«Azores Airlines Rallye» by numbers
Some statistics for the most curious readers!
- The route of the rally was 3 days, 6 sections, 15 special stages and 675.05 kilometers of different roads;
- 4,500 kilometers drove the team truck from Tukums, Latvia to Ponta Delgada, Portugal;
- 3 days took a ferry trip from the mainland of Portugal to the Azores islands (one way);
- 81 mugs of tea/coffee were drunk in a motorhome by all team members;
- 5 pace notebooks were filled with writing by co-driver Mark Rozin during the recce;
- 10 liters of water in the “drinkers” were drunk by Sergei and Mark in the car along the rally route;
- 297 bolts were unscrewed and tightened by mechanics during the service of a sports car;
- 3 hours and 25 minutes were allocated in the rally schedule for the sports cars maintenance in the service area for three rally days;
- 700 meters of paper towels, or 2000 pieces, were consumed during this time;
- 50 kilometers through the service park drove the technical support team manager on the Segway;
- 499 sheets of various sports documents were in use by the crew manager during the rally;
- 25 kilograms of food are cooked for the team and crew in the service tent;
- 3 vehicles – truck, trailer, sports car and a full set of spare parts – the team took to the islands;
- 11 people provided work at the competition, including driver and co-driver, the crew manager, the head of the sports team, the service team manager, four mechanics, the team administrator (responsible for logistics) and the press-officer (responsible for the media);
- Approximately 1 month took planning the trip to the Azores and preparations for it;
- About 1200 kilometers the crew drove along the rally roads during the recce, the test and qualifying runs, and also on the days of the race;
- 9 Balaclava helmets were worn by Sergei and Mark for the rally days;
- About 210 pages was a clean copy of pace notes for all special stages;
- 2 hours 53 minutes and 59,7 seconds the ride on 207.44 competitive rally kilometers lasted;
- 186,7 kilometers (90%) of gravel and 20.74 kilometers (10%) of asphalt roads are included to the rally route;
- 467,61 kilometers the crew in a sports car passed, obeying the traffic law in the Azores;
- 50 km/h – permissible speed in cities;
- 100 km/h – permissible speed on country tracks;
- 120 km/h – permissible speed on highways;
- 90 km/h – permissible speed on other roads;
- 96,20 km/h – average speed at the rally stages;
- 3794 times Sergei switched gears during the “Sete Cidades” – the longest rally special stage;
- 133120 megabytes the on-board videos occupy in the file format 720 HD * mpeg-4;
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