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Rally Guide 29th Int. Jännerrallye® 05. – 07. January 2012

This Rally Guide is for information purpose only, it has no regulatory value.

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INDEX 01. INTRODUCTION / WELCOME 01.01 HISTORY 01.02 PREVIOUS WINNERS 01.03 JÄNNER-RALLYE 2011- RESULTS 02. ORGANIZER´S CONTACT DETAILS 02.01 PERMANENT CONTACT DETAILS 02.02 NATIONAL SPORTING AUTHORITIES 02.03 RALLY HQ CONTACT DETAILS 03. PROGRAMME 03.01 SCHEDULE BEFORE RALLY WEEK 03.02 SCHEDULE DURING THE RALLY WEEK 04. ENTRY DETAILS 04.01 TITLES FOR WICH THE RALLY COUNTS 04.02 CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE OF ENTRIES 04.03 LIST OF ENTRY FEES AND PAYMENT 04.04 ENTRY PACKAGES 04.05 PRIZEMONEY 05. SERVICE PARK 05.01 GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE SERVICE PARK 05.02 FACILITIES AT SERVICE PARK 05.03 ENVIRONMENTAL 05.04 CASH DEPOSIT 05.05 SERVICE PARK DETAILS 06. TWO-WAY RADIO 07. FUEL / TYRES 07.01 FUEL 07.02 TYRES 08. IMPORT OF VEHICLES AND SPARE PARTS 09. HELICOPTERS 10. HOSPITALITY ARRANGEMENTS 11. HOTEL / ACCOMMODATION RESERVATION 12. RECCONNAISANCE 12.01. DATE AND TIME 12.02. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE 12.03. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC REGULATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR

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13. SCRUTINEERING, SEALING AND MARKING 13.01 DATE, TIME AND PLACE 13.02 PREPARATIONS TO BE MADE BEFORE SCRUTINEERING 13.03 COLLECTION/RETURN OF TRACKING SYSTEM 13.04 FINAL SCRUTINEERING 14. SHAKEDOWN 14.01 GENERAL INFORMATION 14.02 REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION 15. START PROCEDURE 15.01 PRESENTATION OF RALLYTEAMS 15.02 CEREMONIAL START 15.03 START OF THE RALLY 16. FINISH PROCEDURE 17. PR ACTIVITIES 18. MEDIA 18.01 CONTACT BEFORE THE EVENT 18.02 ACCREDITATION PROCEDURE 18.03 MEDIA ROOM 18.04 PRESS CONFERENCES 19. MEDICAL AND SAFETY SERVICE 19.01 ORGANISERS HOTLINE FOR EMERGENCY CASES 19.02 MEDICAL SERVICES 19.03 SAFETY SERVICES 19.04 EMERGENCY NUMBERS 20. LIST OF USEFUL FACTS AND SERVICES 20.1. CLIMATE AND TIME ZONE 20.2. CURRENCY 20.3. CAR RENTAL 20.4. AIRLINE COMPANIES AND AIRPORTS 20.5. TAXIS 20.6. COPY SERVICES 20.7. POWER SUPPLY 20.8. DRIVING IN AUSTRIA 20.9. OUTGOING COUNTRY DIALING CODES

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APPENDICES

I. ITINERARIES I.I. ITINERARY OF THE RALLY I.II. ITINERARY COMPARED WITH 2011 I.III. ITINERARY OF RECONNAISSANCE

II. MAPS II.I. OVERALL MAP LEG 1 AND LEG 2 II.II. MAP OF SHAKEDOWN II.III. MAP OF SERVICE PARK II.IV. MAP OF FREISTADT II.V. ROAD CONNECTION FROM AIRPORT TO FREISTADT II.VI. MAP OF AUSTRIA/UPPERAUSTRIA

III. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES IV. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SAFETY RALLY TRACKING

SYSTEM

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01. INTRODUCTION / WELCOME Dear participants, dear guests, It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the first round of the FIA European Rally Championship 2012. The rally will be from Thursday to Saturday, 05th – 07th January 2012. The rally centre with servicepark, rally headquarters, media centre and the event hall (Freistädter Messehalle) will be based in Freistadt, northern part of Upper Austria close to the Czech boarder. Jännerrallye 2012 is very proud to host the FIA European Rally Championship, the International Austrian Rally Championship and to welcome again the International Czech Rally Championship. The information in this Rally Guide is to provide useful informations to the competitors and drivers in preparing their participation and/or visit of our event. Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the members of the organisation in the permanent Rally Secretariat. We wish you all a very successful, safe and enjoyable Jännerrallye 2012 and we are looking forward to welcome you here in Freistadt. Ferdinand Staber Chairman of the organising committee

