1st Trans-Alps Rally, 30 june: STAGE 1 / KITZBÜHEL – KITZBÜHEL

The first stage of the Trans-Alps Rally, looping around Kitzbühel, offered a route leading first to Zell am See, stronghold of the Porsche dynasty where Ferdinand and Ferry Porsche are based and where the Porsche Design studio has also been established for many years.

This passage through the valley then marked the starting point of the “Hochalpenstrasse” dominated by the most majestic peaks in the region culminating at more than 3500m altitude, and thus cross the highest pass in Austria: the Grossglockner.

A first passage control was then organized at the foot of the pass where the competitors were able to compete for a few kilometers on occasion during the first regularity stage of the rally, established uphill on a steep course, made of hairpins…