Newsletter 2008 #2 May 2008
ICCCR info News from Italy In response to concerns about the ICCCR, we have requested additional information from the organizers of the 14th ICCCR in Rome (August 15-17, 2008) which we just received and attach on the following pages. The ICCCR website (www.icccr2008.it) is being updated within the next days – but according to the limited time left to prepare for your club members trip, we wanted to pass this information on to you right away. Please spread this to your clubs as soon as possible. Thank you! For further information, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers directly (info@icccr2008.it) resp. the ACI Delegates of Italy. Take care, see you in Rome The ACI Board www.amicale-citroen-internationale.org info@amicale-citroen-internationale.org
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MERCHANTS AND MARKET AREA
Sellers who have reserved space in the market area will be able to access paddock zero to set up their goods starting on Thursday, August 14. There will be three different types of area in the market, A, B and C: −
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area A is inside the boxes; boxes 14, 15 and 16 are still available. This area has electricity and the boxes may be closed. Sellers who have rented a whole box can exhibit complete vehicles. area B (divided into B1 and B2) is arranged on either side of the service building in paddock zero, and space is still available in both areas. A gazebo sales service is being designed for exhibitors, but other than this the area is open-air. There is no electricity supply. area C (divided into C1, C2 and C3) permits installation of display trailers; areas C1 and C2 are almost full, while space is still free in area C3, on the access route to the boxes. Electricity is available for a fee.
The market will also host the Czech Republic stand (shown on the map as a square next to the restaurants) advertising the 2Cv world rally in 2009. On August fifteenth the racetrack gates will be opened to sellers at around six in the morning to allow late arrivals to set up their good before the event begins. An exhibitor parking lot will be set up outside the racetrack for cars and trailers. It will not be possible to access paddock zero with vehicles of any kind while the event is underway. Two employees and one technician will be at the merchants’ disposal from Thursday August 14 through Sunday August 18. A surveillance service will protect the security of the market area at night. No-one may sleep in the market area, even in a camper or trailer. Sellers will begin dismantling their spaces after 18:30 on Sunday August 18 and must finish within the morning of Monday August 19.
PARTICIPANT ACCESS
Participants will access the racetrack via paddock 7 (registration). A road next to the pedestrian entrance to the racetrack leads directly to a large yard raised above the racetrack. Three gates marked with signs of different colours will provide access to three lanes in the paddock. The biggest of these includes an “overfill� parking lot for cars that have not yet registered. Two desks with multilingual staff will be available for registration procedures and ticket pick-up. The second gate is for pre-registered participants and those who have already picked up their tickets. Upon arrival they will be checked to ensure that the ticket corresponds to the vehicle and number of participants, and it will be possible to purchase bracelets for any additional passengers. Tickets will be taken and participants will be given identification bracelets for passengers, a vehicle badge, a numbered plate and a welcome bag. The third gate leads directly to the racetrack, and is for all vehicles already marked with a badge. Access will be controlled to check for the badge and for bracelets on all occupants’ wrists. Vehicles with badges (and their crews) may go in and out of the racetrack through the third gate.
THE RACETRACK
Once they get to the racetrack (marked in red on the map), vehicles will be divided by model by the staff present on the track and parked herringbone style on one side of the track. Cardboard will be placed under each vehicle to protect the pavement. A general plan of the track will be provided in the guide included in the welcome bag, and signs will identify different areas and models.
Bus stop signs will be positioned at the principal points of transition between different models, and a bus will travel around the track to help participants move quickly among different models or go to the main paddock. Vehicles will be allowed on the track strictly only to reach their own sector or leave the track, and traffic will be one-way. Refreshment stands will be located along the track, with ice cream sales on an HY van and cigarette sales.
REFRESHMENTS
There will be three restaurants in the main paddock. The first of these is the racetrack's self-service cafeteria, located under the racetrack control tower, with about eighty seats. The second will be an event restaurant set up in the middle of paddock zero (marked “self-service” on the map above), with seats for about 300 and an inexpensive but top quality menu: Pasta, pizza or “salad platter” + beverage for a total of 9 euro Pasta dish or main course + dessert or side dish + beverage for a total of 13 euro Pasta dish + main course + side dish + dessert or fruit + beverage for a total of 19 euro. The third restaurant will offer waiter service with a menu including appetisers, pasta dishes, main courses with side dishes, dessert, fruit and D.O.C. wines for a total of 40 euro. There will also be a separate wine list. All event restaurants will have ceramic plates, metal cutlery and real glasses, and will be operated by Ristorante Tonino, a well-known restaurant in Cortona. Italian and continental breakfasts will be served in the morning, and drinks and ice cream will be available throughout the day and in the evening after dinner. GALA DINNER A big open-air gala dinner will be held on Saturday night. 1500 guests will be seated at 150 big tables, each with ten upholstered chairs; table settings will be prestigious. The dinner will cost 40 euro, and reservations may be made on Friday or Saturday directly at the info point (described below). The menu will include: Aperitif-appetiser (prepared on the spot in six different stations arranged between the tables) consisting of a deep-fry of zucchini, squash flowers, carrot sticks, rice balls, asparagus, green beans, radicchio, croquettes made with spelt, breaded bocconcini, panzarotti with cheese and truffles, rice and hazelnut bon-bons, sage leaves and spicy vegetable triangles. All accompanied by prosecco, fruit juice and water. First courses: big ravioli with zucchini and almonds, trofie primavera. Main course: fillet of steak with Brunello di Montalcino Dessert: wild berry pastry. D.O.C. wine and water. The Gala Dinner will be followed by a jazz concert on the main stage.
