JANUARY 5 th 17 th #Dakar2020
BIKE QUAD REGULATIONS
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SUMMARY
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS ...... 6 12. ADVERTISING ...... 24 1. PUBLICATION ...... 7 12.1. GENERAL ...... 24 2. ACCESS ...... 8 12.2. LIST OF ORGANIZATION’S ADVERTISING (BIKES & QUADS) ...... 24 3. HONOUR COMMITTEE ...... 8 12.3. COLOUR OF NUMBER PLATES AND 4. ORGANISING COMMITTEE ...... 8 ADVERTISING ...... 25 5. ADDRESS OF THE PERMANENT 13. STARTING ORDER ...... 26 SECRETARIAT ...... 8 13.1. MINIMUM INTERVAL BETWEEN THE LAST 6. LIST OF OFFICIALS ...... 8 MOTORCYCLE AND THE FIRST CAR ...... 26 7. EVENT PROGRAMME ...... 9 13.2. STARTING ORDER SUPER SPECIAL ...... 26 7.1. PROGRAMME ...... 9 13.3. STARTING ORDER OF THE LAST STAGE . 26 7.2. BRIEFING ...... 10 13.4. GENERAL ...... 26 7.3. BIVOUAC ...... 11 13.5. STARTING ORDER OF THE FIRST STAGE 26 7.4. OFFICIAL NOTICE BOARD ...... 11 13.6. MASS START ...... 27 8. RIDERS ...... 12 13.7. STARTING ORDER POSTING ...... 27 8.1. ENTRIES & RIGHTS ...... 12 13.8. REPOSITIONING FOR THE NEXT DAY’S 8.2. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR THE STAGE 27 EVENT - CANCELLATION/ POSTPONEMENT OF 13.9. ALLOCATION OF RACE NUMBERS ...... 27 THE EVENT / REFUND ...... 12 14. ROADBOOK AND NAVIGATION ...... 27 8.3. DEPOSIT ...... 15 14.1. ROADBOOK - GENERAL ...... 27 8.4. GENERAL ...... 15 14.2. ROADBOOK LEXICON ...... 29 8.5. RIDERS’ PRIORITY ...... 16 14.3. HEADINGS LEXICON ...... 29 8.6. PROVISIONAL A.S.O. ELITE RIDERS’ LIST 16 14.4. ROUTE AND RECONNAISSANCE ...... 29 9. PARTICULAR CONDITIONS OF VISITED 14.5. OFFICIAL ITINERARY ...... 30 COUNTRY ...... 17 14.6. « PUBLIC » ZONES ...... 30 9.1. GENERAL INFORMATION – SAUDI ARABIA 14.7. FUNCTIONING OF THE GPS ...... 30 17 14.8. PENALTIES FOR MISSING WAYPOINTS ... 32 9.2. RIDER’S CODE – GENERAL BEHAVIOUR .. 17 14.8.1. GENERAL ...... 32 9.3. DESTROYED MACHINES (COMPLETE OR PARTIAL DESTRUCTION) ...... 18 14.8.2. JOKER – CLASSEMENT EXPERIENCE ..... 32 9.4. SALE / TRANSFER OF MACHINE ...... 18 14.9. UNBLOCKING THE GPS ...... 34 9.5. MANDATORY STEPS WITH REGARD TO 14.10. CONTROLE PROCEDURE ...... 34 CUSTOMS FORMALITIES (ALL CATEGORIES) ... 18 15. FUEL / AUTONOMY ...... 35 9.6. RIDER’S CODE – RESPECT SENSITIVE 15.1. AUTONOMY ...... 35 AREAS 19 15.2. FUEL...... 35 10. CATEGORIES ...... 19 15.3. REFUELLING DURING A SELECTIVE 10.1. THE COMPULSORY FIM CATEGORIES AND SECTION ...... 35 CLASSES ARE THE FOLLOWING: ...... 19 15.3.1. PRINCIPLE ...... 35 10.2. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY ...... 19 15.3.2. OPERATION ...... 36 10.3. THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES AND CLASSES WILL BE SET UP BY THE ORGANIZER : 15.4. REFUELLING ON ROAD SECTIONS AND AT 20 THE BIVOUAC ...... 38 10.4. DEFINITION OF GROUPS AND CATEGORIES 15.5. SERVICE ...... 38 20 15.5.1. AUTHORIZED SERVICE ...... 38
10.5. « ORIGINAL BY MOTUL » CHALLENGE .... 21 15.5.2. PENALTIES FOR FORBIDDEN SERVICE .. 39
11. IDENTIFICATION ...... 22 15.5.3. SERVICE – MARATHON STAGE ...... 41 www.dakar.com Provisional Motorcycle / Quad Regulations – Dakar 2020 2/123 21.2. SPORTING PENALTY ...... 57 22. SAFETY PLAN ...... 57 15.5.4. SERVICE –SUPER MARATHON STAGE .... 41 22.1. AERIAL MEANS ...... 57 15.5.5. DAKAR TEAM MANAGER ...... 42 22.2. LAND-BASED MEANS ...... 57 15.5.6. TEAM’S AIRCRAFT ...... 43 22.3. COMPOSITION OF THE MEDICAL TEAM .. 57 16. TRAFFIC ...... 43 23. WAYPOINTS ...... 58 16.1. GENERAL ...... 43 24. SELECTIVE SECTIONS ...... 59 16.2. GOING THROUGH SPEED CONTROL ZONES 24.1. GENERAL ...... 59 (EXCEPT MAXIMUM SPEED) ...... 43 24.2. INTERRUPTION OF A SELECTIVE SECTION 16.3. OPERATION OF SPEED CONTROL ZONES 44 60 16.4. PENALTIES FOR OVERSPEEDING IN SPEED 24.3. NEUTRALISATION OF A SELECTIVE CONTROL ZONES ...... 44 SECTION ...... 61 16.5. SPEED LIMITS – ROAD SECTIONS 24.4. OPERATING DIAGRAM OF THE (MAXIMUM SPEED) ...... 45 NEUTRALIZATION BY GPS (example of a 16.6. QUADS - MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT IN Selective Section with 2 parts) ...... 62 SELECTIVE SECTION ...... 45 25. ACCIDENT - WITHDRAWAL ...... 63 16.7. SPEED LIMITS PENALTIES – PASSAGE 25.1. ACCIDENT - HEALTH ...... 63 CONTROL (DZ + FZ) ...... 46 25.2. ASSISTANCE IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT OF 17. INSURANCE ...... 46 ANOTHER RIDER / COMPETITOR ...... 63 17.1. ASSISTANCE/REPATRIATION ...... 46 25.3. WITHDRAWALS – DISQUALIFICATION ... 64 17.2. PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE ...... 46 25.4. CLOSING THE TRACK ...... 65 17.3. LIABILITY AND MARITIME INSURANCE ... 47 25.5. REPATRIATION OF MACHINES...... 65 17.4. THIRD PARTY COVER ...... 47 26. TIME CARD ...... 66 18. ADMINISTRATIVE OBLIGATIONS ...... 48 27. CONTROL ZONES ...... 66 18.1. ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS AND 28. TIME CONTROLS ...... 66 SCRUTINEERING ...... 48 28.1. GENERAL ...... 66 18.2. EACH RIDER ...... 49 28.2. LATE AT THE TIME CONTROL AT THE 18.3. EACH MOTORCYCLE ...... 49 START OF A STAGE ...... 67 19. CLASSIFICATIONS ...... 50 28.3. LATE AT THE TIME CONTROL AT THE 19.1. CLASSIFICATIONS ...... 50 START OF A SELECTIVE SECTION ...... 67 19.1.1. GENERAL ...... 50 28.4. MAXIMUM TIME / ALLOTTED TIME ...... 67 19.1.2. OVERALL CLASSIFICATION ...... 50 28.5. OVERRUNNING THE MAXIMUM TIME 19.1.3. GROUPS AND CLASS CLASSIFICATIONS, ALLOWED AT TIME CONTR OL FINISH OF STAGE ALL RIDERS ...... 51 67
19.1.4. MISCELLANEOUS CLASSIFICATIONS ..... 51 28.6. OVERRUNNING THE MAXIMUM TIME ALLOWED ON THE REST DAY ...... 68 19.1.5. DAKAR EXPERIENCE CLASSIFICATION .. 51 28.7. INTERVIEWS ...... 68 19.2. START AND FINISH PODIUMS ...... 51 29. PASSAGE CONTROLS ...... 68 20. COMPULSORY EQUIPMENT RENTAL ...... 52 30. PARC FERME ...... 68 20.1. NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT ...... 52 30.1. GENERAL ...... 68 20.2. IRITRACK ...... 53 30.2. SPECIFICS ...... 69 20.3. SENTINEL FUNCTION OF THE GPS ...... 54 31. RIDERS’ SAFETY ...... 69 20.4. SATELLITE PHONE / GSM / TOUCH PAD / GPS WATCH ...... 55 31.1. SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT ...... 69 20.5. RADIO AND TRANSMISSIONS ...... 55 31.2. CLOTHING AND HELMETS...... 70 20.6. ON-BOARD CAMERAS ...... 56 32. PROTESTS - APPEALS ...... 70 20.7. DRONES ...... 56 33. TERMINOLOGY ...... 70 21. PENALTIES ...... 56 34. IMAGE RIGHTS –DAKAR BRAND ...... 73 21.1. FIXED PENALTY ...... 57 www.dakar.com Provisional Motorcycle / Quad Regulations – Dakar 2020 3/123 34.1. IMAGE RIGHTS ...... 73 34.4. DAKAR BRAND ...... 74 34.2. TV COVER ...... 73 35. BOARD OF PENALTIES ...... 75 34.3. SPONSORS ...... 74 TECHNICAL REGULATIONS...... 85 ROADBOOK ...... 107 T1. GROUP 1 - A.S.O. ELITE ...... 86 1. ROUTE ...... 107 T2. GROUP 2.1 - SUPER PRODUCTION ...... 86 A9. SERVICE CREWS’ CODE ...... 107 T3. GROUP 2.2 - MARATHON ...... 87 1. GENERAL BEHAVIOUR ...... 107 T4. GROUP 3 - QUAD ...... 88 2. ACCIDENT ...... 107 T5. EXHAUST AND SILENCER SYSTEMS ...... 89 3. MANDATORY STEPS WITH REGARDS TO T6. LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES CUSTOMS FORMALITIES ...... 107 89 A10. TRAFFIC / SPEED ...... 109 T7. MARKING ...... 90 1. SPEED – SPEED CONTROL ZONES ...... 109 T7P1. GENERAL ...... 90 2. MAXIMUM SPEED ...... 109 T7P2. ASO ELITE RIDERS GROUP 91 3. BIVOUAC / STAGE TOWN – SPEED LIMITS APPENDICES ...... 92 110 SERVICE REGULATIONS ...... 99 A11. SERVICING...... 110
A1. ELIGIBLE SERVICE VEHICLES ...... 100 1. GENERAL ...... 110 1. CARS (UNDER 2M HIGH) ...... 100 2. PENALTIES FOR FORBIDDEN SERVICE .. 111 2. CARS (OVER 2M HIGH)...... 101 A12. INSURANCE ...... 112 3. TRUCKS SERVICE VEHICLES ...... 101 A13. ADVERTISING ...... 112 4. CAMPING-CAR ...... 102 A14. ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL CHECKS ...... 113 5. CONVERTED BUS / TRUCK ...... 102 1. ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS ...... 113 6. CARS/TRUCKS FLAT TRAILERS ...... 103 2. TECHNICAL CHECKS ...... 115
7. CLOSED CAR TRAILERS ...... 104 A15. SERVICE CREWS’ SAFETY ...... 115
8. CLOSED TRUCK TRAILERS ...... 104 1. SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT ...... 115 A2. SERVICE CREWS ...... 104 2. WITHDRAWAL ...... 116 A3. SERVICE BRIEFING ...... 105 3. SEAT BELT - HARNESS ...... 116 A4. SERVICE CREWS / VEHICLES A16. ACCESSORIES AND NAVIGATION ...... 116
REGISTRATION ...... 105 1. SATELLITE TELEPHONE ...... 116 A5. SERVICE CREWS / VEHICLES 2. RADIOS ...... 117 IDENTIFICATION ...... 105 3. SATELLITE MEANS ...... 117
A6. ATTRIBUTION OF NUMBERS AND 4. NAVIGATION ...... 117 STRATING ORDER ...... 106 5. DRONES ...... 117 1. ATTRIBUTION OF NUMBERS ...... 106 A17. PENALTIES FOR SERVICE CREWS / 2. STARTING ORDER ...... 106 VEHICLES ...... 117 A7. CHECKING-IN / TRIPY ...... 106 1. GENERAL ...... 106 1. TECHNICAL OBLIGATIONS FOR ALL SERVICE CARS AND TRUCKS ...... 123 2. TRIPY ...... 106 2. TECHNICAL OBLIGATIONS FOR CARS AND T5 A8. ROADBOOK / SERVICE ROUTE ...... 107 TRUCKS LIKELY TO GO TO THE SELECTIVE SECTIONS ...... 123
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The Supplementary Regulations, the Technical Regulations, the Service Regulations, as well as the Appendices and all Bulletins must be globally considered as the Motorcycle / Quad Regulations of the Dakar Rally.
Reminder art. 1.2: In any case, the French version will become the official version of these Regulations. English and Spanish translations are published to make the preparation of the Competitors easier. Therefore, in the event of a dispute with the translations and interpretations, only the French version will be considered and applied.
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SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS DAKAR 2020
MOTORCYCLES, QUADS
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1. PUBLICATION 1) Le Moto Club du Paris Dakar, is organising, in conjunction with Amaury Sport Organization (A.S.O. here after named the Organizer), the 42nd Cross-Country Marathon Dakar Rally, named for 2020: “Dakar 2020”, an international event to be held from 2 to 17 January 2020, under the aegis of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), the French Motorcycling Federation (FFM) and the National Federation (FMNs) of the country to be crossed: Saudi Arabia Motorsports Federation (SAMF).
The event will take place in accordance with : ▪ the FIM Sporting Code, ▪ the applicable FIM Technical Regulations, ▪ the FIM Medical, Anti-Doping and Environmental Codes, ▪ the FIM Disciplinary and Arbitration Code, the FIM Code of Ethics ▪ the Sporting and Technical Regulations of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship and the Appendices thereto, ▪ these present Supplementary Regulations and their appendices which are an integral and indissociable part of the Regulations to which all Riders undertake to comply with by the sole act of participating in the Rally, ▪ any rules and regulations adopted by the FIM International Jury.
FMNR approval (FFM visa) :
2) To facilitate the Rider’s understanding, the regulations are translated into English and Spanish. In case of disagreement concerning the interpretation of the various documents and other publications edited by the Organizer, only the French texts will be applicable.
In the case of Legal litigation, France will be the sole country where cases may be judged before a tribunal and French law the only one applicable.
3) The Organizers hereby delegate all authority and sporting power to the Official Timekeepers, guarantors of proper compliance to and application of these Supplementary Regulations and Appendices.
4) In any matter not covered by these Supplementary Regulations, the FIM International Jury shall decide ex aequo et bono.
5) All additional provisions of a technical or organizational nature not contained in these Supplementary Regulations will be announced by means of a numbered, dated and signed addendum.
These Bulletins will be posted on the official notice board(s) at the Administrative Checks, then at the Bivouac. They will be communicated as soon as possible directly to the Riders, who must acknowledge receipt by signature. The Dakar Team Manager will obtain a copy of each Bulletin from Competitor Relations.
Bulletins will also be displayed on the electronical board.
6) Anything not authorized by the present Supplementary Regulations is strictly forbidden
7) In case of litigation, the Clerk of Course and the International Jury may take into consideration television images, video, photographs, and data from Iritrack, GPS or Sentinel.
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2. ACCESS START OF THE RALLY Nearest airport : Jeddah – Saudi Arabia / Start town of Dakar 2020
Nearest town : Jeddah – Saudi Arabia / Start town of Dakar 2020
FINISH OF THE RALLY Nearest airport: Riyadh – Saudi Arabia
Nearest town: Qiddiyah / Riyadh – Saudi Arabia
3. HONOUR COMMITTEE Not applicable for Dakar 2020
4. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Organization Director: David CASTERA In charge of Roadbook: Pablo ELI Competition and Competitors’ Relations Coordinator: Charles CUYPERS In charge of Logistics: Christophe PUGINIER Safety Coordinator: Franck LEROY President of Moto Club du Paris Dakar: Etienne LAVIGNE
5. ADDRESS OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT Competitors Department may be contacted : ▪ from Monday to Friday, ▪ from 09.00am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 6.00pm.
A.S.O. – Competitors’ Department – Moto Club du Paris Dakar Charles CUYPERS, Competition & Competitors’ Relations Coordinator Nelly PAVÉE, Olivier MARRIMPOEY, Maxime MORIN, Service Concurrents
Address : Quai Ouest, 40-42 Quai du Point du Jour 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt Phone : +33 (0)1 41 33 14 60 - Fax: +33 (0)1 41 33 14 69 Email : [email protected]
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6. LIST OF OFFICIALS
OFFICE NAME LICENCE # Jury President to be named on a Bulletin 1st Jury Member Loay AL BIJALI (OMAN) By Bulletin 2nd Jury Member Fernando GIL (ESP) FIM 12050 Clerk of the Course Marc DUCROCQ (FRA) FIM 12544 Deputy Clerk of the Course Robert MENTAVERRI (FRA) FIM 12547 Dakar Technical Director Thierry VIARDOT (FRA) By Bulletin Chief Technical Steward Jorge PEREZ SOLER (ESP) FIM 11390 Technical Steward Izak SANTEJ (SVN) By Bulletin Technical Steward Leonardo YOMA (ARG) FIM 12988 Technical Steward Andrés ZALAZAR (ARG) FIM 12989 Medical Regulation Dr Thierry RIVEMALTE (FRA) - Medical Regulation Dr Alexandre RUIZ DE ANGULO (FRA) - Time-keeper Bruno THOMAS - Tracking Officer Sébastien ROUSEE - GPS Officer César RODRIGUES - Safety Officer Franck LEROY - Competitor Relations Officer Jean-Luc MAINDRON (F) - (CRO) Press Officer/Head of Media Thida VUILLAUME (F) -
1) The list of Officials and judges of fact (names + licence numbers) of the Organizer will be posted on the official notice board and communicated to all participants and members of the Jury.
2) The Clerk of Course must inform the International Jury of any important incidents that have occurred requiring the application of these Regulations, the Sporting Code, the FFM regulations.
3) Any protests lodged by a Rider will be transmitted to the President of the International Jury by the Clerk of Course for deliberation and decision.
4) Similarly, any case not provided for in the Supplementary Regulations will be studied by the International Jury which alone has the power to decide.
7. EVENT PROGRAMME
7.1. PROGRAMME
Date of registration opening : 15 May 2019 Selection of Moto/Quad applications: 15 July 2019
Date of registration closing: 1st November 2019
Date of publication of entry lists: early December 2019
Preliminary Scrutineering before boarding: Place : Marseille, France. Date : early December 2019 www.dakar.com Provisional Motorcycle / Quad Regulations – Dakar 2020 9/123
Opening of the Press room and accreditation centre: Place: Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia Date : from 1st to 4 January 2020
Administrative Checks and collection of equipment and documents: Place: Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia. The exact place will be given at a later date. Date : On 2, 3 and 4 January 2020
Preliminary Scrutineering: Place: Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia. The exact place will be given at a later date. Date : Les 2, 3 et 4 janvier 2020
1st meeting of the International Jury: Place: Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia. The exact place will be given at a later date. Date : 2 January 10.00 am
Publication of the starting list of the 1st Stage: Place: Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia. The exact place will be given at a later date. Time: 4 January 2020 at 02.00 pm.
Riders’ Briefing: Place: Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia. The exact place will be given at a later date. Time: 3 January 2020 at 08.00 pm.
Compulsory Safety Systems Briefing: Place: During Administrative Checks, at Jeddah.
Delivery of the Roadbook Stage 1: Place: Delivery during the General Briefing in Jeddah. Time: 3 January 2020, at 08.00 pm.
Schedule of Stages and Riders' Briefing: The schedules of the different Stages will be communicated on the timing (itinerary / schedule), included in the Roadbook of each Stage, as well as during the Briefing preceding the Stage. A Briefing will be held every day at 8pm on the Bivouac site
Finish of the Rally: Place: Qiddiyah / Riyadh. The exact place will be given on a Bulletin. Date : 17 January 2020. The exact time will be given on a Bulletin.
Final Parc Fermé: Place: Qiddiyah / Riyadh, on 17 January 2020. The exact place will be given on a Bulletin. Opening hour : Half an hour after the end of the claim period.
