With entries closed when is the official list released?
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With entries closed when is the official list released?
20th I believe.
Yea according to the regs the entry list is published on the 20th
Question - the ZP locations, mandatory or recommended? -if mandatory there'll be too few places for the public to spread out. Some advice lifted from Forum-Rallye - get there early and walk a long way (to avoid les flics)
Those places are not mandatory, only recomended, but you can choose your own spot. It will surely help if you arrive on time, if you want to be at a place "locked up" in the stage i advice you to go a long time in advance. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Yes, in RMC in most cases spectators enjoy absolute freedom. There are places where You don't meet a marshal for 1-2 km but on the other hand the most crowded places are guarded strictly by gendarmerie and marshals. So it may happen that You arrive to a crowded place and they won't let You cross the road one hour before start but if You walk along few hundred meters You can do whatever You want...
Thanks, WW, we will be early but accessing from open roads as we want some timetable flexibility. Got to say the length of the Saturday stages is not great but I imagine that is to avoid some of last year's problemsQuote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
Hi, this is the first time I'm going to the Monte Carlo rally, and I will rent a car at the airport of Marseille, but I'm not catching chains,that you think? A friends who were repeatedly told me they were not necessary but to relocate I'm not sure.
Any recommendations for the cold?
How are the specials less a month away?
Thaks and sorry for my English
Kornes, your English is fine. Most of the time you don't really need chains on your rental car. But you have to know that it is mandatory to have chains with you to access certain roads. If you take rental car it is advisable that you have winter tyres on it. It depends ofcourse of weather conditions, but with normal tyres you most probably will get stuck somewhere. ;)
By the way, you have private message.
I entered all roads without chains (but with winter tyres) but I admit I got stuck once some 2 km from Col St. Jean of SS Moutauban in 2009 when the overnight snow calamity came in :D In fact a majority of French drivers had summer tyres combined with chains what made me sometimes furious because in condition where You can normally drive with winter tyres they were incredibly slow :) Anyway it might be problem to get winter tyres on the rental car in Marseilles or Nice, or am I wrong?
Biggest problem could be - weather depending - that car rental companies in Nice never heard of snow tyres. It happend to me, that I made reservations for snow chains, and when I arrived in Nice "sorry, we don't have" was the answer . . .
My advice: Make sure you have winter tyres and chains or 4x4. Call directly to your rental station in advance. Last year police stopped all cars without winter equipment in the morning at village exit Sospel 12km before Moulinet... :)
Working at a Volvo dealership, we are under the understanding that chains or snow socks are mandatory under French law in the Alps
Steve
The problem is that car rental companies in Nice or Marseille mostly don't offer the option to have winter tyres. If you can fly to Grenoble that is another matter, there almost all rental cars are equiped with winter tyres. My advice is to contact your rental agency well in advance and ask about it. ;)
Do any of our Czech members know if Prokop and Kostka are entered for MC?
Similarly Polish info on Kosciuszko and Solowow welcome
Prokop yes, with two cars (second car for Slovak Melichárek). I have no idea about Kostka but I guess he is not going to start.
Is not easy, I spoke with my rental car company and they said they did not have chains, which is thought to catch them at a nearby gas station, because winter tires also have them.
Norauto are the French tyre suppliers who also stock chains. Own brand Peugeot 206-fitting chains cost 29.90 euro - cheaper than the hire company will charge I'm sure. Look up the Marseille outlet and make that you first stop. We are doing that when we arrive at Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by kornes
A secret driver will drive a Balbosca Peugeot 207 S2000 in Rallye Monte Carlo. Nicola Arena was the co-driver. Tests today...
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[quote="tolis"]A secret driver will drive a Balbosca Peugeot 207 S2000 in Rallye Monte Carlo. Nicola Arena was the co-driver. Tests today...
Gigi? - has to be an Italian.
Rumour from the French media - Bouffier and Delecour in Fiesta WRCs - That would be very nice!
