12 reconnaissance (recce) - Rally Bohemia

1. WELCOME
Dear rally fans,
In the name of the Steering Committee I would like to introduce
you the XXXVIII. Rally Bohemia and invite you to its participation.
Rally Bohemia, which belongs to the eldest and most prestigious
automobile competition in the whole Czech Republic, is the part of
FIA European Rally Cup – Region Central with the highest
coefficient 10, Mediasport International Rally Championship of the
Czech. This years Rally Bohemia starts off its way towards
hosting the event of the World Rally Championship. The 38 th Rally
Bohemia is the Applicant Event and it will be very closely
observed by the representatives from the North One Sport Company promoting the
WRC series. Should we succeed we will make another step forward nearer the
holding of a candidate event, which is the last but one step before the WRC. Rally
Bohemia has its traditional centre in the city of cars – Mladá Boleslav. It’s a domicile
of Škoda Auto, which is a long-time and the most important partner of this rally.
Without its great help it wouldn’t be possible to hold such a prestigious sporty event
on such a high level. This year comes from the last year’s successful concept with a
few slight changes. The start, finish and headquarters will be in the area of the
Educational Centre Na Karmeli in Mladá Boleslav. Another news is the spectator’s
super special stage, which takes place on Friday evening in Mladá Boleslav. The
service zone will be situated as usual on the car park near the Škoda Auto factory’s
gate no. 11. All the special stages around Mladá Boleslav, Železný Brod and
Jablonec nad Nisou will be driven on Saturday and Sunday. Of course the most
popular ones, such as Vinec, Sychrov and Návarov, won’t be missing. The traditional
parallel super special stage in Global Assistance Autodrom Česká Lípa takes place
at the end of Saturday’s schedule. We have prepared a new version of this parallel
test, where the most interesting moment will be a jump on a loose surface, on which
both the cars will drive simultaneously. There will be a rich whole day accompanying
programme prepared for spectators including several attractions for children. The
programme will carry on even after the end of the special stage. We are working on
193 kilometres of special stages in total.
Large attention is focused again on the health and safety. As the only one in the
Czech Republic and European Cups we use ONISystem also for Recce monitoring.
Very detailed Spectator Guide is being prepared at the moment as well as arranged
information system, which brings the spectators straight to prepared spectator
places. Health and Safety leaflets will be issued and given out to spectators and
there are some more informational matters planned. We are preparing a very
attractive rally for you on very interesting and difficult special stages in picturesque
landscape of Middle and North Bohemia.
Looking forward to meet you on XXXVIII. Rally Bohemia
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