Too bad! So no stages on Thursday than..
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Too bad! So no stages on Thursday than..
Indeed, no night stage. :(
@MartijnS: Let's wait for the official announcement. ;)
there is going to be something my guess is, since during that time in Greece we still have daylight until 7 pm or so...Quote:
Originally Posted by MartijnS
I heard organizers were still doing the stage, just a bit earlier however. Would be nice to know why they wont do it at night, dust problems maybe?!
According to planetemarcus the stage will be driven at 18.30. Reason should be that ss1 and 2 would be too close?
this, and lack of marshals i guess....Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
The reason is NOT that. Wait for official announcement.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
you mean wait for what the organisers give us as reason....
The dust wouldn't have been a problem with a 4 or 5 minute gap. You can't say 3 months before that there is a lack of marshalls... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
judging from last year where indeed the marshaling was lacking a bit, (apart from the night stage) and that the economy got worse i think that we might have some problem this year...the fact that they want volunteers this year also points at that direction as well....the main men behind the rally loves the sport but unforunatelly he doesn't do it alone and there are a lot of others who seek personal exposure...you should know that very well since last year they practically stole your list with the short description of the crews and used it at the opening ceremony...i really hope you got an excuse or some short of compensation (not financial) from them afterwards..Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis
so don't tell me that the greek organisers who when it comes to national events 99% of the desicions are political, that they are all saints and never lie...
Edit: Just found the next page :)
not an official announcement yet J4mieQuote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Do they not normally have volunteers? The sport wouldn't survive in the UK were it not for volunteers, in fact there'd be very few people involved at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Merci beaucoup Monsieur Dimitris! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DIMI44
@NOT: You are right, but for the cancellation the reason is not the lack of marshalls, trust me. ;)
Volunteers are very limited... as far as i can remember this is the first time the organisers openly and officially called for volunteers...Quote:
Originally Posted by MrJan
Usually no.Some times there is an assistant of assistant of assistant who is not in the payroll.This year is the first time that the organisers ask officially for volunteers.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrJan
That's really ****, to me part of what makes the sport great is that it's held together by people doing things because they love it...I'm amazed that it's not the same in other countries. Over here marshals will travel hundreds of miles, paying for food and accomodation themselves, to marshal on some single venue event.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Trust me its a good thing we do not have any volunteers... when you give Greeks authority out of nowhere they become a very interesting species of individuals...
Plus when you try to enforce rules to Greeks and especially the Athenian feral kind you get spontaneous combustion sometimes...
If i manage to be in Greece for the Acropolis this year I might capture a few and run various tests on them in my lab to examine their behavior further... they might not survive, but you cannot ask for perfection when it comes to science...
Ceremonial Start will be at 17.00 in Zappeion!
Note that the rally counts also for the Greek championship. Drivers competing in the Greek championship will run SS10-SS11-SS12-SS13 on Saturday and all the Sunday stages.
More info in Greek HERE...
i think posting a bullettin about Greek rally crews only in Greek language in here is a bit far fetched......don;t you think ???
Don't make a problem of something that's not a problem.
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these set of rules are for Greek crews only.... what is the use of it in here ?
Επειδη εχει πληροφοριες και για μη αγωνιζομενους.... απλο δεν ειναι;Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
hello from belgium,
will have been spectator on all Acropolis Rallys from 1995 onwards, is my absolute favorite! so 2012 will be present again, would have liked the organisers cover more of the greek inland for the stages, such nice places and roads to discover for drivers and spectators, it was a relief when rally crossed corinth channel again, but up north would have like more stages in karpenissi area, kalambaka,....also east of road from mandra to thiva, there were nice stages to see, livadia area was also very nice, challenging stiri stage, can't wait to land on greek soil again, know the small roads better then in my home country !
if you want to discover nice places, a 4x4 is recommandable, rent one at airport, economiccarrentals, have used last 5 years, cheapest 4x4 i found on the internet apart from local rental agencies
rudi
the new web site of the event is up
Acropolis Rally - Acropolis Rally 2012
N.O.T./ Do you know where SD/QS is situated?
Shakedown and qualifying stage are located in the the last 6 kms of Agioi theodoroi stage but is run backwards... in other words they start where the finish line of the ss18 is and finish 6kms after.
LOCATION - STAGE LENGTH The Free Practice/Qualifying stage is the last part of SS 18/20 Aghii Theodori, in the opposite direction.
copy from rally guide 1
OK, havenīt read RG1 so close yet. Just tried to find it on appendix, but didnīt succed on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
So itīs the same route as PS but in opp dir.
Not far away from Loutraki then. Good.
distances...again from RG1Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Distance from the service park exit to the FP / QS Start: 9.09 km
Length of the actual FP / QS: 6.20 km
Distance from the FP / QS finish back to the start: 16.28 km
Distance from the FP / QS finish to service park/parc fermé IN:16.70 km
FP/QS = Free practice/Quilifying stage
the SP is in the outskirts of Loutraki
Is very close....the start of SD is about 10 minutes by car from S/P .Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
I also noticed that RG1 says SS1 Kineta starts at 2113 hours.
In official Itinerary it says 1828 hours.
Which time could be the right one?
18.28, has been changed later on.
That means 18.28 is the official time?Quote:
Originally Posted by MartijnS
MAybe there will be an RG2 with a correct time schedule then?
18.28 is official time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Have a look at the supplementary regulations.
Acropolis Rally 2012 - Competitors - Supplementary Regulations
A documentary about the Acropolis Rally is going to be released this Friday. A trailer about it in Greek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15zG-Gg6v80
u know where is jump at 1.11 ?? plz thanks ;)
the jump is at around 1.47 km of Thiva stage...from the start using your google maps from last years event.
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Its a nice spot if you visit the rally for the first time and the access is pretty easy....usually its also in the official specator guide which the organisation publishes each year...
So SR = Uppdated RG1?
to avoid confusion with the retarded RG1 - 2 - 147 and all the blah blah blah nonsense of the organisers...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
here is the CORRECT time schedule as it stands until today....
Programme du Rallye Wrc de Grčce-Acropole 2012