Final Scrutineering: Place: Qiddiyah / Riyadh, on 17 January 2020. The exact place will be given on a Bulletin. Time: The exact time will be given on a Bulletin.
Final meeting of the International Jury: Place: Qiddiyah / Riyadh, on 17 January 2020. The exact place will be given on a Bulletin. Time: The exact time will be given on a Bulletin.
Publication of the Provisional Final Classification: Place: Qiddiyah / Riyadh, on 17 January 2020. The exact place will be given on a Bulletin. Time: The exact time will be given on a Bulletin.
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Publication of the Official Final Classification: Place: Qiddiyah / Riyadh, on 17 January 2020. The exact place will be given on a Bulletin. Time: The exact time will be given on a Bulletin.
Prize Giving: Place: On the finish podium of the Rally, in Qiddiyah / Riyadh, on 17 January 2020. The exact place will be given on a Bulletin. Time : The exact time will be given on a Bulletin.
7.2. BRIEFING 1) A general « Race » Briefing will be held before the start of the race, on January 3, 2020, at 8:00pm in Jeddah. The exact location will be specified by Bulletin. The presence of all Riders and at least one member of each Service Crew is compulsory (signature) on pain of a penalty of €500. Information given during the Briefing will be signed and dated by the Clerk of Course and will be posted on the official notice board.
2) From Stage One onwards, a Briefing will be held each evening at the Bivouac at 08.00pm (except particular case specified on the Timing), in the “El Central”. Riders are advised to attend. On the rest day, the Briefing will be held at 07.00pm. After the Briefing, a summary will be posted on the official boards. It will give important information and the GPS code of the next Stage. Riders are responsible for retrieving the information transmitted by the organization.
7.3. BIVOUAC 1) The Time Control of the finish of a Stage may be combined with the stop control of the last Selective Section of the day if the latter is not located more than 5 km from the Bivouac; the Time Control of the start of a Stage may be combined with the Time Control which precedes the start of the first Selective Section of the day if the latter is not located more than 10 km from the Bivouac.
2) After having checked-in at the Finish Time Control of the Stage, the Rider or any team members may take the race Machine out of the Bivouac for refuelling, cleaning, to go to a hotel or for testing, within a radius of 30 kilometres of the Bivouac. During these tests, Iritracks must be switched on, on pain of penalties to be decided upon by the International Jury. All tests must be done outside of the route of Selective Sections.
This paragraph is not applicable on the Marathon / Super Marathon Stages.
3) It is forbidden to circulate at excessive speeds and/or to ride dangerously within the Bivouac area, on pain of penalties up to and including Disqualification, to be decided upon by the International Jury. Speed is limited to 20 kph within the Bivouac.
4) Teams with the biggest numbers of Vehicles entered will be positioned within the Bivouac, and are expected to heed the rules and regulations communicated to them by the Organizers’ personnel.
5) The presence of Bikes / Quads within the catering area is forbidden and will lead to a €300 penalty per infringement.
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6) It is expressly forbidden for the Riders of Dakar Rally to display any visibility media whatsoever and to carry out distribution operations (whether free of charge or for a fee) for any product whatsoever inside the Bivouac, or in the various parks of the Rally's starting and finishing cities. For any other promotional operation, Riders must request the prior written consent of the Organizer.
If a Rider violates this rule, the Organizer will immediately contact him/her or his/her Team Manager and send him/her a written warning, instructing him/her to immediately stop the promotional operation. In the event of non-compliance with this warning, a penalty of €2,000 will be applied.
7) The HUB of the Bivouac: “El Central” In this spot, are available: ▪ the Competitors’ Department until 23:00 (after then, available at the Officials’ tent); ▪ the travel agency VSO; ▪ the Briefing.
7.4. OFFICIAL NOTICE BOARD 1) All information concerning Riders, classifications and road opening notes, decisions, official documents, Bulletins, notifications, penalties, starting orders etc. will be posted on the official notice boards at the following locations: ▪ A list of those authorized to take the start will be posted in Jeddah on January 4, 2020 at 4:00 pm. The exact place will be indicated at a later date; ▪ During the Rally, from January 5 to 17 2020, all official information will be available on the official notice board located on the Bivouac, close to the Officials' tent. Other notice boards will be available at El Central, in the catering area and at the Original by Motul place. ▪ The Provisional Classification will be posted at the entrance to the Parc Fermé in Qiddiyah / Riyadh, on 17 January 2020 and at the Competitors’ Department at El Central.
2) Riders will be able to check all available OFFICIAL SPORTS DOCUMENTS on-line. The means of access means will be emailed to all the competitors during Administrative Checks.
8. RIDERS
8.1. ENTRIES & RIGHTS 1) Entries (article 080.4) : The Rider enters the Dakar Rally 2020 in full awareness of the risks that he/she may take by participating in this event. It releases in advance the Organizers, the FMNR and the FIM from any criminal or civil liability in the event of a physical or material accident during the Dakar Rally 2020.
2) By the very fact of signing the “Participants’ Certificate”, Riders submit themselves only to the sporting jurisdictions specified in these Regulations, as well as the ruling of the following Regulations: Supplementary, Technical and Service, including appendixes.
Riders must sign this “Participants’ Certificate” during the Administrative Checks.
8.2. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR THE EVENT - CANCELLATION/ POSTPONEMENT OF THE EVENT / REFUND 1) Registration procedure for the Event Application conditions and registration fee rates are available on the Platform as of May 15, 2019. Application forms must be returned to the Competitors Department before 15 July 2019 for the Moto/Quad categories and before 1 November 2019 for the Car/Truck and Service categories.
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Any request for registration for the Event must be the subject of the creation, by the Manager, of a Manager's account on the Platform, making it possible to complete online a registration request form, either in the name and on his behalf or under a Mandate, in which case the provision of the corresponding Mandate Certificate duly completed and signed by the Principal(s) is essential to take into account the registration file.
Riders declare, in their application for registration, that they belong to one of the following categories: ▪ either amateur Rider, being understood as any natural person participating in the Event as a leisure activity, ▪ or professional Rider, being understood as any natural or Legal person remunerated to participate in motor sport competitions and in particular the Event.
The signature of the Certificate of Mandate also implies the express acceptance by the Mandator(s) of the texts governing the Event, including the General Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Privacy Policy (https://www.dakar.com/fr/politique-confidentialite), the Charter of Good Conduct (https://www.dakar.com/fr/charte-bonne-conduite) and these Rules (https://www.dakar.com/fr/les-concurrents/informations-pratiques/reglement), (hereinafter together referred to as the "Mandatory Texts").
After completing the registration application form, the Manager receives an e-mail confirming the registration request.
However, the confirmation of the registration request does not constitute a " Entry " of the Riders: all applications, whatever the category, are in fact subject to a selection phase, i.e. a study phase by the Organizer, who reserves the right to refuse any Entry in accordance with the following procedure:
The Organizer reserves the right to refuse a Rider’s Entry in particular on the basis of the following criteria: ▪ the honorability and morality of the Rider likely, for example, to jeopardize the safety rules (strict compliance with which is essential for the proper conduct of the Event), the integrity and reputation of the Event and/or the Organizer. ▪ the merit and sporting results of the Rider in previous Events of the same type ; ▪ the logistical constraints forcing the Organizer to limit the number of Riders or to limit, if necessary, the Service of the latter.
The Organizer may only examine the registration files and select them, if necessary, after receipt of the complete file.
The decision to accept or reject the entry is communicated by e-mail to the Client/Payer, with a copy to the Manager.
Any refusal of Entry by the Organizer will be justified in writing.
Failure to meet the due dates will result in a 10% increase in the amounts due on the due date.
ADDITIONAL SELECTION CONDITIONS FOR THE MOTORCYCLE/QUAD CATEGORY For this category: the payment of a first deposit of €4,000 (four thousand euros) on the registration fee before 15 July 2019 is required to access the selection process for the MOTO/QUAD category.
Only the cashing of the cheque or the official proof of the bank transfer corresponding to this 1st payment will allow the Organizer to take into account the registration request, before any selection process.
The candidate Rider must have a minimum of recent experience in motorcycle/quad racing in order for the Organizer to ensure his physical abilities. The candidate Rider must at least provide proof of participation in a FIM World Championship event and/or any other event included in the FIM calendar or their national calendar. www.dakar.com Provisional Motorcycle / Quad Regulations – Dakar 2020 13/123
Candidate Riders wishing to register for the first time for the Event must send the Organizer, either by post or by e-mail to [email protected], a file presenting their project.
Particular attention will be paid to the experience. The proof of participation and copies of the rankings obtained will therefore be essential for the registration file to be studied. For any questions, the Competition Department will be available to provide details of the information expected by the Organizer in the context of the MOTO/QUAD selection.
In the event of non-selection, the first instalment will be refunded by bank transfer within a maximum period of 3 (three) months after receipt by the Organizer of the full bank details of the account to which the refund will be made.
For all Participants : The Organizer reserves the right to terminate the contract between himself and the Client/Payer and therefore to refuse that a Rider start the Event, in the Event that his registration fees have not been paid in full before 1 November 2019 and to prohibit participation in the Rally during the next 5 editions. At the latest during the Administrative Checks, each Participant who is a natural person must provide proof of having read and accepted the Mandatory Texts without reservation. This proof will be provided by the submission of a "Participant's Certificate", the text of which can be downloaded on the Platform and which must be submitted at the latest during Administrative Checks.
In the event of any contradiction between the General Terms and Conditions of Sale and the Regulations, the following shall prevail : (i) the terms of the Regulation on the General Terms and Conditions of Sale in the case of a sporting subject relating to the Event. (ii) the terms of the General Terms and Conditions of Sale on the Regulations for any other subject other than sporting matters relating to the Event.
In the event of any contradiction between the General Terms and Conditions of Sale and/or the Regulations and the official website of the Event on the one hand, and the General Terms and Conditions of Sale and the Regulations on the other hand, the information contained on the official website of the Event shall prevail.
2) Cancellation Conditions / Postponement of the Event / Refund a) Cancellation / Postponement of the Event: 1. In the Event that the start of the Event cannot take place, for any reason whatsoever, and in particular for the following cases (list non-exhaustive) to which the effects of Force Majeure shall be applied : fire, climatic or political conditions rendering it impossible or very difficult to hold the Event and in particular flooding, epidemic, attack (or threat of attack), hurricane, tornado, tempest, storm, frost, hail, unfavourable for the holding of the Event, earthquake, war, civil war, requisition, labour disruption, lock-out or strike of the personnel and/or sportsmen necessary to the holding of the Event or the transportation of the Participants or spectators, revolution, riot, crowd movement, Legal moratory, “fait du prince”, withdrawal or suspension of the administrative authorizations, withdrawal or suspension of the permits to occupy the locations used to hold the Event, failure to obtain and/or withdrawal of federal approvals, access authorisations, political unrest in any of the countries crossed making it impossible or very difficult to maintain the Rally, theft of all or part of the equipment necessary to hold the Event, lack of electric power, interruption or delay in transports or telecommunications, impossibility to broadcast the Event by Hertzian terrestrial waves, cable or satellite, conditions rendering it impossible or very difficult to maintain the security of the Event Participants and/or spectators, massive defection of Participants to the Event, financial failure making it impossible to organize the Rally from a technical and sporting point of view, problems of embarkation or disembarkation and transportation of equipment and Competitors, etc. the Organizer is liable to the Competitors only for the amounts received..
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2. In the Event the start of the Rally is delayed, the Organizer will immediately inform the Manager of the new race schedule by email with acknowledgment of receipt.
Any Client/Payer then unable to register his Competitors in the Event, because of this change of date, will have a maximum of eight (8) days from the receipt of the email with acknowledgment of receipt to request, by email with acknowledgment of receipt, a refund of the Registration fees already paid to the Organizer.
This refund will reach them no later than 31 March 2020.
3. In any case the Client/Payer will be entitled to no other compensation of any kind whatsoever. b) Cancellation of the registration application by the Rider: 1. Registration cancellations and refund requests must be made by registered letter only with acknowledgment of receipt, to avoid any dispute. Withdrawals and refund requests must be sent to: A.S.O. – Service Concurrents Dakar 40-42 Quai du Point du Jour 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt - France
2. Refunds, if accepted in the terms and conditions below, will be made no later than 31 March 2020.
3. For any cancellation of a registration application, down payments will be refunded as follows:
For Riders and their Machines : ▪ For cancellation requests received before 1st September 2019: €3,000 (three thousand euros) of application fees will be retained ; ▪ For cancellation requests as of 1st September 2019: 100% (one hundred percent) of the amounts owing will be invoiced and claimed. In the event of serious problem justified by medical opinion (upon presentation of the original document), the Organizer will examine the possibility of a partial refund of amounts paid, available only on request, by email with acknowledgment of reception. €3,000 (three thousand euros) will be retained as administration fees
For Service vehicles and staff: ▪ For cancellation requests as of 1st October 2019, 15% (fifteen percent) of all amounts owing will be invoiced. €3,000 (three thousand euros) will be retained as application fees and will be deducted, if necessary, from this 15% if these are higher than €3,000.
Start being refused : Following the Administrative and/or Technical Checks, any Rider who is refused the start for administrative and/or technical non-compliance, will not be entitled to any refund of their registration fees. c) In any case: Regarding the reimbursement of ancillary services purchased through the Organizer such as petrol, the terms and conditions of sale of the various service providers will apply.
8.3. DEPOSIT There will be no requirement to pay a deposit to the Organizer.
For safety equipment (GPS, Iritrack, Sarsat distress beacon), a deposit will be paid directly to the suppliers.
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Riders will be required to sign the Competitor’s Commitment Letter during Administrative Checks by which they undertake to: ▪ respect the Regulations and the safety rules, ▪ pay for any damage caused to safety and navigation equipment supplied to them for the Rally (GPS, Iritrack), ▪ return safety and navigation equipment supplied to them for the Rally (GPS, Iritrack, Sarsat distress beacon) by the latest at the end of the Rally, ▪ return all material lent to them for the Rally, ▪ respect the retirement rules.
8.4. GENERAL 1) During a Stage, transportation by land, water or by air of a Rider by the Organizer or by a third person will entail the Disqualification of the concerned Rider, except in the case of article 14.8.2.
2) On pain of Disqualification, the Rider must ride the entirety of the Stages on his own Machine. Any Rider being transported and/or whose Machine is transported on a Selective Section and/or on a Road Section by a Race Vehicle and/or a Service Vehicle and/or by a third party will be disqualified, except in the case of article 14.8.2.
3) The natural conditions such as altitude, the terrain of the countries crossed, meteorological conditions (both the heat and the cold) are tough and can be extreme. The Rider enters the Dakar Rally in full knowledge and awareness of the potential risks involved with such participation.
8.5. RIDERS’ PRIORITY 1) All Riders entered on the provisional A.S.O. Elite Riders’ list, will be on it for Dakar 2020.
The list will be reviewed every year, published in its provisional form in the present Regulations and published in its final form by Bulletin at the end of Administrative Checks at the latest.
2) The Organizer maintains the right to add, to replace or to delete any Rider to this list as a function of results obtained during an FIM competition (Enduro, Cross, Cross-Country Rally, etc.) up until the end of the Administrative Checks.
3) A.S.O. Elite Riders are either: ▪ Professional Riders These Riders are under contract/paid by a manufacturer (or third party) to take part in an event. ▪ Amateur Riders These Riders, due to their results, appear on the provisional A.S.O. Elite Riders’ list.
8.6. PROVISIONAL A.S.O. ELITE RIDERS’ LIST ▪ BARREDA BORT JOAN (ESP) ▪ MONLEON ARMAND (ESP) ▪ BENAVIDES KEVIN (ARG) ▪ PEDRERO GARCIA JUAN (ESP) ▪ BRABEC RICKY (USA) ▪ PRICE TOBY (AUS) ▪ CAIMI FRANCO (ARG) ▪ VAN BEVEREN ADRIEN (FRA) ▪ CORNEJO JOSE IGNACIO (CHI) ▪ WALKNER MATTHIAS (AUT) ▪ DE SOULTRAIT XAVIER (FRA) ▪ GONCALVEZ PAULO (PRT) ▪ QUINTANILLA PABLO (CHI) ▪ SANZ LAIA (ESP) ▪ SUNDERLAND SAM (GBR) ▪ SVITKO STEFAN (SLO) ▪ JAKES IVAN (SVK) ▪ MENA ORIOL (ESP) ▪ METGE MICHAEL (FRA) www.dakar.com Provisional Motorcycle / Quad Regulations – Dakar 2020 16/123
9. PARTICULAR CONDITIONS OF VISITED COUNTRY
9.1. GENERAL INFORMATION – SAUDI ARABIA 1) CURRENCY / EXCHANGE Devise: Saudi Riyal (SAR)
▪ 1 EUR = 4,2 SAR ▪ 1 USD = 3,7 SAR
Dollars and euros are not accepted as payment (many currency exchange offices). Credit cards are widely used. Most banks (and most public spaces) are open from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
2) ROAD NETWORK The road network is in very good condition and most large cities are well connected. Public transportation in big cities do exist, but they are not reliable. Taxis/Uber/Careem available in all cities.
3) ELECTRICAL PLUG ▪ 127/220V and 60 Hz frequency (power outlets are type A, B, F and G
Bringing an adapter is recommended.
4) PROHIBITIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS The import and consumption of alcohol and pork are formally prohibitedin Saudi Arabia and are subject to Legal proceedings. Drug consumption is heavily penalized and drug trafficking is punished with death penalty. Imported cultural products (DvDs, books, magazines…) must be compatible with local and decency laws (no explicit content).
5) CLOTHING ▪ Men : Mandatory long trousers and authorized T-Shirts. ▪ Women : Abbaya (traditional long black robe) is not mandatory in public areas, as long as the outfit is modest.
9.2. RIDER’S CODE – GENERAL BEHAVIOUR 1) The Rider must behave with respect both on the route and with regard to: ▪ authorities and citizens in the countries that are travelled through, ▪ other Riders / Competitors, ▪ the Organization’s personnel. Any impoliteness which is proven will be subject to a penalty of €500.
2) Any incorrect, fraudulent, unsporting action, or any action that runs counter to the ethics of good sportsmanship or the rules for good behaviour among Riders and Competitors, and/or any action on the part of a Rider that causes security problems, carried out before or during the Event will be judged by the International Jury, who may impose a penalty which can go as far as Disqualification, effective immediately notwithstanding appeal, or allow an Organizer to refuse the entry of the incriminated Rider(s) or to deny them the start.
3) It is forbidden to leave punctured or damaged wheels and/or tyres on the route. Any Rider found to be in breach of this rule will be penalised by €1,000 per tyre or wheel. Any repeat offence will result in penalties up to and including Disqualification.
4) For safety reasons, during the Rally, it is strictly prohibited to make demonstrations with the Machine: burn, show, dangerous manoeuvre, etc. in the Public Zones, under pain of penalties at the discretion of the International Jury.
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9.3. DESTROYED MACHINES (COMPLETE OR PARTIAL DESTRUCTION) If a Machine is damaged (accident, fire, destruction, etc.), the Rider must make a statement to the police or customs. This statement must contain the facts of what happened, the registration number, the race number, the contact details of the people involved and of the witnesses, etc. A copy of this statement must be provided to the Organization.
Then, the Rider must approach the Organization to find out what to do. The Machine must be returned immediately to the embarkation port leaving Saudi Arabia where the local authorities will decide, depending on the state of the Machine, whether it should be re-exported, destroyed, or whether cancellation of its temporary import is justified. Any additional repatriation costs must be paid by the Rider. In addition to the risks incurred locally by failure to comply with the rules in force (fines, impoundment of Machine / Rider, etc.), a demand of sanctions will be made to the National Federation of any Rider found to have breached this rule.
In the case of damaged Machines that came on the road, the Riders must approach the Organization to find out what to do.
9.4. SALE / TRANSFER OF MACHINE 1) In case of withdrawal, or after the end of the Rally, it is strictly forbidden for a Rider, a Dakar Team Manager, the owner of a Machine or any other person of the Team to transfer or sell his/her/a Machine in Saudi Arabia.
2) In addition to the risks incurred locally by failure to comply with the rule in force (fines, impoundment of Machine / Rider, etc.), any Rider found to have breached this rule will not be permitted to enter the Dakar Rally for 5 years; this also applies to all the persons involved and/or linked in this sort of business.
9.5. MANDATORY STEPS WITH REGARD TO CUSTOMS FORMALITIES (ALL CATEGORIES) 1) Packing list ▪ The ‘Packing List’ is defined as the mandatory and official administrative document of the temporary importation of each Machine / Vehicle, whatever category it is registered in, Race and Service; ▪ The Rider / Competitor must permanently keep this document with him; the Rider/Competitor must give a copy to the Rally customs declarant as well as to the Organizer during Administrative Checks, and/or at the embarkation in Marseille; ▪ The Packing List is a mandatory document to be able to cross borders. It gives a detailed list of all the goods and material carried onboard of each Vehicle including information on the Machine / Vehicle itself.
