The approximately twenty teams participating in the 26th Isla de Los Volcanes-Ciudad de Arrecife Land Rally Trophy already had their first dose of action on Thursday morning. The participants traveled to the municipality of Teguise to participate in the official test of the Lanzarote event. All of them had three hours of filming on the Famara section, one of the most spectacular on the island.
The internationals invited by Club Deportivo Evesport, Yohan Rossel and Florian Barral, made their first contact with the conejera gravel in the test session. Those of the Citroën C3 Rally2 accumulated valuable kilometers to optimize their preparation for the third round of the Spanish Gravel Rally Cup (CERT). The candidates for the national title, led by Alexander Villanueva and José Murado, also advanced an important part of the work in the test.
The athletes registered in the Lanzarote event are dedicating the afternoon to recognitions. Optionally, they have the opportunity to start noting the details of each of the specials until 8:00 p.m. As stipulated by the CERT regulations, contestants have an established limit of two passes to each timed section and always at a speed of less than 50 kilometers per hour.
For the day of this Friday, July 19, the agenda will be intensified with the celebration of several key events. From 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., technical checks will be carried out in the Parque Islas Canarias. Precisely, at 1:00 p.m. the Shakedown will begin, which repeats in "Puerto del Carmen". Nineteen teams, all the Rally2s among them, will participate in a training session that will precede the Qualifying Timed Section, scheduled from 3:15 p.m.
After a rest time in the assistance park, the battle for victory will begin with the 'Ciudad de Arrecife' super special. This will start at 6:15 p.m. in the assistance park area (Recinto Ferial), while at 8:00 p.m. will be the starting order election ceremony, in which the drivers choose a position for Saturday's stage according to the time they have previously marked in the qualifying section. In addition, there will be an interview and a presentation of drivers on the starting ramp in the Parque Islas Canarias in the capital of Lanzarote.
As a parallel activity, from 9:30 a.m. this Friday, a theoretical and practical training will be carried out on the extrication of injured people aimed at the security and emergency teams of the RTIV24. It will be at the base of the test installed in the Arrecife Gran Hotel.
The 26th Isla de Los Volcanes Land Rally Trophy Ciudad de Arrecife can be followed via streaming through the Facebook channel of Fórmula Motor or on dials 106.7 and 107.1 FM of Radio Municipal de Tinajo and Radio Municipal de Teguise, respectively. The Motor Directo broadcasts will be heard on dials 90.2, 91.3, 106.9 and 104.5, in Lanzarote, and on 97.3, 104.4 and 105.8, in Gran Canaria. The Todo Rally program, for its part, will make several live connections through the Deportes TV Canaria YouTube channel. On Sunday they will broadcast a complete summary of the test on Televisión Canaria from 1:00 p.m.
