09/10/2009
2009, the best RallyRACC in history


 

The 45 RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA, Rally de España has been with no doubt the best in history. The Costa Daurada, Salou and the PortAventura theme park have been host to one of the sportingly most interesting and best organised WRC races of the season. Aman Barfull, clerk of the course, on behalf of the RACC, sums up the general feeling of the organiser.

The RACC wants to thank institutions, companies and sponsors for their big effort, especially the almost 2,000 collaborators who have supported our race, which once again has marked a very high level within the FIA World Rally Championship.

Improving year after year and announcing it without further ado seems to be a permanent feature of our rally, but more than the usual words after the end of a race, this time I am proud to announce it with the support of the unanimous statements made by the FIA, the WRC teams and their drivers, who have made an extremely positive assessment of our race in all of its areas.

We have received congratulations and very positive comments from many sectors, including fans and followers, whom we should not forget. In addition to the coordinated, efficient and thrilled work of our collaborators, we should not forget that this year, we had completely new facilities for the Headquarters and the Media Centre, which were the icing we were missing; a wonderful infrastructure located within the PortAventura Convention Centre, which has placed the RallyRACC in a dimension which will be hardly equalled by other events.

We could not have any better host for the RallyRACC than PortAventura, Salou and the Costa Daurada. This collaboration on the one hand and the work done by the whole organization on the other, have allowed us to raise the level a bit more and to look forward to the best possible future. Thank you and congratulations everyone! And, as every year at this moment, the only thing left to say is: See you in 2010!"

45 RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA, Rally de España 2009
•Salou-PortAventura, 1 to 4 October 2009
•11th scoring round (out of 12) of the 2009 FIA World Rally Championship
•8th scoring round (out of 8) of the 2009 FIA Junior World Rally Championship
•Entrants: 80 participants; Starters: 70 participants; Classified: 52 participants
•WRC winner: Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (Citroën C4 WRC/Citroën Total WRT)
•Junior winner: Hans Weijs/Bjorn Degandt (Citroën C2 S1600/Knaf Talent First Team Holland)
•Winner Group N: Eyvind Brynildsen/Denis Giraudet (Skoda Fabia S2000)
•Winner Group R: Jordi Martí/Gabriel Sánchez (Renault Clio Sport R3/RACC Motorsport)
•Institutional sponsors: Salou, Patronat de Turisme de la Costa Daurada, Cambra Oficial de Comerç, Indústria i Navegació de Tarragona
•Official sponsors: PortAventura, Cava Mestres –official cava–, Seat –official vehicle–
•Collaborators: Sport, Europcar, Cadena Ser–Ona FM
•Organiser: RACC
•Next edition: 46th, from 22 to 24 October 2010


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