He 58 RallyRACC Catalunya – COSTA DAURADAorganized by RACC, will come from October 19 to 21 with a new 100% dirt format and a total of 63 teams. These teams, two of which are all-female, consist of 126 drivers and co-drivers from 11 different countries.
The layout makes the 58 RallyRACC an event with the highest sporting demands which has an impact on all the events where it scores, such as the Spanish Super Championship, which is highly contested. The event also scored for the Catalunya Championship and Volant RACC–Trofeu Mavisa, as well as for the most important single-brand championships in the country: Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica, Clio Trophy Spain Tierra and Beca RTS Júnior. The event will be returned to Salou , as the epicenter general, and to the outer area of PortAventura World park, as the location of the car park.
The route consists of a total of 686.68 km of route, of which 123.39 correspond to 9 timed sections, 5 of which are different. Among these sections, the 23.28 km of ‘La Pobla de Massaluca–Vilalba dels Arcs’ and the 18.62 km of ‘Horta–Bot’ stand out for their difficulty, both unique to the personality of the test.
Day one, Friday, October 20
The test starts on Friday, a day where most of the itinerary will revolve around the Alt Camp region and will include another unique feature of the Rally, the ‘Santes Creus’ section (12.49 km), which will be held twice in a row on Friday afternoon.
Day two, Saturday, October 21
The area of activity for the second day centered on Terra Alta, with Bot neutralization. This includes two passes on the three remaining sections (23.28 km, 18.62 km and 6.49 km, respectively) and one on the Salou urban special.
Great interest in sports
The 58 RallyRACC Catalunya–COSTA DAURADA is the 7th of nine scoring events for the Spanish Super Rally Championship (S-CER) and the demands of the route will conflict with some points that could be decisive in the competition for the title. The championship arrives in Salou with the Asturian leaders José Antonio ‘Cohete’ Suárez–Alberto Iglesias (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2), with an advantage of 31 points over their main rivals for the title, the Galicians Iván Ares–José Antonio Pintor (Hyundai i20 N Rally2). Jan Solans–Rodrigo Sanjuán (Hyundai i20 N Rally2) is in third position, 58 points behind the leaders, and Diego Ruiloba–Ángel Luis Vela (Citroën C3 Rally2) is fourth.
The presence of the current Spanish Champion, Pepe López–Borja Rozada (Hyundai i20 N Rally2), and the reappearance of Nil Solans–Axel Coronado (Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) stand out, clear candidates for the success of the rally . Completing the notable entry are Óscar Palomo–Rodolfo del Barrio (Hyundai i20 N Rally2) and Javier Pardo–Adrián Pérez (Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo).
As for the Catalan Championship, where the Rally is the 6th scoring event, the options to win it depend on the performances in Salou of the two first classified: Alejandro Mauro–Diego Sanjuán (Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) and Xavier Vidales–Jordi Hereu ( Škoda Fabia R5), teams that fought for the Catalan title were reserved only for rallies held on gravel.
Other championships also come to the event with lots of sporting fun and everything to be decided. The Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica is planned in this final race as a head-to-head between the first two classifieds: the Portuguese Pedro Antunes-Mario Manuel Fernández and the Catalans and RACC drivers, Sergi Pérez-Lorena Romero, he is the first Junior.
Certainly Pérez-Romero were also protagonists of one of the championships present at RallyRACC, the RTS Junior Scholarship, which they led by a wide margin against Alex ‘Sito’ Español–Patricia Sáiz. This scholarship is organized by the Royal Spanish Automobile Federation.
As for the Clio Trophy Spain Tierra, the Ramon Cornet–Dani Noguer duo will be the only ones going to RallyRACC with the title assured, thanks to its repeated victories in previously held events. In addition to the role that Cornet-Noguer can play in the rally, without forcing to score points, the name of the runner-up remains to be determined, a position in which at least three drivers are competing, all with Renault Clio Rally5.
Finally, in the Volant RACC–Trofeu Mavisa the final result is still undecided, with Arnau Bartés–Miquel Velilla leading and Gerard Julià–Isaac Pujol the runners-up. The vehicles used by these drivers are Peugeot 208 1.2 Puretech.
Competition filled Salou again with sports and motorcycles
The departure (Friday 20th at 12:45 pm) and arrival (Saturday 21st at 7:00 pm) podium, where the awards ceremony for the best classified will also be held, can be found again at Paseo Jaume I of Salou. In addition, the entire promenade area will be fully occupied on Saturday 21st due to the special city.
The city of Salou also has a Shakedown section or test in their municipal area, early on Friday. This Shakedown serves the Spanish Super Championship as a qualification section so that the priority drivers can choose the starting order in the speed sections, according to the times obtained.
The teams’ work park is located, again, in the PortAventura World car park, while the administrative base of the 58 RallyRACC Catalunya – COSTA DAURADA is located in the Hotel Caribe Resort of the theme park, where the Meeting Room is also located. can be found. of the Press and information about the race can be obtained.
In addition to the Salou City Council and PortAventura World, the competition has the collaboration of the Tarragona Provincial Council, the Costa Daurada Tourism Board, the Salou Tourism Board and the General Secretariat of Sports of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
International presence and promotion of children values
In this edition of RallyRACC, the FIA Rally Star program will also be present, consisting of six young talents who are preparing within this initiative for their subsequent promotion to the world rally championship, always under the supervision of FIA. The pilots who are part of the program are Romet Jürgenson–Sim Oja (Estonia), Abdullah Al-Tawqi–Ronan Comerford (Oman), Max Smart–Cameron Fair (South Africa), Taylor Gill–Daniel Brkic (Australia), José ‘ Abito’ Caparo–Alba Sánchez (Peru) and Annia Cilloniz–María Esther Gutiérrez (Peru), all participants in the Ford Fiesta Rally3.
Safety and sustainability, always have goals
As in previous editions of RallyRACC, the organization continues to work to increase and strengthen awareness in terms of safety. With concepts such as “let’s not endanger the rally” and “the safety of the rally depends on you” in public areas, the aim is to help ensure that fans pay special attention to their location during of racing at all times.
Also, in accordance with the environmental efficiency certification obtained in 2017 and maintained in all these years, RACC, as the organizer of the exam, continues to devote the necessary efforts to carry out actions in cooperation with teams. and spectators, to continue minimizing the environmental impact of the rally.
Source: La Verdad
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