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13 June to 3 July 2022
Day 4
Koblenz to Weimar (404.9 km)
From our sunny breakfast table high above the
confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers, rally
life looked good this morning. It was going to
be another busy day and we had some fantastic
countryside to enjoy in between three Tests and
two Regularities. Finally, we’d be spending the
night in Weimar, one of the most vibrant and
culturally important cities in Germany.
17 June 2022
Keith and Norah Ashworth, 1927 Bentley 4½ Le Mans
Anthony and Sonja Verloop, 1997 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE
www.rallytheglobe.com
Text & photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Design: K-Design
Richard and Catherine Phillipson, 1933 Alvis Firefly Special
Once we’d dealt with the hotel car park and crossed the
Rhine, an easy drive from Koblenz soon saw the rally
pulling into the first Time Control in Brechen. Here we were
treated to a picnic style pit stop in the garden of the most
excellent Blütezeit Café and given a small bag of healthy
treats to see us through the day.
Another hour of sun soaked tarmac got us into the
first Test. Two laps of a set of switchbacks around the
Motorsportarena Stefan Bellof required everyone to buckle
up and hold on tight. This was a karting circuit moonlighting
as a drift track, somewhere the usual suspects could open
the taps and give it everything before skidding to a halt on
a dusty track just outside the perimeter fence.
Soon afterwards a Passage Control on the Schottenring,
the site of the 1954 German motorcycle GP, made sure that
everyone was on the right road with Uwe Schmidt once
again lending a helping hand and stamping his authority
neatly onto the timecards.
With the ink drying quickly in the midday heat we set off
towards the day’s big attraction, two Tests and lunch at
Stehr. This manufacturer of agricultural machinery are also
rally enthusiasts and they kindly gave over part of their
complex for our entertainment. This generous bunch of
folks had also laid on a simple BBQ lunch between the two
sections and the Time Control. In total there were four laps
to be dealt with which included a bridge, an underpass and
some neat chicanery, before Sarah Ormerod stopped the
clock just short of the factory doors.