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1.01 HISTORY

The Jänner-Rallye® in Mühlviertel has been organized since 1969 and was held 15 times up to 1986. Even then this event was a success with the public (spectator numbers of well above 100,000 were usual). Famous drivers of the rally sport, such as Stig Blomqvist, Per Engseth, Rudi Stohl, John Haugland, Rauno Aaltonen, Shekar Mehta, Ladislav Krecek and Mister Jänner-Rallye® Franz Wittmann characterized the Jänner-Rallye®. 1986-2001 Jänner-Rallye® has not been organized because of lake of financial sources. In 2002 Jänner-Rallye® became IQ- Jänner-Rallye® and was brought back to life.. IQ is a petrol station brand owned by the oil wholesale company Julius Stiglechner, which was founded in 1923 (IQ-Diskont – simply fill up clever). The event was held again as Challenge 2002 and immediately became a complete success with big interest of the public (60,000 spectators). Due to this success RCM (Rallye Club Mühlviertel) was founded in July 2002 with the purpose to further develop Jänner-Rallye®. 2003: Jänner-Rallye® received the status of a championship (Austrian championship and FIA European Rally Championship Regional Cup Central coeff. 2). In May 2003 RCM acquired the rights of the name Jänner-Rallye® Another further big step in the development of this event was made on 13.08.2003 by signing of the contract between the RCM and the Autoklub Ceske Republiky (ACR). The contract guaranteed that the Int. Jänner-Rallye® became part of the Czech championship 2004. 2004: A remarkable number of starters was achieved with 85 starters from 8 nations. 2005/2006: Together with the Sumava-Rally an additional Winter Cup was held, which was well accepted by the drivers and teams with approx. 50 participants. The upward trend continued with 116 starters from 9 nations. 2005 – 2009 more than 100 participants from up to 10 nations were usual, 2009 FIA European Rally Championship Regional Cup Central Coff. 5. 2010 Jänner-Rallye® had to be cancelled because of rejected approval by the Austrian authorities (3 month before the event a heavy accident happened by a hill climp race in Upper Austria). 2011 FIA European Rally Championship Regional Cup Central Coeff. 10, 100 participants, more than 100.000 spectators and more than 190 accredited journalists.

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1.02 PREVIOUS WINNERS

1. Casino-Rallye 1969 Weiner/Loos (A) Citroen DS 19 2. Jänner-Rallye 1970 Bein/Mehmel (D) BMW 2002 3. Jänner-Rallye 1971 Müller/Hopf (A) BMW 2002 4. Jänner-Rallye 1972 Warmbold/Binder (D/A) Opel Ascona 5. Jänner-Rallye 1973 Warmbold/Davenport (D/GB) VW 1302 S 6. Jänner-Rallye 1975 Wittmann/Schatzl (A) BMW 2002 7. Jänner-Rallye 1976 Wittmann/Schatzl (A) Opel Kadett C GT/E 8. Jänner-Rallye 1977 Wittmann/Neverla (A) Opel Kadett C GT/E 9. Jänner-Rallye 1978 Sulc/Weixelbraun (A) VW 1302 S 10. Jänner-Rallye 1979 Wittmann/Dr. Nestinger (A) Porsche Carrera 11. Jänner-Rallye 1980 Wittmann/Dr. Nestinger (A) Audi 80 GTE 12. Jänner-Rallye 1981 Wittmann/Dr. Nestinger (A) Audi Quattro 13. Jänner-Rallye 1982 Wittmann/Dr. Nestinger (A) Audi Quattro 14. Jänner-Rallye 1983 Wittmann/Dr. Nestinger (A) Audi Quattro A1 15. Jänner-Rallye 1984 Wittmann/Dr. Nestinger (A) Audi Quattro A2 16. Jänner-Rallye 1985 Wiedner/Zehetner (A) Audi Quattro A2 17. Jänner-Rallye 1986 DI Fischer/Zeltner (A/D) Audi 80 Quattro 18. Jänner-Rallye 2000 Paller/Wolf (A) Lancia Delta Integrale 16 V 19. Jänner-Rallye 2001 Hüfinger/Schindlbacher (A) Mazda 323 20. Int. IQ-Jänner-Rallye 2002 Gassner/Thannhäuser (D) Proton 21. Int. IQ-Jänner-Rallye 2003® Wittmann/Feichtinger (A) Toyota WRC 22. Int. IQ-Jänner-Rallye 2004® Baumschlager/Wicha (A/D) Mitsubishi EVO V 23. Int. IQ-Jänner-Rallye 2005® Pech/Uhel (CZ) Ford Focus WRC 24. Int. IQ-Jänner-Rallye 2006® Baumschlager/Ettl (A) Mitsubishi EVO VIII 25. Int. IQ-Jänner-Rallye 2007® Pech/Uhel (CZ) Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX 26. Int. IQ-Jänner-Rallye 2008® Pech/Uhel (CZ) Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX 27. Int. Jänner-Rallye 2009® Baumschlager/Zeltner (A) Mitsubishi EVO IX 28. Int. Jänner-Rallye 2011® Harrach/Schindlbacher (A) Mitsubishi EVOIX

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1.03 JÄNNER-RALLY 2011- RESULTS FIA European Rally Championship Regional Cup Central Coeff. 10 General Classification 1. Beppo Harrach/Andreas Schindlbacher A/A Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX 2. Raimund Baumschlager/Klaus Wicha A/D Skoda Fabia S2000 3. Jaroslav Orsak/Karel Vajik CZ/CZ Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX Austrian Championship General Classification 1. Beppo Harrach/Andreas Schindlbacher A/A Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX 2. Raimund Baumschlager/Klaus Wicha A/D Skoda Fabia S2000 3. Jaroslav Orsak/Karel Vajik CZ/CZ Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX Class winners: Class 2 1. Raimund Baumschlager/Klaus Wicha A/D Skoda Fabia S2000

Class 3 1. Beppo Harrach/Andreas Schindlbacher A/A Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX

Class 5 1. Raffael Sulzinger/Peter Spannbauer A/A Ford Fiesta ST

Class 6 1. Hannes Danzinger/Pia Maria Schirmhofer A/A Ford Fiesta R2

Class 7 1. Michal Srb/Radim Orava CZ/CZ Volkswagen Polo 16V

Class 8 1. Martin Rada/Klara Sillerova CZ/CZ Alfa Romeo 147

Class 10 1. Odrej Koubek/Rudolf Kouril CZ/CZ Skoda Fabia

Class 11 1. Cristian Mrlik/Leopold Welsersheimb A/A Subaru Impreza Sti

Class 12 1. Martin Fischerlehner/Tobias Unterweger A/A Mitsubishi Lancer EVO V

Class 14 1. Mario Klopf/Jürgen Klopf A/A Ford Escort RS 2000

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Article 02. ORGANIZER´S CONTACT DETAILS 02.01 PERMANENT CONTACT DETAILS