This list must be scrupulously identical from the moment it leaves France to the moment it departs Saudi Arabia for the Machines / Vehicles which have been carried onboard the ferry put in place by the Organizer; and from the moment it enters Saudi Arabia to the passage of the last border AFTER the Event marked by the return to the country of origin for the Machines / Vehicles which arrived by their own means.
2) Transportation of spare parts ▪ In order to comply with customs requirements, and to ensure there are no problems in crossing borders, or when embarking: all borders must be crossed with the same spare parts on the Machine as declared at the outset, and detailed in the mandatory Packing List of each Vehicle. It is therefore strictly forbidden to sell or transfer any items being transported;
▪ In addition to the risks incurred locally by failure to comply with the rules in force (fines, impoundment of the Machine / Rider, etc.), any Rider found to have breached this rule will be fined € 500 per item (e.g.: one tyre = € 500). Any subsequent offence may incur penalties, up to and including Disqualification. www.dakar.com Provisional Motorcycle / Quad Regulations – Dakar 2020 18/123
9.6. RIDER’S CODE – RESPECT SENSITIVE AREAS 1) In agricultural or forest areas, populated zones or zones that are sensitive from an environmental or safety stand point, the itinerary and all the boxes of the Roadbook must be scrupulously followed. In such sensitive zones it is forbidden to ‘cut’ corners by crossing fields, forests, orchards or marshes. ▪ 1st infringement : €1,000 + 15 minutes, ▪ repeated offence: Disqualification.
2) So as to respect the crossed areas, it is forbidden to destroy the fences’ gates located along the route. Judges of Fact will be on spot. All broken fence gates will result in a penalty of €1,000 + 15 minutes. All repeated offence will result in Disqualification.
3) Certain areas of the itinerary are declared SENSITIVE ZONES. They will be indicated on the ground by posts and ‘plastic tape’. They will be mentioned on the eve of the Stage concerned, at the Briefing and on the Briefing notes.
4) This specific logo representing these Sensitive Zones will featured on the third column of the Roadbook (Article 14.2).
Any Rider failing to respect these Sensitive Zones will be penalised in the following manner: ▪ 1st infraction: €1,000 + 15 minutes, ▪ repeated offence: Disqualification.
Judges of Fact, independent inspectors and/or police may be present in Sensitive Zones and reserve the right to stop and interrogate Riders in case of infraction. The Machine may be immobilised and seized.
10. CATEGORIES
10.1. THE COMPULSORY FIM CATEGORIES AND CLASSES ARE THE FOLLOWING: Article 10.1 of the 2019 FIM Supplementary Regulations is not applicable for the Dakar 2020.
10.2. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY : 1) The 2020 Dakar Rally is open to “Marathon, Super Production Machines and Quads with 2 and 4 wheel-drive”, adapted to “Cross-Country” use and complying to the norms imposed by the French Highway Code and the FIM Technical Regulations for Cross-Country Rallies. All Machines must be registered and possess a registration document. All temporary registrations are forbidden.
2) All technical modifications are forbidden if they are not expressly authorized by the present Regulations pertaining to the category or group in which the Bike or Quad is entered. The general prescriptions stated here and imposed by the ‘survival equipment’ in Article 31.1, must be respected on pain of a penalty going up to and including Disqualification. Bike or Quad’s parts must retain their original function.
3) At any moment during the Event, it is each Rider’s responsibility to prove to Technical Stewards or Officials that their Bike or Quad conforms to the Regulations in their entirety, as well as to the Conventions concerning Machines used on public roads. In case of non conformity, this may lead to a refused start or Disqualification.
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10.3. THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES AND CLASSES WILL BE SET UP BY THE ORGANIZER :
GROUPS & CLASSES NAME
GROUP 1 A.S.O. Elite Riders.
GROUP 2 Not on the provisional ASO Elite Riders’ list
Class 2.1 Super Production – 0 to 450 cc
Class 2.2 Marathon 0 to 450 cc
GROUP 3 QUAD
Class 3.1 2 wheel drive – 0 to 750 cc
Class 3.2 4 wheel drive – 0 to 900 cc
10.4. DEFINITION OF GROUPS AND CATEGORIES FOR TECHNICAL DETAILS OF EACH GROUP AND CATEGORY, PLEASE REFER TO THE TECHNICAL REGULATIONS IN APPENDIX.
1) GROUP 1 ELITE These Machines are approved (authorized for use on public roads) and can be modified and/or equipped for Cross-Countries Rallies competition. Free engine preparation.
Riders: A.S.O. Elite Riders, featuring on the provisional A.S.O. Elite Riders’ list, Article 8.6. Cubic capacity: less than or equal to 450 cm3, single cylinder.
2) GROUP 2 RIDERS NOT ON THE PROVISIONAL A.S.O’s ELITE RIDERS’ LIST a) Class 2.1 SUPER PRODUCTION These Machines are based on type approved, production Machines, (authorized for use on public roads) which can be modified and/or equipped for Cross-Country Rally competition.
The major parts: frame, engine (cylinder, cylinder head and engine cases) and the swinging arm used must be standard parts, and must be freely available to the public. These major parts may be modified, with the exception of the engine cases, but must respect the FIM Technical Regulations for Cross-Country Rallies – 450cc World Champion category.
Riders: All Riders not on the provisional A.S.O.’s Elite Riders’ list. Cubic Capacity: up to 450 cc, single cylinder. b) Class 2.2 MARATHON These Machines are based on type approved, production Machines, (authorized for use on public roads) which can be modified and/or equipped for Cross-Countries Rallies competition.
The major parts: frame, engine (cylinder, cylinder head, engine cases) and the swinging arm used must be standard parts, and must be freely available to the public. These major parts may be modified, with the exception of the engine cases, but must respect the FIM Technical Regulations for Cross-country Rallies – 450cc World Champion category.
Riders: All Riders not on the provisional A.S.O.’s Elite Riders’ list. Cubic Capacity: up to 450 cc, single cylinder.
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c) To be allowed to race in the Marathon category, no changing of major parts will be authorized during the Event: ▪ engine, ▪ frame, ▪ fork, ▪ swinging arm, ▪ central engine cases, cylinders, cylinder heads.
3) GROUP 3 QUAD The maximum speed is limited to 130km/h. a) CLASS 3.1 2 wheel drive – 0 to 750 cc – only single cylinder engines Quads must conform in every way to Articles 01.59, and 59.02 to 59.09 of the FIM Technical Regulations for Cross-Country Rallies as well as of the Article 4 of the attached Technical Regulations. Are authorized: 4-stroke quads, 2 wheel drive.
These Machines will have their approved type certificate and be adapted to Cross-Country use. The approved type certificate must reflect the changes made to the Quad, in particular the ones made to the cylinder, brand, commercial type and name. These Machines are based on main parts of production Machines, authorized for use on public roads.
The major parts: engine (cylinder, cylinder head and engine cases) used must be standard parts, and must be freely available to the public. These major parts may be modified, with the exception of the engine cases, but must respect the FIM Technical Regulations for Cross-Country Rallies – Quad category.
Riders: Free b) CLASS 3.2 4 wheel drive – 0 to 900 cc – for single and twin cylinder engines Quads must conform in every way to Articles 01.59, and 59.02 to 59.09 of the FIM Technical Regulations for Cross-Country Rallies. Are authorized 4-stroke Quads, 4 independent wheel drive or swinging arm. These Machines must strictly be kept in a 4 wheel drive configuration.
These Machines will have their approved type certificate and be adapted to Cross-Country use. The approved type certificate must reflect the changes made to the Quad, in particular the ones made to the cylinder, brand, commercial type and name. These Machines are based on main parts of production Machines, authorized for use on public roads.
The major parts: engine (cylinder, cylinder head and engine cases) must be standard parts, and must be freely available to the public. These major parts may be modified, with the exception of the engine cases, but must respect the FIM Technical Regulations for Cross- Country Rallies – Quad category.
Riders: Free
10.5. « ORIGINAL BY MOTUL » CHALLENGE 1) The "Original by Motul" Challenge is open to Motorcycle and Quad Riders competing without any form of Service, who do not have any registered race or Service companion, and gives rise to the application of specific sports regulations.
Any infringement will result in Disqualification from this category.
2) It is reserved to the first 30 registrations to this category.
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3) The Organization commits to play the role of a Service Team for the Riders of this Challenge through the following dispositive (by Rider): ▪ 1 personal trunk (supplied by the Organizer) : which should be used for storage of Riders’ personal belongings, spare parts, tools and accessories ▪ Transport of the following items: 1 trunk, 1 set of wheels, 1 sleeping tent, 1 travel bag, 1 set of tyres; ▪ Free use of the generators, compressors and tool-boxes; ▪ Easy access to the race’s information; ▪ Provision of 1 headlight.
4) Motul, major partner of the Dakar, wishes to support the Riders of this Challenge and will provide (by Rider) : ▪ 1 sleeping tent – 2 persons – 2 seconds, ▪ 1 environmental carpet, ▪ 1 motorbike cover, ▪ 1 travel bag 90L, ▪ 1 backpack 25L, ▪ 1 cap, ▪ 1 hygiene kit (muscle gel, wipes, disinfecting gel, ear plugs, sleeping mask) Delivery of this material will be defined at a later Stage. Motul will also provide the Riders with products from the brand.
5) At the Bivouac, it is mandatory for the Rider registered in « Original by Motul » category to set-up and make all/any service and repairs in its dedicated area.
6) Time Card management At any finish of a Stage : ▪ the Rider will give his Time Card to the Chief Marshal. ▪ the Marshal writes his time of arrival and gives the Rider his Time Card back. ▪ the Rider immediately goes to the “Original by Motul” area and gives his Time Card to the person in charge of the area.
7) The Rider may only remove his Machine from the “Original by Motul” area after having informed the person in charge of the area, in order to carry out certain operations: ▪ maintenance with the partners of the Dakar Service Center (tires, oil, etc.); ▪ welding, machining, ▪ to wash his Machine, ▪ to do some tests
In case of litigation, the area manager will make a written statement to the Officials with the time of absence and the reasons. If it appears that the type of operation does not comply with this article and/or that the spirit of the category is not respected, the Rider shall be excluded from the Challenge and may therefore no longer benefit from the related services.
8) The trunk and 2 wheels must be handed over before the start of the Race: ▪ either when the Machines are loaded in Marseille; ▪ or at «Original by Motul» truck, during the checks in Jeddah (the place and times will be communicated later).
11. IDENTIFICATION 1) During Scrutineering, the Organizer will supply each Rider with a set of mandatory identification stickers comprising : ▪ 1 front plate ▪ 2 side plates carrying the race number and the Event sponsors, called number stickers, as well as : ▪ 1 race number bib (one side) showing the number.
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However, if the Rider wants, he can make a written request to the Competitors’ Department between November 20th and December 1st 2019 in order to obtain the authorisation to print his Machine identification stickers.
IMPORTANT: it is imperative that the shape, dimensions of these plates as well as the typography of the number, marks and location remain identical to those of the files transmitted by the Organization. If the shape and/or dimensions and/or location are not respected, the Organization's (adhesive) plates will be placed on the Machine, failing which they will be refused boarding and/or the start of the Stages
2) Throughout the duration of the Event, the number stickers must be affixed : ▪ on each side of the Machine ▪ on the fork of the Machine (see drawing Article 12.2). The number plates must be positioned stageibly and the front plate must be the first inscription stageible from the front. These plates must always be stageible. They must not under any circumstances cover, even partially, the registration of the Machine.
For Quads, the front plate is MANDATORY, as are the side plates. It must be affixed on the steering head at least at the height of the handlebars. Any failure will lead to the boarding being refused or the start being refused at the Scrutineering as well as the Stages’ start during the Rally. It is the Rider’s responsibility to provide a plate support if necessary.
3) At any time during the event, the absence or incorrect affixing of an identification sticker, a "Rally" plate and/or their respective partner spaces will result in the following penalties, in addition to the obligation to comply: ▪ 1st observation: warning ▪ 2nd observation: €1,000 per plate incorrectly positioned or missing. ▪ 3rd observation: 100% of the entry fees ▪ 4th observation: Disqualification
4) The bib (one side) must be fixed MANDATORILY on the Rider's back (see diagram Art. 12.2). It cannot be cut and/or modified and/or covered during the Rally. If the Rider uses a backpack, the race bib must cover it and be Stageible.
IMPORTANT: the Rider can make a written request to the Competitors’ Department between November, 20th and December, 1st 2018 in order to obtain the authorisation to print his race bib on his jacket(s). Nevertheless, it is mandatory that : ▪ the shape and size of the bib as well as the typography and the sponsors are identical to the file sent by the Organization ▪ the place on his jacket(s) is respected (see drawing Article 12.2).
If the shape and/or dimensions and/or placement are not respected, the Organization’s bib (fabric) will be compulsorily placed on the Rider’s jacket(s).
In all cases, the upper edge of the rear bib must be at a maximum of 20 cm from the neck of the jacket of the Rider. The absence of a race bib at the start of a Stage will lead to a one hour penalty, which may go as far as Disqualification in the case of a repeated offence.
Replacement adhesive plates and bib are available for Riders at the Original by Motul area.
5) The name of the Rider and his blood type must feature on the right and left sides of the front of the Machine fairing and on the left and right sides of the helmet, on pain of being refused a start.
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6) Each Rider is equipped with an identification bracelet, equipped with an RFID-type identification electronic chip, on which the PCO phone number appears: +33 1 41 33 02 10. Any default noted by an Official will result in penalties equivalent to 10% of the entry fees (Individual fee). In case of damage to the bracelet, the Rider must inform the Competitor’s Department, who will provide a replacement in exchange for the damaged item.
12. ADVERTISING
12.1. GENERAL 1) The Rider is allowed to freely place any advertisement on his Machine, provided that it : a) is authorized by FIM Regulations and the Legislation of the country crossed, b) is not contrary to morality and custom, c) does not interfere with the areas reserved and defined below, d) does not express a political and/or religious opinion, e) is not directly or indirectly related to any form of pornography, f) is not related to an alcohol brand.
2) Riders must ensure that the advertising is properly affixed throughout the entire Event.
Checks will be carried out at the port of Marseille, and then at Scrutineering in Jeddah.
Failure to apply or the incorrect application of mandatory advertising will lead to the following penalties, in addition to the obligation to comply: ▪ 1st statement : warning ▪ 2nd statement : 1.000 € by missing or wrongly affixed plate or panel. ▪ 3rd statement : 100% of entry fee ▪ 4th statement : Disqualification
12.2. LIST OF ORGANIZATION’S ADVERTISING (BIKES & QUADS) The list of the organization's advertising will be communicated by Bulletin
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1 Front plate number sticker 19 x 18 cm, compulsory; 2 side plates number sticker 30 x 20 cm, compulsory; 2 advertising plates sticker 12 x 5 cm, compulsory; Race number bib 30 x 34 cm, compulsory (1 back face).
In addition, Riders Motorcycles and Quads registered in the "Original by Motul" category must affix an 8x2 cm sticker under the front plate .
It is the Rider's responsibility to provide the appropriate supports, in order to comply with the rules set out above, any modification of the stickers being prohibited (cutting, etc.).
Warning : The Rider is responsible for reserving the necessary space in his Machine to affix all the Organization’s stickers during Scrutineering. No exceptions will be made under any circumstances.
QR codes will be affixed to each Machine during Scrutineering. Instructions for application will be communicated during these Scrutineering.
12.3. COLOUR OF NUMBER PLATES AND ADVERTISING So as to be able to differentiate more easily between different categories, Machine race plates will be of different colours: ▪ Group 1 (Elite A.S.O.): yellow plates; ▪ Group Elite « Original by Motul » : red plates / yellow figures ▪ Class 2.1 (Super Production 0 to 450 cc): white plates + SP; ▪ Class 2.2 (Marathon 0 to 450 cc): white plates + M; ▪ Group 3 (Quad): white plates. ▪ « Original by Motul » Challenge: red plates / black figures ▪ Dakar Experience orange plates / black figures
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13. STARTING ORDER
13.1. MINIMUM INTERVAL BETWEEN THE LAST MOTORCYCLE AND THE FIRST CAR Gap between the last Bike - Quad and the first Car will be a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of 2 hours, except for some Stages which will be defined in the race official timing.
13.2. STARTING ORDER SUPER SPECIAL Not applicable for the Dakar 2020.
13.3. STARTING ORDER OF THE LAST STAGE The starting orders for the last Stage will be specified on the timing (itinerary / schedule) included in the Roadbook for this Stage.
13.4. GENERAL 1) The start order will be established on the basis of the time achieved in the Selective Section, plus any Sporting Penalties obtained in this Selective Section (speed, missing Waypoint). In the event of a dead heat, priority will be given to the Rider who has achieved the time first
2) Any penalties incurred on the Road Section(s), as well as other penalties (forgetting or losing Time Card, penalties linked to Rider’s Code art 9.2, etc.) shall be added to the General Classification of the Stage covered.
3) In the event that the Selective Section has been divided into several timed portions, separated by a neutralisation, run during the same Stage, the starting order of the following Day's Stage will be established on the time of the Selective Section (from the start of the 1st sector, to the arrival of the last sector), from which the Allotted time for the neutralisation will be deducted.
4) In the case of two or more successive Selective Sections, the start of the following Selective Section shall be based on the finish time of the previous Selective Section in hours, minutes and seconds, to which will be added the Allotted Time for Neutralisation. The countdown of the time remaining to start the next section will be visible on the GPS screen (see art 24.3 and 24.4).
5) The starting order and starting gap for each Stage will be defined on the timing (itinerary/schedule) included in the Roadbook for each Stage. All changes will be the subject of an "Information Note" which will be posted on the official notice board. The starting order and starting gap for the Start Podium (4 January 2020) and Finish Podium (17 January 2020) will be reported in an Information Note.
6) Bikes - Quads will start in the order of the previous day’s Selective Section: ▪ First 10: 1x1 every 3 minutes, ▪ 11th to 20th: 1x1 every 2 minutes ▪ 21st to 30th: 1x1 every minute ▪ The remainder: 2x2 or 1x1 every 30 seconds.
13.5. STARTING ORDER OF THE FIRST STAGE For the 1st Stage, on 5 January 2020, Riders will start in the order of race numbers. ▪ The first 30: 1x1 every 2 minutes ▪ From 31st to last: 1x1 every minute
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13.6. MASS START On one or several Stages, mass starts may be given. In such a case starts will be given in group as follows: ▪ 1st wave : the first 10 of the Selective Section of the previous Stage, ▪ 5 minutes after, 2nd wave : the following 20, ▪ then, a wave of 20, every 5 minutes.
Riders will be able to choose their position on the starting line.
13.7. STARTING ORDER POSTING On the evening of each Stage, the starting order of the first 30 will be posted at 6:00 pm. Riders who have not arrived by 9.30pm will start after the others, in the order of their start order of the previous day. The starting order list of all Riders will be posted at 10:00pm at the latest.
13.8. REPOSITIONING FOR THE NEXT DAY’S STAGE 1) The first 15 Riders of the provisional General Classification or provisional General Clasification of the previous Stage will be able to submit a maximum of three repositioning requests during the Rally to the Clerk of Course.
A Rider having the possibility to be repositioned for the next day’s Stage will be repositioned in the order of their position in the overall rankings of the previous day from the 25th place.
2) This request must be: ▪ presented through a “Repositioning Request” form available at the Officials’ tent. ▪ transmitted to the Clerk of Course before 5.30pm by the Rider or his Dakar Team Manager.
3) On the evening of the first Stage repositioning will take place at the discretion of the Clerk of Course if necessary.
4) Requests for repositioning will not be admitted on the first day of a Marathon / Super Marathon Stage.
5) Any particular case will be presented by the Clerk of Course to the International Jury.
13.9. ALLOCATION OF RACE NUMBERS Article 080.6.1 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations is replaced by the following text.
1) The Organising Committee is the only entity able to attribute race numbers.
2) Race numbers will be attributed on the basis of the following criteria: ▪ Riders featuring on the provisional A.S.O. Elite Riders’ List (Article 8.6); ▪ results obtained on preceding Dakars and/or on Dakar Series and/or on World Championship for Cross-Country Rallies (except Bajas), ▪ sporting or media notoriety of the Rider and/or Team, ▪ Group and Class of the Machine.
14. ROADBOOK AND NAVIGATION
14.1. ROADBOOK - GENERAL Article 080.11.5 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations is replaced by the following text.
1) The Roadbook of the first Stage will be handed over during the Briefing, on 3 January 2020 at 20:00, in Jeddah.
