Empty Carless Fuel Cans Must Be Left Neatly at the Wooden-Fenced Waste-Oil Sites When You Leave
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2015 MSA Formula, Certified by FIA, Powered by Ford EcoBoost Championship Information Bulletin pre-BH_Ref. 1_MSAF March 28 th 2015 1 WELCOME to the inaugural MSA Formula season! Information Bulletins like these will distribute essential official, technical or sporting information about our Championship. Should there be any regulatory changes through the season, then they will be distributed by the BRSCC and approved by the MSA and will be considered as supplementary to the Championship Regulations. These Information Bulletins from myself are also available on the Championship website in the ’Teams Area’ (drop down box under ‘News’ heading). 2 Team Entrant. All teams are required to hold an Entrant Licence. It entitles the team to represent driver/s and be responsible for all team personnel, competition cars and the action of the driver within that car. MSA Regulations H1.3, H32, H33.1.1 apply. Team Entrants are also required to hold BRSCC Membership, and cards must be shown at Race Sign-on. 3 Entrants must also sign-on and submit licence at the beginning of each race meeting. They do not need to pay an additional Entry Fee since this is paid by the driver. 4 BRSCC Membership. All race/Entrant licence holders must have membership of the BRSCC – this includes all teams. Some teams may not be aware of this. They can then be covered by MSA PL insurance (see MSA Blue Book pages 393-398). Cost £135 (new drivers = £150). This MUST be bought in advance before the first race the driver enters. On-line membership: http://www.brscc.co.uk . 5 Testing. Championship teams and drivers are not permitted to test on tracks which are included in the Championship calendar except for Silverstone and Rockingham, from 5 th April 2015 until after the final race of the season. Once we have raced at a track, the ban is lifted (NB Brands Hatch is restricted all season, since we use it at the final event). 6 Prizes . £30,000 award fund from MSA Formula will be distributed across all races to Registered Drivers as below: Race 1 - £500 Rookie winner of race 1 Race 1 - £500 most improved grid position to finishing position in race 1 Race 2 - £1,000 overall winner of race 2 Race 3 - £1,000 overall winner of race 3 Prize money will be paid to the party who pays the Entry Fee, who must ensure this is received by the driver. 7 Control Fuel must be ordered pre-race weekend. Cost is £2.16 plus VAT per litre, fixed price for the season. This is the equivalent of £54 per 25 litre can excluding 20% VAT. Order fuel NOW from Wendy at Vital Equipment Limited. Payment taken at time of order by credit/debit card. VAT invoice will be sent to teams in GBP Sterling. Telephone: 01981 240326; 07915 073772. [email protected] Fuel is Hiperflo 300, from the Petrochem Carless Limited refinery. Team managers will be given a memory stick with the safety data sheet for Hiperflo 300, and a season list of dates for ordering. Pre-ordered fuel will be delivered direct to the Teams in paddock prior to the start of race weekends/official test days. www.msaformula.com Empty Carless fuel cans must be left neatly at the wooden-fenced waste-oil sites when you leave. Please ensure that all waste oil is placed in the containers provided by the circuit and not put into empty Carless fuel cans (along with any other substances) as these incur high costs to recycle and the costs will be passed on to all teams. If any empty fuel cans are filled with water and used as awning weights, all fuel labels must be removed, and the can clearly decorated to show it does not contain fuel. 8 Tyres must be pre-ordered direct from Dan Jeffs, Mr Tyre (Motorsport) Ltd; tel 0121 551 2131. They will bring them to the event or arrange delivery to you. All wheels must be clean of dirt and weights before Hankook will work on them. Wheels must be received by midday of Friday test day. (i.e. teams require spare wheels). Payment at order please. Hankook will be on site until 17:15 Sunday. They will also attend the Thruxton test, 3-days later. 9 Ford Flags. These are given to all teams. Teams to provide flag poles; top to be 6m from the ground. All flags to be flying through every event from Thursday to Sunday please, other than testing at Donington Park and Thruxton, or in high winds. Country flags may also be flown. 