The following is a reproduction of the official FIA regulations, a copy of which can be found here
1 – General Provisions
The Championship is reserved for drivers. The General Prescriptions applicable to all FIA Championships must be observed unless otherwise stated hereafter, as must the prescriptions of Appendix K to the International Sporting Code.
The supplementary regulations of each event will follow the standard model established by the FIA.
A valid FIA Historic Technical Passport, must be provided by each competitor for each car entered, at scrutineering for each event, each entry form for the event must obligatorily be accompanied by a photocopy of the first page of the Historic Technical Passport.
2 – Eligible cars and classes
2.1 Eligible cars
The cars must comply with the requirements of the current Technical Regulations for Thoroughbred Grand Prix Cars (see Appendix K).
Cars using the Cosworth DFV or DFY engine must have an engine rev limiter set at 10,600 rpm.
Cars must comply with the FIA procedure of << Condition Testing >> of the current year.
In addition to the components listed in these tests the following parts must be tested:
The certificates relating to the Condition Testing of all specified metallic components must be no more than two years old and be available for inspection at each event. The certificates for Condition Testing of fuel cells must respect Article 8 of the current Technical Regulations for FIA Historic Formula One Championship and be available for inspection at each event.
2.2 Classes
A) Period G Formula One cars built and raced prior to 31.12.71.
B) Post-1971, non-ground effect Formula One cars.
C) All post-1971 ground effect Formula One cars.
D) All post-1971 flat- bottomed Formula One cars.
3 – Calendar of events
There will be a maximum of 10 possible events counting towards the Championship, which may include two races per event. There will be no more than 3 events in any one country. If, at the outcome of this Championship, 60% of the events have not been disputed, the FIA may refuse to award the title.
4 – Characteristics of the events
One Race Event
The race will be of no less than 50 km and no more than 75 km distance. Track licences must be at least FIA grade 2(Formula 3000 level). Races will be scheduled to start between 12 noon and 16:00 on the main day of the event.
Two Race Event
Race 1 will take place on the day before the main event and will be scheduled to start between 15:00 and 18:00.
Race 1 will be no less than 30 kms and no more than 40 kms distance.
Race 2 will take place on the day of the main event and be scheduled to start between 13:00 and 16:00.
Race 2 will be no less than 50 kms and no more than 75 kms distance.
Track licences must be at least FIA grade 2.
For each event, the FIA will nominate: – a Starter. – anEligibilty Delegate.
The Race Director may also be nominated by the FIA.
The clerk of the course shall work in permanent consultation with the Race Director. The Race Director shall have overriding authority in the following matters and the clerk of the course may give orders in respect of them only with his express agreement:
a) the control of practice and the race, adherence to the timetable and, if he deems it necessary, the making of any proposal to the stewards to modify the timetable in accordance with the Code or Sporting Regulations,
b) the stopping of any car in accordance with the Code or Sporting Regulations,
c) the stopping of practice or the race in accordance with the Sporting Regulations if he deems it unsafe to continue and ensuring that the correct restart procedure is carried out,
d) the starting procedure.
At each event provision must be made for all cars to be located in pit garages or other suitable secure and covered accommodation.
If entries are received for more cars than are permitted to race on the track, the organisers may elect to run the event in two stages. But a class must never be split over more than one race. Should there be too many cars entered for a class, race entries must be selected on the basis of practice times.
In the event of any race being oversubscribed by more than 20% at a circuit where there is no possibility of running a second race, organisers must liaise with the secretariat to ensure that priority of entry is given to competitors who have already scored points or who have supported the Championship on one occasion or more during the course of the season.
During the event it is permitted to push-start cars at any point on the circuit, but only under the control of race officials. Except for time-keeping purposes, radio communications between cars and pits are forbidden.
5 – Licences
Drivers and competitors must hold appropriate and valid International Licences. Drivers must have a licence of at least FIA International Grade C.
