
Tips
Checklist for the teams
· Log (provided by the organisation)
· Driving licences
· Passports / Identity cards
· Vehicle registration card
· Confirmation of Permission (if required)
· Insurance policy / ‘green card’ insurance certificate
· Stickers of event sponsors applied in the right place
· Winter tyres (including spare tyre)
· Towing cable
· Spare light bulbs
· Visibility vests (orange / yellow)
· Emergency lights (orange) or torches
· Fire extinguisher
· First Aid kit + 2 thermal film blankets
· Warning triangle
· Red/white emergency ribbon
· Screen wash (for cold temperatures, to -40 C)
· Maximum 20 litres of spare fuel
· 2 mobile phones
· Accurate road maps
· Safety cordon (red/white)
· Vaseline
What to do in case of an accident
- Call the relevant country’s emergency number (see log)
- Inform the Back Office.
- In the event of an accident with animals such as reindeer or moose: cordon off using the safety cordon, call the emergency number and forward the coordinates
Other tips
- Main-beam headlamps mounted at the front / on top of the car provide better sight at night (also on the shoulders)
- Snow chains / car socks are not mandatory, but may make a huge difference in some events.
- Thermal clothes / underclothes
- Hand torches (+ spare batteries)
- Solid jack
- Spare wiper blades
- Power tape
- Iron wire
- Heavier battery
- Sufficient and adequate food and drink (energy drinks, small meat balls, savoury snacks)
- Car canvas / cover
- Sufficient and adequate food and drink (energy drinks, small meat balls, savoury snacks
Do you have any more tips? We would like to hear it!