As an historical and mythical off road African rally, the 2008 Tunisia rallywill start downtown of the important French city of Marseille.
With a Parc Fermé in the Vieux Port, in front of the city hall and a scrutineeringinside l’espace Saint Jean on the 22nd and 23rd of April, the spectators will be partof the adventure, and will be able to have an accurate look at the vehicles and tomeet the competitors.The Rally will start with a night prologue in Marseille as a public spectacle prior to the rally heading for Tunis.This “Super stage”, short but important, is organized in the “Coulée verte” site ofthe grand littoral commercial centre. The track is FIA/FIM homologated: 2.5 kmlength, variable width (4m mini) with a few hazards such as jumps.Hundreds of expected spectators will be able to assist, for free, to this time trialevent from a panoramic area. Indeed, the audience will be placed on thecommercial centre up-above parking, overhanging the prologue track.At the end of the prologue, the vehicles will stop for 15 minutes. Here, theviewers will enjoy an unforgettable moment with pictures and autographspossibilities and sharing some time with their favourite teams.This 23rd April night is expected to be a party and friendly atmosphere. A podiumbus will assure music activities and live comments of the race;Also VIP and stars will enjoy their first race drives during this night event.
Prologue provisional timetable: Track check 23rd April at 6.15pm: bike, car, truck opener1st bike start at 7.00pm (one start every 30 seconds)Last bike start at 8.00pmShows and VIP first race drives from 8.10pm to 8.30pm1st car start at 8.30pm (one start every 1 minute)Last car start at 22.00pm