Rallye Club Mühlviertel, Stadtplatz 1 A 4230 Pregarten Tel.: +43 (0)7236-3896 Fax: +43 (0)7236-3891 Homepage: www.jaennerrallye.at Mr. Ferdinand Staber Mobil +43 (0) 664 3415225 staberfe@rcmuehlviertel.at Key officials of the event: Head of organisation: Ferdinand STABER Clerk of the course: Uwe M. SCHMIDT Deputy clerks of the Walter LUMETZBERGER course: Josef KASPAR Chief safety officer: Peter SCHÖLLER Secretaries of the rally: Eveline GREINDL greindlev@rcmuehlviertel.at Claudia BIDLAS Competitors relations Irmgard QUENDLER i.quendler@aon.at officers: Coord. service park: Peter LARNDORFER Chief media officer: Armin HOLENIA holenia@aon.at

02.02 NATIONAL SPORTING AUTHORITIES

OSK/ÖAMTC, Passettistraße 96-98, 1200 Wien Tel.: +43 (0) 1 332266-9 Fax: +43 (0) 1 332266-3 e-mail: osk@oeamtc.at homepage: www.osk.oeamtc.at

02.03 RALLY HQ CONTACT DETAILS

Rallye HQ, Stieranger 8,4240 Freistadt Tel.: e-mail: Opening hours: 3/4/5 January 2012 07:00 – 20:00 hrs 6 January 2012 07:00 – 22:00 hrs 7 January 2012 06:00 – 23:00 hrs

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Article 03. PROGRAMME 03.01 SCHEDULE BEFORE RALLY WEEK

Supplementary regulations published 31 Oct. 11 Closing date for entries 11 Dec. 11

Closing date for extra areas service park/material 20 Dec. 11

Publication of Entry list 27 Dec. 11

Closing date for media accreditation 31 Dec. 11

03.02 SCHEDULE DURING THE RALLY WEEK

Tuesday 03 Jan 2012:

Issuing of road books 07:00 – 19:00

Collection of safety tracking system 07:00 – 19:00 Optional administrative checks 07:00 .- 19:00

Registration for reconnaissance 07:00 – 19:00

Reconnaissance 08:00 – 18:00

Wednesday 04 Jan 2012:

Issuing of road books 07:00 – 19:00

Collection of safety tracking system 07:00 – 19:00 Optional administrative checks 07:00 .- 19:00

Registration for reconnaissance 07:00 – 15:00

Reconnaissance 08:00 – 18:00

Opening of service park 12:00

Thursday 05 Jan 2012:

Administrative checks 07:30 – 13:00

Scrutineering 08:00 – 13:30

Shakedown 10:00 – 15:00

Latest entry to starting area, town square 16:00

Presentation of comp. cars town square (obligatory) 16:00 – 17:00

First Stewards meeting 17:00

Pre rally press conference 17:15

Publication of start list for ceremonial start and leg 1 18:00

Ceremonial start (obligatory) 19:30

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Friday 06 Jan 2012 (Holiday in Austria):

Start of Leg 1 07:30

Finish of Leg 1 21:32

Publication of provisional results after SS 10 and start list for leg 2 22:00

Saturday 07 Jan 2012:

Start of Leg 2 07:00

Finish of the rally 17:15

Final scrutineering 17:30

Post rally press conference 18:00 Publication of provisional final results 19:30

Publication of official final results 20:15

Prize giving ceremony 21:00

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Article 04. ENTRY DETAILS 04.01 TITLES FOR WICH THE RALLY COUNTS

FIA European Rally Championship 2012 FIA 2 WD European Rally Championship 2012 Austrian Rally Championship 2012 Mediasport Czech Rally Championship 2012

04.02 CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE OF ENTRIES

In case application is sent by fax or has been made electronically, the original entry form must reach the permanent office-adress (Art. 02.01.) not later than 2 days following the closing date of entries. In case the competitor is not one of the drivers, the entry form must be accompanied by a copy of the valid competitors’ licence. A Maximum of 120 entries will be accepted by the organiser. In case of exceeding this limit, the date of receiving the entry form and payment of entry fee will be the criteria of acceptance or not acceptance of the entry. Entries of priority drivers will be accepted basically.

04.03 LIST OF ENTRY FEES AND PAYMENT

Classes Organiser´s optional advertising

with without 1-5 € 900,-- € 1.800,--

6-14 € 650,-- € 1.300--

All entry fees must be paid by bank transfer to following bank account: Account holder: Sportunion Rallye Club Mühlviertel Name of bank: RAIFFEISENBANK Region Pregarten BLZ: 34460 Account Number: 5.119.565 IBAN: AT813446000005119565 Swift-Code: RZ00AT2L460 Please ensure that the competitors name is included as reference on all bank transfers. Cheques are not accepted. Any bank charges incurred will be paid by the competitor.

