the following link: http://www.fia.com/championship/world-rally-championship/2014/classifications STAGE CHART Shortly after the finish of the event, a downloadable stage chart showing the progressive positions of the leading crews during the rally will be available. This is copyright free for editorial purposes and available at the following link: http://www.fia.com/championship/world-rally-championship/2014/rally-de-espa-stage-chart | Total distance: Stage distance: | 1,391.53 km 372.96 km (26.80%) | Tuesday 21 October Wednesday 22 October Thursday 23 October | 14:00 - 19:00 hrs 08:00 - 19:00 hrs 07:00 - 20:00 hrs | Wednesday 22 October Mandatory rally by rally photographers briefing, Photographers’ Room Shakedown (P1 & P2 drivers) Shakedown (P3 drivers) Rally Start, Salou Reconnaissance of SS1, Barcelona Autograph session, Barcelona FIA Press Conference, Fira de Barcelona Official photo-shoot (P1 & P2 drivers), Barcelona SS1 First car arrives for mid-day service and Media Zone First car arrives for final service and Media Zone End of day ‘Meet the Crews’, WRC Stage, Service Park First car arrives for mid-day service and Media Zone Regroup, Salou First car arrives for final service and Media Zone End of day ‘Meet the Crews’, WRC Stage, Service Park First car arrives for mid-day service and Media Zone Regroup, Les Borges del Camp First car arrives for final service and Media Zone Prize-Giving and podium ceremony, Passeig Jaume 1, Salou | 18:00 hrs 08:00-09:30 hrs 09:45-12:00 hrs 13:00 hrs From 14:00 hrs 16:00 hrs 16:45 hrs 17:30 hrs 18:08 hrs 11:46 hrs 17:12 hrs During the 75' service 12:21 hrs 16:44 hrs 17:22 hrs hrs During the 45' service 09:05 hrs 11:20 hrs 12:53 hrs From 13:30 hrs | Thursday 23 October | Mohamed Al Mutawaa, FIA WRC 3 Championship Nasser Al-Attiyah, FIA WRC 2 Championship Karl Kruuda, FIA WRC 2 Championship Jari-Matti Latvala, Volkswagen Motorsport Dani Sordo, Hyundai Motorsport Robert Kubica, RK M-Sport World Rally Team Yves Matton, Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Winning FIA WRC 3 Championship crew Winning FIA WRC 2 Championship crew Top three crews in the overall classification | ||||||||
Total distance: Stage distance: | 1,391.53 km 372.96 km (26.80%) | |||||||||||||||
Tuesday 21 October Wednesday 22 October Thursday 23 October | 14:00 - 19:00 hrs 08:00 - 19:00 hrs 07:00 - 20:00 hrs | |||||||||||||||
Wednesday 22 October Mandatory rally by rally photographers briefing, Photographers’ Room Shakedown (P1 & P2 drivers) Shakedown (P3 drivers) Rally Start, Salou Reconnaissance of SS1, Barcelona Autograph session, Barcelona FIA Press Conference, Fira de Barcelona Official photo-shoot (P1 & P2 drivers), Barcelona SS1 First car arrives for mid-day service and Media Zone First car arrives for final service and Media Zone End of day ‘Meet the Crews’, WRC Stage, Service Park First car arrives for mid-day service and Media Zone Regroup, Salou First car arrives for final service and Media Zone End of day ‘Meet the Crews’, WRC Stage, Service Park First car arrives for mid-day service and Media Zone Regroup, Les Borges del Camp First car arrives for final service and Media Zone Prize-Giving and podium ceremony, Passeig Jaume 1, Salou | 18:00 hrs 08:00-09:30 hrs 09:45-12:00 hrs 13:00 hrs From 14:00 hrs 16:00 hrs 16:45 hrs 17:30 hrs 18:08 hrs 11:46 hrs 17:12 hrs During the 75' service 12:21 hrs 16:44 hrs 17:22 hrs hrs During the 45' service 09:05 hrs 11:20 hrs 12:53 hrs From 13:30 hrs | |||||||||||||||
Thursday 23 October | Mohamed Al Mutawaa, FIA WRC 3 Championship Nasser Al-Attiyah, FIA WRC 2 Championship Karl Kruuda, FIA WRC 2 Championship Jari-Matti Latvala, Volkswagen Motorsport Dani Sordo, Hyundai Motorsport Robert Kubica, RK M-Sport World Rally Team Yves Matton, Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Winning FIA WRC 3 Championship crew Winning FIA WRC 2 Championship crew Top three crews in the overall classification | |||||||||||||||
Total distance: Stage distance: | 1,391.53 km 372.96 km (26.80%) | |||||||||||||||
Tuesday 21 October Wednesday 22 October Thursday 23 October | 14:00 - 19:00 hrs 08:00 - 19:00 hrs 07:00 - 20:00 hrs | |||||||||||||||
Wednesday 22 October Mandatory rally by rally photographers briefing, Photographers’ Room Shakedown (P1 & P2 drivers) Shakedown (P3 drivers) Rally Start, Salou Reconnaissance of SS1, Barcelona Autograph session, Barcelona FIA Press Conference, Fira de Barcelona Official photo-shoot (P1 & P2 drivers), Barcelona SS1 First car arrives for mid-day service and Media Zone First car arrives for final service and Media Zone End of day ‘Meet the Crews’, WRC Stage, Service Park First car arrives for mid-day service and Media Zone Regroup, Salou First car arrives for final service and Media Zone End of day ‘Meet the Crews’, WRC Stage, Service Park First car arrives for mid-day service and Media Zone Regroup, Les Borges del Camp First car arrives for final service and Media Zone Prize-Giving and podium ceremony, Passeig Jaume 1, Salou | 18:00 hrs 08:00-09:30 hrs 09:45-12:00 hrs 13:00 hrs From 14:00 hrs 16:00 hrs 16:45 hrs 17:30 hrs 18:08 hrs 11:46 hrs 17:12 hrs During the 75' service 12:21 hrs 16:44 hrs 17:22 hrs hrs During the 45' service 09:05 hrs 11:20 hrs 12:53 hrs From 13:30 hrs | |||||||||||||||
Thursday 23 October | Mohamed Al Mutawaa, FIA WRC 3 Championship Nasser Al-Attiyah, FIA WRC 2 Championship Karl Kruuda, FIA WRC 2 Championship Jari-Matti Latvala, Volkswagen Motorsport Dani Sordo, Hyundai Motorsport Robert Kubica, RK M-Sport World Rally Team Yves Matton, Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Winning FIA WRC 3 Championship crew Winning FIA WRC 2 Championship crew Top three crews in the overall classification |
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