Interesting facts about the upcoming German eventRally Deutschland will kick off the second half of the World Championship from 11-13 August 2006. Here are some numbers related to the German event, the ninth round of the 2006 season.
Spectators expected: 200,000
Direction
signs and notice-boards: 6,700
Helpers and marshals: 3,000
Arrows to direct spectators: 1,400
Sets of road books printed: 471
Journalists covering the event: 450
Kilometres of tape to mark out stages: 420
Sets of car stickers: 224
Portaloos around the event: 209
Temporary phone lines: 160
Pages in the official application: 152
Vehicles to distribute material: 150
Separate spectator areas: 83
Team entered: 78
Marshals and officials: 73
Mobile phones for officials and marshals: 60
Direction signs on motorways: 48
Kilometres of plastic fencing: 42
Catering contractors: 31
Spectator areas with PA systems: 30
Countries where entrants originate: 27
Laptops used at rally HQ: 24
Stages: 19
Fax machines at rally HQ: 18
Media access points to wireless networks: 8
Announcers and commentators: 8
Languages for announcements and commentary: 4
Winner: 1
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