2015 ADAC Rallye Deutschland - Facts and Figures

• Interesting facts and trivia about the German FIA World Rally Championship event

Munich/Trier, 13 August 2015 - Just a few more days until... World Champion Sébastien Ogier, 2014 winner Thierry Neuville and the other WRC stars start their engines at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2015 in the greater Trier area. Every second counts for the world's best rally teams on the spectacular Special Stages. However, time is not the only thing that can be measured at the German FIA WRC event. The following statistics provide a tongue-in-cheek glimpse of interesting and sometimes curious figures relating to the season's highlight.

1,394,500 metres is the total length of the itinerary at this year's ADAC Rallye Deutschland. It comprises 374,430 metres of Special Stages - which is 48,410 metres longer than last year. The road sections add up to a total length of 1,020,070 metres.

79,000 kg of material are on tour when a WRC team such as the Volkswagen Motorsport crew travels to the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. Seven trucks carry the WRC rally cars, plus a complete office, all spare parts, tools, wheel rims, tyre racks, a cleaning unit and the equipment for the service stations.

70,000 zip ties are part of the equipment of the installation and removal teams at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. They are needed, for instance, to install 7,700 notice and guidance signs for optimal spectator management.

20,000 Euro - an Opel/Vauxhall ADAM worth this amount is the main prize in the official sweepstake of the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. Further prizes include a VIP weekend at the ADAC GT Masters including a ride in a race taxi. You may enter the sweepstake until Saturday, 22 August 2015, 18:00h at www.adac.de/rallye-deutschland.

5,500 bin liners and many other measures contribute to the exemplary environmental protection in evidence at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. For years, ADAC has aimed to keep the natural environment in the rally region as intact as it was before this major event.

3,000 volunteer helpers provide the foundation for the success of the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. This number includes, for instance, some 2,000 officials who make an important contribution towards more safety as volunteer Marshals. They come from all 18 ADAC regional clubs throughout Germany, which makes the ADAC Rallye Deutschland an enormous joint effort.

2002 - was the year in which the band Revolverheld started out under the name Manga. Thus, this popular German rock and pop group has existed for as long as the ADAC Rallye Deutschland has had the status of a German FIA WRC event. They will perform an exclusive rally concert at the Panzerplatte on Saturday, 22 August.

720 seconds is the time it takes an experienced team of mechanics to change the gearbox of a WRC rally car. That's just twelve minutes. At the ADAC Rallye Deutschland, you can admire such feats and others at the Service Park Trier, where the fans can take a closer look at the mechanics' teams at work.

Approx. 400 national and international journalists have been accredited for the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. The media representatives will report from the central media centre, which is located directly in the Service Park Trier. Over 50 TV stations worldwide will provide exciting video footage of the 2015 ADAC Rallye Deutschland.

325 kilometres of cordoning tape, 41 kilometres of plastic fencing and 13 kilometres of metal fencing will ensure that spectators of the 2015 ADAC Rallye Deutschland are always on the safe side.

89 points - that's Sébastien Ogier's and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia's lead over Jari-Matti Latvala and Miika Anttila before the rally event. With only four rounds to go after the German FIA WRC event, the two defending World Champions already have their first "match point": They could clinch the title prematurely, provided they have a lead of at least 112 points over their closest rivals after the ADAC Rallye Deutschland.

78 vehicles have been registered for the ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2015 - including 14 German-German cockpit crews. 16 WRC cars will compete altogether. There will also be 20 Opel ADAM Rallye Cup cars, competing at the ADAC Opel Rallye Cup within the ADAC Rallye Deutschland.

64 Euro - this is the advance sales price for the rally pass for ADAC members (EUR69 for non-members). The price has remained the same for years. On the other hand, the action which spectators can experience has increased: In addition to access to all spectator areas at all Special Stages, to the Shakedown and to the Service Park, rally pass holders are also in for an exclusive Revolverheld concert at the Panzerplatte Special Stage and a big rally party in Trier.

80 square metres is the size of the video screen on which fans will see plenty of spectacular images on Saturday, 22 August 2015. A temporary TV studio providing live programmes, interviews and background info will be established on the Baumholder military range in cooperation with Volkswagen.

49 spectator areas of different sizes have been designated at this year's ADAC Rallye Deutschland. All of them afford prime viewing and a maximum of security. Each spectator area comes with at least one parking area.

21 Special Stages are in store for the WRC pros this year, including five on the Baumholder military range: the 45.61km Panzerplatte Long SS, which they will run twice, and the 2.87km Sprint, which they will complete three times. There will be two consecutive Sprint runs in the morning.

12 kilometres of wires and cables are necessary just for the official TV production covering the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. Altogether, some six tons of TV equipment will be used to broadcast exciting pictures of the German event of the FIA WRC. A TV helicopter will be in the air for several hours on each day of the rally.

2 manufacturers: Citroën and Hyundai. These are the only victorious car makes in the twelve German WRC rounds since 2002. The French won an incredible eleven times and were beaten by the Koreans last year. Will Volkswagen clinch the title in 2015?

1 - that's the number any top WRC driver would love to see in front of his/her name on the timekeeping monitor. The lead changed as many as four times at last year's ADAC Rallye Deutschland, guaranteeing suspense right up to the end! And who will end up with "No. 1" on their results sheet this year?