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04.04 ENTRY PACKAGES Each team receives following material: Class 1-5 Class 6-14

Service area 80 m² 40 m² Car plates Service plate 1 1 Auxiliary plate 2 1 Guest plate 1 0 Passes Team passes 2 2 Guest passes 4 4 Documents Road book 1 1 Rally Journal 4 2

Additional material should be ordered within the deadline specified under Art. 03.01 and will be provided at following additional payment: - Auxiliary plate € 100,-- - Guest passes € 20,-- - Road book € 20,-- - Rally Journal € 5,-- - Additional service area € 20,--/m²

04.05 PRIZE MONEY

Total sum of prize money: 55.000,-- € Prize money in general classification (FIA classes 1-10): 1. Place: 5.000,-- € 2. Place: 4.000,-- € 3. Place: 3.000,-- € 4. Place: 2.000,-- € 5. Place: 1.000,-- € 6. Place: 500,-- €

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National class Class 12 (min. 10 participants): 1. Place: 2.000,-- € 2. Place: 1.000,-- € 3. Place: 500,-- € Prize money for each special stage (FIA classes 1-10 together): 1. Place: 1.000,-- € 2. Place: 500,-- € 3. Place: 300,-- € National class Prizemoney for each special stage (class 12): 1. Place: 100,-- € 2. Place: 50,-- € Following Austrian laws, any prize money will be paid in cash at prize giving ceremony. Prize-money contents 33,33% VAT & income tax. For foreign competitors the organizer will withhold this tax and transfer it to the Austrian Tax office. Foreign competitors will receive a certification by the organizer regarding the deducted amount in order to arrange an application for refund of this amount in their home country following a double taxation agreement. Austrian competitors have to arrange their VAT and income tax by themselves.

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Article 05. SERVICEPARK 05.01 GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE SERVICE PARK

GPS reference: Servicepark: N: 14°30′11″ E: 48°30′21″ Parc Ferme N: 14°29′59,2″ E: 48°30′37,6″ Servicepark will be located at 4240 Freistadt, Stieranger, Parc Ferme in Braucommune Freistadt, Brauhausstraße 2, 4240 Freistadt, app. 300m far away from Servicepark. General layout see appendix II.III. Service park will be opened on Wednesday, 04th January 2012, 12:00. The teams may bring their auxiliary vehicles into the service park. They can park them within their designated service area, if there is not enough space, auxiliary vehicles shall be placed at the parking area P3 shown at general layout appendix II.III. Any parking of team vehicles outside their designated service area in the service park is strictly prohibited. Competitors wishing to use a joint service area with another competitor must inform the organiser until the deadline at the latest as specified in Art. 03.01. The organiser can however not guarantee that all requests can be considered. Responsible for the service park: Peter Larndorfer Phone.: +43 (0) 650 7725110 e-mail: peter.larndorfer@gmx.at

05.02 FACILITIES AT SERVICE PARK - Type of surface: partly paved and partly gravel - Available space: acc. Art. 04.04. - Toilets and water supply are available at the Messehalle Freistadt

free of charge - electrical power (220/380 V) will be supplied by the organiser free of

charge; individual extension cables has to be provided by the teams up to 100m from the distribution point; sockets: German standard

- Diesel generators are allowed for heating only and has to be provided by the teams themselves

- the use of liquid gas is strictly forbidden - catering in the service park is strictly forbidden, except an

agreement between team and organiser has been reached - speed limit in the whole service park is 30 km/h - entrance of vehicles into the servicepark is only allowed with fixed

service plates – provided by organiser - on the car. - for waste disposal the container – provided by organiser – has to be

used - the usage of high-pressure cleaners in the service park is strictly

forbidden

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05.03 ENVIRONMENTAL

The compliance with the environmental and safety rules in Austria will be carefully checked by officials. Make sure that all crewmembers take care to those rules, in particular with: - crews are obliged to put a sufficiently large plastic ground sheet

under the competition car as long as service works are carried out. The ground sheet must be sufficiently strong, have no damages and be tight, i.e. impervious to oil, fuel, cooling and brake liquids as well as to battery acid. Any residues such as water, oil, fuel any other liquids, dirt and similar must be collected and be disposed environmentally-friendly.

- crews are required to take care that no substances hazardous to water pass over the edge of the ground sheet and into the ground, even in case of rain.

- service crews must be in possession of oil absorbing materials and have available containment for used oil and brake fluid at any time during the event

- to enable a smooth operation of rescue teams in case of accident, all containers with liquid and non-liquid chemicals (e.g. cleaning agents) must carry labels which clearly identify their contents.

- refuelling is allowed only at the foreseen refuelling zone 05.04 CASH DEPOSIT

Each area in the service park must be left in a clean condition and without any rubbish. Before leaving the service park, each entrant must report to the service park staff to get clearance for the corresponding area. Please note that for this purpose, a cash deposit of € 100,-- for each entrant will be required at administrative checks. Each entrant will get a corresponding receipt and this deposit will be reimbursed upon submission of this receipt and after clearance of the entrant´s service park area.

05.05 SERVICE PARK DETAILS See general layout according Appendix II.III. Designated service area will be published at the entrance of service park.

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Article 06. TWO-WAY RADIO The usage of radio transmitters is subject to the official assignment of frequencies by the Fernmeldebüro für Oberösterreich und Salzburg. All applications for a temporary use assignment must be submitted until 31st October 2011 at latest per mail or fax to: Fernmeldebüro für Oberösterreich und Salzburg, Freinbergerstraße 22, 4020 Linz; Fax Nr.: +43 (0) 732 7485-19; e-mail: fb.linz@bmvit.gv.at. Application form can be found on: https://www.formularservice.gv.at/forms/fscasp/content/bin/fscvext.dll?ax=COO.1.1001.1.83288&dx=COO.1.1001.1.83191&sol_createclass=COO.3000.550.1.10126&formtarget=COO.3000.500.2.27683&ru=http://www.bmvit.gv.at/ Additional informations are also available on: http://www.bmvit.gv.at/telekommunikation/funk/index.html

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Article 07. FUEL / TYRES 07.01 FUEL

Concerning fuel/refuelling see FIA Regional Rally Championships Sporting Regulations Art. 49. In the service park there will be a refuelling zone, see appendix II.III.