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2) Those of the following Stages will be given each evening for the next day, at the Time Control Finish of the Stage. Riders arriving after the closing of the TC will have to pick up their Roadbook of the next day at the PCO.
3) On the rest day, it will be given out from 2.00pm at El Central in the Bivouac.
4) On some Stages, the Roadbook, as well as the corresponding opening notes, may be distributed in the morning, at the start of the Stage. The exact terms of delivery, as well as the Stages concerned, will be communicated by Bulletin.
5) All Riders will receive a Roadbook which will indicate the itinerary which has been ‘recognised’ and which will be ‘opened’ and ‘swept’. It will indicate compulsory points of passage (WPV, WPM, WPE, WPC, WPS, DZ, FZ, CP, CPLs) which must be respected on pain of incurring penalties up to and including Disqualification. The International Jury’s decision will be executed immediately. The appeal shall not be suspensive, in the event of an irregularity where safety or good conduct issues are involved (CSI Articles 12.2.3 and 12.2.3a).
Also, the Waypoints are associated unequivocally to a kilometer shown in the Roadbook. The penalties for each missing Waypoint are also associated with this kilometer, using the number of these Waypoint, shown in the Roadbook.
6) The Roadbook will be available in colour, A5 format, as a roll. A Selective Section or a Road Section running on an existing track will feature in the Roadbook as a solid line. A Selective Section or a Road Section running ‘off-track’ will feature in the Roadbook as a broken line.
7.a) Only the following are allowed on the Machine: ▪ the route notes of the current event (official roadbook), ▪ the modifications from the opening team, which can be integrated into the Roadbook, ▪ and personal notes resulting from a previous passage (whatever the direction) during the current event. b) The possession of maps, in any form whatsoever (paper, digital or any other type of medium), is prohibited. Any offender will be refused the start or disqualified. c) Any addition of information to the Roadbook is prohibited, as well as any transport of notes on the Machine or on the Rider, with the exception of the opening notes provided by the organization ▪ Heading(s) ▪ Geographical indication(s) useful for navigation ▪ Distance(s) ▪ GPS point(s)
Checks will be carried out, penalties may go as far as Disqualification. Systematic searches of the first 10 Riders and their Machines will be carried out on finishes of Selective Sections. d) Roadbooks must be handed over in full by the Crews to the Marshal in charge of their recovery, at the finish of the Selective Sections or Road Sections.
Any Rider not complying with this rule will be subject to the following penalties: ▪ 1st offence: 3 hours ▪ 2nd offence: Disqualification
Losing or not giving back a Roadbook will be considered an offence.
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8) Following the passage of the Organizers’ opening team, any modifications will be given out with the Roadbook at the TC at the Finish of the Stage and posted each day, before 06.00pm or during the Briefing at the latest, at the Bivouac, under the control and responsibility of the Organizer.
9) When Stages or portions of Stages differ according to the Motorcycle, Car or Truck categories, the Organization will issue specific Roadbooks for each category of Machine/Vehicle. Each Rider is responsible for his Roadbook and must check if the one he received corresponds to his category.
14.2. ROADBOOK LEXICON Will be provided by Bulletin.
14.3. HEADINGS LEXICON Will be provided by Bulletin.
14.4. ROUTE AND RECONNAISSANCE Partially complying with with article 080.12 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1) The Official route of the Rally is described in the Roadbook given to the Riders. The entire route is controlled and validated by the team of the opening car during the route verification. It will be either: ▪ shared by the four categories, ▪ or dedicated for Bikes / Quads (at the Organizer’s discretion).
2) Various compulsory passage points (Waypoints) noted during reconnaissance feature in the Roadbook and are validated on the passage of the opening team.
3) Between two compulsory passage points, the route described in the Roadbook is not compulsory but strongly recommended. Only this route is opened and validated by the opening team.
4) The route will remain secret until the Roadbook is distributed to the Riders.
5) Reconnaissance a) In order to guarantee the fairness and sporting spirit of the Dakar Rally, from 18 May 2019 until the end of the Rally, the reconnaissance of the 42nd Dakar sporting route granting even a minor advantage is prohibited, in all its forms, in Saudi Arabia, for all Riders/Participants who have registered, and for any person having a link of any kind whatsoever, with a Rider/participant entered or intending to enter. b) The participation in national races in this country for any local Rider / Competitor / Participant will be the subject of an authorisation made to the Organising Committee of the Dakar. c) From 1 September 2019 to 31 December 2019, access to the country is strictly prohibited for testing, regardless of its form/nature, without prior authorization from the Organization.
For any request, a complete file must be sent to the Dakar Organizing Committee: ▪ the complete and detailed list of Riders/Competitors/Participants, Machines/Vehicles and the personnel involved; ▪ a precise and detailed map of the area where the tests will be carried out; ▪ the name of the local person(s) in charge of organising the tests.
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d) Any test held in Saudi Arabia, in the context (immediately before or after) of any cross-country Event is strictly prohibited in the entire country except authorisation given by the Organizer. e) Not respecting these rules will lead to the automatic refusal of entry for the future editions for the Riders / Competitors / Participants concerned but as well as all the Riders / Competitors / Participants from the Team, and for all the Service Vehicles related to this Team.
6) The distance of the Stages will be announced to Riders / Competitors in early December 2019.
14.5. OFFICIAL ITINERARY Article 080.11.1 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations is replaced by the following text.
1) The Official Race itinerary (Selective Sections and Road Sections) is recorded in the GPS supplied to the Rider.
The Itinerary must be done in its entirety under pain of penalties going up to and including Disqualification. Only the sections of tarmac mentioned on the Official Itinerary are allowed. In case of Disqualification, for non-respect of the Itinerary, the Rider will not be able to appeal the decision.
The Internatoinal Jury’s decision will be executed immediately. Appeal is not suspensive (CSI Articles 12.2.3 and 12.2.3a)
The validation of each Waypoint (WPV, WPM, WPE, WPC, WPS, DZ, FZ, CP, CPLs) identified in the Roadbook guarantees the conformity of the route by Riders. Each point will be numbered in chronological order in the Roadbook and in the GPS.
2) In case of a change of Itinerary, the list of compulsory passage points that is downloaded in the GPS may be automatically modified upon arrival at the Bivouac or at the start of the Stage. It is the Rider’s responsibility to make sure that these modifications have been made.
3) With the exception of the Bivouac’s coordinates, no coordinates of Waypoints will be communicated in the Roadbook.
14.6. « PUBLIC » ZONES 1) Public Zones will be positioned alongside the itinerary, on one or several points of the Selective Sections, depending on the Stages. They will be intended to group the spectators. These zones will feature in the Roadbook and specified during the Briefing. A specific vigilance is requested from the Rider while crossing these zones.
2) The Service Crews / Vehicles and/or Team Managers Dakar are not permitted to go there, except if these zones feature on the Itinerary of their Roadbook for that day. Penalties incurred will be from 6 hours up to Disqualification.
14.7. FUNCTIONING OF THE GPS Article 080.11.3 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations is replaced by the following text.
1) The « GPS » uses the system of Visible (WPV), Hidden (WPM), Safety (WPS), Control (WPC) and Eclipse (WPE) Waypoints.
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To satisfy the navigation Regulations, the WPS and WPM work according to the following principle:
WPS ASS
Opening : 800 m Opening : 800 m
Validation : 50 m Validation : 200 m
DSS
2) Between 2 WPM or WPS, the GPS will only show the compass heading and the speed. Once the Machine has entered the 800 m radius around a WPM or a WPS, the GPS will display all the usual functions of a GPS: COG (Cap over Ground), SOG (Speed over Ground), CTW (Cap to Waypoint), DTW (Distance to Waypoint), etc.
All this information will also be displayed on the screen of the GPS towards a WPE, once the preceding Waypoint has been passed. In the case where the Machine has not validated the preceding Waypoint, the information will be displayed on the screen, once the radius of 800 m around the WPE has been penetrated.
3) The Rider can then force the GPS to align itself on another Waypoint using the key “W+” or “W-”.
4) Functioning of the WPC The Riders are informed of the validation of the WPC on the GPS screen by: ▪ the switching on the principle navigation page screen of their GPS, of the Control Waypoint to the next Waypoint. ▪ the counting of the number of Waypoints passed ▪ the showing in grey of the number on the CHECK page.
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R : 300 m
WPC
14.8. PENALTIES FOR MISSING WAYPOINTS Article 080.11.4 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations is replaced by the following text
14.8.1. GENERAL 1) The range of penalties for each missing Waypoint (WPV, WPM, WPE, WPS, WPC, DZ, FZ, CP, CH) will be indicated on the Roadbook. In the case where the Official Itinerary is not respected (succession of missing Waypoints representing a short cut or any other irregular line taken, even if the missed Waypoints are not successive), penalties may go up to and including Disqualification, as a function of the profile of the Stage and the number of kilometres missed, except for the case described at art. 14.8.2.
In case of Disqualification, for not respecting the Itinerary, the decision of the International Jury shall apply immediately. The appeal does not stay the execution of the ruling, when safety or good conduct issues are involved (Art. 12.2.3 and 12.2.3a of the ISC).
2) In the case where Waypoints are added by the opening team, a new list giving the numbers of Waypoints and their penalties will be posted on the official notice boards.
3) No situation, including that relating to the health of a Rider during a Stage, unless expressly provided for in these Regulations, may allow exemption from the foregoing provisions and dismiss penalties incurred such as Disqualification for failure to comply with the Official Itinerary.
4) In addition to checking the Time Card, an analysis of the GPS and eventually of the Iritrack will be carried out to establish the route actually followed.
14.8.2. JOKER – CLASSEMENT EXPERIENCE Any Rider that have not run a Selective Section (whether in part or in whole) may benefit from a single Joker for the entire Rally, allowing him to restart once only after having recovered and repaired his Machine.
The Rider will then re-enter the race in a separate classification: "DAKAR EXPERIENCE".
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1) Requirements for a Rider to be allowed to re-enter the race in the Dakar Experience ranking: a) In the event of a mechanical breakdown, the Rider shall wait for the time necessary for the return and/or repair of his Machine.
In the case of a broken Machine, recovered on the track by a vehicle of the organization, the organization cannot be held responsible for the recovery time of the Machine, which may vary according to the profile of the Stage and the position where the Machine has been left. b) From the day of recovery of the Vehicle, the Rider will have a maximum of 3 days (including the day of recovery) to carry out repairs and re-enter the race. After this period, he will be disqualified. c) After notifying the Competitors Department, the Rider or his representative must inform the Race Direction of his intention to re-enter the race, on the same day as the Stage not fully run, before 22:00, by completing the Dakar Experience form, made available at the Officials' tent, to request a study of his re-entry.
If a Rider is not able to be at the Bivouac before 22:00 and does not have a representative, then he may communicate his intention to return to the race by Iritrack to the PCO. The next day, he must regularize their position with the Competitors Department and the Race Direction. d) In the case of a Joker on the day before the rest day, the Rider will have until 7pm on the rest day to make his request for re-integration. e) Any Rider who has been injured or medically evacuated by the medical service will not be eligible for re-integration. f) The Race Direction reserves the right to refuse a request for re-integration. g) Only one Joker will be allowed on the entire Rally. h) Elite Riders cannot benefit from a Joker.
2) Safety conditions to be met: a) Any Rider leaving the route is required to inform the PCO through his Iritrack. He must therefore comply with the speed limits imposed by local Legislation. Failure to comply with these rules will result in penalties up to and including Disqualification. b) From the first Stage not completed in its entirety and until its reintegration into the Dakar Experience ranking, the Machines must be transported by a Service or Organization vehicle. Riders must travel in a Service Vehicle. Under no circumstances may Riders be transported by any means of the organization.
3) Penalties: a) The Joker Stage (Stage not fully run) will incur a penalty of: ▪ Maximum Times of all sections not performed during the day + Fixed Penalty of the day + 50h00. b) For each Stage not completed pending recovery / repair of the Vehicle, the penalty shall be : ▪ Maximum Times of all sections not performed during the day + Fixed Penalty of the day + 50h00.
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4) Pre-reintegration checks: a) In order to validate his reintegration, the Rider must present himself with his Machine to the Officials before 7pm on the day before the reintegration Stage for a roadworthiness and safety check. b) At the end of these inspections, a translucent orange sticker will be affixed on the number plates of the Machine concerned, which will certify that the Machine has been included in the Dakar Experience classification.
5) Starting Order: a) On its Reintegration Stage, the Rider will start in its race number, following the last Rider to have completed the previous day's Stage. b) From the next Stage onwards, the Rider will start in its own order from the ranking of the previous Day's Stage. No Rider can claim to leave before 25th position. c) No request for re-integration will be accepted at the start of the 2nd day of a Marathon / Super Marathon Stage.
6) Classification after re-integration : a) A Rider of the Dakar Experience classification will be included in the scratch classification of the Day's Stage, but will no longer be included in the Overall Classification of the Event. b) He will be included in the Dakar Experience classification. c) He will no longer be eligible for any Group, Class nor Challenge awards.
14.9. UNBLOCKING THE GPS The Dakar 2020 Regulations partially comply with article 080.11.6 of the 2019 FIM Cross- Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented / modified by the following text.
1) Riders have the possibility of unblocking the GPS by inputting a specific code: the ‘WPM’ Code. This code activates the usual functions of a GPS and makes all the Waypoints visible.
2) For safety reasons, any Rider on the Selective Section's route at 6:00 p.m. will be required to enter the WPM Code into his GPS, without incurring penalties.
This code will be sent as a written message to all Riders concerned, on their Iritrack.
3) Any Rider in difficulty also has the possibility to use this code in the middle of the day. He will have to contact the PCO with his Iritrack to request the code.
In this case, the penalty will be 5 hours per use.
14.10. CONTROLE PROCEDURE The Dakar 2020 Regulations partially comply with article 080.11.7 of the 2019 FIM Cross- Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented / modified by the following text.
1) Throughout the duration of the Rally, the Rider is held responsible for the checking of the working order of the GPS downloaded by the Organizer.
2) The GPS(s) must be working and remain connected permanently with its power supply and aerial plugged in, throughout the entire Stage.
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3) Any incident that is the fault of the Rider (loss, destruction, switching off, GPS code not entered etc.) and that makes it impossible to read the GPS and/or any attempt at cheating or manipulation, noted by a GPS technician, under the responsibility of the Clerk of Course, will result in the following penalties: ▪ 1 hour for Riders among the top 15 of General Classification and ASO Elite Riders. ▪ 300 € for other Riders.
4) Checks will be carried out at the Finish of Stages. The Rider must put his GPS on the CHECK screen on his arrival at the Time Control. A page summarizing the infringements appears then on the screen. On stopping to clock in at a Time Control, the information contained within the GPS (missed Waypoints, speed, etc.) will be automatically transmitted to the controllers by radio.
In the case of an infringement only, the person carrying out the checks will note any infractions and these will be countersigned by the Rider and the Marshal on spot. The controller will then hand a copy to the Rider and will send a copy to the Race Direction.
Any refusal to sign will result in the following additional penalties: ▪ 1st refusal : 10 minutes; ▪ 2nd refusal : 1 hour; ▪ 3rd refusal : Disqualification.
5) In the case of a protest, accompanied by the appropriate deposit, the Rider has 30 minutes after notification to make a written protest to the Race Direction. The GPS will then be dismantled and sealed by a GPS technician in the presence of the Rider (or his official representative) before being examined by a GPS technician who will hand his report to the Race Direction and to the Rider.
15. FUEL / AUTONOMY
15.1. AUTONOMY Each Rider is responsible for calculating his fuel range. In no case may Rider make any claims against the Organizer if his Machine fails to cover the minimum distance of 250 km, regardless of the nature of the terrain. For safety, a 10% margin is essential, i.e. a range of 275 km.
15.2. FUEL 1) Riders will have to use available « commercial fuel » produced by a petrol company and sold via their service station network. Fuel may have a maximum octane rating of 98, without any addition other than this of a lubricating product freely available for sale that does not increase the octane rating. As an oxidiser, only air can be mixed with the fuel.
2) The fuel supplied by the Organization has an octane rating of 95 in Saudi Arabia.
Only the stations mentioned by the Organization in the Roadbook guarantee the octane level specified above. Elsewhere, it will often be 91.
3) The use of special fuels is strictly forbidden on pain of penalties up to and including Disqualification. Checks will be carried out.
15.3. REFUELLING DURING A SELECTIVE SECTION
15.3.1. PRINCIPLE 1) During the Stages where mileage will require to refuel in Selective Section, this refuelling will take the form of a 15-minute Neutralisation, which will be automatically deducted from the time of the Selective Section. The refuelling area may be preceded by a CP.
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2) Fuel will be distributed in the order of arrival at the Neutralization Zone.
3) To check-in, Riders have a feature in their GPS that allows them to view: ▪ their time of entry into the area; ▪ the remaining Neutralisation time.
4) Speeding in the refuelling zone will be penalised in the same way as in a CP safety zone (see art. 16.7).
15.3.2. OPERATION 1) The arrival at the refuelling area is indicated in the Roadbook and visible on the GPS screen;
2) When the center of the Waypoint "REFUELLING IN" is validated, the GPS starts a countdown, which appears on the GPS screen;
3) No mechanical intervention, other than refuelling, is allowed on the Machine during Neutralisation; Machines will be in Parc Fermé mode, however Riders are allowed to remain on / near their Machine.
4) Once the refuelling is completed, the Machine must immediately move towards the exit of the area without crossing the line formed by the flags (see diagram);
5) Once at this location, the Rider shall monitor the countdown visible on the GPS screen;
The entry into the "REFUELLING OUT" zone, indicated in the Roadbook, visible on the GPS screen and materialized on the ground by a specific paneling, must only be made in the last 60 seconds of the countdown. The Rider must then wait for his start order, which will be displayed on the GPS screen at the end of the countdown;
6) He will only be able to restart once the time has expired and the "OK" logo located in the stopwatch is displayed on the screen;
7) In the event of an early start at the "REFUELLING OUT", the Rider will be penalized by 2 minutes per partial or complete slot of 30 seconds of anticipation;
8) In the event of a late check-in at the REFUELLING OUT, this delay will be added to the time taken to perform the Selective Section;
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1) Operating diagram:
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15.4. REFUELLING ON ROAD SECTIONS AND AT THE BIVOUAC In accordance with art. 080.18.18.4.3 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies Championship Regulations, supplemented by the following text.
1) On Road Sections, it is strongly advised to refuel at the petrol stations selected by the Organizer and appearing on the Roadbooks. It is compulsory to refuel in stations located on the official itinerary.
2) The Organizer, in collaboration with its local partners, will provide free fuel for all Machines on all Bivouacs. It will be delivered in tank trucks (Diesel and Lead Free 95 only). Requirements must be sent to the Competitors department on a dedicated form by December 1, 2019 at the latest.
3) Refuelling Area in the Bivouac Due to safety and environmental reasons, Machines must imperatively be refuelled in the specific area of refuelling in the Bivouac by the means provided by the Organization. Lack of compliance with this Article will result in Disqualification.
15.5. SERVICE Partially in accordance with art. 080.18 of the FIM 2019 Cross-Country Rallies Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1) During Selective Sections, any service except that expressly allowed in the current Regulations is forbidden (except between Riders / Competitors still in the Race).
2) Service carried out in the Selective Sections is strictly prohibited by vehicles and people registered in the Service category. During the entire duration of the Rally, Service carried out by Service Crews is allowed only on the sections common to the Race and to the Service Vehicles.
3) Service Crews must keep exactly to the Itinerary of Road Sections and service areas such as detailed in the Roadbooks which are available from the Organizer.
4) All infringements to the Service Regulations will incur penalties up to and including Disqualification. All assisted Riders are responsible for their Service Vehicles & Crews.
5) A Rider may be temporarily or permanently deprived of his/her Service vehicle and the material it transports, depending on the gravity of the infraction committed by its Crew.
6) Service and/or towing are authorized, without penalty, only by a Rider / Competitor of a Motorcycle, Quad, Car or Truck regularly entered and still in the race. In other cases, the Rider may be disqualified from the race.
15.5.1. AUTHORIZED SERVICE Partially in accordance with art. 080.18.2 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1) Only Service Vehicles and their Crews officially entered in the Race or as Service are authorized to transport service materials that must weight no more than the weight limit imposed by the International Convention for Road traffic.