6 – Entries
Any driver may only enter one car as their official entry. He can, however, nominate a reserve car. A reserve car may only be used if the official entry is unusable and is withdrawn from the competition. The closing date for entries for each event will be not more than 6 weeks prior to the event. Drivers and competitors must register their intention to compete in the Championship with the secretariat at least 14 days prior to the first event in which they intend to compete. The Secretariat for this Championship is:
SMA
West Hall
Great Braxted
Witham
GB – Essex CM8 3EP
Tel.: +44 (0) 1621 892 814
Fax: +44 (0) 1621 892 815
No entry fees will be due to individul event organisers, however no entry will be registered for the Championship until the Championship entry fee of Eur 800 has been paid to the FIA as described in the Appendix to this regulation.
7 – Scrutineering and Parc Fermé
There must be a minimum of three technical scrutineers available for each event, and, in addition there may be the FIA Technical Delegate, who will be chief eligibility scrutineer. The appointed Technical Delegate will be responsible to the FIA Technical Delegate, if present, for the eligibility of the cars.
At the end of each timed practice session and at the end of the race, all the cars which have crossed the finishing line shall be taken, under the supervision of the officials of the event, to a Parc Fermé, where they shall remain until at least 30 minutes after the posting of the provisional results or until the Stewards of the Meeting order their release. Any classified car which is unable to cross the line and/or to reach the Parc Fermé by its own means shall forthwith upon such disability occurring be placed under the sole and exclusive control of the marshals and the scrutineers who shall at the first convenient moment remove the car to the Parc Fermé. Cars which have not been put in the Parc Fermé shall not be classified.
Fuel sampling: Competitors must ensure that a three litre sample of fuel may be taken from the car at any time during the event.
Check of the weight: During an event when a car has been selected for weighing, nothing other than fuel may be removed from the car and no liquid, solid or gaseous substance may be added.
8 – Practice
Single race format
All competitors shall have the opportunity for two timed practice sessions of at least 30 minutes each. The times from both practice sessions will be combined with the grid being set by fastest overall time set by each competitor.
Two race format
All competitors will have the opportunity of one qualifying session of at least half an hour. The starting grids for both races will be set in this session. Non-qualifiers may be allowed to make up a full grid in the second race if places become available due to non-starters.
There should be at least four hours between half hour qualifying and race one.
The competitors should have an opportunity of a ten minute warm up on the day of the main race.
There should be at least three hours between warm up and the start of race two.
Both formats
During practice, only cars entered for that race shall be admitted onto the track. All cars of the same class shall practice in the same session. In the case of a car recording a practice time outside the qualifying maximum of 110 % of the time set by the fastest competitor in its class, the Race Director, in consultation with the Stewards and the Organiser, may decide to include it in the event if he considers its performance and the driver’s competence satisfactory.
Neither the car, nor the driver, may take part in private testing on a track where an event is to be held with effect from 08:00hrs on the Sunday before the event itself.
9 – Starting procedure
All events shall have standing starts.
The grid will be staggered by a 1-by-1 formation. Ten minutes before the time for the start of the race, the cars will leave the pits to cover a reconnaissance lap, they must compulsorily use the pit lane, at greatly reduced speed, between each of the laps and may under no circumstances cross the grid.
Five minutes before the time for the race to start, the pit exit will be closed. Any car that is in the pits at this time may start from the pits at the discretion of the Race Director and may only join after the field has passed the end of the pit lane on it’s first racing lap.
The approach of the start will be announced by signalling boards shown at five minutes, three minutes, one minute and thirty seconds before the start. The boards will be accompanied by audible warnings.
Thirty seconds after the thirty second board, the green flag will be shown at the front of the grid, whereupon the cars will begin their formation lap. When the cars come back to the grid at the end of the formation lap, they will stop on their respective grid positions. Once all cars have come to a halt the starter will show a five second board and five seconds later he will switch on the red light.
If a car develops a problem which could endanger the start, the driver must immediately raise his hands above his head and the marshal responsible for that row must immediately wave a yellow flag. The start delayed board will be shown: do not switch off engines. The green flag will be shown as soon as it is safe to do so and this will signal another formation lap. Once the grid has left, the car that has caused the problem, may be pushed to follow the grid and start from the back of the grid. The race will be reduced by one lap.
If any other problem arises and if The Race Director decides the start should be delayed, the start delayed board will be shown with a red flag: switch off engines. Count down will recommence at three minutes followed by another formation lap. The race will be reduced by one lap.
