RtG The Daily Dispatch - Carrera Andalucia - day 00 - Flipbook - Page 1
22 June to 3 July 2025
Pre start & Scrutineering
Málaga
22 June 2025
We’re gathered in Málaga on the eve of the San Juan festival, a vibrant celebration held on the night of 23
June, coinciding with the summer solstice and honouring John the Baptist. It’s a blend of religious and
pagan traditions, featuring bonfires, beach parties, and rituals focused on purification, and, fittingly for
the start of a rally, new beginnings.
Rally the Globe (RtG) is back in Spain for the third time
and delighted to be in amongst the iconic landscapes of
Andalucía, our stage for the 11-day drama of our sixth
Carrera. Designed by Rally Director Fred Gallagher and
ably assisted by Clerk of the Course, Mark Appleton and his
deputy Anthony Preston, the event will cover 2,505km with
ten Tests and 31 Regularities along the way.
As well as covering some new ground we have a few notable
cars on their first excursion with RtG, including an incredible
Aston Martin DBR2 and a very interesting Excalibur Phaeton.
Both are lined up with the others in the car park beneath the
very well-appointed Gran Hotel Miramar.
Andalucía is ‘enjoying’ another heatwave and, whilst
there were plenty of seaside distractions to amuse the rally,
today’s important tasks were pre-rally documentation
and scrutineering. The sweep team of Charlie Neale, Andy
Inskip and Russ Smith checked for safety and compliance
in the furnace like heat of the basement. Gill Cotton and
Ted and Karen Gaffney dealt with the paperwork in the
much cooler Salon Athenea.
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Packed and ready for the off, Roy and Rachel Stephenson’s 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera
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