07.02 TYRES Choice of tyres is free and not limited. All tyres used must be readily available commercially and must comply with FIA-RRCR 2011, appendix IV. Only tyres marked by organiser may be used. Studded tyres: Studded tyres are allowed to be used but must be in accordance with following regulations: Only the cylindrical single point studs introduced through the outside of the tread are authorized. They are in no case to go through the tread. They shall meet the following sizes: - maximum base diameter: 6,5 mm, allowance included. Weight: 2 gr. - stud profusion beyond the surface of the brand-new tyre: max. 2 mm. - total stud height including point: 15 mm. Tolerance MAXI 0,5 mm. Density on the surface covered: The number of studs must not exceed 12 pieces per any decimeter of the wheel circumference. In case 18“-tyres are used, a central space of 47 mm must remain free of studs. The use of 15“or 16“-tyres is allowed. In case of 15“or 16“-tyres it is not neccessary to keep a central space of 47 mm free of studs, but the number of studs must also not exeed 12 pieces per any decimeter. Organiser reserves the right to set up controls wherever he wish and to remove some studs from the tyres for checking purposes. Checks of the studs can be made, at any time, and will consist of the following operations: a) Reading of a tread print, b) Removal of a stud for measuring purposes.

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Article 08. IMPORT OF VEHICLES AND SPARE PARTS Vehicles and spare parts of the European Union do not require any customs specific documents to pass the frontier. Vehicles and spare parts outside the European Union must show an ATA carnet, which must normally be applied for at the Chamber of Commerce in the country of origin.

Article 09. HELICOPTERS Any helicopter service in the rally area has to be coordinated with the organiser and will be subject of approval by the upper Austrian government. Any request for approval has to be done via the organisers helicopter organisation. The contact details for helicopter service is: Heli Salzkammergut, Pensionatstraße 1b, 4810 Gunden Tel.: +43(0) 6132 25200 or +43(0) 664 4432121 Fax: +43(0) 6132 22930 e-mail: lechner@heli-salzkammergut.at website: www.heli-salzkammergut.at Person in charge: Günter Lechner

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Article 10. HOSPITALITY ARRANGEMENTS For details of hospitality arrangement, prices and further information please contact:

OBERÖSTERREICH TOURISTIK GMBH Person in charge: Regina Nickl

Freistädter Straße 119, 4041 Linz Tel.: +43 (0)732/7277-277 Fax: +43 (0)732/7277-210

e-mail: reservierung(at)touristik.at Details of Hotels in the region around Freistadt please find under Article 11.

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Article 11. HOTEL / ACCOMMODATION RESERVATION Hotel Deim, Gasthof zum Goldenen Hirschen Böhmergasse 8-10 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(7942)722580 Fax: +43(7942)7225840 E-Mail: goldener.hirsch@hotels-freistadt.at Webb: www.hotels-freistadt.at Hotel Goldener Adler Salzgasse 1 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(7942)72112 Fax: +43(7942)72112-44 E-Mail: goldener.adler@hotels-freistadt.at Webb: www.hotels-freistadt.at Pension “Hubertus” HöllPlace: 3 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(7942)72354 Fax: +43(7942)723547 E-Mail: office@cafe-pension-hubertus.at Webb: www.cafe-pension-hubertus.at Pension Pirklbauer Höllgasse 2 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(7942)72440 Fax: +43(7942)724405 E-Mail: pension.pirklbauer@aon.at Webb: www.pension-pirklbauer.at Hotel-Gasthof Seiwald Markt 30 4271 St. Oswald bei Freistadt Tel.: +43(7945)7277 Fax: +43(7945)7277 7 E-Mail: office@hotel-seiwald.at Webb: www.hotel-seiwald.at

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Gasthof “Zur Holzmühle” Holzmühle 12 4271 St. Oswald bei Freistadt Tel.: +43(7945)7238 Fax: +43(7945)7238 E-Mail: gasthof-holzmuehle@aon.at Webb: www.gasthof-holzmuehle.at Gasthof “Zur Post” Markt 40 4271 St. Oswald bei Freistadt Tel.: +43(7945)7226 Fax: +43(7945)72266 E-Mail: gh.freudenthaler@aon.at Erlebnisherberge Trenda “Burg der Begegnung” Am SportPlace: 1 4271 St. Oswald bei Freistadt Tel.: +43(7945)7218 Fax: +43(7945)7218 8 E-Mail: office@trenda.at Webb: www.funiversum.at Gasthaus-Pension Pregartner Stuben Bindergasse 1 4230 Pregarten Tel.: +43(7236)7785 Gasthof-Pension Rupert Haslinger Gutauer Straße 13 4230 Pregarten Tel.: +43(7236)2286 E-Mail: gasthof.haslinger@aon.at Pension Hofer Rudolf und Sigrid StadtPlace: 3 4230 Pregarten Tel.: +43(7236)687818 E-Mail: r.hofer@verskonzept.at

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Gasthof “Oyrer” MarktPlace: 7 4293 Gutau Tel.: +43(7946)6230 Gasthof Pils MarktPlace: 10 4293 Gutau Tel.: +43(7946)6272 Fax: +43(7946)6682 E-Mail: gasthof.pils@aon.at Gasthof Resch MarktPlace: 13 4293 Gutau Tel.: +43(7946)6225 Gasthaus Reisinger MarktPlace: 1 4293 Gutau Tel.: +43(7946)6224 Fax: +43(7946)6224 Hotel & Spa Lebensquell Bad Zell LebensquellPlace: 1 4283 Bad Zell Tel.: +43(7263)7515 Fax: +43(7263)7515 509 E-Mail: office.hotel@lebensquell-badzell.at Webb: www.lebnesquell-badzell.at Kurhotel Bad Zell Kurhausstraße 9 4283 Bad Zell Tel.: +43(7263)7566 Fax: +43(7263) 6365 E-Mail: info@kurhotel-badzell.at Webb: www.kurhotel-badzell.lat

