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Not long now!!! Just need pleasant weather for 4 days. Have itinerary sorted but if anyone with local knowledge can help with the viability of some approach roads (particularly north of La Bisbal de Falset) that would be much appreciated. Should be a good entry as all 3 sub-championships are included.

My best of 2011 edition
[youtube]6Ae9irem2ps[/youtube]

Similar stages this year.

Hans Weijs in Nasser's DS3?

Hans Weijs jr. im Citroën WRC*:: rallye-magazin.de


I believe it when it is confirmed...

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

Not long now!!! Just need pleasant weather for 4 days. Have itinerary sorted but if anyone with local knowledge can help with the viability of some approach roads (particularly north of La Bisbal de Falset) that would be much appreciated. Should be a good entry as all 3 sub-championships are included.

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I've also booked flights and accomodation for Spain, and now I'm trying to sort out the itinerary for the stages. Which ones do you plan to visit, as it's my first rally of Spain any help would be much appreciated!

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Originally Posted by rage82

I've also booked flights and accomodation for Spain, and now I'm trying to sort out the itinerary for the stages. Which ones do you plan to visit, as it's my first rally of Spain any help would be much appreciated!

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Shakedown and Service - Thursday morning
Not going to Barcelona for the official start as it will be a circus.
Friday - Terra Alta 1 (0915-1130) / Pesells 2 (1335-1450) / Salou (1640 - 1740) with an hour around service after
Saturday El Priorat stage all day returning to Service after second WRC run - looking at points near la Bisbal de Falset
Sunday - Santa Marina stage leaving for airport after second WRC run
I did El Priorat and Santa Marina in 2009 and want to go somewhere different this year but the locations from 2009 were good.
PM me with and specific questions, happy to help.

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Originally Posted by bunnings

My best of 2011 edition
[youtube]6Ae9irem2ps[/youtube]

Similar stages this year.

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Hi Bunnings, where is that place at the start of the video?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Priorat

Hi Bunnings, where is that place at the start of the video?

Thanks

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Actually can you let us know all the different gravel locations?

That stage is not been used this year unfortunately, the route is harder than last year to get more than 2 stages each day

That was stage Les Garrigues we were standing there too, the guy with the Ford WRT coat was one of our gang ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rLu2W2SViU

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Originally Posted by Nelly

That stage is not been used this year unfortunately, the route is harder than last year to get more than 2 stages each day

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Yep, just Friday is possible (early start to get to SS3 from our appartment at la Selva del Camp) to do several locations. I shall take a walk from my place on Saturday and Sunday to see a different perspective.

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

Not long now!!! Just need pleasant weather for 4 days. Have itinerary sorted but if anyone with local knowledge can help with the viability of some approach roads (particularly north of La Bisbal de Falset) that would be much appreciated. Should be a good entry as all 3 sub-championships are included.

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You have two options in the area of la Bisbal de Falset:

Option 1 41°16’45.49”N 0°43’19.76”E
At the village of La Bisbal de Falset. 90º left-hand intersection after crossing a bridge over river Montsant, coming from a very fast section. Good visibility.

Parking on the soccer filed of La Bisbal de Falset before midnight. If the parking area is full, the access will be closed at Margalef, located 3 km from the stage.


Option 2 41°17’24.16”N 0°42’58.23”E
Acces: Coming from Bellaguarda on the C-242, take a tarmac track to the right, 500 metres before the crossing with T-713 and before reaching PK-19 on this road.
Coming from the west on the C-242, 500 metres after the crossing with T-713 take the tarmac track to the left.
Once you arrive to a crossing that was a hairpin on 2007, follow the road to the right and you will reach the SS. Also good visibility.

Hope this can help you

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Originally Posted by Priorat

You have two options in the area of la Bisbal de Falset:

Option 1 41°16’45.49”N 0°43’19.76”E
At the village of La Bisbal de Falset. 90º left-hand intersection after crossing a bridge over river Montsant, coming from a very fast section. Good visibility.

Parking on the soccer filed of La Bisbal de Falset before midnight. If the parking area is full, the access will be closed at Margalef, located 3 km from the stage.


