Monte-Carlo opener for IRC 2011
January 8, 2011 · 0 Comments
The Intercontinental Rally Challenge is back on Eurosport a little more than two months after the 2010 season drew to a close in Cyprus. As the IRC get’s ready to celebrate it’s fifth anniversary, the season opener will once again be taking place on the most iconic rally in the world – Monte Carlo.
This year is particularly significant, as the very first Rallye Monte-Carlo was held in 1911, making 2011 the centenary of the event. For the third consecutive year this epic challenge marks the opening round of the IRC: the jewel in the crown of the series calendar.
The Rally gets underway on Wednesday 19 January with the first of 13 special stages. Day one features four taxing stages in the Ardeche and Haute Loire regions, including the longest two tests of the rally, the 36.87-kilometre Le Moulinon-Antraigues stage and the 41.06-kilometre Burzet-St Martial run, which are separated by a tyre change halt in Vals les Bains. Both stages are part of Rallye Monte-Carlo legend and return to the itinerary after several years’ absence.
On Thursday, 20 January the action features two loops of mountainous stages run twice north-east of Valence and separated by a service stop in the city. Following a final service halt in Valence on Friday morning, crews begin the 390-kilometre journey to Monaco via the last Drome stage, Montauban sur l’Ouveze-Eygalayes. Upon arrival in Monaco, cars enter parc ferme while the drivers and co-drivers are able to rest before the four night stages in the Alpes Maritimes.
However, only the leading 60 competitors at the completion of the Montauban sur l’Ouveze stage will be permitted to tackle the nighttime tests, in keeping with one of the event’s long-standing traditions. The winner is likely to be known in the early hours of Saturday 22 January with the prize- giving taking place in the Place du Palais at 11:00hrs.
Live coverage of the event will be broadcast on British Eurosport from 13:00 on Wednesday, 19 January.
Tags: British Eurosport, IRC Rally, Monte-Carlo
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