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DTM Convoy on the Way – 42 Trucks Hit the Road to Düsseldorf
By source: DTM
Mar 20, 2006, 09:17
Düsseldorf – To offer the DTM touring cars of Audi and Mercedes-Benz the opportunity to go flat out on the ‘Kö’, on 26th March, many busy helpers have to contribute to a huge logistic effort. Some 2,400 steel fences have to be erected along the six-kilometre circuit to ensure that the cars will safely race past the crowds. And there are the 600 traffic cones that have to be arranged around the 800-metre Königsallee track section. 60 marshals will make for a smooth course of the demonstration runs.
42 trucks are necessary to transport the teams and the entire material to Düsseldorf. For the racing teams of Audi and Mercedes-Benz it will represent a particular challenge to make it to Düsseldorf in time as the cars are used for the official DTM tests in Brands Hatch that will be help up to and including Thursday, 23rd March. Afterwards, they will be stripped on site to then be made ‘ready to race’ for the DTM Launch at the ‘Kö’. Having this task completed, the racing teams will hit the road for the 12-hour trip to Düsseldorf, thus making sure that the cars arrive at the Königsallee in time, on Saturday afternoon. Altogether, the teams will take ten DTM cars and two Safety-Cars to the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. Furthermore, there will be five cars of the DTM support series.
The stage for the DTM show and the live concert of Melanie C will be erected already on Saturday. 30 helpers will need about 30 hours this job. 98 loudspeakers with a total output of 20,000 Watt will make sure that the visitors will also enjoy an extraordinary sound experience. And there will be three 44-square metre video walls, each of them weighing more than 3,500 kilogram.
The DTM Launch will be covered in 176 countries worldwide, with Europe’s most modern outside broadcast truck – equipped with the latest High Definition TV devices - being used for the production of the TV pictures. 35 employees fully focus on the production. They pass about twelve kilometres of cables and place 13 cameras around the circuit and the stage. These cameras are used to record the best possible pictures that will be spread all around the world via satellite.
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