The Ceremonial Start on the evening of Thursday 4th and the Finish in the early afternoon on Sunday 7th will both be in Cardiff and for the fourth consecutive year Rally Headquarters and the “Cardiff Special Stage” will be in the Millennium Stadium.

The City and County of Swansea will host the Service Park in the prestigious SA1 Waterfront Development on the site first used last year. Thursday’s Shakedown stage will again be in Penllergaer Forest, accessed by a Park and Ride service.

For the first time since 2000 the rally will return to Forestry Commission roads in mid Wales. Three stages will run during Day 1 on Friday 5th December and feature a dedicated spectator area. In addition there will be a number of new roads to increase the challenge for drivers and viewing opportunities for spectators.

Friday’s competitive route will conclude with two short spectator stages in Walters Arena, normally part of the longer Rheola Forest stage. These will be run twice in quick succession.

During Saturday 6th December the traditional Halfway Forest and a shortened Crychan Forest stage near Llandovery will be run in the reverse direction to last year. The 1.1 kilometre special stage held inside the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will again be the final stage of Saturday.

On Sunday 7th December the Rheola stage will be identical to last year and will incorporate the Walters
Arena section that was used on the first day, but the roads will have been re-graded. The Port Talbot stage will be run in the reverse direction to last year.

Comprehensive details of the route, timetable and stages, together with ticketing details will be announced on 4th June in Cardiff.

For further information please contact John Horton, National Press Officer.
Telephone; 0121 378 2828. Mobile; 07778 282899. Email; wrgb@jhmm.co.uk

Copyright-free images from the 2007 Wales Rally GB can be downloaded from; http://www.worldrallypics.com/walesrallygb/
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Rally Facts;
http://www.walesrallygb.com/ is the official website and provides regular news updates and a link to copyright-free images.
Since its inception in 1932 the rally has been run 63 times; this year's event will be the 64th edition. Enforced stoppages have included World War 2, Suez Crisis (1957) and Foot and Mouth (1967).
Wales Rally GB is the British and final round of the 15-round FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). It is one of only four events that have retained their unbroken World Championship status since the WRC was established in 1973.
Cardiff first hosted the rally in 2000 and the Welsh Assembly Government has supported the event since 2003.  The City and County of Swansea has provided the Service Park since 2001.
WRGB is also the sixth and final event in the Tesco 99 Octane British Rally Championship and the eighth and final round of the FIA Production World Rally Championship.
Wales Rally GB is held annually and is the UK’s biggest motor sport event. It is organised and promoted by International Motor Sports Ltd (IMS), the commercial arm of the Berkshire-based Motor Sports Association (MSA), the governing body for all UK motor sport.
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