CORSICA LINEA TOUR DE CORSE 2019

Event History

• France’s WRC round was held on the stunning island of Corsica from 1973 to 2008.
• Never-ending sequences of turns earned the event the nickname ‘The Rally of 10,000 Corners’.
• After a year’s absence due to rotation, the rally moved to the Alsace region of the French mainland in 2010, before returning to Corsica in 2015.

Challenge

• Tight and twisty mountain roads are often bordered on one side by a rock face and on the other by a steep drop into the sea.
• Rough and abrasive asphalt places high demands on tyres.
• Narrow roads mean errors can be punished heavily.
• Twists and turns place huge emphasis on the making and accurate delivery of pace notes.

Car Setup

• Asphalt suspension – low settings which provide stability and improved balance.
• Different road characteristics in the same group of stages mean set-up is often a compromise.

Information taken from the FIA World Rally Championship website.