Rally Great Britain route changed
The route for December's Rally Great Britain, the final round of the World Rally Championship, has been revealed - and it includes major changes to one of the three days
The opening day (Friday, December 5) of the event will take the competitors further north in Wales than they have been for the last five years. The competitive action will include the hugely popular Sweet Lamb stage, where fans have packed in their tens of thousands in previous years.
While the event starts and finishes in Cardiff, the first day's action will actually start from Llandrindod Wells, following a ceremonial start in the Welsh capital on Thursday evening.
Central service remains in Swansea for the duration of the rally, but there will be a remote tyre zone close to Rhayader.
Also new for the opening leg will be a brace of spectator stages run in quick succession through the purpose-built Walters Arena section of Rheola forest. This is an effort from the organisers to divert some of the spectators away from the three mid-Wales stages - which has been the scene of some horrendous congestion in the past.
The opening day's return comes at the cost of the Trawscoed and Brechfa stages, but the rest of the route remains in largely unchanged form. There will be a superspecial stage, as usual, in the Millennium Stadium on Saturday night and the event headquarters also remains in the home of Welsh rugby.
The schedule remains unconfirmed until it has been agreed with the World Rally Championship manufacturers and the sport's governing body, the FIA. The itinerary for the Rally Great Britain is:
Thursday December 4
Ceremonial start Cardiff 1800
Friday December 5
SS1 Hafren 1 (17.40km) 0910
SS2 Sweet Lamb 1 (8.10km) 0934
SS3 Myherin 1 (35.10km) 0955
Remote service 1140
SS4 Hafren 2 (17.40km) 1307
SS5 Sweet Lamb 2 (8.10km) 1331
SS6 Myherin 2 (35.10km) 1352
SS7 Walters Arena 1 (2.50km) 1658
SS8 Walters Arena 2 (2.50km) 1707
Saturday December 6
SS9 Resolfen 1 (30.50km) 0808
SS10 Halfway 1 (18.80km) 0941
SS11 Crychan 1 (14.80km) 1007
Service Swansea 1207
SS12 Resolfen 2 (30.50km) 1310
SS13 Halfway 2 (18.80km) 1443
SS14 Crychan 2 (14.80km) 1509
SS15 Millennium Stadium (1.10km) 1750
Sunday December 7
SS16 Rheola 1 (27.90km) 0751
SS17 Port Talbot 1 (19.00km) 0901
Service Swansea 0957
SS18 Rheola 2 (27.90km) 1103
SS19 Port Talbot 2 (19.00km) 1213
Finish Cardiff 1450
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