The penalty for a false start will be 30 seconds added to race time.
10 – Stopping of a race
Should it be necessary to stop a race for any reason, a red flag will be displayed at the start finish line followed by red flags at all flag marshalling points. All cars should proceed to the start finish line at a reduced speed. Work may be done on the cars but refuelling is not allowed. The race distance will be reduced by two laps.
If the race has to be stopped prior to two laps of its duration, it will be declared no contest and cars will start from their original grid positions.
If the race has to be stopped between three laps and 75% it will be considered as the first part of a two-part race. Cars will be restarted based upon the order of crossing the finishing line one lap less than the number of laps completed by the race leader at the time the red flag is shown. The final result will be arrived at by aggregating the results of both stages of the race.
If the race has to be stopped after 75% of its duration, it will be considered to have finished. The finishing order shall be based on the order of crossing the finishing line at one lap less than the number of laps completed by the race leader at the time of showing the red flag.
11 – Race classification
Points will be awarded for all races as per table below.
The provisional classification of the Championship must be affixed by the organisers on the official notice board prior to the beginning of each event.
In order to count for the classification, the results of an event must include:
A) a general scratch classification with no class divisions.
B) a classification taken from the general classification, relating to each of the classes, including non-finishers and exclusions.
Points will be awarded as follows:
– For classes with 3 or more starters in the class:
1st 9 points
2nd 6 points
3rd 4 points
4th 3 points
5th 2 points
6th 1 point
– For classes with less than 3 starters:
1st 6 points
2nd 4 points
– For classes with one starter, 4 points
An additional point will be awarded to the drivers who, during the course of the race, achieve the fastest lap, in each class.
A << starter >> is a driver who has practiced for and started in the race. Drivers must complete 50% of the distance covered by the class winner in order to be classified.
Should there be a dead-heat in any race counting for the Championship, each of the drivers so classified is attributed a number of points equal to the arithmetical average, taken to one decimal, of the points corresponding to the places which they would have occupied if they had been classified one after another.
12 – Final classification of the Championship
For the final classification of the Championship, the results of all the qualifying events organised will be taken into account.
In case of a dead-heat, the driver of the older car will take precedence (the Historic Motor Sport Commission to decide any disputes).
Should the cars prove to be of the same year of construction, a tie will be declared between the drivers concerned.
The FIA may decline to award a title in case of insufficient performance. The overall winner of the Championship will be the driver who has scored the greatest number of points under the conditions fixed for this Championship.
In addition, the following special awards will be presented to the competitors who scored the highest number of points in their Class but are not the winner of the FIA Championship:
13 – General Conditions for Competitors
i) During the course of the event, competitors must ensure that their cars are in full view of spectators whenever reasonably possible. This will usually entail having at least one pit garage door open fully, to enable the majority of spectators an uninterrupted view of the car.
ii) Competitors must ensure that their car is fully on display in the pit road or other designated area at a time specified by the Race Director or Organiser, to allow the cars to be seen during the << Pit Lane Walkabout >>. This regulation may only be waived by direct application to the Championship Co-ordinator or Race Director. In addition << story boards >> must be displayed throughout the event .
iii) During << Pit Lane Walkabout >> or other public or press access times, drivers must be present and dressed in race overalls or appropriate apparel.
iv) The first, second and third driver in each race must attend podium or other prize presentation ceremony. The Class winners may also be required to attend.
v) Event or race sponsors decals must be clearly displayed on cars, but these decals must only be displayed during the event to which they relate.
vi) Competitors must respect at all times the good standing of The FIA Historic Formula One Championship and conduct themselves in a manner not to bring disrepute to TGP or FIA at any time.
vii) In the event that an overall sponsor for the Championship is secured, competitors must make available an area (of a size to be advised) on the front and rear wing end plates for the display of the Championship sponsor’s decals. These decals must be displayed at all times during practice periods and races.
NOTE:
We have ommitted the Appendix to these regulations which specifies payment instructions for the FIA Championship registration fees. These fees are paid on behalf of the drivers from the race entry fees.
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