The day's route
A tasty morsel
There are two specials on the menu for the 4th stage, which is the longest of this first Central Europe Rally, at a distance of 580 km, 150 km of which are against the clock. After leaving Debrecen, the competitors will first have to stomach the 213 km of the link stage to Dabas, before tucking into the first time-trial which follows the same route as the very first special of the rally, but in the opposite direction this time! Sand and woops will therefore be on the menu again. After that, the caravan will be back on the tarmac for a new link stage of 206 km to the military base in Vezsprem, the finishing point of this 4th stage. However, before reaching the base, the competitors will have to get through the 88-km second special on a constantly changing terrain, typical of the Hungarian plains. They will be served up with a track that will be at times both flat and quick and at other times very muddy and bumpy, so the drivers and riders will have to adapt their pace to the terrain. In such conditions, the slightest mistake will probably result in a time loss of several minutes.