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Wirt in Zellhof Zellhof 6 4283 Bad Zell Tel.: +43(7263)7574 Fax: +43(7263)7574 E-Mail: gh.bauernfeind@gmx.at Mühlviertler Berghof Erdleiten 2 4283 Bad Zell Tel.: +43(7263)6110 E-Mail: info@mberghof.at Gasthof Rockenschaub Markt 12 4284 Tragwein Tel.: +43(7263)88324 Fax: +43(7263)88324 E-Mail: guenter@rockenschaub.at Bildungshaus Greisinghof Mistelberg 20 4284 Tragwein Tel.: +43(7263)860113 E-Mail: bildungshaus@greisinghof.at Gasthof Schwarz Parrgasse 4 4294 St. Leonhard bei Freistadt Tel.: +43(7952)8294 Fax: +43(7952)82944 Gasthof “Mühlviertler Tenne” Dorfstraße 5 4282 Pierbach Tel.: +43(7267)8213 E-Mail: populorum@pierbach.at Webb: www.populorum.at

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Gasthof Trinkl Naarntal 1 4282 Pierbach Tel.: +43(7267)8219 E-Mail: gasthof.trinkl@aon.at Pension Reitpark Gstöttner Hofing 10 4274 Schönau Tel.: +43(7261)7626 Fax: +43(7261)20070 E-Mail: info@reitpark-gstoettner.at Gasthof Fürst Markt 11 4273 Unterweissenbach Tel.: +43(7956)7272 Fax: +43(7956)72728 E-Mail: uwb@gasthof-fuerst.at Pension Stellnberger Grafenschlag 19 4273 Unterweissenbach Tel.: +43(7956)7779 E-Mail: pension-stellnberger@aon.at Wanderreiterhof Kern Landshut 28 4273 Unterweissenbach Tel.: +43(7956)7101 0 Fax: +43(7956)7101 11 E-Mail: info@wanderreiterhof-kern.at Hotel zum Dorfwirt Nr. 5 4252 Liebenau Tel.: +43(7953)247 Fax: +43(7953)2476 E-Mail: info@bikerwirt.at Webb: www.hotel-dorfwirt.at

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Biogasthof Neulinger Liebenau 4 4252 Liebenau Tel.: +43(7953)8103 E-Mail: info@biogasthof.at Webb: www.biogasthof.at Gasthof Maurerwirt MarktPlace: 6 4261 Rainbach Tel.: +43(7949)6260 Fax: +43(7949)20060 E-Mail: gasthaus.maurerwirt@aon.at Gasthof und Pension Blumauer MarktPlace: 8 4261 Rainbach Tel.: +43(7949)6243 Fax: +43(7949)6243 E-Mail: office@blumauer.cc Webb: www.blumauer.at Gasthof-Pension “Scherb” MarktPlace: 11 4261 Rainbach Tel.: +43(7949)6215 Fax: +43(7949)621539 E-Mail: scherb-brot@rainbach.net Webb: www.scherb.at Reiterhof Stöglehner Summerauerstraße 1 4261 Rainbach Tel.: +43(7949)6316 Fax: +43(7949)6316 E-Mail: reiterhof.stoeglehner@gmx.at Webb: www.stoeglehner.com Gasthof Mader Lest 39 4212 Neumarkt im Mühlkreis Tel.: +43(7941)8260 Fax: +43(7941)82604 E-Mail: gasthof.mader@utanet.at Webb: www.gasthofmader.at

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Article 12. RECCONNAISANCE 12.01. DATE AND TIME

Date and time of Registration: 03rd January 2012, 07:30 – 18:00 and 04th January 2012, 07:30 – 12:00

at the rallyheadquarter, servicepark Freistadt Date and time of Recconnaissance:

03rd and 4th January 2012, 08:00 – 20:00 12.02. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Prior to reconnaissance, all crews must complete a registration form and collect a reconnaissance pass and a recce vehicle identification at the rallyheadquarter, servicepark Freistadt. The material will be given to the drivers personally. Organiser will provide recce-numbers, which have to be placed at the top right of the front windscreen and at the rear side windows. All identifications must be kept visible for the whole duration of the recce period.

12.03. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC REGULATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR RECCE

• Direction Each crew may drive the special stages only in the same direction as the rally. The crews must always enter and leave the special stages through the start and stop of the special stages.

• Number of passages Each driver may not cover each of the 9 different special stages more than two times.

• Respect to traffic laws and driving behaviour All Austrian traffic laws must be strictly observed, safety and rights of other users of the roads must be respected during reconnaissance. All crews must drive in a manner that does not endanger or inconvenience other traffic or people living along the stages. Competitors must bear in mind that the special stages are not yet closed to public or residential traffic during recce.

• Number of persons on board During each recce only the crew is permitted to be in the car.

• Maximum speed At all times the maximum speed on the special stages will be 60 km/h unless a lower limit is indicated by traffic signs, by signs placed by the organiser or in the road book.

• Reconnaissance pass

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Crews must stop at the places where a rally official will endorse the crew´s reconnaissance pass and at any other location where instructed.

• Reconnaissance vehicles All cars used for reconnaissance must comply with the prescriptions of article 20.1 of the 2011 FIA Regional Rally Championships Sporting Regulations.

• Tyres Tyres used for reconnaissance shall be road-homologated series production tyres. It is strictly forbidden to use studded tyres during recce.

• Other reminders All competitors are reminded of the following traffic laws applicable in Austria: o Allways keep to the right! o Safety belts must always be worn! o Right has right-of-way! All speed limits signposted or otherwise marked must be strictly respected, both on special stages and on road sections. Organiser and police will carry out speed controls! The instructions given in the road book are to be respected, in particular when joining or crossing main roads.

