2.500 people ensure success for the 49th RallyRACC

(23/10/2013)

Race control

Tomorrow, with the Shakedown, starts day 0 of the 49th edition of RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA , Rally de España 2013, penultimate round of the World Rally Championship which will take place from October 25th to 27th in the Tarragona region, with Salou and PortAventura as main focus.

The teams and riders, which are already in Salou, will finish today the two-day reconnaissance, essential for taking notes and references of the stages before the three days of competition.

On a different matter, today it was confirmed that the cyclist from Katusha Team, Joaquim ‘Purito’ Rodríguez, current World n. 1 as per the UCI World Tour ranking, will visit the RallyRACC on Sunday 27th, the last day of the rally. Current runner-up of the On-road Cycling Championship, ‘Purito’ is a great fan of motorsports and has been invited by the RACC to visit the Terra Alta stage and then the Service Park after the first loop of stages on Sunday.

The best organization for the best rally
Organizing the RallyRACC from beginning to end takes one year, as just after one edition is finished, the team led by Aman Barfull starts working on the next. All this planning work is complemented during the race by a huge number of people that progressively join the organization until a total of 2,500 to ensure the success of the Spanish round of the Rally World Championship.

Marshals, medical staff, regional and local police officers, teams staff, volunteers and people with a lot of experience in the organization of a race form this mixed conglomerate perfectly coordinated by Race Direction from its headquarters at PortAventura Convention Centre, where they have already been working for a few days.

The staff is complemented by 2 relay planes that help communications to be at 100%; 5 organization helicopters, including 1 medical helicopter to increase the assistance to any drivers that might need it, as well as 8 R cars (FIV) ready for fast assistance; 300 transmitters ensure security on all stages and points of interest of the rally; 30 vans provided by rally partner Europcar to transport materials as well as 100 vehicles provided by SEAT - official car of the rally-, a large fleet ready to transport both professionals and guests, as well as the 0 cars, which in this edition are from the Leon and Ibiza Cupra brands.

Sharing the car to visit the RallyRACC
This is an innovative initiative suggested by the RACC to make it easier for fans and visitors to reach the rallys in a comfortable way and sharing expenses. In collaboration with Amovens and from this link https://www.amovens.com/es/eventos-sostenibles/rallyracc/10547020/, drivers and passengers can meet to go together, thus helping protect the environment and decreasing expenses for the fans.

The 49th RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA, Rally de España 2013, will take place from October 25th to 27th with the Start in Barcelona and Finish in Salou. The heart of the rally for the three days will be PortAventura Theme Park, as the Service Park and Village will be in one of its parking lots. The 49th RallyRACC total distance is 1,389.5 km, with 355.92km of timed stages in 15 stages. 2 of the stages are mixed gravel-asphalt, while 4 are on gravel and 9 on asphalt. 64 cars have been entered to the race, 13 of them in the World Rally Car category.