Event information

- Rally of Great Britain (round 12/12) (22-25 October)

- Surface: gravel

- Where: Cardiff

- Practical information: Rally HQ and the media centre are located within the Wales Millennium Centre. The service park is next to the Wales Millennium Centre. There is a one-hour time gap between Great Britain and France (GMT +1, until Sunday morning when the clocks go back to GMT). So at 0200 on
Sunday 25 October, the time will go back to 0100. On the first day of the rally, Friday 23 October, the sun will rise at 0751 and set at 1800. On Sunday 25 October, the sun will rise at 0655 and set at 1656. In October, local temperatures tend to range between 8 and 14°C. The average rainfall is 109mm. The local currency is the Pound Sterling (£). £1 = 1.07€.

- Technical: The Citroën C4 WRCs driven by Sébastien Ogier and Petter Solberg will be equipped with engines already used in Australia and Spain.

- Tyres: A total of 42 soft-compound Pirelli Scorpion WRC 205/65R15 tyres will be at the disposal of each crew for the rally. Competitors will be allowed to carry two spare wheels but cutting the tyres is prohibited.

Reconnaissance: This will take place on Tuesday 20 October and Wednesday 21 October between 0800 and 1900, with a maximum of two runs allowed over each stage. The maximum speed allowed is 80kph unless local road signs indicate otherwise.

- Shakedown: This will take place between 0800 and 1200 at Margam Park, on a 4.95-kilometre stage 61 kilometres away from the service park.

- Press conference: Thursday 22 October at 1330 in the media centre.

- Route: Total length of 1466.27 kilometres, of which 348.30 kilometres are competitive. There are 16 stages (8 different stages).

- Timing: Day 1 – Friday 23 October: 584.78 km of which 130.30 km are competitive (6 stages, 3 different stages). Start: 0600 – SS1: ‘Hafren 1’ (32.14 km) – SS2: ‘Sweet Lamb 1’ (5.13 km) – SS3: ‘Myherin 1’ (27.88 km) – Regrouping (1155/10 min) – Remote service A (1205/15 min) – SS4: Hafren 2’ (32.14 km) – SS5: ‘Sweet Lamb 2’ (5.13 km) – SS6: ‘Myherin 2’ (27.88 km) – Service B (1816/45 min) – Last car into parc fermé at 2230.

Day 2 - Saturday 24 October: 571.92 km of which 138.16 km are competitive (6 stages, 3 different stages). Service C (0710/15 min) – SS7: ‘Rhondda 1’ (35.72 km) – SS8: ‘Crychan 1’ (14.99 km) – SS9: ‘Halfway 1’ (18.37 km) – Regrouping (1304/14 min) – Service D (1318/30 min) – SS10: ‘Rhondda 2’ (35.72 km) – SS11: ‘Crychan 2’ (14.99 km) – SS12: ‘Halfway 2’ (18.37 km) – Service E (1933/45 min) – Last car into parc fermé at 2330.

- Day 3 - Sunday 25 October: 309.57 km of which 79.84 km are competitive (4 stages, 2 different stages). Service F (0710/15 min) – SS13: ‘Port Talbot 1’ (17.41 km) – SS14: ‘Rheola 1’ (22.51 km) – Regrouping (0959/20 min) – SS15: ‘Port Talbot 2’ (17.41 km) – SS16: ‘Rheola 2’ (22.51 km) – Regrouping (1350/3 min) – Service G (1353/10 min) – Finish at 1403.

- Final podium: Sunday 25 October from 1435.

- Final press conference: Sunday 25 October at 1530 in the media centre.

- Route: The forests of Hafren and Myherin will provide the backdrop to the first day of the rally. The Hafren stage (SS1 and SS4) is longer than it was last year and Sweet Lamb (SS2 and SS5) has also changed. Myherin (SS3 and SS6) has been re-routed to avoid a stream. On Saturday, Rhondda (SS7 and
SS10) will utilise roads that have not seen action since 2003, while the end of the test uses a section from last year’s Resolfen stage. Halfway (SS9 and SS12) is run the same way round as it was in 2007. On the final day, Port Talbot (SS13 and SS15) is exactly as it was in 2007, while a new section has been added onto Rheola (SS14 and SS16).