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Article 13. SCRUTINEERING, SEALING AND MARKING

13.01 DATE, TIME AND PLACE Scrutineering will take place on 5th January 2012 from 08:00 to 13:30 in the Messehalle Freistadt. Individual times will be published in the entry confirmation.

13.02 PREPARATIONS TO BE MADE BEFORE SCRUTINEERING • Administrative checks must be completed before the cars are

presented for scrutineering. Competitors will receive a signed administrative clearance form which must be submitted at scrutineering.

• Safety rally tracking system must be installed in the cars before the cars are presented for scrutineering. Installation instructions see Appendix IV.

• The homologation form of the rally car and certificates for the roll cage and fuel tank must be brought to scrutineering.

• At scrutineering competitors must present all items of clothing including helmets and HANS intended to be used. The provisions of Appendix L, Chapter III (Drivers Equipment), to the 2011 FIA International Sporting Code should be carefully studied and must be respected. The regulations on drivers equipment apply to shakedown as well.

13.03 COLLECTION/RETURN OF RALLY SAFETY TRACKING SYSTEM Rally safety tracking system will be available and has to be collected at rally headquarter beginning from 04th January 2012, 14:00. Please note that a cash deposit of € 300,-- for each entrant will be required. Each entrant will get a corresponding receipt and this deposit will be reimbursed upon submission of this receipt and return of the tracking unit. The tracking unit has to be returned at the rally headquarter. Should a competitor retire, they must return the tracking unit and associated cables to the rally headquarter as soon as possible after retirement.

13.04 FINAL SCRUTINEERING Location: Tuning Center Freistadt, Trölsberg 54, 4240 Freistadt

The entrants/cars selected for final scrutineering will be informed immediately and the are requested to bring their rally car to above

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Article 14. SHAKEDOWN 14.01 GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Shakedown will be in Freistadt Trölsberg which is app. 3 km far away from the service park. Length of shakedown: 1,74 km, 100 % tarmac; map of shakedown see Appendix II.II. Timetable: 10:00 – 13:00 Teams with startnumber 120 – 30 13:00 – 15:00 Teams with startnumber 30 – 1

14.02 REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION Teams intending to participate at the shakedown must fill in a registration form during the administrative checks. Teams are allowed to participate at the shakedown only, if the administrative checks and scrutineering has been passed successfully. Only driver and co-driver are allowed to take part at the shakedown. All safety requirements according FIA Sporting Regulations must be respected during shakedown.

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Article 15. START PROCEDURE 15.01 PRESENTATION OF RALLYTEAMS

Presentation of rally teams (cars, driver and co-driver) will be on Thursday, 05th January 2012, 16:00 – 17:00 main square Freistadt. Driver and co-driver must wear their overalls. The cars have to be brought from service park to town town by their drivers. Timetable and time card will be issued during the administrative checks.

15.02 CEREMONIAL START Ceremonial start will be held in the Messehalle Freistadt on 05th January 2012 and start at 19:00. Rally cars, driver and co-driver (dressed with their approved overalls) have to be present . The ceremonial start will be in the reverse order of the start list of leg 1 (highest number will be the first car). Timetable will be issued during the administrative checks.

15.03 START OF THE RALLY The competitive element of the rally will start on Friday, 06th January 2012, 07:30 from TC0 service park Freistadt.

Article 16. FINISH PROCEDURE The finishing procedure will be held in the Messehalle Freistadt (TC18B) whereby the first car will be the 6th of the total classification followed by 5th up to the winner of the rally. Further cars are entering based on the starting list of leg 2. The competitive element of the rally will conclude at TC18C (Parc ferme IN). Prize giving ceremony will be on Saturday, 07.01.2012, 21:00 hrs in the Messehalle Freistadt without rally cars.

Article 17. PR ACTIVITIES

• Non exclusive cooperation agreements with the most important print medias will be concluded, including advertising 1 month prior the event.

• Non exclusive cooperation agreements with motorsportjournals will be concluded including advertising in the last edition of the year.

• Non exclusive agreements with TV-stations will be concluded (ORF, Mediasport cz, LT 1, MTV) including announcing the rally 2-3 weeks prior the event.

• Exclusive agreement will be concluded with Life Radio including 5 jingles every day announcing the event beginning middle of December 2011 up to 6th January and from 5th – 7th January 2012 reporting the whole day about the rally.

• Discotour (about 10 - 15 different Discos in Upper Austria and Bohemia) promoting the rally.

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• Warm up party on 5th January 2012 in Freistadt • About 120 shops selling the rally journal beginning middle of December 2012 • Homepage www.jaennerrallye.at • 200 Posters in the Region

Article 18. MEDIA

18.01 CONTACT DETAILS Sportpressedienst Armin Holenia, Lorbeergasse 15, 1030 Wien Tel.: +43 (0) 664-2012700 e-mail: holenia@aon.at

18.02 ACCREDITATION PROCEDURE Requests for accreditation should be sent by mail to the mail-adress mentioned in Art. 18.01. Accreditation form you can find on our website www.jaennerrallye.at under News/Presse. Deadline for accreditation see Art. 03.01.

