After the finish: scrapping your car in Spain or driving it home

Plain answer

Two legal options once Brooklands to Barcelona is done.

  1. Take the car to the scrapyard Wacky Rally points you to. If you do, the scrapper pays you €50.

  2. Or drive the car home.

Wacky Rally’s only role is telling teams where that scrapyard is. We do not scrap the car for you, we do not pay the €50, and we do not name the yard on this public page. Do not abandon the car on a Spanish street.

This is practical guidance for our teams, not legal advice.

Option A: scrap at the yard we point you to

Closer to the event, entrants get the scrapyard location from us.

  • You take the car there.

  • The scrapper pays €50 to the team (not Wacky Rally).

  • Wacky Rally stops at “here is where the yard is”.

Option B: drive it home

Driving home is fine. Plan your own route, crossing, insurance and rest stops. That journey is on you.

Timing after the finish

Teams arrive in Barcelona on Monday 28 June 2027. When you leave Barcelona, or scrap your car, is up to you. Anyone staying on after the rally arranges it themselves. Wacky Rally does not organise post-finish stays.

Paperwork mindset

You stay responsible for your own paperwork.

If the car is leaving the UK for a long stretch, or not coming back, read the GOV.UK guidance on taking vehicles out of the UK and on scrapped vehicles. Tell DVLA what you need to tell them. Spanish disposal has to be legal disposal, not DIY dumping.

Useful starting points:

We are not your solicitor or your DVLA clerk. Follow the official guidance.

Getting yourself home

If the car is scrapped, book your own way home. We are not quoting flight prices or recommending airlines. Hotel package details for the rally itself are still to follow, and the finish hotel is not named yet.

What not to do

  • Do not abandon the car.

  • Do not leave it on a street and hope for the best.

  • Do not sell it informally without proper paperwork.

  • Do not assume Wacky Rally will move, scrap, or export the car for you.

Hotels and costs (short)

We provide a hotel package and will share the details soon. The finish hotel name is still to be announced. The 2027 price is not announced yet. Registering interest is not a booking and needs no payment.

What next

Register your interest for Brooklands to Barcelona 2027 on our homepage. Interest list only.

See the short answer in our FAQ.

If you are still driving inside Barcelona after arrival, read the ZBE guide.

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