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2) Service is authorized: a) On the route of a Selective Section ▪ By the Crews (Car or Truck), a Rider riding a Machine (Bike or Quad) officially entered in and still in the Race. ▪ By vehicles in the Service category, after the closure of the control at the end of the Selective Section and after having informed the Organizer. The Service Crew must imperatively: ✓ obtain the authorisation of the Race Direction, which will inform him of the procedures to be followed ✓ receive a tracking equipment from the PCO, to be able to go on the itinerary of the Selective Section. b) On the route of a Road Section ▪ By the Crews (Car or Truck), a Rider riding a Machine (Bike or Quad) officially entered in and still in the Race. ▪ By vehicles in the Service category, when the Service vehicles have the same itinerary to that of the Race. Refuelling out of a Service vehicle is prohibited. c) Between the end of a Stage and the start of the following Stage (at the Bivouac) ▪ By the Crews (Car or Truck), a Rider riding a Machine (Bike or Quad) officially entered in and still in the Race. ▪ By the Service Crews and Vehicles. d) At the Bivouac, after the Start of the Selective Section Once the Machine has taken the Start of the Selective Section, Service at the Bivouac (under conditions described in point c) is authorized providing the Rider with his Machine does not return to the Bivouac in the opposite direction to the Rally itinerary. Where there is only one track, returning to the Bivouac is forbidden, on pain of Disqualification. In the case of off-track, for safety reasons and so as not to meet Machines / Vehicles coming in the other direction, the Rider must move away from the tracks to the Bivouac, without incurring penalties. e) In authorized zones Service zones may be allowed and will be shown in the Race and Service Roadbooks.
3) Rest Day ONLY the temporary importation of TYRES is authorized. The Rider must send the detailed list to the Competitors’ Department before 1st December 2019.
The delivery must be made anywhere but in the Bivouac. In no case can this importation modify the original Packing List of the Rider / Competitor’s Machine/Vehicle(s).
In case of infringement to this Article, the Rider and his/her Team will be refused the Event entry for 5 years.
15.5.2. PENALTIES FOR FORBIDDEN SERVICE Partially in accordance with art. 080.18.3 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1.a) A team put in place by the Organizers on the itinerary and at the Bivouac will be dedicated to checking all forms of forbidden Service.
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b) This team, led by the Car Deputy Clerk of the Course in charge of Service, is empowered to: ▪ enforce the Service Regulations, ▪ check that the Vehicles and/or persons carrying out Service within the Bivouac or in its vicinity are duly accredited by the organization, ▪ ensure that the identification plates and panels affixed to the doors correspond to a Vehicle duly entered and are not counterfeit, ▪ apply penalties for prohibited service
2) Service carried out by a non-accredited Vehicle or person will lead to the following penalties: ▪ 1st infringement: obligation for Vehicles and/or the persons concerned to be accredited with the Organization (50% surcharge on entry fees), or to leave the itinerary of the Rally Penalties applied to the Rider concerned: ✓ On a Selective Section: up to 6 hours, at the discretion of the International Jury; ✓ On a Road Section up to 3 hours, at the discretion of the International Jury. ▪ Repeated offence: Disqualification of the Rider concerned.
3) Non-authorized Service by a Service Crew / Vehicle and any presence of a Service Crew / Vehicle on a Road Section, a Start or a Finish of a Selective Section when they do not feature on the Service Roadbook, will lead to the following penalties: ▪ 1st infringement: Penalties applied to the Rider concerned: ✓ On a Selective Section: up to 6 hours, at the discretion of the International Jury; ✓ On a Road Section up to 3 hours, at the discretion of the International Jury. ▪ Repeated offence: Disqualification of the Rider concerned and of his Service Crew/Vehicle in all cases.
4) Any transport of parts by a Vehicle not accredited, the dropping or parachuting of spare parts in a Stage will lead to penalties from 6 hours to Disqualification.
5) Carrying out Service outside the Bivouac or in an enclosed place (inside or outside the Bivouac), will lead to penalties from 6 hours to Disqualification. All repeated offences will lead to Disqualification.
6) The signposting or transmission of information by any means whatsoever shall be sanctioned by a penalty of 3 hours + 500€ per infringement, for the Rider concerned.
7) The presence of any means of transport (car, bike, quad, truck, aircraft, helicopter, etc.) following the Rally route the same day or a number of days prior, as well as the prolonged flying over of any means of transport, with official means or not, carrying aboard a person having any link whatsoever with Riders still in the race will lead to the immediate Disqualification of all the participants having a link with one of these means.
Overflying the Rally route with a drone having any link with a Rider still in the race, on the same day or several days in advance, will entail the same penalties.
8) All airborne Service not controlled by the Organizers will lead to penalties from 6 hours to Disqualification. All repeated offences will lead to Disqualification.
Airborne Service is considered as any presence on a Stage of an aircraft having aboard any person with any link whatsoever with a Rider still in the Race and any transport of Service materials (tools, generators, lights, compressors, etc.) in private planes or planes chartered by the Organizers.
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15.5.3. SERVICE – MARATHON STAGE 1) Is considered as a Marathon Stage, a two-day Stage. On the evening of the first day, no Service vehicles and no Team / Service members are present on the Marathon Bivouac.
Any external service is PROHIBITED during these two days, under pain of penalties that may go as far as Disqualification, at the discretion of the International Jury.
The Marathon Bivouac is located in an area defined and delimited by the Organization, or in an enclosed area such as a stadium, gymnasium, etc. The exact location will be communicated by Bulletin.
A repositioning request is not allowed during the first day of a Marathon Stage.
2) TYRE MARKING The Rider or his service must bring the wheels / tyres to the area near to the Safety Center the day before the Marathon Stage to be marked by the Officials. A dedicated area will be set up and communicated by the Organization on the day preceding marking and will be announced during the Briefing. ▪ A Maximum Time of 3 hours will be allocated from the entrance to the Bivouac the evening before the Marathon Stage. The marking will start at 3:15 p.m. and end at 10:30 p.m. ▪ Every Rider that arrives at the Bivouac before 9.00pm can mark their wheels / tyres before 10.30pm. ▪ Riders that arrive at the Bivouac after 9.00pm can mark their wheels / tyres before 4.30am. ▪ In the case when the Marathon Stage follows the Rest Day, the marking will be possible from 11.00am to 1.00pm on the Rest Day.
Failure to respect marking times will incur in a penalty of €200.
In no case can wheels / tyres be replaced by tyres that are not marked during the two days of a Marathon / Super Marathon Stage.
In the case where this is not respected, penalties for “forbidden Service” will apply.
3) Only the sporting penalties will be applied the evening of the first day of a Marathon Stage. Other penalties incurred during the Marathon Stage will be applied at the end of the Marathon Stage.
4) At the Marathon Bivouac, the Organizer will make a workshop truck available to Riders with access to: air, water, basic tools, including especially: screwdrivers, spanners, pliers, saws, mallets, as well as several welding stations. Motor oil, fork oil and anti-seize oil will also be available on request.
5) During the Marathon Stage(s), one or more restricted group(s) of photographers and/or cameramen duly accredited and chosen by the Organizer may be authorized to enter the Marathon Bivouac, under the control of Officials.
15.5.4. SERVICE –SUPER MARATHON STAGE 1) Is considered as a Super Marathon Stage, a Marathon Stage on which no form of Service is authorized at the end of the first Stage.
2) After he has clocked in at the CH of finish of the Stage, the Rider has 10 minutes to carry out the necessary mechanical operations on his Machine, only with the tools and parts at his disposal.
3) No help between Riders or outside help is allowed during these 10 minutes.
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4) At the end of these 10 minutes, the Rider places his Machine in a parc fermé and may only take it up again for his start the following day.
5) Any Rider who does not comply with this article shall incur penalties up to and including Disqualification, at the discretion of the International Jury.
15.5.5. DAKAR TEAM MANAGER 1.a) A Dakar Team Manager is a natural person, present on the Rally, entering at least 4 Machines and at most 8 Machines under the same Team name. b) He must have subscribed to the "Dakar Team Manager" accreditation and have paid the entry fee to the Organization's Sporting Department before 1 November 2019.
When applying for accreditation, he must declare in writing to the Organization's Sporting Department the number and type of vehicles used, as well as their numbers, in the Race and/or Service category. c) During Administrative Checks, at the Motorcycle Officials stand, the Dakar Team Manager must approve and sign the list of Riders, Machines and Vehicles in the Race and/or Service category, who are registered with the Organization under his responsibility, and give it to the Clerk of the Course in exchange for his accreditation. d) This accreditation is nominative and non-transferable. e) Under no circumstances shall this accreditation have any sporting value as defined by the FIM Regulations. f) An Elite Rider may register his own Dakar Team Manager.
2) The Organizer alone is entitled to accept, or not, the application for accreditation of a person as Dakar Team Manager.
3.a) The Dakar Team Manager has the duty to attend the specific Dakar Team Manager Briefing organised during the Administrative Checks (time and place communicated in December), as well as the General Briefing on 3 January 2020 in Jeddah. He must also attend the daily Briefing at the Bivouac. b) The Dakar Team Manager cannot intervene on the Machine to carry out any Service. c) The Dakar Team Manager is authorized to go to the finishes of Selective Sections, when they are located on the Service routes, or less than 50 km from the Bivouac.
No mechanical intervention on the Machine is allowed. No handing over of equipment (tools, parts, etc.) is allowed. d) At no time may he be on the itinerary of a Selective Section, unless specifically authorized by the Clerk of the Course. In the event of an infringement, the assisted Rider(s) shall be penalized up to and including Disqualification.
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15.5.6. TEAM’S AIRCRAFT A Team will benefit, depending on availability of seats and on payment of the the entry fee, from transport on the Organization’s aircraft. A Team member travelling in the plane is not allowed to transport tools and spare parts. In case of infringement, the assisted Rider(s) will receive a penalty up to Disqualification. Within the same Team, it will be possible to enroll one or more persons for a spot as Dakar Team Manager (plane); these persons will possibly be able to alternate their spot in the Team Manager’s plane and the Service Vehicle. No change of name will be possible during the Event, except in the case of great circumstances observed and judged to be so by the Organizer. Registration will be by invitation only after receipt of requests to be received by the Competitors Department before 1 October 2019.
16. TRAFFIC
16.1. GENERAL 1) In the event of an infringement of the traffic laws committed by a Rider participating in the Event, traffic agents, Judges of Fact or Officials of the Event having noted the infringement must inform the offender thereof as soon as possible. Should they decide against stopping or are unable to stop the Rider in the wrong, they may request the application of the penalties provided for, subject to the following: ▪ that the notification of the infringement is made through official channels and in writing, before the posting of the classification of the Stage during which the infringement was committed; ▪ that the statements are sufficiently detailed for the identity of the offending Rider to be established beyond all doubt, as well as the exact place and time of the offence; ▪ that the facts are not open to various interpretations.
2) On the entire itinerary (Selective and Road Sections), all Machines/vehicles are required to run with lights on.
16.2. GOING THROUGH SPEED CONTROL ZONES (EXCEPT MAXIMUM SPEED) The Dakar 2020 Regulations partially comply to art. 080.16 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text
1) In areas defined as “Speed Control Zones”, the speed of the Machine both on Selective Sections and Road Sections is limited to 30, 50 or 90 kph.
2) In the case where the local speed limit is lower, it applies. Additionally, it is the Rider’s responsibility to adapt his speed according to the population density and to the traffic conditions.
3) Speed Control Zones will be indicated on the Roadbook by the initials « DZ », « FZ » and “DZs”. Whitin the Speed Control Zones, the Roadbook Itinerary is mandatory. Not respecting the itinerary will lead to a penalty of 20 min.
4) The presence or absence of signposts indicating speed limits can in no way be used in any appeal. Overtaking is authorized on condition that the maximum speed authorized in the zone is not exceeded.
5) In a Speed Control Zone, if the 30, 50 or 90 kph limit is exceeded, a signal will appear on the GPS’s screen to indicate excess speed and its recording. The GPS may be checked at the Finish of the Selective Section and/or of the Stage, according to exactly the same procedure as described in Article 14.10.
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6) When speeding, an impulsion is recorded in the GPS at least every 150 m and the speeds are displayed on the speed page of the GPS « SPD ». On arriving at the Finish of the Selective Section and/or the Bivouac, a controller will note all speeding and indicate the offence to the Rider.
7) In the case of a Speed Control Zone composed of two successive sections, having two speeds of different values, refer to article 080.16.4 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations.
16.3. OPERATION OF SPEED CONTROL ZONES The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with articles 080.16.1, .2 and .3 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/modified by the following text.
1) Entry of a Control Zone ▪ The start of a Speed Control Zone registered in the GPS will be indicated in the Roadbook by a box marked: “DZ” and by a Safety or Eclipse Waypoint (WPS or WPE). To validate the entry of Zone “DZ”, the Rider and his Machine must pass at less than 90 m (radius around the Waypoint “DZ”), on pain of penalties for missing Waypoints (Article 14.8); ▪ In a radius of 800 m of this point (in the case of a WPS) the Rider’s GPS will become active (DTW, CTW and arrow) so as to guide the Rider to this point; ▪ 90 m before this GPS point, Riders will be informed by their GPS that they are approaching a Speed Control Zone (deceleration); ▪ The 90 m after the GPS point is considered as a deceleration zone (Zone of Tolerance), before entering the Control Zone. No penalties will be given in this zone.
2) The Speed Control Zone ▪ The Control Zone will appear permanently on the Rider’s GPS screen, once the entry Waypoint is validated. The Rider can in no way claim not to know either the entrance nor exit of the zone. ▪ The speed of a Machine will be limited to 30, 50 or 90 kph between the point of entry and the exit point of the zone, regardless of the route taken between these two points.
3) Exit of the Control Zone ▪ The end of a GPS Speed Control Zone will be indicated on the Roadbook by a box marked “FZ” and by an Eclipse Waypoint (WPE); ▪ Around this point there will be a Zone of Tolerance of 90 m so as to avoid any arguments concerning the measuring of speed; ▪ Rider can reaccelerate from this point; ▪ The exit point of the Speed Control Zone is a compulsory point of passage. To validate the exit of Zone « FZ », the Rider must pass at less than 90 m (radius around the WPE « FZ »).
4) The speed control application scheme with a WPS and a WPE complies with the 2019 FIM Cross- Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, art 080.16.
16.4. PENALTIES FOR OVERSPEEDING IN SPEED CONTROL ZONES The Dakar 2020 Rules comply with article 080.16 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/modified by the following text.
1) If the Rider disagrees with the infringements noted he must make a written protest, accompanied by a deposit, which they must then hand to the Clerk of the Course within 30 minutes of notification, so that the GPS can be further examined.
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2) Any speeding recorded by the GPS will be penalized by the Clerk of Course depending on the following penalties: ▪ between 1 and 15 kph: ✓ 1 minute x the number of impulsions + fine of €100; ▪ between 16 and 40 kph: ✓ 2 minutes x the number of impulsions + fine of €200; ▪ more than 40 kph: ✓ 1st impulsion : 5 minutes + fine of €300; ✓ 2nd successive impulsion: 10 minutes + a fine of €500; ✓ 3rd successive impulsion: 15 minutes + a fine of €700; ✓ 4th successive impulsion: 60 minutes + a fine of €1,500.
3) All repeated offences will incur a fine of €1,000 up to Disqualification.
16.5. SPEED LIMITS – ROAD SECTIONS (MAXIMUM SPEED) 1) Regardless of the Speed Control Zones, the maximum speed will be limited and controlled on all Road Sections, except in special cases specified by Bulletin and/or in the Roadbook.
The maximum authorized speed will be that in force in Saudi Arabia since February 2018, depending on the type of Vehicle, i.e. for Motorcycles and Quads: ▪ On major highways: 140 km/h ▪ On small highways: 120 km/h ▪ On motorways within cities: 100 km/h
2) On Road Sections, an impulsion will be recorded in the GPS every 500 m. A sign will be displayed on the GPS screen to indicate the speeding offence and its recording. The GPS will be checked on arriving at the Bivouac according to the procedures detailed in Article 14.10.
3) Any overtaking of maximum speed recorded by the GPS will be sanctioned by the Clerk of Course according to the following penalties : ▪ From 1 to 20 kph: 30 seconds x impulsion + a fine of €100; ▪ From 21 to 40 kph: 1 minute x impulsion + a fine of €200; ▪ Over 40 kph: 5 minutes x impulsion + a fine of €300.
Over 3 successive impulsions, penalties to be decided by the International Jury, up to Disqualification.
16.6. QUADS - MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT IN SELECTIVE SECTION 1) On the Selective Sections, the speed of the Quads is Legally limited to 130 km/h (see article 01.59 of the FIM 2020 Cross-Country Rallies Technical Regulations).
2) All speeding recorded by the GPS will result in the following penalties: ▪ Between 131 and 135 km/h: 1 minute x number of impulsions + a fixed fine of €100;
▪ Between 136 and 150 km/h: 5 minutes x number of impulsions + a fixed fine of €200;
▪ Over 150 km/h: 1st impulsion: 20 minutes + €300, 2nd successive impulsion: 1 hour + €1,000, 3rd successive impulsion: Disqualification.
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16.7. SPEED LIMITS PENALTIES – PASSAGE CONTROL (DZ + FZ) The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article 080.22 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/modified by the following text.
1) In the CP zones, the maximum speed allowed is 50 kph, and in some places 30 kph. The 30 kph zones will be identified in the Roadbook.
2) The speed control will be done with regards to the following diagram:
D ≥ 200m D ≥ 200m 800m visibility radius
DZS CP FZ
R = 90m R = 90m R = 90m
Controlled Zone
The regulatory signs of CP zone entry do not show the Start of Safety Zones (DZs). Only the information displayed on the GPS screen applies.
3) The penalties for speeding in the passage control zones are the same as those defined in Art. 16.4.
17. INSURANCE
17.1. ASSISTANCE/REPATRIATION
SECONDARY ASSISTANCE - No. 5514 SUPPORT AGREEMENT - DAKAR 2020
A.S.O. has entrusted Mutuaide, a Groupama subsidiary, with the implementation of the support / repatriation services from which you will benefit during the Rally in the event of: ▪ bodily injury resulting in the impossibility, stated by the doctor in the Rally's medical team, to continue in the competition, ▪ death, ▪ the hospitalisation or death of a family member, ▪ legal proceedings, ▪ psychological trauma.
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Medical charges beyond EUR 30,000 will be borne by the Beneficiary, who is strongly recommended to take out specific medical insurance and to verify with their sports federation or their insurance company the guarantees to which they are entitled, particularly as regards their participation in the competition.
This “Medical Expenses” guarantee (which insures the repayment of the medical and hospitalisation expenses resulting from an accident during the Rally and incurred outside the country of residence) can be subscribed with the insurance company selected or, via post or after the Administrative Checks, with the Gras Savoye Sport Events Department, whose data, offers, and website are given on the Rally website www.dakar.com.
The Medical Expenses insurance can be paired with an Individual Accident insurance policy if necessary.
TABLE OF GUARANTEES ASSISTANCE GUARANTEES CEILING Actual expenses (A) in addition to or in the Repatriation or medical transportation (A) absence of a federal guarantee (licence) Medical and hospitalisation costs (B) € 30,000 (B) Advance on medical and hospitalisation expenses Countersignature of IOU or a guarantee cheque beyond € 30,000 (C) (C) Repatriation of the body: Repatriation of the body and funeral costs (D) Real costs (D) Fixed amount to help the family (E) € 5,000 (E) Round-trip economy travel ticket + Hotel costs Presence of the assign for procedures (F) (maximum €500) (F) for the duration of the stay Visit from a friend/relative (G) € 4,000 (G) Transport Round-trip economy travel ticket Hotel costs € 100 per night until repatriation Early return: (H) Return (H) economy travel ticket Legal counsel abroad Bail advance (I) € 15,000 (I) Payment of the legal fees (J) € 4,000 (J) Replacement driver (K) Driver (K) Psychological support (L) 3 telephone interviews (L)
SECTION A - DEFINITIONS
A.1 – Assistance Company: MUTUAIDE ASSISTANCE – 8/14 avenue des Frères Lumière – 94368 Bry sur Marne Cedex, SA with a capital of € 12,558,240, fully paid - Company governed by the insurance Code - under control of the Prudential and Settlement Control Authority in 4, place de Budapest – CS 92 459 – 75 436 Paris Cedex 9 – 383 974 086 RCS Créteil.
A.2 - Beneficiaries: ▪ the competitors, their support teams and managers, ▪ the organization members, their providers and their staff, their partners and their staff, ▪ the event officers, ▪ journalists and media members, ▪ the Organizer’s guests, its partners’ guests, and all individuals taking part in a trip organised by A.S.O.
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A.3 – Scope: The guarantees are given: ➢ on the 2020 DAKAR Rally route in Saudi Arabia, from the first day of the checks in Jeddah on 2 January 2020 to midnight of 20 January 2020 in Al Qiddiyah, for the competitors and their support teams. During this period, competitors who are removed from or leave the race will continue to be insured in Saudi Arabia provided that they continue to follow the Rally or travel to Al Qiddiyah or the Jeddah embarkment port by the most direct route from the place where they left the race. ➢ during their stay in Saudi Arabia between 1 January 2010 and 20 January 2020 for all other Beneficiaries.
