3 Men and an Alfa go to 
August 22nd to 25th 2002 Rallye Deutschland, first time as a WRC Event.
3 men in an Alfa! (Troll's trip to Rallye Deutschland 2002)
Lo it came to pass, the inaugural trip of the Troll trio (John Chillingworth,
Mark Cooke and myself, Ian Grainger) to the ADAC Rallye
Deutschland was go! This was the first time that the FIA WRC (World
Rally Championship) had held an event in Germany,
which was only a European round for 2001. The 2001 event featured several
of the works team's drivers in preparation for 2002. Phillipe Bugalski in
a Citroen won, but Francois Delecour (Ford), Marcus Gronholm (Peugeot) and
Armin Shwartz (Skoda) also took part. All the list 'A' drivers, completed
the reconnaissance in 2001. We decided way back at the start of 2002 that
we should go to a European round of the WRC and all agreed that Germany was
the ideal candidate. Preparations and bookings were made and the rest, as
they say, is history, read on and look at the 160 odd pictures!--
Words by Ian- pictures by Mark.
Day 1-Thursday 22nd August 2002.
Day 2-Friday 23rd August 2002.
Day 3-Saturday 24th August 2002.
Day 4-Sunday 25th August 2002.
Day 5-Monday 26th August 2002.
Some of the highlights of the trip include;
1. The views from Day 1 in the vineyards.
2. The beer and food.
3. Taking a wrong turn out of a stage and following Sebastian Lobe, Marcus
Gronholm and Richard Burns up a country lane only for then to stop and take
a leak, well to good an oppertunity to miss, camera and pen out.
4. Having to go up a ski lift to get to a stage and then down a tobogan to
get out ! :-)
5. Blagging my way into the Channel 4 trucks, seeing behind the scenes and
meeting all the presenters.
6. Meeting Nicky Grist as well as the above.
Some quick mpegs aswell.....
colin1 colin2 richard1 richard2 marcus
Quotes of the trip;
"Where's my keys" ---Mark
"These maps are crap" --- Ian
"Night John boy" --- Mark & Ian
"These maps are crap" --- Ian
"were nearly out of fuel.......where's the nearest garage? --- Mark
"These maps are crap" --- Ian
"Tidy" -- Mark
" TROLL" -- All of us to everyone who stopped and looked at my number plate, and that was most German peeps.
|
The village of Reinsfield where we stayed. |
The campsite. |
Anything Colin and Richard can do....... |
These people actually took pictures of my number plate. |
