“The Rallye Club Mühlviertel is forced to cancel the date that was postponed to the end of February,” announced those responsible in a broadcast on Monday. The reason is the prescribed spectator restrictions, which could not be increased for the outdoor area. “Concepts with seats or 50-person zones were examined intensively, but are not realistic and economically feasible,” it said.
“We really fought with all means to carry it out and left no stone unturned until the end,” explains club chairman Christian Birklbauer. “The conditions for the 50-person zones with a distance of around ten meters between them and a structural separation are unrealistic. Unfortunately, these federal regulations say that events without seats should not take place outdoors either,” Birklbauer continues.
His deputy sees it similarly: “Even if we had decided to drive with the restrictions, we would have had enormous costs and effort to engage the corresponding security personnel with well over 200 additional people in the entire rally area.” From a sporting point of view, it would be attractive in view of the entries become, which hurts the organizers doubly.
Source: Nachrichten