A.4 - Domicile: The Beneficiary’s usual place of residence. In the event of a lawsuit, the tax address will be the domicile.
A.5 – Family: A spouse who is not living separately, a registered or non-registered partner, children, and direct ascendants.
A.6 – Bodily injury: Any health deterioration resulting from an accident or a sudden and/or unforeseeable illness.
SECTION B - DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSISTANCE GUARANTEES
REMINDER: In the event of a bodily injury, the Rally’s medical team will initiate and organise the Beneficiary’s transportation from the place of the accident to the bivouac or the closest suitable medical unit, using the Rally’s means of land and/or air transportation.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GUARANTEES From the bivouac or the medical unit in which the Beneficiary was transported via the Organization means, the Mutuaide Medical Director, liaising with the Rally's medical teams, decides exclusively on the basis of medical need and compliance with the healthcare regulations in force: ▪ either to hospitalise the Beneficiary in a nearby healthcare centre before, if necessary and required by their medical state, their return to a structure near their domicile or in their domicile; ▪ or, if the Beneficiary is physically unable to travel by their own means, to initiate and organise the Beneficiary's transportation to their domicile or to a suitable hospital service near their domicile. ▪ If necessary, Mutuaide will search for a place in an adapted medical service. Information from the usual doctor, which is often important, can help the Rally’s medical team to make the best decision. In this regard, it is expressly agreed that the final decision to be implemented in the Beneficiary's medical interest falls ultimately to the Mutuaide Medical Director. The place of hospitalisation, date, need for support to the Beneficiary, and the means used are exclusively selected on a medical basis. In addition, if the Beneficiary refuses to accept the decision regarded as the best by the Medical Director, they expressly exempt Mutuaide from all responsibility, particularly if they return by their own means and in the event of a worsening of their health. The expenses thus incurred may not be claimed. Extension of the service: support to the organization in the return trip Those Beneficiaries whose health state does not justify medical repatriation in the conditions described above may nonetheless benefit from logistical support (without any financial charge by Mutuaide) from the organization of their transfer between their point where they leave the Rally and Al Qiddiyah.
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B.1- BENEFICIARY’S TRANSFER AND/OR REPATRIATION If the Beneficiary's health state leads, in the conditions stated above, the Mutuaide Medical Director in agreement with the Rally's medical team, to decide to transfer or repatriate them, Mutuaide will take charge of the transportation, by any suitable means (light medical vehicle, scheduled flight, medical flight, etc.), and if necessary under medical control. In this situation, the Beneficiary will make their initial return ticket available to Mutuaide. Only the Beneficiary’s medical interest and compliance with the healthcare regulations in force are considered when selecting the transportation means. This service will never be implemented for benign conditions or injuries that can be treated on site and which do not prevent the Beneficiary from continuing in the Rally or to reach Al Qiddiyah by their own means. NOTE: The obligation to leave the Rally does not systematically result in repatriation.
These guarantees apply in the failure of or as a supplement to any insurance held via a sports licence offering similar guarantees.
B.2 – MEDICAL EXPENSES (including the HOSPITALISATION EXPENSES) INCURRED IN THE 2020 DAKAR RALLY When incurred with the previous agreement of the Medical Director and before any potential repatriation, Mutuaide will cover up to EUR 30,000, tax included, per Beneficiary, the medical fees, the costs of any drugs prescribed by a doctor or surgeon, and the surgical and hospitalisation costs decided by the medical team. All medical, surgical, drug, and hospitalisation costs incurred after the Beneficiary’s potential repatriation or return to their domicile or a structure near their domicile are excluded. The Beneficiary agrees to conduct all procedures required with the health insurance companies of which it is a member in order to be reimbursed all of part of the medical, surgical, and hospitalisation costs and refund their amount to Mutuaide. Extension of the benefit: advance on the hospitalisation expenses If the medical expenses incurred exceed the EUR 30,000, VAT included, stipulated above, MUTUAIDE will advance funds. This advance will be provided against a guarantee cheque payable to MUTUAIDE ASSISTANCE or an IOU signed by the Beneficiary or their legal representative. In all cases, the amounts advances must be reimbursed to MUTUAIDE within 90 (ninety) days from the date on which the funds are made available. To this end, MUTUAIDE will file a claim with the Beneficiary’s insurance company or the Beneficiary themselves even if the latter is not covered by personal insurance. In the event of a default, MUTUAIDE reserves the right to bring any recovery actions against the Beneficiary. This extension of the benefit does not apply to Saudi Beneficiaries.
B.3 – REPATRIATION OF THE BODY If a Beneficiary dies during the DAKAR 2020 Rally, Mutuaide: ▪ will cover: - the cost of transporting the body to the location of the funeral, near their domicile, - the expenses connected to the conservation care required by the applicable legislation, - the expenses directly incurred for the transportation of the body. ▪ will pay a fixed amount of EUR 5,000 (five thousand euros) to help the Beneficiary’s family to finance the other expenses, particularly the funeral costs, to be borne by the family. The companies involved in the repatriation process will be selected exclusively by Mutuaide. If the presence of an assign is expressly required by local authorities to conduct the procedures required for repatriation, Mutuaide will organise and contribute to the cost of the assign's return trip for the repatriation, as well as to their stay costs for EUR 500 (five hundred euros), tax included.
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B.4 – VISIT FROM A FRIEND OR RELATIVE If the Beneficiary’s health state requires hospitalisation for more than 5 (five) days before their repatriation, Mutuaide will organise and cover the return trip of an individual named by the Beneficiary who lives in the same country as them, to attend their bedside. Mutuaide will organise and also cover this person's accommodation costs, up to a maximum of EUR 100 (one hundred euros), tax included, per night, until the repatriation date. The ceiling for the “Visit from a friend or relative” guarantee (transport + accommodation) is EUR 4,000 (four thousand euros), tax included. Catering costs will be borne by this person.
B.5 – EARLY RETURN If a Beneficiary must end their participation in the Rally due to their unexpected hospitalisation for a minimum of 5 (five) days, or the death of a family member, Mutuaide will organise and bear the costs of their return to their domicile. In this situation, the Beneficiary will make their initial return ticket available to Mutuaide.
B.6 - ASSISTANCE IN DEFENCE If legal proceedings are brought against a Beneficiary or they are imprisoned due to their involuntary non-compliance with or breach of local laws and regulations: - Mutuaide will advance the bail required by local authorities for their temporary release, up to a maximum of EUR 15,000 (fifteen thousand euros), tax included. This advance will be provided against a guarantee cheque payable to MUTUAIDE ASSISTANCE or an IOU signed by the Beneficiary or their legal representative. In all cases, the amounts advances must be reimbursed to MUTUAIDE within 90 (ninety) days from the date on which the funds are made available. In the event of a default, MUTUAIDE reserves the right to bring any recovery actions against the Beneficiary. - Mutuaide may also help the Beneficiary to appoint a defence attorney and will pay their fees up to a maximum of EUR 4,000 (four thousand euros), tax included.
B.7 – REPLACEMENT DRIVER If, following a bodily injury or illness affecting the Beneficiary, none of the other Beneficiaries (co- pilot, support crew) is able to replace them as a driver, Mutuaide will make a replacement driver available and pay them to drive the vehicle to Al Qiddiyah or the embarkment port, via the most direct route, provided that the condition of the vehicle complies with the technical check rules. The cost of returning the vehicle (tolls, fuel), as well as any accommodation and catering expenses will be borne by the Beneficiary.
B.8 – PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT If, following an accident causing bodily injuries, the Beneficiary suffers psychological trauma, they may benefit from emergency psychological support. This benefit extends, in the case of a Beneficiary’s death, to their family members. For this benefit to be provided, Mutuaide must be contacted within 20 days from the traumatic event and the data of the Beneficiary’s doctor must be provided. Once the request has been received, Mutuaide will organise emergency psychological support, provided that the Beneficiary's health state allows it and if recommended by the Mutuaide doctor. This support will be provided by a psychologist and includes the organization and payment of three telephone consultations. In all cases, the decision to provide emergency psychological support will fall exclusively to the Mutuaide Medical Director, after contacting and reaching an agreement with the Beneficiary’s doctor. This benefit is provided in the following languages: French, English, and Spanish. www.dakar.com Provisional Motorcycle / Quad Regulations – Dakar 2020 50/123
SECTION C - EXCLUSIONS C.1 - No assistance / repatriation service described above will be provided for benign conditions or lesion that can be treated on site or for a bodily injury that does not prevent the Beneficiary from continuing in the Rally or from reaching Al Qiddiyah by their own means (with the exception, in certain cases, of the “Medical Expenses", upon the Rally Medical Director's decision). Note: The obligation to leave the Rally does not systematically result in repatriation. C.2 – No assistance benefit will be provided for a bodily injury or death resulting: ▪ from an intentional or fraudulent act on the part of the Beneficiary, ▪ from participation in bets, brawls, fights, ▪ from non-urgent pathological conditions, ▪ from nervous conditions, nervous depressions, mental illnesses, ▪ from the Beneficiary’s use of medicines, drugs, narcotics, tranquillisers, and/or similar products without a medical prescription, and its consequences, ▪ from intoxication characterised by the presence in blood or a pure alcohol rate equal to or higher than that established by the French law governing automobile driving in force on the date of the accident, and its consequences, ▪ from a suicide or suicide attempt, and its consequences. C.3 - The following costs will never be borne: ▪ the medical, surgical, or hospitalisation expenses incurred after repatriation, ▪ the medical expenses incurred without the Really Medical Director’s previous agreement, ▪ the expenses of medical devices, orthopaedics, and prostheses, ▪ the expenses of any kind of cure, ▪ the expenses of aesthetic treatments, ▪ the expenses of rehabilitation, physical therapy, and chiropractic therapy, ▪ the expenses of vaccination purchase and the vaccination expenses, ▪ the expenses of any medical and paramedical services and the purchase of any products whose therapeutic nature is not recognised by French law, ▪ the burial and definitive coffin expenses, ▪ customs fees. A document specifying the benefits described above will be sent to the participants once the administrative checks have been conducted.
17.2. MEDICAL EXPENSES INSURANCE AND PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE – STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
The "Medical Expenses” insurance allows for the reimbursement of the medical and hospitalisation expenses prescribed and incurred outside the country of resident of the Insured Party, with the Rally Medical Director's agreement, if they are due to an accident that occurs during the rally. In the event of an accident, it will cover the excess of the EUR 30,000 to be borne by the rally Organization. The Pilot / Competitor must obtain information from its sports federation to learn about the benefits provided by its licences. All Competitors are strongly recommended to take out insurance for Medical Expenses to supplement the expenses covered by the Organization. The Individual Accident insurance is intended to apply if the Insured Party is the victim of a bodily injury during the rally, whether there is a responsible party or not, whether there is an identified third party or not, with the exception of the cases specifically excluded. It guarantees, in the event of a permanent disability or death, the payment of an amount previously established by the Insured Party when they took out the insurance. All Pilots / Competitors are strongly recommended to take out specific Individual Accident insurance.
The Medical Expenses and Individual Accident guarantees may be included in the sports licence; thus Competitors are recommended to check the existence of these guarantees and their limits.
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17.3. LIABILITY AND MARITIME INSURANCE The Organizer will not cover damage to Vehicles during maritime transport which takes place round trip between the French port and the Saudi port.
Under maritime law and International conventions, the carrier's civil liability is limited and covers, within very low limits, damage and loss related to the goods delivered (Brussels Convention of 1924 amended by the 1968 and 1979 Protocols).
Therefore, during the placement in closed parks (“Parcs Fermés”) in European and Saudi ports and during the maritime transport, the carrier's responsibility, and therefore the responsibility of the Organizer or of V.S.O., is strictly limited to legal terms (law dated 18 June 1966 and decree dated 31st December 1966) regarding the maritime transport of Vehicles, which stipulate in particular the limits of reimbursement for damage to goods: ▪ 2 SDR (Special Drawing Right) per kilo or 666.67 SDR per Vehicle (rate of SDR will be communicated to Competitors in the Autumn.), ▪ maximum indemnity per Vehicle transported: €4,600 following loss or damage.
It is therefore highly recommended that additional insurance be subscribed to cover damage to Machines/Vehicles suffered during their parking in closed parks (“Parcs Fermés”) in French and Saudi ports and during the maritime transport organized by the Organizer. This insurance is optional but highly recommended, and may, if chosen, be arranged with the Sport Events Department of Gras Savoye whose contact details, offer and website address can be found on the Rally website at www.dakar.com, or be subscribed with the insurance of your choice (submission possible by correspondence before the ship departure set up by the Organizer, and at the latest by early December 2019).
17.4. THIRD PARTY COVER
The Organizer has, pursuant to the legislation in force, taken out Civil Liability insurance policies specified to sports events with motorised land vehicles with AXA France and AXA Saudi in Saudi Arabia. The entry fee includes the insurance premium covering the Competitor's Automobile Civil Liability towards third parties, with the limits of the following amounts per claim: - EUR 2,500,000 for property damages, - EUR 16,000,000 for personal injuries, - or the minimum in force in Saudi Arabia.
The purpose of this agreement is thus to cover, in the event of an accident, fire, or explosion during the Rally, the monetary consequences of the Civil Liability regarding: - the Competitors for bodily injuries or property damage to third parties, to State agents, or any other public group involved in the security services, the organization, or Rally control; - the Competitors for bodily injuries caused to other Competitors; - the Competitors for the property damage caused to other Competitors in the Connection Sectors and in the Selective Sections, but, during the latter, only if their liability can be clearly and unambiguously established, ascertained, and proven; - the Competitors for bodily injuries caused to their fellow team members and passengers; - the Competitors for the property damage caused to their fellow team members and passengers in the Connection Sectors and in the Selective Sections, but, during the latter, only if their liability can be clearly and unambiguously established, ascertained, and proven;
This insurance agreement taken out by the Organise in no case covers (without limitation): - accidents caused by strikes, riots, or civil commotion, by a civil or foreign war; - an insured party’s liability for an accident resulting from their intentional or fraudulent actions; - an insured party’s liability for the damages caused to property of which it is the owner, lessee, depository, or guardian; - fines; - theft of vehicles, parts, or any other property (in the case of theft in a country crossed by the rally, the Organizer may not be held liable); - an insured party’s liability for the accident of officers, employees, or assistants when these benefit from occupational accident legislation regarding the accident.
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Guarantee periods:
- for vehicles embarking at Marseilles on the ferries provided by the Organizer: the insurance will come into effect when the vehicles enter the secure area in Marseilles port (5 / 6 December 2019 – or a more accurate date) and end at the end of the Rally, when the vehicles leave the secure area in Marseilles port, on 28 February 2020 at 23h59 at the latest. Maritime crossings are not covered by this policy. The vehicles must be insured by their owners until they reach Marseilles port (including between the Castellet Circuit and Marseilles port).
- for South American vehicles (except for trucks) shipped by the means provided by the Organizer: the insurance comes into force when the vehicles are unloaded and enter the secure area in Jeddah port (December 2019) and ends when the rally ends, after they are placed in containers or loaded at Jeddah port (21 January 2020 - or a more accurate date). The vehicles must be insured by their owners for their loading (and/or to be placed in containers), and, at the end of the rally, for the unloading in South American ports.
- for the other vehicles (not shipped on the ferries provided by the Organizer): the insurance will come into force when the vehicles enter the Checks enclosure or the Disembarkment area in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), from 1 January 2020 (or a more accurate date), and will end after the arrival podium in Al Qiddiyah (Saudi Arabia), namely on 17 January 2020 at 23h59.
This policy only covers the official rally route established by the Organizer.
Thus, owners should also insure the following: - vehicles that must circulate outside the guarantee periods, in particular all vehicles not embarking on the ferries provided by the Organizer; - vehicles that must travel outside the official rally route, in particular after they are abandoned; - all vehicles that will be subject to private trials before they are checked, including the vehicles that took the ferry.
The following are excluded from this insurance: - all private trials conducted before or during the rally; Competitors who wish to conduct them must take out their own insurance; - any dangerous behaviour on the road and any accident resulting from intentional or fraudulent behaviour.
Vehicles on the race or which have abandoned the race will continue to be covered only if they reach Al Qiddiyah or Jeddah port for embarkment via the most direct route from the place where they abandoned the race or the Rally route.
In the event of an accident, the Rider / Competitor or their representative must give a statement in writing, within 24 hours, to the Race Director or the head of Competitor Relations. The circumstances of the accident and the witnesses’ data must be provided.
Circulation in the Bivouac The Organization requires that all Competitors using a type of transport other than the Machines and Vehicles entered in the race (Mini-motorbikes, quads, scooters, and any other rolling machines) insure these Machines / Vehicles against any potential accidents. These Machines / Vehicles must be insured, even if they do not leave the Bivouac.
The Rider /Competitor thus enters the Dakar 2020 Rally being fully aware of the risks which they may incur by taking part in the Rally.
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18. ADMINISTRATIVE OBLIGATIONS
18.1. ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS AND SCRUTINEERING The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article 080.8 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented by the following text.
1) Riders will pass the Administrative Checks in Jeddah on January 2, 3 or 4, 2020. Riders whose Machines board the Organizer’s boat at the beginning of December in Marseille will pass the Scrutineering before boarding. Riders shall not be required to be present; they may be represented by a third party to pass these checks. The various modalities for carrying out these Checks will be communicated to the Participants at a later date.
On the afternoon of January 1st, 2020, Middle East Riders will be able to pick up their security equipment. They will be called to Administrative Checks on the morning of January 2, 2020.
2) The Riders (and their Service) shall receive a convocation specifying the exact date and time at which they must attend the checks. This convocation must be imperatively respected. It is the time for Time Control (TC) marking for the entrance to the Waiting Park leading to Checks.
THE PILOT MUST APPEAR WITH HIS/HER MACHINE.
After having placed the Machine in the waiting park, Riders have 20 minutes to present themselves at Administrative Checks.
3) Failure to respect the convocation times will incur a penalty of: ▪ for the first hour of lateness: € 50, ▪ for the following: € 100.
In all cases, the amount has to be paid before the start of the Rally.
Any Rider appears to the Administrative Checks and/or Scrutineering area outside the time limits prescribed in the Regulations will not be allowed to start, except in a case of great circumstance duly recognised as such by the Organization and International Jury.
4) Competitors have two hours and thirty minutes to complete Administrative Checks. There will be Time Controls at the entrance and at the exit.
Failure to respect this Allotted Time will result in a penalty of: ▪ for the first hour late: €500, ▪ for the following: €1000.
In all cases, the amount has to be paid before the start of the Rally.
5) During Administrative Checks, Riders / Competitors will be given a compulsory course on Safety Instruments: GPS Unik II, Iritrack. All absence will incur a penalty of €500.
6) On leaving Administrative Checks, Riders / Competitors will receive a convocation time for Scrutineering.
All lateness for Scrutineering will be sanctioned as follows: ▪ up to 30 minutes: €15; ▪ from 30 minutes to 1 hour: €100; ▪ per hour extra: €500.
In all cases, the amount has to be paid before the start of the Rally.
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7) Only Riders who have passed the Administrative Checks may appear with their Machine, with their Dakar Team Manager, if applicable, for the Scrutineering.
8) After Scrutineering, if a Machine is found not to comply with the technical and/or safety Regulations, the International Jury may set a deadline before which the Machine must be made to comply.
All Machines which appear not to conform, or are not adapted to Rally norms, during Scrutineering may either be forced to change group or be refused a start (on decision of the International Jury). In the last case, the entry fees will remain the property of the Organizer.
9) On coming out of Scrutineering all Machines will be placed in Parc Fermé.
No intervention will be allowed between the end of Scrutineering and entry into Parc Fermé.
18.2. EACH RIDER 1) Each Rider must present the following, valid, original (except for great circumstances) documents during Administrative Checks: ▪ passport : valid until 30/06/2020; ▪ visas : a visa may be required for Saudi Arabia. Each Participant is required to inquire with the Saudi Arabian Embassy about the need to obtain a visa, depending on his or her nationality, and will therefore be fully responsible for its proper issuance. The organization, with the assistance of local authorities, will facilitate the obtaining of the necessary visas, by setting up an e-visa system, allowing the free obtaining and downloading of the visa to enter the country. These services are free of charge and are valid only for Dakar Participants (Race, Service). ▪ 2020 FIM Rider licence, Category “International Rallies” : ANNUAL or ONE EVENT specifying the name of the Event; For A.S.O. ELITE Riders, the 2020 ANNUAL FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship license is accepted only if accompanied by a autorisation to run by the FMN. ▪ permission of the owner to use the Machine, if he is not the Rider; ▪ valid national driving licence, corresponding to the category of the Machine entered; ▪ vaccinations: no vaccination is compulsory. Recommended: diphtheria, tetanus, polio, meningitis (A & C), viral hepatitis A & B, typhoid, rubella-mumps-measles (MMR) and possibly rabies, etc. ▪ valid registration document or registration certificate (no provisional registration).
