FIA REGULATIONS as of January 2000 (d.d. 26-12-1999)
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FIA
Regulations 2001 |
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The FIA cannot improve the regulations during a season. Any changes
can only be applied for the next season. |
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| 1.1 |
Due to increased FIA safety regulations, regulation alignment with
the FIA Formula One and to give less liquide race teams a better chance,
it is not allowed to train during the preparations of a Grand Prix.
These preparations start 6 months before the day of the race on the
circuit where the race will be held. There is only one penalty:
immediate exclusion from the race. Each driver can be dispensated on
special request for one circuit for training purposes. |
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Because the FIA circuit safety checks (CSC) are performed by a team
of FIA licenced drivers, the FIA can only perform these checks on
circuits scheduled after six months. |
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Each driver has to subscribe for the Grand Prix at least one hour
before the start of the race. When not, the driver is not allowed to
start. |
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The minimum number of drivers attending a Grand Prix for the Grand
Prix to be valid is 6. There is no maximum. |
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FIA Championship points can be earned. |
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Of the about 12 Grand Prix each year only the best 8 results count
for each Championship. |
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When drivers are attending a Grand Prix the points are divided among
the drivers as shown in the
table below. |
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One bonus point per race can be earned in de Michelin Qualifying
Trophy for the licensed FIA driver with the fastest uncorrected lap time
of the day (during the race or first heat after the race). |
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The FIA is very strict about the racing code. Any violation can
result in penalties by the circuit officials and/or FIA judges.
Initially only time penalties and warnings can be given. When a driver
is structural dishonoring the code, the penalty is an exclusion from the
next race. |
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The code involves sporting behavior. Strictly obey the blue, yellow,
red and black flags shown by the officials. When a driver is shown the
blue flag he or she is to drive the OUTside corner so the faster driver
can overtake in the INside corner. An additional sign by the slower
driver to the faster driver when to overtake is considered very sporting. |
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Intentional crashing into other carts is prohibited. |
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It is prohibited in any way to change and improve the aerodynamics
of the driver or the cart. The only valid clothing during the race is a
FIA certified race suit and helmet. |
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The definition of race weight in kilo's is:
the driver in FIA certified race suit and helmet. During the season a
driver may deviate with a maximum of 3 kilo from this race weight. |
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When participating in the Marlboro Qualifying Trophy only the
fastest lap time of each drivers is accounted for. |
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| 7.1 |
When participating in the SBS6 Catherine Keyl Cup DD each driver has
to subscribe with the race weight in kilograms. The correction on the
raw time is -0.06% of the winning time (not one’s own race time) per
kilo as of 75 kilos. The SBS6 Catherine Keyl Cup DD has been evolved to
simulate a real race. It concerns the weight corrected total time of the
first N-x laps, in which N is the number of laps driven by the fastest
driver. The last x-laps are disregarded due to the fact the drivers have
to start in the Pit-lane and therefor cannot start the race at exactly
the same time, but at least within the first x laps of the first driver.
The variable x is determined each race. |
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The gold, silver and bronze medal winners of
the Catherine Keyl Cup DD in 1999 are given a penalty weight of resp.
12, 8 and 4 kilo in SBS6 cup DD, which will be deducted by half of the
penalty at the end of the 2000 season. Thus it takes them 2 years to get
freed of the penalty weight. |
