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Presentation of the 42 Rallyracc Catalunya-Costa Daurada 16/03/06 7 Flash 6 days to go RACC Press • Tel.+34.93.495.50.29 www.rallyracc.com Presentation of the 42 RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada Tarragona, March 16, 2006.– The 42 Ra- llyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada, Rally de España 2006 was presented to the media today in Tarragona, with the at- tendance of several personalities and re- presentatives of local institutions, such as Sebastià Salvadó, president of the RACC, Joan Aregio, president of the Tarragona County Council, Esteve Ferran, mayor of Salou, and Xavier Artal, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Tarragona. In their speeches, Sebastià Salvadó, pre- sident of the RACC, stated that “without the involvement of PortAventura and Salou it would be impossible to organise the RallyRACC with the compact format imposed by the FIA”, while Esteve Ferran, Mayor of Salou, highlighted the importance of the world championship round for the area: “The RallyRACC is a success in all aspects, therefore we are going to work in or- der to keep the race here for more than the two years we have agreed”. The presentation event of the 42 RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada counted also on the attendance of Luis Moya, former rally co-driver and current sports director of the official Subaru team, who did not doubt when it came to predicting the future of the young RACC driver, Daniel Sordo: “I’m sure that Dani is going to be a future World Champion. If it were for me, he would already be racing with Subaru”. Sordo will be one of the main points of interest in the race. During the presentation, all details of the 42 RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada were given. The rally will be based at the PortAventura theme park, which will host the service park and the Village, and in Salou, the venue chosen to host the start and finish podium of the race, that will be staged from 23 to 26 March, covering a total of 1,376.14 kilometres, including 346.43 timed kilometres distributed in 16 special stages. The 42 RallyRACC, fourth race of this year’s calendar, sponsored by movistar for the ninth year in a row, will however be the first round of the year completely raced on asphalt. In order to have everything ready and let this edition become a successful event on all levels, the RACC has multiplied its efforts in order to get the large organising staff (more than 4,000 people) ready in less than five months to set up everything in its place without leaving any single detail aside. Demanding route with novelties Once the last edition of the RallyRACC was over, participating teams and drivers gave a high score to each of the demanding and spectacular special stages, stating that they had enjoyed a lot du- ring the three legs of the rally. Thus, the RACC has decided to keep this aspect of the rally route, including however in this 42nd edition of the Spanish world championship round, two new special stages: Duesaigües (11.50 kms) and Margalef/La Palma d’Ebre (15.85 kms), which will be raced during the second leg. In addition, the shakedown stage has been moved and will be staged in the village of Tivissa (Ribera d’Ebre) on Thursday 23 March in the morning. RACC Press • Tel.+34.93.495.50.29 www.rallyracc.com An environmentally friendly rally, respecting the protected fauna The RACC together with the Catalan Ministry for the Environment and Housing, has taken a series of measures in order to favour the total and logical coexistence of the race and the natural su- rrounding in which it is staged. Consequently, the respect for the environment is one of the most important aspects to consider, making the collaboration of all fans something essential. They are expected to act responsibly and aware of the situation. The total prohibition to light fires, both during the day and at nights, will be one of the priorities of the people in charge of watching over the well development of the race, as well as making spectators aware of something as important as the need to pick up garbage, put it inside closed bags and into the bins that will be located along the routes of the special stages. On the other hand, the dates of the 42 RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada have also forced the organisation to change the rules as regards air traffic during the race. The nesting period of two protected eagle species in the area (Golden Eagle and Bonelli’s Eagle) is the reason why the RACC has designed air corridors for all those helicopters having a flight license, in addition to being sub- ject to a strict control by means of GPS and air photography. Great impact on the economy of Tarragona True reflection of the success achieved by the RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada in 2005, are the figures shown by the report on the economic impact of the Spanish round in the area of Tarragona. In total, the figure reached by the direct expenses made by the participating teams and spectators in general (more than 225,000 fans) is of almost 47 million euros, basically paid for accommodation, fuel and food. Following this results, 83.3% of the businessmen from the accommodation sector consider the celebration of the rally in the province of Tarragona as positive, while 50% of the bu- sinessmen from the hotel trade declare to have had an occupation rate of 75 to 100% during the race. Sébastien Loeb will look for his second consecutive victory at the RallyRACC The French driver of the Kronos Total Citroën WRT team, Sébastien Loeb, will arrive in Spain in his best moment after clinching the victory at the Mexico Rally and taking over the leadership in the WRC at the wheel of his Citroën Xsara WRC. However, it will not be easy at all for him to take his second victory in a row in Catalunya, because in addition to his mains rivals in the fight for the title, Finnish Ford driver Marcus Grönholm, and Norwegian Subaru driver Petter Solberg, there will be two Spanish RACC drivers that will with no doubt give a lot to talk about in their home race: Daniel Sordo and Xevi Pons, both at the wheel of Citroën Xsara WRC vehicles of the Kronos Racing team. These two drivers lead the considerable group of Spanish drivers participating in the rally, with 17 entered teams. In addition the 42 RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada will be the second round of the Junior World Rally Championship and the first round of the Ford Fiesta Sporting Trophy..
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