2) The Rider undertakes on his honour to present documents that are perfectly in order, under penalty of refusal to start. No photocopy or certificate of loss or theft of any document whatsoever will be accepted, under penalty of refusal to start (except in cases of force majeure).
18.3. EACH MOTORCYCLE 1) Machines must be presented in Marseille, for boarding, with the various mounting brackets, cables and aerials of the different safety equipment already fitted, ready to receive these systems (GPS, Iritrack), on pain of being refused embarkation.
2) Machines which will be directly presented in Jeddah, must be presented at Scrutineering with the various mounting brackets, cables and aerials of the different safety equipment already fitted, ready to receive these systems (GPS, Iritrack). Failure to do so will result in a penalty of €150 per item of equipment not installed.
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3) The Iritrack and GPS must be connected directly to the battery so that they continue to function when the engine is stopped. If this is not the case the Rider must make his/her Machine conform before passing Scrutineering in Marseille (for Machines boarding on the Organizer’s ship) or at Jeddah (for others).
4) The Machine must be presented to Scrutineering ready to Race and the safety equipment listed in Articles 31.1 and 31.2 must be presented to the Officials in charge of controls.
5) Each Machine must be presented with the following original documents during Administrative Checks and Scrutineering: ▪ valid log book or registration certificate (provisional registrations not acceptable); ▪ homologation file ▪ commercial catalogue.
19. CLASSIFICATIONS
19.1. CLASSIFICATIONS
19.1.1. GENERAL The Dakar 2020 Regulations are in accordance with article 080.34 of the FIM 2019 Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations , with the exception of articles 080.34.4 and 080.34.8, which do not apply.
1) Every evening at 7pm, the various rankings will be posted on the OFFICIAL notice board and on the other notice boards.
2) On the rest day the classifications of the previous Stage will be posted at 07.00pm and will become definitive 30 minutes after.
3) The Official Dakar 2020 Rankings will be posted on the Official Notice Board in Qiddiyah / Riyadh on January 17, 2020, at the entrance to the Parc Fermé, in the Competitors' Department area. They will become final 30 minutes after their posting (claim period).
4) Only Riders who have completed the entire route may be included in the general classification (see art. 14.8.2). Each Rider finishing the Rally and having completed the entire route will receive a FINISHER medal.
5) The prizes can be combined. The total amount of distributable prizes is €192,500.
19.1.2. OVERALL CLASSIFICATION
OVERALL CLASSIFICATION
1st price 50,000€ + 1 Trophy 6 th price 1 Trophy
2nd price 25,000€ + 1 Trophy 7th price 1 Trophy
3rd price 15,000€ + 1 Trophy 8th price 1 Trophy
4th price 10,000€ + 1 Trophy 9th price 1 Trophy
5th price 5,000€ + 1 Trophy 10th price 1 Trophy
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19.1.3. GROUPS AND CLASS CLASSIFICATIONS, ALL RIDERS
GROUP 2 1st price 10,000€ + 1 Trophy 2nd price 9,000€ + 1 Trophy 3rd price 8,000€ + 1 Trophy 4th price 7,000€ + 1 Trophy 5th price 6,000€ + 1 Trophy
GROUP 2.1 AMATEURS GROUP 2.2 AMATEURS SUPER PRODUCTION 0 TO 450 CC MARATHON 0 TO 450 CC
1st price 1 Trophy 1st price 1 Trophy 2nd price 1 Trophy 2nd price 1 Trophy 3rd price 1 Trophy 3rd price 1 Trophy
GROUP 3 QUAD 1st price 15,000€ + 1 Trophy 2nd price 10,000€ + 1 Trophy 3rd price 5,000€ + 1 Trophy
19.1.4. MISCELLANEOUS CLASSIFICATIONS
WOMEN CLASSIFICATION CHALLENGE 1ST PARTICIPATION 1st price 5,000€ + 1 Trophy 1st price 3,500€ + 1 Trophy
‘ORIGINAL BY MOTUL’ CHALLENGE * 1st price 5,000€ + 1 Trophy 2nd price 3,000€ + 1 Trophy 3rd price 1,000€ + 1 Trophy
(*) To participate in this challenge, Riders must declare at the Administrative Checks (Bike-Quads Officals desk) and at Scrutineering (Final Check), that they have entered WITHOUT SERVICE CREWS / VEHICLES. Checks will be made during the Rally.
19.1.5. DAKAR EXPERIENCE CLASSIFICATION Riders who have benefited from the conditions of article 14.8.2 will receive a DAKAR EXPERIENCE trophy.
19.2. START AND FINISH PODIUMS : 1) In the Event that the start podium ceremony is not immediately followed by a Road Section and/or a Selective Section, all Riders must make a round trip with their Machine from the Parc Fermé to pass on the start podium.
2) Each Rider will receive a Time Card and a time limit to complete this route.
3) A duly registered Service Vehicle will be authorized to join and assist the Rider on this route, only in the event of a technical problem, and only with the agreement of the Clerk of the Course or of the Organization.
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4) To pass the start and finish podiums, the wearing of clothing and helmet is compulsory (see art. 31.2).
5) For security and organizational reasons, the number of people per Team with access to the podiums is limited to 35.
6) Only Riders who have completed the entire route will be allowed to pass on the official Dakar 2020 finish podium.
There will be a distinct podium for the Riders of the DAKAR EXPERIENCE classification.
20. COMPULSORY EQUIPMENT RENTAL The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article 080.29 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
20.1. NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 1) All navigation equipment of whatever type is controlled, especially the function GPS. The bringing and possession of any system not explicitly mentioned in these Regulations is forbidden and will result in Disqualification and that irrespective of the mode and technology used to evaluate or estimate one’s position.
2) GPS UNIK II (compulsory) The mounting of a GPS of a unique model, excluding any other type of GPS, supplied by the Organizers’ supplier is compulsory. This equipment must be mounted according to the instructions supplied. It is the Riders’ responsibility to correctly install the necessary mechanical, electrical and electronical elements before Scrutineering and that with the aid of the installation kits purchased from the exclusive supplier. Electrical supply must be permanent, protected by a 3 amp fuse and give a steady continuous current of between 9 and 24 volts. The mechanical mountings must be flexible and use the silent blocks supplied. This equipment is personalised, with a series number attributed to a Rider. No changes may be made without authorisation from the GPS supplier. Any exchange of equipment between Machines is forbidden on pain of penalties up to and including Disqualification.
3) GPS compass heading, speed and odometer repeater (optional) A sole model is authorized by the Organizer and supplied by the Organizer’s supplier and must be linked to the fixed GPS. The linking of all other models, or systems to the GPS is forbidden, especially to computers or Organizers of whatever kind; and this, by any means.
4) Mechanical Tripmeter of the Rider' choice (compulsory) A distance counter linked uniquely to the rotation of the wheels or the transmission shaft. This equipment must not be linked to any other piece of equipment making the use of this information by another piece of equipment possible. Under no circumstances should this device be equipped with an integrated GPS chip, otherwise it may be refused at Scrutineering.
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5) Odometer of GPS Unik II (function of the GPS Unik II) Counter of total distance, based uniquely on the calculation of the distances covered between each GPS measure (at least two per second). The Odometer is displayed in the ODO and OD+ pages of the GPS Unik II. ELITE Riders are allowed to use only one odometer model: the ICO model provided by the organization.
6) Magnetic or electronic compass of the Rider' choice (optional) Indicator of the compass heading of the Machine, based on the earth’s magnetic field. This equipment may include an internal electronic compensation system. The readout may be analogical and/or digital. This equipment must not be linked to any other piece of equipment allowing the use of this information by another piece of equipment. No connection is allowed that might allow the entry or supply of digital data.
7) General a) The use of GPS points other than those supplied by the Organizer for the Dakar Rally is forbidden. This equipment may perform only one function (compass, odometer, etc.) with the exception of the odometer and compass functions of the GPS Unik II. Only the linking of the GPS and the GPS compass heading, speed, odometer repeater (unique models) is authorized. b) All other type of GPS: fixed, portable, integrated or equipment possessing GPS type capacities, or all other system of navigation by satellite, the recording of the route by inertial or estimation means is forbidden. They can in no case be used or employed during the race. The carrying or possession of any system not explicitly described in these Supplementary Regulations is forbidden, and in particular all computer or electronic navigational systems, computerised map positioning systems, computerised maps scanners or storage devices. All linking of communication of whatever kind (cable, radio, infra-red, etc.) of different pieces of equipment is forbidden. External communications are also forbidden. c) The installation of a Data Logging System is allowed on the Machines. In the case of the use of a Data-logger with GPS-type capabilities, the entry of the aerial must be sealed by the Rider himself and must be checked by the Technical Steward. d) The presence on the Machine of all non-justifiable prewiring is forbidden (electricity supplies, aerials, pick-ups, etc). The Organizer reserves the right to carry out physical or electronic test at any moment with the purpose of checking: ▪ the correct functioning of compulsory equipment; ▪ the absence of or possession of forbidden systems; ▪ the absence of pre-equipment or cabling permitting the later installation of non-homologated equipment. e) The carrying or use of any kind of device or system other than those authorized may lead to Disqualification.
In a case of doubt regarding the features of an authorized device, but of the Competitor’s choice, its use/transport might be forbidden.
20.2. IRITRACK 1) The Iritrack is a system that allows Machines to be followed by satellite, provided by the Organization and compulsory for all Riders / Competitors. The alarms and alerts may be let off either automatically or manually.
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a) automatic mode: ▪ alarm following a violent shock (deceleration meter), followed by a 3 minute stop, ▪ abnormal inclination (inclination meter) followed by a stop of 3 minutes. b) manual mode: ▪ blue button: phone call to the Race Control (PCO), ▪ red button: accident with injuries, ▪ green button: accident without injuries or breakdown. c) Alternatively, at any moment, when in doubt, the Race Control (PCO) can contact a Rider / Competitor by telephone.
2) Throughout the Rally, the Rider is responsible for the correct functioning of his Iritrack. They must be functioning and stay permanently connected, with power cables and aerial connected throughout the length of each Stage. Any incident caused by the Rider (loss, destruction, being switched off, etc.) and/or all attempts of a fraudulent nature or manipulation will result in penalties, up to Disqualification, to be decided upon by the International Jury.
3) The location of the Iritrack on the Machine must allow permanent access to the essential functions of the system and not risk to cause any malfunctioning. All Riders whose Iritrack are not be mounted according to the suppliers or Organizer’s recommendations at Scrutineering will have to immediately respect the mounting specifications, under penalties of being refused the boarding, the passing at Scrutineering, or the start of the Rally.
4) Any Rider whose Iritrack does not work at the start of a Road Section will be refused the start. He will have 30 minutes to put the Machine in conformity without risking penalties. After this Allotted Time, penalties for lateness will apply. The Rider will only be able to take the start once the Iritrack is mounted as detailed in the mounting specifications.
20.3. SENTINEL FUNCTION OF THE GPS 1) With a view of making overtaking safer, the GPS Unik II , fitted with the Sentinel function (a device that signals to a Vehicle that he can be overtaken) is compulsory for all categories. The operation of GPS and the penalties incurred are detailed in article 14.10.
2) All Rider caught by another must do whatever is necessary to pull over and allow to be overtaken.
As soon as a Rider has received 3 requests for overtaking, from one and the same Competitor/Rider, within a period of time less than or equal to 45 seconds, he must, within 15 seconds following the third request for overtaking, do everything possible to facilitate the overtaking of the Competitor/Rider making the requests (if the terrain so allows).
The Rider who has not allowed the Competitor/Rider who made the overtaking requests to overtake, within 15 seconds of the third overtaking request, will be subject to the following penalties: ▪ 1st offence: 3 minutes ▪ 2nd offence: 7 minutes ▪ 3² offence: 10 minutes ▪ Over 3 offences: penalty up to and including Disqualification, at the discretion of the Sporting Stewards.
3) All contested cases will be treated by the International Jury, following an audition with the two parties concerned. Depending on the circumstances they may apply other penalties (time or financial), to the Rider as well as to the best placed Rider of the Team of the offending Rider.
4) In case of dispute, the data from the Sentinel is downloaded, after a written request to the Clerk of Course, 30 minutes at the latest after notification of the infringement.
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20.4. SATELLITE PHONE / GSM / TOUCH PAD / GPS WATCH 1) For safety reasons, the presence of a satellite telephone and/or an GSM is authorized.
Smartphones are tolerated.
2) The phone will not be fixed within the visual field of the Rider. It must under no circumstances during Selective Sections: ▪ be accessible, ▪ be turned on
Unannounced checks will be carried out.
3) At the Finish of Selective Sections, a Marshal will carry out a systematic search of the first ten pilots of the day and their Machines.
4) The following are prohibited on the Rider or the Machine: ▪ The touch pads. ▪ GPS watches. ▪ Any other device connected to the Internet. ▪ Any data storage device.
Anything that is not explicitly authorized is prohibited.
5) The reachable phone number(s) of all the Rider SIM cards must be communicated during Administrative Checks.
6) During Selective Sections, the telephone must remain switched off. Only in case of problems, telephones may be used, ONLY with the Machine stopped to signal a withdrawal, an accident or a breakdown. Beforehand, the Rider will have to inform the Race Control (PCO) of his situation via his Iritrack.
7) On Road Sections, these telephones may be used, ONLY with the Machine stopped.
8) During Selective Sections, no transmissions (to or from the Machine) of the type SMS, MMS, or of data is authorized. All equipment (data cables, infra red, Blue Tooth, Wi-Fi or others) is forbidden.
9) All infractions will result in penalties up to and including Disqualification.
20.5. RADIO AND TRANSMISSIONS 1) Only the following aerials will be authorized: ▪ single race GPS, supplied by the Organization’s supplier; ▪ Iridium linked to the Iritrack and supplied by the Organization’s supplier; To the exclusion of all other types of aerial, linked or not, of standard type C, D+, M, mini M, Argos, radios, telephone, etc. All infractions may result in Disqualification from the race.
2) Radio means Only Walkie Talkies operating on one single frequency, used within the confines of the Bivouac are authorized. If they are not supplied by the Organization’s radio supplier (MARLINK), an authorisation must be requested from the authorities of the countries crossed and the frequencies used must be given to the Organizers.
3) Satellite links All satellite links or other links between a race Machine / vehicle and an exterior base or another vehicle, other than Iritrack, and the distress beacon, are forbidden, under penalty of Disqualification.
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4) Data All data transmission systems, that allow the tracking of Vehicles and management of Machine fleets is forbidden, and that whatever the means or technical system used, on the pain of Disqualification from the race, with the exception of Iritrack and GPS UNIK II.
20.6. ON-BOARD CAMERAS 1) The Rider is obliged to accept the fitting of a GoPro type camera on his/her Machine of which characteristics are detailed as follows: ▪ Dimensions : 1.6" x 2.4" x 1.2" (42 x 60 x 30 mm) ▪ Weight : 179g battery and box included.
2) The cameras will be set up on the Machines with suction pads or any other system without modifying the security parameters.
For GoPros fixed on the Rider’s equipment (plastron), the Rider is free to position them as they want.
Fixing a GoPro camera type or any other additional device (mount included) is strictly prohibited in the helmet. ▪ 1st Infringement: warning ▪ 2nd Infringement: 5 minutes
These systems will be installed temporarily on Machines as required by the Organization. All refusal will result in the start being refused.
3) The Rider will have to switch the camera on depending on the information given by the technician in charge of the camera fitting. The camera must function and remain permanently connected, with power cables and aerials connected, throughout the Stage.
4) All incidents caused by Riders (loss, destruction, switching off, etc.) and/or all attempts at fraud or manipulation may result in penalties, including Disqualification, to be decided upon by the International Jury.
20.7. DRONES For safety reasons, the use of drones is strictly prohibited on the Dakar 2020, whether it is over the Bivouacs, the Stage Towns, the Road Sections or the Selective Sections.
Any violation of this rule will result in the immediate confiscation of the drone and penalties up to and including Disqualification will be applied to the Rider related to the holder of this drone.
21. PENALTIES 1) Any failure to respect the text of these Regulations for which a penalty is not specified will be recorded in a report to the Clerk of Course, and the International Jury will decide what penalty to impose.
The penalties incurred are applied to the Classification of the Stage and to the General Classification of the Event. Sporting penalties shall be applied to the time of Selective Sections and other time penalties will be applied to the General Classification.
2) All fines will be donated to charity.
3) The payment of fines imposed on Riders shall be made: ▪ with a Crew Relations Officer or the Race Direction ▪ in cash, euros or dollars only, ▪ within 48 hours after notification, under penalty of refusal to start (art. 12.7.1 of the CSI), ▪ within 24 hours after notification, in the context of Stage 11, under penalty of refusal to start, ▪ the same day, as part of Stage 12, under penalty of being prohibited from crossing the podium.
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4) The payment of fines imposed on Service Vehicles must be made to the Deputy Clerk of the Course in charge of Service (see article A17A of the "Service Regulations").
21.1. FIXED PENALTY 1) A Fixed Penalty has been created to replace certain sanctions leading to Disqualification for failing to respect certain clauses of the Regulations. It allows the penalised Rider to continue the Event in normal competition conditions, while still being sanctioned.
2) The Fixed Penalty is expressed in a time which is added to the penalties already incurred by the Rider.
3) The Fixed Penalty may be of a different figure for each Selective Section or Road Section, calculated according to the profile and the difficulty of each of these.
4) The total time attributed to the Rider affected by the Fixed Penalty, for each Stage, will be calculated by adding together the Maximum Time Allowed for the Selective Section(s) or Road Section(s) not covered, increased by the Fixed Penalty of the day for the missing section(s), as well as for any missing Waypoints and/or Passage Controls.
21.2. SPORTING PENALTY A Sporting Penalty means a penalty imposed for: speeding, missing a Passage Control or Waypoint, or unsporting conduct, or other violation committed on a Selective Section.
22. SAFETY PLAN In addition to the safety systems positioned on each Machine and the real-time tracking of Riders by the PCO, the following means will be deployed in the field during the entire rally:
22.1. AERIAL MEANS ▪ 4 helicopters entirely dedicated to medical rescue: Mike 1 to Mike 4, ▪ 2 helicopters with a doctor on board: Oscar and Delta, ▪ 1 aircraft dedicated to medical evacuations.
22.2. LAND-BASED MEANS ▪ 8 vehicles of type A, rapid intervention: Tango 1 to Tango 8, ▪ 4 vehicles of type C, medical intervention: Ambulances, ▪ 1 Medical HQ located on each Bivouac, ▪ 1 doctor in each of the 3 sweeper trucks: Bravo 1 to Bravo 3, ▪ 4 vehicles of type A, rapid intervention: Zulu 1 to Zulu 4.
22.3. COMPOSITION OF THE MEDICAL TEAM This team of medical professionals is composed of 55 people: ▪ Emergency doctors, ▪ Surgeons, ▪ Resuscitator anaesthetists, ▪ Nurses, ▪ Physiotherapists.
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Distributed as follows: ▪ Helicopters: 12 people, ▪ Tangos: 16 people, ▪ Bivouac: 22 people + 1 logistics assistant, ▪ PCO: 1 doctor who regulates medical resources.
Depending on the specificity of the Dakar 2020 Stages, medical resources will be distributed: ▪ at the Medical HQ on each Bivouac, ▪ at the start of each Selective Section, ▪ at the finish of each Selective Section, ▪ throughout the Selective Section with helicopters, Tangos, Zulus and Bravos.
23. WAYPOINTS The Dakar 2020 Regulations are partially in conformity with article 080.11.2 of the 2019 FIM Cross- Country Rally World Championship Regulations, supplemented/modified by the following text.
1) A Waypoint is a geographical point defined by coordinates of latitude and longitude. There are 5 types of Waypoints: WPV, WPM, WPE, WPS, WPC Each Waypoint is systematically associated with a kilometre point specified in the Roadbook. Each Waypoint noted on the Roadbook is a compulsory passage point, stored and numbered in the GPS. They make it possible to check that the Riders comply with the Roadbook follow-up. With the exception of WPVs, the GPS coordinates of Waypoints are not disclosed to Competitors.
