Tuesday, 4 March 2025. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
On Sunday, the focus will shift to Agüimes-Santa Lucía and Maspalomas, which will also be two-passes, and the Costa Canaria show section, which will be held after the first pass. This special stage will be held entirely within the Gran Karting Club de Maspalomas, recovering a section where drivers such as Juha Kankkunen, Gilles Panizzi, Enrico Bertone and Gustavo Trelles have driven.
Agüimes-Santa Lucía, the famous Era Del Cardón, will start before the Corralillos junction. It is a very fast and selective special stage where, in its central part, it goes into the Las Vallas section, with very narrow bends.
Vallas, with very narrow and tight bends, with the finish line very close to the municipality of Santa Lucía.
Total distance for the special stage Agüimes - Santa Lucía: 14.97 kilometres.
Start time: 8:10 Canary Islands time (9:10 peninsular time).
Start time of the second run: 11:21 Canary Islands time (12:21 peninsular time).
Start Agüimes - Santa Lucía (Coordinates: 27.900625680, -15.463911607)
Finish Line Agüimes - Santa Lucía (Coordinates: 27.882854070, -15.521001210)
Tyre warm-up area. They are always located before the start of the stage.
(Coordinates: 27.901389442, -15.458302523).
Timetable
From 30 minutes before the start of the Aguïmes - Santa Lucía section on the two runs, the road must be kept clear for the safety caravan to carry out its work. Compliance with this FIA rule is essential for the celebration of the timed section and is applicable to all the stages of the rally.
- Road closure time: Saturday 26th April (previous day) at 22.00 h. From this time onwards, the special stage will be closed to traffic for non-residents of the area.
- Safety caravan time: vehicles belonging to the safety caravan will be circulating from 6:30 a.m. onwards, checking the set-up of the sections and verifying the correct location of the public.
- Time for the first participant to pass: 8:10 Canary Islands time.
- Time for the first competitor to pass on his second run: 11:21 Canary Islands time.
These times may be subject to change at the discretion of the race director.
RULES FOR THE LOCATION OF THE SPECTATORS (these rules apply to all the timed sections of the 49th Rally Islas Canarias).
1.- Only the areas marked with tape and yellow signs are suitable for the location of the spectators.
2 .- The areas marked with red tape and signage are prohibited for the location of spectators.
3.- It is not allowed to walk on the stretch from 30 minutes before the start of the first participant.
4.- The FIA safety delegate, from the race direction, monitors live the location of the spectators on the special stage through the onboard cameras of the safety caravan and the participants. In the event that the safety rules are not being respected, the stage will be stopped, which could lead to its cancellation. We ask for the maximum cooperation of the public for a correct and safe development of the event.
PUBLIC ZONES (Very important: the public zones on the timed sections are indicated with yellow tape or public signs with a yellow background).
Spectator area 1 (right at the start and up to the first 500 metres of the special stage).
Distance from the start: From the start of the start to the first 500 metres of the special stage.
Distance from the finish: 14.92 km
Coordinates: 27.900796044, -15.465049108
Spectator area 2:
Distance from start: 1.26 km
Distance from the finish: 13.71 km
Coordinates: 27.900023466, -15.471766811
Spectator area 3:
Distance from start: 2.09 km
Distance from the finish: 12.87 km
Coordinates: 27.897854674, -15.478039703
Spectator area 4:
Distance from start: 2.74 km
Distance from the finish: 12.22km
Coordinates: 27.895561473, -15.483625438
Spectator area 5:
Distance from start: 3.22 km
Distance from the finish: 11.75 km
Coordinates: 27.891208828, -15.482623901
Spectator area 6 (just the space to the left of the cheese factory):
Distance from start: 4.85 km
Distance from the finish: 10.12 km
Coordinates: 27.884506454, -15.487366440
Spectator area 7
Distance from start: 8.49 km
Distance from the finish line: 6.48 km
Coordinates: 27.871278743, -15.494982492
Spectator area 8
Distance from start: 9.04 km
Distance from the finish line: 5.92 km
Coordinates: 27.872058713, -15.498421714
Spectator area 9 (in Guriete):
Distance from start: 13.48 km
Distance from the finish line: 1.48 km
Coordinates: 27.875728273, -15.513403928
SPECTATORS PARKING AREA
Spectator car park 1 (Off-stretch, before the start, right at the police cut-off)
Distance from the start: 944.74 metres
Distance from the finish: 14.02 km
Coordinates: 27.903439547, -15.454874931
Other parking areas will be the shuttles of the bus service offered by the organisation to access the sections.
Access to Agüimes - Santa Lucía:
Access roads: GC-100, GC-550, GC-551, GC-104, GC-65.
Bus service to access the special stages.
Departure point and timetable of the bus service to the special Agüimes - Santa Lucía:
- BP Cruce de Arinaga car park. The service starts at 3:00 am and finishes at 5:00 am. 30 minutes after the broom car has passed, the same unloading area for passengers before the start of the section will be used as a pick-up point to return to the car parks/shuttles. The return journey starts at 10:00 am. Price of the return ticket 10 € to the centre of Agüimes and 15 € to Los Cuchillos.
The rally organisers are providing spectators with a bus service to access the timed sections. In the next few days the link to the platform of the company Canaryshuttle, which will provide the service for booking tickets, will be published on the Rally website, as well as where and how to buy the tickets.
How and where to buy tickets will be confirmed in the coming days.
These schedules may be subject to change at the discretion of the Race Direction.
The Rally Islas Canarias is organized by All Sport and promoted by the Government of the Canary Islands, Deputy Ministry of Physical Activity and Sports, the Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, the Sports Institute of Gran Canaria, the City of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Municipal Institute for the Promotion of Physical Activity and Sport of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Sports Council, and the Royal Spanish Automobile Federation (RFEDA). Private companies such as Hyundai Canarias, Avis Canarias, Repuestos Doral, Fred. Olsen Express & Baleària, Lopesan, BP Ultimate, Sonocom and Servitecnic.