Bouffier is a cert for Monte, 99% chance it'll be a Fiesta. Would love to see Delecour again too!
Delecour confirms Monte return:
Former world rally star Francois Delecour will return to the Monte Carlo Rally next year, two years since he last contested the event. Delecour, 51-year-old, will drive an M-Sport Fiesta RS WRC, with backing from Romania’s tourist board (like 2012), in the Monte Carlo Rally next month.
On that previous occasion the Frenchman finished sixth – ahead of a number of rising stars – and this time his aim is to go one better, co-driven as always by Dominique Savignoni: who actually drove the final stage of the rally in 2012.
“Being realistic, I’m going to aim for fifth – and even that will be a very big challenge,” Delecour said. “But at least we can take Sebastien Loeb out of the equation, so that’s already a place gained for me! I also think it’s asking a lot from Hyundai to be competitive on their first Monte. So we know who our direct rivals will be and if things go well for us, we could be fifth. Whatever happens, I’m going to really enjoy it. I love this rally and I’m looking forward to driving there already.”
Delecour will test the Fiesta RS WRC in early January, prior to his 98th WRC start and his 17th in the Principality.
Great to see Francois out again :)
Whats the best thing to do about mobile internet down there? Im guessing buying a pre-paid sim from a local company (Recomendations?) is the way forwards?
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Originally Posted by tolis
It was Matteo Gamba ;)
It is the first time I am going to the Monte Carlo Rally. And I was wondering about road conditions in the special stages. Are there any stages which are usually covered with snow or ice on Thursday, Friday and Saturday? If not, for which stages are the biggest possibility to be covered with snow or ice? Because I would prefer to watch the rally cars on snowy roads.
How far in advance closed sections? It would be possible to go to the ES1 going through the 3rd ES?
From my experince with some people on the stage giving weather data.. quite often, there is no coverage on the mountains.. not even mobile connection. back-up is always radio.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allyc85
This edition is from majority new compared to last years. The rally center of first days was moved from Valence to Gap and majority of the stages were not used for ages. As far as I know the area shall have generally more snow than Valence region but with RMC You never know. I was there four times and the weather was varying very much. SS3/6 was used in IRC years (in longer variant) and usually was covered by snow. In 2009 and 2010 it was awesome one but I admit I have always been in the part which is cut away for 2014.Quote:
Originally Posted by edmundas
Generally when the weather is not clear for snow and ice I would choose high altitude places in the shadow of the mountains or under the trees. You can have completely dry southern slopes while northern ones are covered by snow in the same time. On the other hand if You choose one two hundred meters long icy patch of two dry stages You would only see a slow motion rallying so always think about which tyres they could use for Your loop before choosing place. Also if it starts raining on a thick ice it's usually very boring to watch. They drive very slowly in the ruts. I would also choose uphill sections if I knew they are on wrong tyres.
I can confirm as I tried to inform Bluuford myself :D For example in 2011 the famous tyre disaster... I was there and we all saw how it looked there but there was no GSM signal anywhere around.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
http://www.inforoute05.fr/wir3/document ... C_2014.pdf
Some info concerning stages (and shakedown) near gap, with road closure times etc. ;)
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Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hviDg...em-uploademail
Link for Road closures from official siteQuote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
http://www.acm.mc/documents/4/ANNEXE%20 ... ROUTES.xls
Google Earth Map Monte Carlo is out http://bit.ly/H4VScy
Entry list is out!
http://www.acm.mc/documents/4/LISTE%20D ... IORITE.pdf
No real surprises besides that Marc Duez is entered in a Porsche!
Almost 100 cars. Nice!
...and published to the deadline!!! Things are looking good. Can't grumble at 14 WRC cars!
Meeke & Evans.. Brits are back ! :)
And Paul Nagle has turned French!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Actually 71 cars! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Rare mistake from you Mirek ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis