V sobotu 14/05/05 odstartoval pilot Formule 1 Jenson Button (BAR Honda) v Londyne siedmy rocnik zavodu Gumball 3000. Cesta vedie cez Brussel, Prahu, Vieden, Budapest, Dubrovnik. Potom sa ide trajektom do Bari. Dalej na Siciliu a cez Rim do Monaka kde bude 20/05/05 ciel a 22/05/05 budu sutaziaci sledovat F1, kona sa tu totiz Velka cena Monaka.
Zapisne do sutaze je 10.000 libier, takze si to asi nemoze dovolit kazdy a sutaziace auta su viac ako zaujimave (Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Bentley, Dodge Viper… ). Porsche ani nepisem, ved skoro kazde tretie auto je Porsche:-). Pozrite sa sami, na Autorevue je zoznam ucastnikov.
Ucastnici, ktori prejdu celkovo 3000 mil, by mali dodrziavat pravidla cestnej premavky a zopar dalsich pravidiel. Minuly rocnik vyhral Nemec Kim Schmitz (na internete znamy pod nickom Kimble) na MB CL3000. Na svojom webe ma velmi zaujimave fotky z minuleho rocnika, vyhrat sa mu podarilo aj v roku 2001.
Vcera boli sutaziaci v Prahe, ocakaval sa aj prichod Quentina Tarantina (je zapisany s VW Touareg TDi). Ten vsak nedorazil, najvacsou hviezdou bola herecka Daryl Hannah na ruzovom aute znacky Range Rover.
Ubytovani boli v hoteli Carlo IV, na Senovaznem namesti. Bol tam vcera celkom natresk, problemy boli s dopravnou zapchou aj s parkovanim. Tento 12-metrovy Hummer sa predsa neda len tak hocikde odstavit:
Dnes odisli do Viedne a poobede su ocakavany v Budapesti. Na internete sa diskutovalo, ci pojdu aj cez Slovensko. Mapa na stranke Gumball 3000 to aj naznacovala:
Skor si vsak myslim, ze „grafikovi“ sa smykla ruka, ved z Viedne do Budapesti vedie lepsia cesta, nez obkluka cez Bratislavu. Mozno vsak niektori zabludia a dnes naobed, alebo poobede stretneme zopar lepsich aut. Ti ktori pouzivaju navigacny system CoPilot (specialne pre gumballerov) vsak bludit nebudu.
Ak si chcete pozriet fotky z Prahy odporucam Autorevue, Novinky.cz, Poldu a Binarni Ladin tiez nieco nafotil. Super su aj galerie z minulych rocnikov od vitaza Kima Schmitza (Kimble) – 2001, 2004. Ten na svojich strankach propaguje trosku drsnejsiu sutaz Ultimate Rally, kde vitaz ziska milion dolarov. Zaujimava je cesta c.2, ktora vedie z Prahy do Istanbulu, cez Slovensko.
Minuly rok sa mala konat v Cechach obdoba znamejsieho americkeho tajneho zavodu bez pravidiel – Cannonball, ktora sa vsak kvoli zvysenemu policajnemu zaujmu nekonala. Tych ktorych zaujimaju drsnejsie zabery a maju aj rychle pripojenie si mozu pozriet zopar amaterskych videjok z minulorocneho Gumballu alebo aj tu.
A na zaver casovy harmonogram Gumballu 3000 – 2005 rally:
Friday 13th
19:00 – 21:00 – The Gumball 3000 Film Premiere of ‚6 Days in May‘ – come along to see the stars arrive on the red carpet and see some amazing cars on display! Location: Bloomsbury Square, London WC1
Saturday 14th
11:00 – 18:00 – Cars will be on display all day on Waterloo Place (between Picadilly Circus and Pall Mall) and on Trafalgar Square!
18:00 – Jenson Button will waive the start flag at 6PM!!!!!!!! (Waterloo Place)
23:00 – 02:00 – Cars arrive to a checkpoint in Belgium at the Chateau D’Acoz, located near Acoz not far from Brussels
Sunday 15th
09:00 – All day – Cars will be arriving at the Hotel Carlo IV in the Centre of Prague
Monday 16th
10:00 – 13:00 – Cars arrive into Vienna (Austria) – Checkpoint
Location: Hofburg Imperial Palace, Josefplatz
14:00 – 18:00 – Cars arrive at the Hungaroring F1 Circuit Checkpoint,
Budapest (Hungary) – come and see everyone racing around the F1 circuit!
18:00 – 20:00 – Cars will arrive at the Kempinski Corvinus Hotel in
the centre of Budapest!
Tuesday 17th
14:00 – 16:00 – Cars arrive at a Checkpoint at the National Park KRKA
(near Sibenik), Croatia
17:00 – 21:00 – Cars will arrive into Dubrovnik’s Old Town centre (Croatia)
Wednesday 18th
13:00 – All Day – Cars arrive into Taormina (Sicily) – Cars go on display all day in the Town Centre!
Thurdsay 19th
18:00 – 22:00 – Cars arrive into Rome (Italy) – and park at the
Hotel Boscolo Exedra in Piazza Della Republica
Friday 20th
14:00 – 17:00 – Cars arrive at a Checkpoint in Firenze (Italy)
Piazza Michelangelo, La Loggia
18:00 – 22:00 – Cars will cross the finish line in Monaco’s Casino Square!