Option 2 41°17’24.16”N 0°42’58.23”E
Acces: Coming from Bellaguarda on the C-242, take a tarmac track to the right, 500 metres before the crossing with T-713 and before reaching PK-19 on this road.
Coming from the west on the C-242, 500 metres after the crossing with T-713 take the tarmac track to the left.
Once you arrive to a crossing that was a hairpin on 2007, follow the road to the right and you will reach the SS. Also good visibility.

Hope this can help you

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Many thanks P, you've confirmed the thoughts I had about Option 2, but as there is no streetview for that road I was worried, I should be ok in a Clio :) . The bend that is reached by that road has a high bank to watch from so I think that's where I'll be going. Any opinion on Colldejou section of the Santa Marina stage? It will be hopefully easiest to travel back to Reus airport for my Sunday afternoon flight from there and there seem to be some interesting road elements.
Again, many thanks

The police stop spectators along way from the junction there leaving a long walk to the stage in case you are in a rush to leave, the junction is ok but there is some very good spots closer to and at the village but again requires a lot of walking

John Powell from Trinidad and Tobago will drive a Ford Fiesta WRC in Catalunya.

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One thing that cheers me up right now is that it seems Hans Weijs in the DS3 is a fact now.

Evgeny Novikov: in Spain, with the support DMACK

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One thing that cheers me up right now is that it seems Hans Weijs in the DS3 is a fact now.

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Interesting to see how HW performs against Nikara in the Mini

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

Interesting to see how HW performs against Nikara in the Mini

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expecting Nikara much faster

I might be biased, but I doubt that he will be much faster.

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

Expecting you'll be wrong (and that doesn't happen much). :)

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Watched JN in Wales last year and on the Pirelli earlier this year - He has amazing car control, very different style to Paddon who is very smooth. BUT the DS3 is simply a better car than the Mini and I expect Paddon to get a top 8. Nikara will be behind him - if he finishes.

Paddon or Weijs? :D

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Originally Posted by tolis

John Powell from Trinidad and Tobago will drive a Ford Fiesta WRC in Catalunya.

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Nice to see him there :)

There will be 74 entrants: 17 World Rally Cars, 12 Super 2000 (7 SWRC), 23 Production cars (14 PWRC), 22 2WD cars (8 WRC-A)...

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Originally Posted by EightGear

Paddon or Weijs? :D

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Oops big re-edit due to advancing senility
For Catalunya - Weijs or Neuville is the real question?
Thanks EG

According to racc site paddon is entered in a skoda, do you know something I don't ?

No just very confused in all the excitement

Haha can't wait my self, would be great to see him in a wrc car

I've got all these 14 WRC confirmed so far, any idea of who are the other 3?

LOEB

HIRVONEN

LATVALA

SOLBERG

TANAK

POWELL

OLIVEIRA

OSTBERG

ATKINSON

NOBRE

HANS WEIJS

SORDO

NIKARA

NOVIKOV

Neuville , prokop and al zarqari in mini excuse the spelling

Who's this zarqari?

Al Kuwari I guess

He's from quatar he's not very good on Tarmac but he had a top ten on the acropolis this year

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Al Kuwari I guess

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Yep I knew I got the spelling wrong

Prokop and Neuville, but one is missing... Ketomaa changed his Rally GB plan to Catalunya, but it seems that Novikov is now driving the DMack´s Fiesta...

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Originally Posted by rp

Prokop and Neuville, but one is missing... Ketomaa changed his Rally GB plan to Catalunya, but it seems that Novikov is now driving the DMack´s Fiesta...

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That was the ALM story from yesterday, clearly bigger bucks from Powell for an M-Sport drive started a game of musical chairs

Yep it's confirmed there on the official website also confirms this big names are in: Sébastien Ogier, Per-Gunnar Andersson, Hayden Paddon, Andreas Mikkelsen, Enrique García-Ojeda.

Other drivers are: Llovera in the Punto for SWRC, Lemes and the multiple times Catalan champion Membrado in PWRC.

Which cars for García-Ojeda and Lemes? S2000? No sign of Berti Hevia?

Garcia Ojeda a DS3 R3 and Lemes an EVO

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

Expecting you'll be wrong (and that doesn't happen much). :)

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lets see, even one is with best car,and the other with the worst. :D