ROUTE – Funball Rally

ROUTE

Some car rallies will have you driving over 500 miles in one day! Our carefully planned route, tries to keep driving to around 6-7 hours per day. This gives you enough time to fully appreciate incredible roads like the Stelvio Pass, and superb attractions like Swizerlands longest toboggan run, and Ferrari and Lamborghini Museums.

RALLY REGISTRATION

All the teams meet up for rally registration in Reims, France on Saturday 19th July 2025 from 7.00pm. Reims is a 3 hour drive from Calais and is the home of Champagne. It’s a stunning city, with beautiful pedestrianised boulevards and lots of brasseries and bars. It’s the perfect location to meet your fellow Funballers, have a few beers and kick-off you rally adventure!

Day 1 - Sunday 20th July 2025

REIMS TO BASEL - 369 miles

The Funball Car Rally starts at 9.30am on Sunday 20th July 2025, this is your chance to see the wonderful variety of cars taking part. The first stop on our route today is the famous Reims Grand Prix Circuit. Established in 1926 as the second venue of the Grand Prix de la Marne. The circuit became known to be among the fastest of the era for its two long straights 1.5 miles in length, each allowing maximum straight line speed, resulting in many famous slipstream battles. We then travel on beautiful roads through stunning open countryside on our way to the cultural capital of Switzerland.

Rally Rendezvous

In the evening all the Funballers enjoy a buffet meal together, drinks and to talk about petrolhead pleasure at the Grand Prix Circuit.

Day 2 - Monday 21st July 2025

BASEL TO CHUR - 279 miles

Today you will take on not just one, but three, legendary mountain passes! The Grimsel and Furka are the first passes of the day, this pass was made famous by the Aston DB5/ Ford Mustang chase, in James Bond’s Goldfinger. The road is wide, perfectly smooth, and has some excellent tight hairpin turns. Stop at the Hotel Belvedere close to the top of the pass, and admire the stunning views and Rhone glacier. Your heart barely has a chance to recover, before you have to deal with the Oberalp Pass. Often described as the most beautiful of all the mountain passes in the Alps, it's an absolute dream to drive on due to the superb smooth road surface. It has lots of wide sweeping turns lined with Alpine trees, the views really are a sight to behold. Stop for a break at the summit, there's a great restaurant there.

Rally Rendezvous

We travel on to Chur, which is Switzerland’s oldest city for the night. All the teams meet up for the evening to enjoy a luxury buffet and drinks and laughs together.

Day 3 - Tuesday 22nd July 2025

CHUR TO LAKE GARDA - 281 miles

The Funball Car Rally just keeps getting better, as today a serving of the Stelvio Pass is in order. Described by Top Gear as the best driving road in the world, it certainly lives up to it’s reputation. Before we tackle this awesome pass though, we all meet up to have a blast down Switzerland's longest toboggan ride. At over 2 miles long, this really is not to be missed, after you’ve raced down the toboggan run, we’re off to take on another three passes. The first of the day are the Julier and Bernina, followed by the incredible Stelvio Pass. At 2757m, this is the third highest pass in the Alps, it’s also the most dramatic. With 48 sensational switchback turns running up the north face, the view back down will take your breath away. Make sure you take a photo of your team under the famous Passo dello Stelvio sign.

Rally Rendezvous

We travel on to beautiful Lake Garda, which is the largest lake in Italy. We've hired the rooftop terrace at our luxury hotel, which has stunning views of the Lake, it also has a swimming pool, spa and even it's own private beach!

Day 4 - Wednesday 23rd July 2025

LAKE GARDA

The last day of the Funball Car Rally is more relaxed, there are various options. You could drive along the shore of stunning Lake Garda, which is the largest lake in Italy. If you like, you can stop at Malcesine and take the cable car which rises to 1760m in just ten minutes, on a clear day you can see the whole of the lake. Or you could head down to Maranello, to visit the incredible Ferrari and Lamborghini Museums if you wish. They’re both £12 each to get in, you get to see the £1 million 950hp La Ferrari, which is worth the admission price alone. You can also drive the latest Ferrari’s for around £100 if you want to live the dream.

Or you can visit Venice for the day, we've pre booked your parking here to make things easier. Often described as the most beautiful and unique city in the world, Venice is built on millions of wooden piles that have been driven in to the sea bed, and consists of 118 islands, 416 bridges and 177 canals. It has incredible architecture, superb food, and is simply magical. Visit the magnificent piazza San Marco, experience the vast history, and take a trip on an iconic gondola, there really is something for everyone.

Rally Rendezvous

We all meetup in the evening back at the Lake Garda hotel for our buffet awards dinner, to celebrate finishing the Funball Rally 2025. We've hired the hotel terrace for your welcome drinks which has one of the best views of Lake Garda. You’ll receive a Funball Rally medal, wear it with pride knowing that you’ve conquered the world’s toughest roads, whilst having a brilliant laugh along the way. We then all stay in the superb Lake Garda hotel for a second night.

JOIN US ON A EUROPEAN ADVENTURE LIKE NO OTHER, DON'T DREAM IT, DO IT.

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