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Rallyloverke
11-02-2002, 15:24
Ever wondered about rally?
A short explanation to make life a bit easier [07/02/02 - 12:49]




The world of rallying

hile some of our readers have been lifelong fans of rally and all the challenges and suspense that it offers, other readers, especially the younger ones who have recently discovered the sport, are still learning about it and have questions to ask about how a rally is held, how does it work and what are the different classes.

In an attempt to try and make things are clear as possible here are a few simple explanations to make the next rally you follow that much easier to understand.

What is a rally?
A rally, which is organised within the framework of the World Rally Championship, is a road test held on roads that are usually open to the public, but in most cases are closed for the duration of the rally. The roads can be asphalt, gravel or in some cases even snow.

A rally begins with the scruteneering during which the competitors present their cars and their licence to the stewards of the event. They check that everything is in order with the car and the documentation.

The crew are given the road book prior to the cars entering "parc ferme" and use the road book to perform a reconnaissance of all the special stages and create "pace notes". Usually the crews are permitted between 2 and 3 passes over each stage and must use some vehicle other than their rally car.

Special stages
After having left the first park the competitors take to the liason roads that lead them to the first stage of the event. The competitors will have to leave the park at a specific time and arrive at the start of the stage. The time that it takes the competitor to get from the start of the stage to the finish will be time given to them towards their overall time and classification.

Every stages time is added to the rest to give the total time for the competitor. For example: if it takes 12'05''3 to complete the first stage, and 9'12''2 in the stage then the general classification at the end of the first two stages is 21'17''5.

The rally continues in such a manner with the liason roads leading the drivers on to each new stage. In the World Championship the event is divided into three legs, each leg taking place on a separate day, and by the end of the final leg the winner is crowned. The total length of a rally is approximately 1000km with 400 of those being competitive kilometres which are divided into the stages.

The rally cars
The cars competing in a rally are divided into several categories. In the World Championship they are divided into Group A and Group N, whereas in the French championship there are also Groups F and F2000. The various groups are divided into several classes based on the cubic capacity of the engine.

In the World Championship Group A consists of the A8 class, which is the World Rally Cars (WRC). Built starting from a model of series these WRC are four- wheel drives with a two-litre turbo engine. The turbo significabtly increases engine horsepower and the cars are fitted with an airflow restrictor to reduce the performance of the turbo.

The Junior Championship accepts cars which fall into the A6 class. They are cars with a cubic capacity of 1600 cc. The A7 class includes cars with a cubic capacity between 1601 and 2000 cc. To be precise:



Classifies A8 over 2000cc (or turbo)
Class A7 between 1601 and 2000 cc
Class A6 between 1401 and 1600 cc
Class A5 less than 1400cc

The same thing applies to the Group N category of which the cars are distributed in the same manner in various classes.

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