18.03 MEDIA ROOM Media room will be located in the building of Wirschaftskammer (WKO) Freistadt, Linzer Straße 11, 4240 Freistadt, which is app. 200 m from the main entrance to the service park. GPS-reference: N: 14°30′09″ E: 48°30′27″

18.04 PRESS CONFERENCES Following press conferences are foreseen: 20th December 2011 Linz 10:30 20th December 2011 Ceske Budejovice 16:00 06th January 2012 WKO Freistadt 17:15 07th January 2012 WKO Freistadt 18:00

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Article 19. MEDICAL AND SAFETY SERVICE

19.01 ORGANISERS HOTLINE FOR EMERGENCY CASES Event emergency number will be published in the order confirmation.

19.02 MEDICAL SERVICES • Hospital:

Landeskrankenhaus Freistadt Krankenhausstraße 1, 4240 Freistadt GPS: N 14°29′51″ E 48°29′29″ Tel.: +43 (0)7942 700

• Doctor o Dr. Marion Csanady

Promenade 3, 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(0)7942 75975

o Dr. Gerhard Doppler Zemannstraße 2, 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(0)7942 73113

o Dr. Bernhard Gugel St. Peter Straße 9, 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(0)7942 72727

• Pharmacy o Apotheke Jaunitzbach

Etrichstraße 15, 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(0)7942 77832

o Apotheke Zum Goldenen Engel HauptPlace: 16, 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(0)7942 72363

19.03 SAFETY SERVICES • Police

Polizeiinspektion Freistadt Linzer Straße 9, 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(0)59133 4300 Emergency number: +43133

• Firebrigade Freiwillige Feuerwehr Freistadt Prager Straße 14, 4240 Freistadt, Tel.: +43(0)7942 77122 Emergency number: +43122

• Ambulance Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz Zemannstraße 33, 4240 Freistadt, Tel.: +43(0)7942 771440 Emergency number: +43144

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• Breakdown service ÖAMTC Freistadt, Linzer Straße 85, 4240 Freistadt Tel.: +43(0)7249 77120 Emergency number: +43120

19.04 EMERGENCY NUMBERS • Police: +43133 • Ambulance: +43144 • Firebrigade: +43133

Article 20. LIST OF USEFUL FACTS AND SERVICES

20.1. CLIMATE AND TIME ZONE 20.1.1. Climate in Upper Austria is typical continental middle european climate

influenced by the Atlantic. Temperature in January 0°C up to -15°C and 5 cm up to 50 cm snow.

20.1.2. Time Zone is Central European Time (CET) Difference to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is +1 hour 20.2. CURRENCY

Currency is Euro = €; 1 Euro = 100 Cents Coins: Euro: 1 and 2 Euro-coins

Cents: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent-coins Bank notes: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 Euro-notes

20.3. CAR RENTAL a. SIXT Autovermietung Linz, Stahlstrasse 2, 4020 Linz

Tel.: +43 (0)810 977424, www.sixt.at b. Hertz Autovermietung, Bürgerstraße 19, 4020 Linz

Tel. +43 (0)732 7848410; www.hertz.at c. BUDGET Business Rent a Car GmbH, Kremplstrasse 1, 4020

Linz; Tel. +43 (0)732 346222; www.budget.at 20.4. AIRLINE COMPANIES AND AIRPORTS 20.4.1. AUSTRIAN AIRLINES (AUA)

Tel. +43 (0) 5 1766 1001 Homepage: ww.austrian.com 20.4.2. Nearest International Airport: Blue Danube Airport Linz/Hörsching Flughafenstraße 1 A-4063 Hörsching Tel.: +43/7221/600-0 Fax: +43/7221/600-100 e-mail: info@linz-airport.com Homepage: www.flughafen-linz.at

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20.5. TAXIS - Taxi Gerhard Kastl, Tel.: +43 (0)664-5132324 - Euro Taxi, Tel.:+43 (0)7942-727 17 - Funk Taxi, Tel.: +43 (0)7942-767 77 - Taxi Friesenegger, Tel.: +43 (0)7942-72354 0 or 72180 0 20.6. COPY SERVICES Druckerei Haider, Zemanstraße 16, 4240 Freistadt Tel.: 07942-74796 Fax: 07942-74796-25 e-mail: freistadt@haider-druck.at 20.7. POWER SUPPLY 220 volts AC, 50 Hz. European style round two-pin plugs are in use. 20.8. DRIVING IN AUSTRIA

• Toll Collect in Austria: On all motorways in Austria toll is applicable. Detailed information can be found at: http://portal.wko.at/wk/format_detail.wk?angid=1&stid=582915&dstid=70

• Traffic ban on lorries: Vehicles with a gross permitted weight of 7,5 tones or more are prohibited from all public roads: - during night from 22:00 – 05:00 every days - Saturday from 15:00 – Sunday 22:00 - Holidays from 00:00 – 22:00 Friday, 06th January 2012 is a public holiday. In cooperation with the local authorities, the organiser will arrange for waivers for trucks to be permitted to drive on Sunday, 08th January 2012, if required. Any team requiring a waiver should send the request to the permanent address acc. Art. 02.01 latest until 20th December 2011 (required information: name and address of applicant, truck and trailer registration plates, intinerary inside Austria and/or till the border) and will receive the permit during administrative checks upon payment of a fee of € 50,-- (cash) for each permit.

• Speed limits: Built-up areas 50 km/h Main roads 100 km/h Motorways 130 km/h or or as otherwise signposted.

• Safety belts: Seat belts must be worn in the front and back.

• Mobile telephones:

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It is prohibited to use hand-held mobile telephone while driving. It is legal to use a hands free unit.

• First aid box: All vehicles must carry a first aid box on board

• Reflective triangle: All vehicles must carry a reflective triangle on board.

• Safety vests: All vehicles must carry at least one safety vest (yellow or orange, Standard EN 471) on board.

• Alcohol limit: 50mg of alcohol in the bloodstream.

20.9. OUTGOING COUNTRY DIALING CODES Belgium 0032 Netherlands 0031 Czech Republic 0042 Norway 0047 Denmark 0045 Poland 0048 Finland 00358 Portugal 00351 France 0033 Russia 007 Germany 0049 Sweden 0046 Great Britain 0044 Switzerland 0041 Greece 0030 Spain 0034 Italy 0039 Turkey 0090 Luxembourg 00352