I see you in Rally Catalunya one more time. This year with a Renault Clio Sport RS.

The itinerary of the 41st Rally RACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada , sponsored by Movistar for the eighth consecutive year, has been designed for the first time in the history of the Spanish WRC round, completely on the roads of Tarragona, fulfilling all requirements as regards kilometres and logistics set by the FIA for the Rally World Championship. The race, which will be held from 27 to 30 October will move around the whole Tarragona area.

The 41st Rally RACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA will cover a total of 1,324.70 kms, 358.10 of which will be divided into 15 special stages consisting of 9 different routes, 6 of which will be covered twice.

With its nerve centre located in the important tourist enclave made-up by Salou (start and finish of the race and venue of the prize-giving ceremony) and the theme park Port Aventura (parc fermé, service park, HQ and media room), the 15th round of the WRC will be running all its special stages on highly selective roads, which have already been witness to the best rally drivers and vehicles during the last decade.

Unlike the first two events within the world championship (1991 and 1992) as well as the two last editions of the rally (2003 y 2004), where none of the legs were carried out in the area of Tarragona, this 41st edition of the Spanish World Championship round, will be completely managed from and run in this area.

During the years passed since the last time the rally visited the southern part of Catalonia, a large part of the roads included in the itinerary of the 41st Rally RACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA has been reasphalted and some of the stage turns have even been changed in order to improve comfort and safety for the daily traffic, so that the drivers are going to find considerable changes with respect to the 2002 edition, which was the last time the Catalan rally went past Tarragona.

Podium in Salou, and Service Park in Port Aventura
After the usual ceremonial start in the late afternoon on Thursday, 27 October, in order to let the participants move from Salou to the parc fermé in Port Aventura (little less than 2 kilometres away) the real first leg (Friday, 28 October) will be starting from the theme park at 7.15 a.m. to cover 6 special stages (156.15 kms) and finish in the same place at around 06.49 p.m., depending on the flexi-service marked by the world championship regulations.

On Saturday, 29 October, the second leg will be starting at 07.30 a.m. with another six stages over 142 kms, always with the epicentre in Port Aventura, with estimated arrival at 06.31 p.m.

The third and last leg will be staged between Port Aventura and Salou, starting at 08.00 a.m. and finishing at 01.20 p.m., with three special stages that will already have been covered during the previous legs, making up a total of 60 kms.

Complying with the world championship regulations, all service park stops – a total of nine during the three legs – will be held on the large areas delimited to that effect within the facilities of Port Aventura, which already hosted the rally in 2001 and 2002, namely the service park of the second and the first leg of the race, respectively.

Information, maps and results: www.rallycatalunya.com

Press Note "Presentación del Equipo" : GIF file

Results: PDF file

Press Note "Objetivo Conseguido" : WORD file

Radio Interview (RAC1 in catalan): MP3 file