I.C.C.C.R. MUSEUM Boxes 1 through 9 (see picture on first page) will be occupied by this museum dedicated to the Citroën’s history in Italy with a specific focus on the contribution of Varese sculptor and designer Flaminio Bertoni, who was responsible for Citroën style for thirty years. The exhibition will be set up with contributions from Citroën Italia, its Historical Archives, Conservatoire Citroën in Aulnay, Amicale Flaminio Bertoni Internationale in Velizy and the important presence of Flaminio Bertoni Museum in Varese and the museum foundation. The exhibition will fill four large halls totalling about 650 square metres. The first hall will open with the prestigious Citroën Italiana C6 Lictoria Sex, the car Citroën Italia built for Pope Pius XI in 1930, recently restored and kept in the Vatican Museums. Alongside this splendid papal vehicle there will be an Italian-made C6F and the oldest C4 known to be in existence, driven from France. This will mark the eightieth anniversary of models C4 and C6. In the same hall, visitors following the chronological route will see evidence of Citroën’s presence in Italy and various works by Flaminio Bertoni, up to the car representing the year 1934: a Traction Avant sold by Citroën Italia when new and still owned by its original owner, in splendid condition. The second hall will open with Bertoni’s best-known design: the 2Cv, a car that is sixty years old this year. Here visitors will be able to admire a pre-war prototype, the spartan car with which Pierre Jules Boulanger wanted to give French farmers wheels, before going on to models from the ’50s and ’60s, as well as Flaminio Bertoni’s artworks and industrial designs. The third hall tells the story of the evolution of the popular Citroën two-cylinder engine, with models from the ’70s and ’80s and samples of recently made vehicles. On the way out visitors will find two specimens of the Ami6, the last car designed by Flaminio Bertoni, in 1961; these will be displayed with a series of illustrations of the long process of design that led to the production of a car that is as unusual as it is personal. In the fourth and last hall there will be three big Citroëns with hydropneumatic suspension: a DS19 from 1959, another of the Varese sculptor’s great creations, a DS21 from 1968 with its new front featuring fairing on the headlamps, Bertoni’s last great creation, designed in a single morning only a few days before the onset of the illness that quickly killed him. The exhibition will close with a Citroën SM Presidentielle, on exhibit thanks to the personal commitment of Vincenzo Crescia of Garage du Lac in Neuchatel. The most prestigious European car magazines will all be there: in the first hall we will have Ruoteclassiche, CitroExpert of Holland and Citroscopie and Passion2Cv of France, as well as Olivier de Serres and Wouter Jansen, historians who have written about Citroën. The exhibition’s opening hours will be: Friday, August 15 and Saturday, August 16 10:00 through 18:00 Sunday, August 17 10:00 through 15:00 There is no admission fee.
EVENTS The calendar of events to be held during the 14th ICCCR is currently being planned. It will include two concerts, an elegance competition and an Amicale CitroĂŤn Internationale meeting to decide on the location of the next ICCCR. The calendar of events and the programme will be published at WWW.ICCCR2008.IT by the end of May. CAMPGROUND
A free campground for ICCCR participants will be set up in the big field across from the Vallelunga racetrack on the other side of the Via Cassia. The 100,000 square metre campground will have bathrooms, showers and a restaurant open until late in the night. The campground will be patrolled by security staff during the night. To allow participants to visit Rome before or after the ICCCR, the campground will open on the afternoon of August 13 and close on the morning of August 19. There will be no electricity supply, and water will be available exclusively for washing.
INFO POINT An information point will be set up in paddock zero with a multilingual staff to provide participants with assistance. At the info point visitors will be able to talk to people from the municipality of Campagnano di Roma to organise tours in the area or purchase tickets for Trambus Roma bus tours to see the city’s key tourist attractions on a tour bus with a “stop and go” formula. Guided tours of the city are being planned. The info point will also sell tickets for the gala dinner and official ICCCR gadgets. EMERGENCY SERVICES There will be a medical station on the racetrack which will stay open throughout the event, and an ambulance will be permanently parked in the central paddock for emergencies, with exclusive use of the main track gate. There will be Carabinieri station in the made paddock with 13 security staff (specialised personnel) and 8 fire-fighters. The security staff at the event will also include 15 access control personnel .