Competition and public closer

Salou. Costa Dorada. October 24, 2012. From 8 to 11 November will host the 48th edition of Catalonia-RallyRACC GOLD COAST, Rally de España. Will try to close the FIA ​​World Rally 2012 will be held within the next 8 to 11 November and will tour with many new terms, and puntuabilitat official release. The test will be the only meeting of the 13 that make up the calendar which is all scoring championship squad (WRC, PWRC, SWRC and WRC Academy), and the only factor that will combine ground-asphalt.   But RallyRACC of 2012 also adds a new example of the proverbial task of making innovation constantly gala organizer. After two editions in which the rally has strengthened mixed formula, having stretches of asphalt and dirt that have contributed a sports memorabilia unquestionable innovation stronger this season with the official departure from Barcelona, dispute in a special stage in the city center of Salou and rutòmetre several significant contributions to the race.   The sum of all these features make a really interesting test that presents an excellent entry list of 74 teams, 148 pilots and navigators representing a total of 30 countries with the presence of all the official teams or remain private the world. After two World Champions absolute (Sebastien Loeb and Petter Solberg), they add five more than they have been in some of the support championships (plus Loeb, Daniel Sordo, Sébastien Ogier, Per-Gunnar Andersson and Martin Prokop in Junior and Hayden Paddon in production), and the title of the IRC champion Andreas Mikkelsen and 2007, Enrique Garcia-Ojeda. For three editions that the test does not exceed seventy Catalan units, which shows the interest of the collective, and the fact that this race completed seven championships or competitions in the world also is called a confirmation of this.   The crowd was more than ever in the spotlight because the organizer is as close as possible to the competition and its protagonists. The official release from the Avenue of the Cathedral of Barcelona, ​​especially in the midst of a dispute seafront the town of Salou, the evolution of the phase mixed Friday, with other new and updated sections, and realization of a true "donut" in Riudecanyes, before thousands of people make an issue where everything is designed for the show and enjoy the audience.   Although decades had Barcelona hosted the start and finish of Catalonia Ral.li when rated for the European Championships for the first time ever in Barcelona will be the starting point for a World Championship event, the ultimate expression of road racing. As from 2005, the development of all timed and parks attendance and arrival of the rally itself will remain on the Costa Dorada, Salou and PortAventura with as hubs of the race. The addition of Barcelona in the run up to the competition a day unusual and attractive to viewers, who will transported to the capital of Catalonia and the logistics environment accompanying the rally world, with activities designed for them.

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