Season
18 - 21.1.07 Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
18th to 21st January 2007
The first event the Czech Rally Team Kopecky in the 2007 season will be the Rallye Monte Carlo, which will start the World Rally Championship series in the third weekend of January.
The Automobile Club de Monaco is celebrating its 75th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, which will take place from 18th to 21st January 2007. With three quarters of a century under its belt, the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo is one of the oldest of all rallies, and will once again kick off the 2007 season, but this time totally redisignated.
The Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo is returning to Ardèche and the Vercors mountains, where its legendary reputation was built. This will be a totally new race experience for most of the current crop of FIA and World Rally Champship contestants, who will have, until now, never raced these roads.
In Valence:
the Service Park and the Parc Fermé
the Rally HQ and the Stewart of the Meeting
the Media Centre
The Shakedown is on Thursday 18th January. The central hub is Mauves, famous for its Côtes du Rhône wines. Drivers will be racing through a course entirely surrounded by wineyards.
The official starting ceremony will take place in the evening in Champ de Mars gardens followed by two night stages in the Vercors. On Friday and Saturday, the Ardèche and Haute-Loire will host the racing.
On Saturday night, contestants will drive back to Monaco, where their vehicles will be placed in the final leg Parc Fermé.
A Super Special has been organised for Sunday morning. The course will encompass the lower part of the Formula 1 circuit, with drivers setting off in twos for a minimum of two laps.
The traditional Prize Giving Ceremony will start at 3:30 pm at the Place du Palais Princier, in front of the Palace.
FACT SHEET...
The 75th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo will run over 1.185 km, 328 km of which are timed and divided into 14 special stages and 1 super special.
The race is open to WRC, S2000 and amateur drivers.
Reconnaissance is on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 January.
Drivers arrive at Shakedown in Mauves from 8:00 am to 12:00 am. Team Service Parks will be located in the centre of the village
