Rallye Deutschland
The Rally Germany is a motorsport event, which is organized by the ADAC. 2001 Rally Germany was merged with the Hunsrück Rallye. Since the 2002 WRC season it is one of the annual rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship.
History
The first Germany Rally was held in 1982, departure time was Frankfurt am Main. Later, Mainz, Koblenz, St. Wendel and Adenau were venues. Trier is the official starting point and destination since 2000. Since 2002, the rally is part of the program of the World Rally Championship. In 2009 it took, caused by the rotation method applied in the year of the FIA , not instead of.
First winners were the German rally driver Erwin Weber and co-driver Matthias Berg with an Opel Ascona 400. 1983 followed him Walter Röhrl with passenger Christian Geistdörfer on a Lancia Rally 037 was the first and so far only woman could Michèle Mouton and co-driver Terry Harryman win the rally in 1986. This year she won the German Rally Championship with the Peugeot 205 T16. 1997 Dieter Depping could retract his third victory in the Rally of Germany and is named after Sébastien Loeb, who won the rally eight times in a row, the second most frequent winner. Sébastien Ogier in 2011 could end the winning streak of Loeb and was thus the second rider to win the rally Germany as a World Championship race.
Line character
The different routing makes it a " three in one " rally. After the so-called shakedown and traditional ceremonial start in front of the Porta Nigra on Thursday, the first stage takes place in the vineyards on Friday. The courses are characterized by short, fast straights followed by sharp from branches and switchbacks on the hillside.
With the start of the second day, the route shifted further south on the Baumholder military training area. Here in particular is the special stage " armor plate " with the jump peak " Gina " on the plan. The profile of this day is marked by medium fast tracks on a mixture of asphalt and concrete slabs. In many places lined with so-called " standing stones " the driving distance. Originally intended as the distance limitation for military vehicles, present them during the rally is a dangerous obstacle, so that mistake can quickly lead to accidents and thus to failures.
The third stage consisted mainly of quick tests on the highways of the region around St. Wendel. In recent years, the special stages of the third day were placed in the vicinity of Trier in the vineyards on the Mosel. The conclusion of the event is the presentation ceremony in front of the Porta Nigra Sunday lunch or afternoon. In addition to the changing characteristics of the track is the weather a further challenge
Since 2007, there will be a super special in Trier on Sunday. It bears the name "Circus Maximus ". Here, the participants have to cope with three rounds in groups of 3, a 3 km long route through narrow streets in the center of Trier. The Super Special was driven by St. Wendel 2007.
Organization
The rally center is regularly in Trier.
The service park was in 2001 on each day in a different place (first day in Trier, second day in camp Aulenbach in Baumholder and the third day on the banks of Bostal Lake in the town of Nohfelden Saarland ), in 2002 only two places to find ( in Trier and Bostalsee ), from 2003 to 2006 Bostalsee on a site, which proved to be problematic, especially in bad weather and for narrow access roads. Since 2007 he is again housed in Trier.
The parc fermé is furnished with one exception at the 2004 Trier cattle market.
Audience
In recent years, the rally had regularly to far more than 200,000 spectators movements. Addressing the audience streams is one of the most elaborate again annually organizational challenges to the organizer.
Close to the parc fermé at the Trier cattle market, fans can enjoy the evening, for example, at the annual Brewers Festival. 2006 offered in addition throughout the rally weekend, the chance at the Roman festival " bread and circuses " to participate.
Environment
Browse our calendar of the World Rally Championship, the Rally Germany is characterized by a particularly elaborate and effective environmental management. Already in the approval procedure by the organizer, especially the interests of environmental protection legislation (there are also protected areas affected ) and the Water Law ( Service Park is located eg in the water protection area ) tested and the approval authorities shall make appropriate management concepts. During the event, even extensive environmental management measures are in the tour operator, spectators and participants range. The environmental management of Rally Germany is cited as an international example.
Three environmental officer ( a physicist, an agricultural engineer and conservationist as well as a geologist ) manage since the rally 2002, the environmental concerns of the advice in the audience Steering in ecologically sensitive areas to the conservation law approval process and the on-site monitoring, especially in the spectator area. In addition, the 2006/2007 coordination Motorsport / Environmental aspects / conservation supported by an award at the FH Trier thesis.
Overall winner
No 1 world championship status