The Iași rally again concluded this year’s season. The special stages (SS) somewhat matched last year’s course through the mountains south of Iași; additionally, three SS west of Iași were added to the program. The underground was pebbly and in the many forest stages mostly solid earth.

Compared to last year, the Rally course had been radically redesigned; 8 out of 12 SS waved through the mountains West of Cluj in the „Fântânele” area, 2 other SS North of Cluj through a former orchard – a great run with very fast stretches, jumps and lots of tight corners. Two other sandy SS were South of Cluj, with wide roads and lots of room to drift through corners.

The Ţara Bârsei Rally was split this year between Covasna and Braşov. The tracks around Covasna were all in excellent shape and so were the ones in Braşov between Săcele and Azuga resp. Predeal – they had been fixed and no longer had all the last year’s bumps and potholes.