Route and Scoring
The course covered approximately 16,000 miles (25,700 km) through Europe, South America and Central America. Some of the principal towns and cities visited were, in order :
- London, England
- Dover, England
- Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
- Mannheim, Germany
- Munich, Germany
- Vienna, Austria
- Budapest, Hungary
- Belgrade, then in Yugoslavia, now in Serbia
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Trieste, Italy
- Venice, Italy
- Genoa, Italy
- Toulouse, France
- Pau, France
- Burgos, Spain
- Salamanca, Spain
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Bariloche, Argentina
- Santiago, Chile, Chile
- La Paz, Bolivia
- Lima, Peru
- Cali, Colombia
- Panama City, Panama
- San José, Costa Rica
- Mexico City, Mexico
The course included many special stages, some over 500 miles (800 km) long. Time penalties were given for exceeding set times on the special stages, as well as for other infractions of the rules, and the cars' positions determined by the penalties awarded rather than lowest cumulative times.
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