Rallye Wrc Monte Carlo 2012

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Originally Posted by OldF

@Mirek, could you as an experienced Monte spectator how you and your friends finds the spectator places?

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Not so experienced, been there only three times (this year fourth) ;) In fact I've been always in a media car with friends from Autosport.cz and we always chose places driving through stage before the start usually far from spectator places with direct access. Only Col de Turini and Col St. Jean from SS Moutauban come to my mind as those where You can get while stage is closed.

Turini is a must to see at least once. It has very unique atmosphere but it's always crowded and You have to be there many hours before to even go through access roads.

Col St. Jean is a very nice peak close to the end of stage Moutauban. A small road is leading there but it's one-car wide so You get stuck near stage and than must wait for opening after the action is gone. Quite a lot of space for spectators. On snow it's wonderful, on dry it's less spectacular but still worth watching (so does the complete downhill to the finish). In 2009 we didn't manage to get up due to heavy snow falls and got stuck lower :)

Here is for example our Best of 2010 video (most spectacular edition I was): The Best of rally Monte Carlo 2010 - YouTube

Thanks Mirek,

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Originally Posted by Mirek

In fact I've been always in a media car with friends from Autosport.cz and we always chose places driving through stage before the start usually far from spectator places with direct access.

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Then you have to find a place where to park the car by the stage.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Turini is a must to see at least once. It has very unique atmosphere but it's always crowded and You have to be there many hours before to even go through access roads.

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IMO the most famous place of MC. I’ve a VCR cassette from MC 1986. Maybe I should watch it before the rally. :)

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Here is for example our Best of 2010 video (most spectacular edition I was): The Best of rally Monte Carlo 2010 - YouTube

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There are lot of spectators so where do they park their cars or do they make a “few km” walk to the places and leave the cars outside the stage in the start or finish?

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Originally Posted by OldF

Thanks Mirek,



Then you have to find a place where to park the car by the stage.

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I wouldn't go to spectator places Mirek also said. It will be full of fans, too much traffic, and there's chance u won't see anything because of the big audience there. Parking space is probably everywhere limited there in MC I think like some other rallies too.

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Originally Posted by mousti

I wouldn't go to spectator places Mirek also said. It will be full of fans, too much traffic, and there's chance u won't see anything because of the big audience there. Parking space is probably everywhere limited there in MC I think like some other rallies too.

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Usually the best places are far from the official spectator areas. In fact we made a couple of a time an error with a friend in NORF, because not remembering that place, choosing a place where there was an access road but parking only beside the road. It was good wakeup in the morning with a 5 km walk to stage and a 5 km walk back to the car

Indeed they're, in Ypres it's like that too. And then u are one a place where it's not so busy, u can choose where u stand etc. It's full of advantages. And about that error, always drive so far as u can, u maybe find some good spots to park but like u said u could be tricked then how far away it's still from the stage :D .

This WRC free period of the year is getting really boring. Bring on Monte!

I think it's not so boring, too much news around driver swaps, Mini etc. :D

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Really, star studded...????? C'mon get real.....

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Well, in a way they said true.

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

Interesting, MTV3 MAX programming says "Friday 20.1, 16:00-17:00, Live: SS13"

Have I missed something?

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SOOO interesting!

That means North One has been sold. Who's the buyer? Eurosport or BSkyB? Don't think MTV3 shipped their own OB-Vans to self-produce the live coverage... :)

C'mon Eurosport, get it!