IT’S
GO, GO, GO FOR GATESHEAD…….AGAIN
Following last years hugely successful switch to Gateshead,
the Pirelli International Rally will
return to Tyneside this year.
The rally which runs of the weekend of 25th/ 26th. April is
again the second round of the Pirelli British Rally Championship
and is expected to attract the top drivers from across the United
Kingdom plus a good number from Europe, and in particular Scandinavia
where rallying is the number one sport.
April’s
Pirelli International Rally, will
feature the most spectacular and high profile send off of any
event in the series with the start ramp located in Gateshead’s
amazing new Baltic Square, right in the heart of Europes most
dramatic urban development. Set against the stunning backdrop
of the multi award winning Gateshead Millennium Bridge and adjacent
to the new £46 million Baltic Centre for Contemporary
Art, crews are promised a real “Razzamataz” send
off with the normal throng of rally enthusiasts likely to be
swelled by the thousands who flock to the trendy bars, brasseries
and restaurants which have turned the Newcastle/Gateshead Quayside
into Britain’s “Must See” party venue.
Following
the success of last years highly praised “Spectator Special”
and Rally Show in Gateshead’s Watergate Park, the organisers
are planning to repeat the exercise at a new venue nearer the
town centre.