10 Circuit power. All circuits this season will have power available to teams at a cost of £350 per event . This is free to all teams displaying flags. 11 RACEceivers . Clerk of the Course David Pierre will have direct one-way radio contact to team managers and drivers during our circuit activity. These will be via small RACEceiver scanners with ear pieces. This system has proven extremely useful in transmitting instant vital communication to all parties at once. They are mandatory for all drivers. Contact Penny if you have not yet bought a set (£150). 12 Paddock transport . No road cars allowed in paddock at TOCA Race Meetings and test days. No 2- wheeled vehicles—including bicycles, mopeds, scooters. These events are too crowded to allow these to be used. Spectators also may not use bicycles. Quad bikes may only be used to tow tyres/Pit equipment, and can take passengers on fitted seating only. 13 Passes . Each registered driver is entitled to 4 VIP passes and 4 Pit Lane passes (total 8 personnel passes). Team Managers receive these and they are to be shared between essential personnel. Additional tickets may be bought at discount in advance from each circuit (venue websites sell them until the Tuesday before each event). Pit Lane passes allow access during our track activity only. Team trucks received vehicle passes from MSO (the parking up team) at the Rockingham test day. These must be displayed on the windscreen of the cab, and are not transferrable. All passes have a serial number recorded to the racing driver. Any pass abuse may result in withdrawal of passes for that driver/a fine/removal from venue. 14 TSL Team Drive. Take advantage of live timing sent directly to your mobile or pc, anywhere in the world. Please send Penny the email details of your data analyst. They will then be sent an invitation from TSL to join TeamDrive. It is much easier to set this up when not at the race event. 15 Driver Medical Form. All drivers should have completed a form for the TOCA doctor and either sent direct to him, or to Penny. Please advise if this has not been completed. 16 Mobile Reception and Internet are bad at BTCC events. Please advise your frequency if you use paddock team radios. I need to submit them to Donington Park air traffic control. www.msaformula.com 17 Rounds 1,2 and 3 Brands Hatch Indy Circuit. 2-5 April. We will be parked in the lower paddock by Hailwoods Restaurant, with power and water from 06:00 Friday. 17.1 Timetable below, but MSA Formula-only schedule is included further on: Thursday, April 2 09.00 – 10.00 Ginetta Parking Up 10.30 – 11.30 MSA Formula Parking Up. MSO rely on team arrivals—please text them ETA if late. Derek 07850 905 573; James 07967 648 337 11.30 – 12.30 Porsche Parking Up 12.30 – 13.30 Renault Parking Up Friday, April 3 00.00 – 24.00 Power available from Aztec Live Generators (pre-booking essential) 09.00 – 09.45 Ginetta GT4 Supercup Testing 09.50 – 10.35 MSA Formula Testing 10.40 – 11.25 Renault Clio Testing 11.30 – 12.15 Porsche Testing 12.20 – 13.05 MSA Formula Testing 13.05 – 13.55 Lunch Break 13.55 – 14.40 Ginetta GT4 Supercup Testing 14.45 – 15.15 Ginetta Junior Testing 15.20 – 16.05 Renault Clio Testing 16.10 – 16.55 Porsche Testing 17.00 – 17.30 Ginetta Junior Testing After 18.30 No racing engines to be run / Total ban on the use of paddock vehicles etc. Saturday, April 4 00.00 – 24.00 Power available from Aztec Live Generators (pre-booking essential) Before 07.30 Total ban on the use of paddock vehicles etc. Before 08.30 No racing engines to be run 13.25 – 14.15 Lunch Break After 18.30 No racing engines to be run / Total ban on the use of paddock vehicles etc. Sunday, April 5 00.00 – 18.00 Power available from Aztec Live (pre-booking essential) Before 08.00 Total ban on the use of paddock vehicles etc. Before 09.00 No racing engines to be run 09.10 – 09.40 BTCC: Pit Lane Walkabout / Autograph Session 12.45 – 13.15 MSA Formula Autograph Session during Lunch Break After 18.30 No racing engines to be run 17.2 Vehicle Access / Car Parking: To help ease paddock congestion on all Parking Up days (Thursday and Friday, as detailed in the timetable above) ALL vehicles must enter the circuit via the main gate (off the A20) and NOT the Scratchers Lane gate. Any vehicles that do not have Paddock passes will be shown into the Yellow Car Park at that point. Security will be in place at the main entrance to help with directions. Any abuse shown towards the vehicle pass system and/or security will not be tolerated and will result in the passes being withdrawn.