Rally Germany

Special test 2007 at Thomm , near Trier

The Rallye Deutschland is a motorsport event organized by ADAC . In 2001 the Rally Germany was merged with the Hunsrück Rally. Since the 2002 WRC season , it has been one of the annual races of the FIA World Rally Championship .

history

The first Germany rally was held back in 1982, the starting point at that time was Frankfurt am Main . Mainz , Koblenz , St. Wendel and Adenau were also the venues later . Trier has been the official start and finish point since 2000. The rally has been part of the World Rally Championship program since 2002 . In 2009 it did not take place due to the FIA's rotation procedure applied that year.

The first winners were German rally driver Erwin Weber and co-driver Matthias Berg with an Opel Ascona 400 . In 1983 he was followed by Walter Röhrl with his co-driver Christian Geistdörfer on a Lancia Rally 037 . Michèle Mouton was the first and so far only woman to win the 1986 rally with co-driver Terry Harryman. This year she also won the Peugeot 205 T16 , the German Rally Championship . In 1997 Dieter Depping scored his third victory at the Rallye Deutschland and is the second most frequent winner after Sébastien Loeb , who won the rally eight times in a row. In 2011, Sébastien Ogier was able to end Loeb's winning streak, making him the second driver to win the Rallye Deutschland as a world championship run.

Route character

Spectators at the WP Panzerplatte

Hinkelstein , (accident site Solberg 2004)

Started 2004 Baumholder training area, Katamjit Singh / Allen Oh, Proton Pert Evo 7 set up by Co-ordSport, Group N

Marcus Grönholm during Circus Maximus through Trier, 2007

The different routing makes it a "three in one" rally. After the so-called shakedown and traditional show start in front of the Porta Nigra on Thursday, the first stage takes place on Friday in the vineyards. The courses are characterized by short, fast straights followed by sharp branches and switchbacks on a slope.

At the beginning of the second day, the route shifts further south to the Baumholder military training area . The special stage “Panzerplatte” with the “Gina” jump top is on the agenda here. The profile of this day is characterized by medium-speed routes on a mixture of asphalt and concrete slabs. So-called "menhirs" line the route in numerous places. Originally intended to delimit the route for military vehicles, they represent a dangerous obstacle during the rally, so that driving errors can quickly lead to accidents and thus breakdowns.

The third stage consisted mainly of fast tests on the country roads in the region around St. Wendel . In the last few years, the special stages of the third day were set near Trier in the vineyards on the Moselle. The event ends with the award ceremony in front of the Porta Nigra on Sunday afternoon or afternoon. In addition to the changing characteristics of the route, the weather is another challenge.

Since 2007 there has been a Super Special in Trier on Sundays . It bears the name "Circus Maximus" . Here, the participants have to deal with three laps in groups of three over an approx. 3 km long route through narrow streets in the center of Trier. Before 2007 the Super Special was driven through St. Wendel.

organization

The rally center is regularly located in Trier.

The service park was in a different place every day in 2001 (first day in Trier, second day in the Aulenbach camp in Baumholder and on the third day on the shores of the Bostalsee in the municipality of Nohfelden in Saarland), in 2002 only in two places (in Trier and at the Bostalsee), from 2003 to 2006 at the Bostalsee on an area that proved to be problematic, especially in bad weather and because of narrow access roads. Since 2007 he has been back in Trier.

The parc ferme is furnished with one exception in 2004, on the Trier cattle market.

spectator

In recent years, the rally has regularly seen well over 200,000 spectator movements. Coping with the flow of spectators is one of the most complex organizational challenges for the organizer every year.

Close to the Parc Fermé on the Trier cattle market, fans can end the evening at the annual brewer festival, for example. In 2006 there was also the chance to take part in the Roman festival "Bread and Games" during the entire rally weekend.

environment

In the event calendar for the World Rally Championship, Rally Germany is characterized by extensive environmental management. As early as the approval process, the organizer primarily examines issues relating to nature conservation law (protected areas are also affected) and water law (e.g. the service park is located in the water protection area) and submits suitable management concepts to the approval authorities. During the event itself, environmental management measures take effect in the organizer, spectator and participant areas.

Three environmental officers (a physicist, an agricultural engineer and nature conservationist and a geologist) have been managing environmental issues since the rally in 2002, from advice on directing spectators in ecologically sensitive areas to the approval procedures under nature conservation law and on-site monitoring, especially in the spectator area. In addition, the coordination of motorsport / environmental aspects / nature conservation was supported in 2006/2007 by a diploma thesis awarded at the Trier University of Applied Sciences .

Overall winner

year	rally	Overall winner		vehicle
		driver	Co-driver
1982 1	01st ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Erwin Weber	Matthias Berg	Opel Ascona 400
1983 1	02nd ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Lancia Rally 037
1984 1	03rd ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Hannu Mikkola	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport Quattro
1985 1	04th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Kalle goby	Peter Diekmann	Peugeot 205 T16
1986 1	05th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Michèle Mouton	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 T16
1987 1	06th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Jochi Kleint	Manfred Hiemer	VW Golf GTI 16V
1988 1	07th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Robert Droogmans	Ronny Joosten	Ford Sierra Cosworth
1989 1	08th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Patrick Snijers	Dany Colebunders	Toyota Celica 4WD
1990 1	09th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Robert Droogmans	Ronny Joosten	Lancia Delta Integrale
1991 1	10th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Piero Liatti	Luciano Tedeschini	Lancia Delta Integrale
1992 1	11th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Erwin Weber	Manfred Hiemer	Mitsubishi Galant VR4
1993 1	12th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Patrick Snijers	Dany Colebunders	Ford Escort Cosworth
1994 1	13th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Dieter Depping	Peter Thul	Ford Escort Cosworth
1995 1	14th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Enrico Bertone	Max Chiapponi	Toyota Celica 4WD
1996 1	15th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Dieter Depping	Fred Berssen	Ford Escort Cosworth
1997 1	16th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Dieter Depping	Dieter Hawranke	Ford Escort Cosworth
1998 1	17th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Matthias Kahle	Dieter Schneppenheim	Toyota Corolla WRC
1999 1	18th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Armin Kremer	Fred Berssen	Subaru Impreza WRC
2000 1	19th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Henrik Lundgaard	Jens Christian Anker	Toyota Corolla WRC
2001 1	20th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Citroën Xsara WRC
2002	21st ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2003	22nd ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2004	23rd OMV ADAC Rally Germany	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2005	24th OMV ADAC Rally Germany	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2006	25th OMV ADAC Rally Germany	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2007	26th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
2008	27th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
2009	no Rally Germany
2010	28th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
2011	29th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën DS3 WRC
2012	30th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
2013	31st ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Daniel Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Citroën DS3 WRC
2014	32nd ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC
2015	33rd ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	VW Polo R WRC
2016	34th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	VW Polo R WRC
2017	35th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta RS WRC
2018	36th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC
2019	37th ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC

¹ No World Cup status

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ADAC Rallye Deutschland 23-26 August 2012. (No longer available online.) ADAC, July 6, 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 3, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  

Web links

Commons : Rallye Deutschland  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official homepage
• Flickr photo pool for WRC Germany
• Results on eWRC-results.com