2) Definitions of the 5 types of Waypoints: a) WPC (Control Waypoint) A WPC is a Waypoint that allows the respect of the Roadbook to be checked, without any navigation information being supplied by the GPS other than its number, in the order of passage in relation to other Waypoints, as well as its name, which uses its position in whole kilometres in the Roadbook (ex: K58 whether it is positioned at kilometre 58.00 or 58.99 of the Roadbook). See art. 14.7 for details. b) WPE (Eclipsed Waypoint) A point towards which the GPS, with all its capacities displayed on its screen, directs the Rider once the Waypoint preceding this WPE has been validated, whatever the distance between the Waypoint and the WPE. It works in the same way between several successive WPE. The Starts of Selective Sections will be WPE. To validate their passage at a WPE, Riders must pass within 200 metres of it. If the WPE is a DZ or a FZ the radius of validation is then 90 metres. b) WPM (Hidden Waypoint) See art. 14.7.7 for details.
The Finishes of Selective Sections will be WPM.
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d) WPS (Safety Waypoint) A passage point that can be linked to a danger 3 (!!!), crossings of roads, gas pipelines, railways, etc. See art. 14.7 for details. To validate their passage at a WPS, Riders must pass within 50 meters of it. If the WPS is a DZ or the start of a Neutralization Zone, then the validation radius is 90 meters. e) WPV (Visible Waypoint) A navigational information point available at all times which corresponds to the Start and Finish TC of each Stage. When there is no Road Section at the start and/or finish of a Stage, they correspond to the Selective Section Start and/or Finish.
3) Table of values of the radii of the different Waypoints:
Wpt Type Opening radius (in m) Validation radius (in m) WPV Always visible 200 Opening on opening of preceding WPE 90 Waypoint, or 3.000 m WPM 800 200 WPS 800 50 WPC Never 300 CP 1.000 (because DZS) 90 DSS = WPE or WPV, if no Road Section 200 ASS 1.000 200 DZ 1.000 90 FZ = WPE 90 DZS 1.000 90
24. SELECTIVE SECTIONS The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article 080.15 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/modified by the following text.
24.1. GENERAL 1) If the Rider does not stop at the Stop point to have his times recorded, a one-hour penalty shall be applied.
2) Any Rider refusing to start a Selective Section at the time and in the position allocated to him/her shall be given a penalty of 15 minutes and must make him/herself available to the Marshal in charge who will notify him/her of his/her new starting time.
3) Selective Sections are run on sections of « road» open to the public. The greatest care is recommended in relation to other eventual users.
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24.2. INTERRUPTION OF A SELECTIVE SECTION 1) Interruption of a Selective Section at a given point. Taking of time at a Waypoint during a Selective Section:
When a Selective Section is definitely stopped on a fixed point before the passage of the first Rider / Competitor, regardless of the reason, a classification for that Selective Section may nevertheless be obtained by attributing a time to all those Riders/Crews who were affected by the circumstances of the interruption.
These times may be calculated as follows: a) Given that a time is taken at each Waypoint and recorded in the GPS Unik II, a result for a Selective Section may be obtained using the time taken at the Waypoint preceding the point of interruption.
The times at the various Waypoints recorded in the GPS will be transmitted by radio when Crews check-in at the Time Control of finish of the Stage. b) In the case of a malfunctioning GPS, a Crew’s time will be calculated using their position on the track at the time of interruption (Iritrack position) and the times of the Riders / Competitors who have past just before or after them at this point. The Stewards can choose as the time of reference that which seems the most appropriate. c) In the case of a malfunctioning GPS and Iritrack, the Stewards will undertake the necessary research concerning the position of the Rider so as to establish an appropriate time.
2) Interruption of a Selective Section at several distinct points. Taking of time at the Time Control at the end of the Selective Section: When a Selective Section is definitively stopped at a fixed point or at several points after the passing of one or several Riders / Competitors and this for whatever reason, a result for the Selective Section can be given using the times of all the Riders / Competitors affected by the interruption of the race.
The times will be determined as shown in the following example:
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Referent Rider / Compet it or: the Rider who finished the SS with the worst time between CP3 and ASS
B (Referent Rider / Compet it or's t ime)
DSS CP3 ASS
C (Time DSS-CP3) = 49% of B A (Time CP3-ASS) = 51% of B
Rider(s) / Competitor(s) who did not finish the SS:
F (Referent Rider / Compet it or's t ime)
DSS CP3 ASS
D (Time DSS-CP3) = 49% of F E (Time CP3-ASS) = 51% of F
E = D x 51% F = E + D 49%
In the case where circumstances necessitate the use of this method of calculation, a Bulletin will be published.
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Should the Stewards consider the worst time actually set to be abnormal, they may choose as a reference time the one which they feel to be the most suitable.
3) It is up to the Stewards alone to decide whether or not to apply this measure, once Race Control has informed them of the reasons for the interruption.
4) Any Rider / Competitor who is responsible or partly responsible for the stopping of the race cannot, under any circumstances, benefit from this measure. Any such Crew will therefore be credited with the actual time which it may have set, if this is greater than the imaginary time attributed to other Riders / Competitors.
5) In exceptional cases, for safety reason, the Organization in coordination with the Clerk of Course may interrupt the Selective Section at a given point and the Riders / Competitors may continue the Selective Section once the dangerous zone has been passed. This zone will then be neutralised and will operate as described in art 24.3.
24.3. NEUTRALISATION OF A SELECTIVE SECTION 1) During the Stages with 1 Selective Section divided into several parts, the timing will be carried out by the GPS UNIK II and the Stage will be carried out as follows (case of two parts of Selective Sections): ▪ SSA Selective Section, Neutralisation (NEU) with its time limit and SSB Selective Section will only form one time block; ▪ the GPS will time this complete block. He will also inform the Rider of the course of his Allotted Time during the Neutralisation; ▪ to rank the Selective Section, the Allotted Time of the Neutralisation previously integrated in the GPS will be subtracted from this block
2) Running for the Rider: ▪ the start at the DSSA is carried out in the same way as at all other Stages, under the orders of the Post Chief and with the Regulatory Zone signage; ▪ the ASSA is indicated in the Roadbook, visible on the GPS screen and materialized on the ground by a specific paneling (see diagram); ▪ when the ASSA Waypoint center is validated, the GPS starts the Neutralisation countdown and the remaining time on the time limit is visible on the GPS screen; ▪ the entry into the DSSB zone, indicated in the Roadbook, visible on the GPS screen and materialized on the ground by a specific paneling, must only be made in the last 60 seconds of the countdown. The Rider must then wait for his start order, which will be displayed on the GPS screen at the end of the countdown; ▪ there is no Marshal to give the SSB's departure. The Rider is solely responsible for this operation thanks to his GPS; ▪ his departure time at the SSB is that of his arrival time at the ASSA + Allotted Time for Neutralisation + the 5 regulatory minutes; ▪ in the event of an early start at the DSSB, the Rider is penalized by 2 minutes per partial or full 30-second slot of anticipation; ▪ in the event of a late check-in at DSSB, this delay is added to the time taken to perform the Selective Section; ▪ the arrival at the SSB takes place in the same way as on all the other Stages, with the Regulatory Zone signage, as well as the team of timekeepers.
3) During these Neutralisations the maximum speed allowed, checked by GPS, will be that of the speed limit of the country being crossed.
4) Service carried out by a Service Vehicle and refuelling are authorized only for the sections common to Race and Service Vehicles.
All infractions will result in penalties as stated in Article 15.5 and the following articles.
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24.4. OPERATING DIAGRAM OF THE NEUTRALIZATION BY GPS (example of a Selective Section with 2 parts)
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25. ACCIDENT - WITHDRAWAL The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with articles 080.32 and 080.33 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
25.1. ACCIDENT - HEALTH 1) In the case of an accident involving injuries, it is imperative that the Rider inform the Race Control (PCO) by all possible means as quickly as possible so that appropriate means can be sent as quickly as possible.
2) The Rider must, if he is conscious and able to move: ▪ make the area safe by simultaneously pushing the 2 blue buttons on the GPS to activate the alarm function on the Sentinel, so as to inform other Riders / Competitors arriving in the area, ▪ push the red button on the Iritrack to inform the Race Control (PCO) of the accident, ▪ push the blue button on the Iritrack to be able to communicate with Race Control (PCO) and inform them of the situation.
In the case of the Iritrack malfunctioning, if the Rider cannot communicate with Race Control (PCO), he must let off his Sarsat distress beacon.
3) To secure the accident site, the Rider must place his helmet in an appropriate place at least 50 m before the position of the Machine in order to alert other Riders / Competitors. All Riders failing to respect this rule are liable to penalties at the discretion of the International Jury.
4) Any Rider involved in an accident which results in physical harm, or not, can be subject to an investigation by the International Jury. Depending on the circumstances, penalties may be applied, including Disqualification.
5) Any incident between Riders / Competitors may be investigated by the Officials and the Organizers. If it is proven that this incident is considered as a "race event", neither the liability of the Riders / Competitors nor that of the Organizer may be engaged.
6) In case of an accident or a litigation between a Car / Truck Team and a Bike / Quad Rider in a Selective Section, the Bike / Quad Rider must prepare a written statement addressed to the Bike / Quad Clerk of Course who will submit it to the Car / Truck Clerk of Course who in turn will make a decision on the continuation. The Car / Truck Crew or their Team Manager must also submit a written statement of the facts to the Car / Truck Clerk of the Course.
7) In case of illness or serious health incident (loss of consciousness, hallucinations, malaise, altitude sickness, vomiting, etc.), the Rider or another Rider/Competitor must inform the PCO as soon as possible, so that the PCO can evaluate the situation and take the necessary measures in order to ensure the correct interventions.
8) Any Rider who violates the provisions of this article 25.1 shall be the subject of a report to the International Jury, which may impose penalties as provided for in the International Sporting Code.
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2) Any Rider who witnesses an accident placing another Rider / Competitor in physical danger must: ▪ stop; ▪ make the area safe by simultaneously pushing the 2 blue buttons on the GPS to activate the the alarm function of the Sentinel, so as to inform other Riders / Competitors arriving in the area; ▪ press the red button on his Iritrack; ▪ give the first aid to the person(s) injured and get information on (his)their condition; ▪ call the Race Control (PCO) via his Iritrack (blue button) to report the situation; ▪ wait for the rescue service or another Rider / Competitor to arrive; ▪ press the green button on his Iritrack, to inform that he is leaving the scene.
If it is impossible to communicate with the Race Control (PCO) via the Iritrack, the Rider arriving at the scene of the accident must let off the Sarsat distress beacon of the crashed Rider / Competitor, or if this cannot be found, his own distress beacon. Riders who witness the accident, do not risk being disqualified if they let off their own Sarsat distress beacon for the injured Rider / Competitor.
3.a) The total stopping time (if more than 3 minutes) between the 2 Iritrack alerts (red button on arriving and green button on leaving) will be deducted from the time taken to cover the Selective Section of the same day, but only for the first two Riders to stop at the scene of the accident, upon the request of the Rider to the Race Direction, made within a maximum of 1 hour after finishing his day’s Stage. b) For any other stop following a race fact, greater than 3 minutes, the time may be deducted from the Rider's time, if applicable, upon written request to the Race Direction, within 30 minutes of his arrival time at the Stage of the day, until 22:30; then at the PCO, with the Deputy Clerk of the Course. c) The total stopping time can be checked and validated by the Iritrack and/or by the GPS Unik II.
4) When a Rider is personally involved in an accident that has caused them to stop for more than 3 minutes, the stopping time may only be deducted after a decision has been taken by the Sporting Stewards or the Race Direction, after the conditions of the accident have been examined.
5) Any Rider which fails to comply with the prescriptions of the present Article 25.2 will be reported to the International Jury who may impose penalties as provided for in the Sporting Code.
25.3. WITHDRAWALS – DISQUALIFICATION 1) In the event of a withdrawal, it is imperative that the Rider informs, by all possible means, and as quickly as possible, the Race Control (PCO): +33 1 41 33 02 10 Failure to respect this important safety clause will result in the refusal of the Rider of all future applications to take part in any rally organised by the Organizer.
In addition, failure to respect the obligation to inform the Organizer in the case of withdrawal, where search operations are carried out, will result in the Rider in question being liable for the financial costs of search operations and the request to the Rider’s National Federation for further sanctions, upon the discretion of the International Jury.
2) In the event of a withdrawal due to mechanical breakdown, the Rider must imperatively spend a night out on the track before letting off his Sarsat distress beacon, if he has not yet been picked up by the Sweeper Truck. The letting off, without medical reason, of the Sarsat distress beacon, will result in Disqualification, as well as the financial liability of the Rider concerned, in the case of intervention by the Organization.
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IMPORTANT: As soon as the Rider decides to retire, he must let the Race Control know about his intentions regarding his way back (for himself and his material): ▪ if he goes back to the Bivouac, present himself to the Competitors’ Department; ▪ if he does not go back to the Bivouac, call the Race Control (PCO).
3) In the event of a withdrawal, it is the Rider’s responsibility to ensure that safety material is returned as fast as possible to the relevant suppliers: distress beacon, Iritrack, GPS and associated accessories. This equipment must be returned to the representatives of the suppliers of this equipment, located at the Safety Center, near the Original by Motul area. The Rider is recommended not to leave the safety material in his Machine in case he has to abandon it on the track. Under no circumstance can the Organizer be held responsible for the disappearance or loss of this type of material.
4) The transporting of a Rider and/or of his Machine by helicopter or aboard any other means of transport during all or part of a Stage will result in Disqualification from the race, except in the case of article 14.8.2. Rider that has withdrawn may under no circumstance be transported by the Organization during all or part of the remaining route.
Under exceptional circumstances, the Organizer reserves the right to transport a Rider and/or a Machine with the Clerk of Course’s approval.
25.4. CLOSING THE TRACK 1) Any Rider who refuses to take a place aboard the Sweeper Truck does so entirely at his own responsibility and must sign a disclaimer which will be given to him by the members of the Organization in charge of closing the track. No action may be taken against the Organizer in the case where the Rider refuses to board the Sweeper Truck. However, this disclaimer will not result in Disqualification of the Rider if he manages to make repairs and to get to the Bivouac on time, following the entire route, including under the conditions of art. 14.8.2.
2) «Sweeper Trucks» cannot transport Quads.
25.5. REPATRIATION OF MACHINES 1) In the case where the Rider that has withdrawn has respected the procedures outlined in Article 25.3 and where the “Sweeper Trucks” has brought the Machine to the Bivouac, the Organizer will provide a repatriation service for Machines to France for all Riders having loaded their Machine in the boat at Marseille.
Riders or their teams must contact the organization to find out where to collect the Machines that have withdrawn.
Except in the case where the Rider indicates to the contrary this will be done automatically and is included in the entry fee. The Organizers undertake to take the greatest of care during the transport of Machines but will accept no liability for the condition of the Machine on its arrival at the point of repatriation. The Organizers will accept no liability concerning the wheels and trunks transported, either regarding their condition on arrival or for theft.
2) Despite the considerable means put in place by the Organizer, it is sometimes the case that Machines left on the track cannot be found and picked up during the Rally. Nevertheless, thanks to the work of the Organizer’s correspondents in Saudi Arabia, these Machines are often repatriated after the Rally, though the time frame for this repatriation is variable. In this case the Rider will be informed by the Organizer of the new costs and conditions entailed which are entirely the Rider’s responsibility.
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26. TIME CARD The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article 080.19 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/modified by the following text.
1) The fact of losing a Time Card, or not taking it at the TC at the start of a Stage, will lead to a 5 minutes penalty which is applied to the General Classification.
2) To facilitate the process and gain time at Passage Controls and Time Controls, the Time Card must be placed in a pocket, with an opening in Velcro, on the fuel tank, or at the place where the main fuel tank is usually situated. If this is not the case, the Marshals will not look for Time Cards in pockets or any other place not defined above.
27. CONTROL ZONES The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article 080.20 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1) The official time is the GPS time. The target check-in time is the responsibility of the Rider alone, who may consult the official clock on the control table.
The “Rally Time” will be the one of the crossed country: GMT +3 in Saudi Arabia.
2) Control posts are ready to function 30 minutes before the Allotted Time for the passage of the first Rider. Unless the Clerk of Course decides otherwise, they cease to operate 1 hour after the Allotted Time for the last Rider.
The Time Controls (Start and Finish of Selective Sections) will cease to operate at a time calculated taking into account the Maximum Time(s) Allowed preceding this control for the last classified Rider / Competitor.
3) In a Control Zone, a Machine must move by its own means, using the starter power is allowed. If the Machine is unable to move, pushing and/or pulling by a Rider / Competitor in the Race is allowed, or by a Service Crews or Service vehicle when the Race and the Service route follow the same itinerary (see art. 15.5.5).
28. TIME CONTROLS
28.1. GENERAL The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article 080.21 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1) The Rider is forbidden to stop or to drive abnormally slowly between the zone entry sign and the control post. A Rider may remain in the Control Zone only for as long as is necessary to complete the check-in formalities, Scrutineering and GPS checks.
2) At the Time Controls at the end of a Stage, and at the Parc Fermé, a Rider is authorized to check-in ahead of time without incurring a penalty.
3) The Disqualification time, or one or more Maximum Times may be modified at any moment by the International Jury, upon the proposal of the Clerk of Course. The Riders concerned shall be informed of this decision as soon as possible. Disqualification or Fixed Penalty for exceeding the Maximum Time Allowed may only be announced at the end of a Stage.
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28.2. LATE AT THE TIME CONTROL AT THE START OF A STAGE 1) A Rider late for the start of a Stage will be penalised one minute for every minute late, up to 30 minutes after the last Bike / Quad Rider.
A new time and start order will be given to the Rider, at the discretion of the marshal in charge of the Time Control.
2) It will not be possible to start the Stage once the first Race Car has started.
28.3. LATE AT THE TIME CONTROL AT THE START OF A SELECTIVE SECTION 1) All Riders late for the start of a Stage will be penalised one minute for every minute late, up to 30 minutes after the last Bike / Quad Rider. A new time and start order will be given to the Rider, at the discretion of the Marshal in charge of the Time Control.
2) If the start of the Motorcycles / Quads is given separately from that of the Cars / Trucks, then the Rider may start up to 1 hour after the start of the last Bike / Quad Rider, without incurring Disqualification.
28.4. MAXIMUM TIME / ALLOTTED TIME 1) Road Section An Allotted Time is given for each Road Section. Any difference in this Allotted Time will incur a penalty of one minute per minute for being either late or early.
2) Selective Sections Selective Sections will be run in real time, with a Maximum Time allowed. Riders checking-in after this Maximum Time will incur the Fixed Penalty for the day.
The arrival time will be taken no more than to the second.
3) Change of the Maximum Time Allowed On the evening of a Stage, if a certain number of Riders has not crossed the Finishing line of the day’s Selective Section, or if weather conditions stop the rally from being run under normal conditions, the day’s Maximum Time Allowed may be changed, upon proposal of the Clerk of Course, at the International Jury’s discretion.
4) Timing (Itinerary / schedule) Allotted Times and Maximum Times allowed, starting orders and gaps, closing times of controls (TC and CP) and the fixed penalties will be given every day within the Roadbook (Timing).
28.5. OVERRUNNING THE MAXIMUM TIME ALLOWED AT TIME CONTR OL FINISH OF STAGE 1) All Riders arriving at a Time Control at the Finish of a Stage after the Maximum Time Allowed will be penalised by a minute for every minute late or the Maximum Time + the Fixed Penalty on Stages.
2) After a certain time defined by the Race Direction, upon his/her arrival at the Bivouac Arrival TC, the Rider will receive a Time Card named “Arrivée tardive / Late arrival”.
So as to get his Roadbook and their opening notes, he must: ▪ have his Time Card signed by the Safety Center, ▪ have it signed Medical Staff, ▪ hand it to the Race Control (PCO).
The Rider will have to present himself at the TC at the start of the next Stage to the Bike Official in situ, who will be able to authorize / refuse him the start.
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3) Any Rider who do not manage to retake the start of a Stage under these conditions will : ▪ either be disqualified ▪ or, according to circumstances, he may use his Joker (art 14.8.2).
28.6. OVERRUNNING THE MAXIMUM TIME ALLOWED ON THE REST DAY For the rest day, the latest check-in time, so as to be able to start the following day, is fixed at 6.00pm. After this time, all Riders arriving from the previous day’s Stage will be disqualified.
28.7. INTERVIEWS 1) Finish of Selective Section Areas especially dedicated to interviews will be set up each day after the Finish of the Selective Section. The selected Riders are required to stop there the time imposed by the Organization. A new Road Section starting time will be given to the Rider when leaving the interview zone.
Failure to respect this rule, or any incivility noted, will result in a penalty of €500. Any repeated offence will be decided upon by the International Jury.
2) Finish of Road Section The selected Riders will have to go to the interview zone, located close to the Media Center, after their arrival at the Bivouac.
Failure to respect this rule, or any incivility noted, will result in a penalty of €500. Any repeated offence will be decided upon by the International Jury.
29. PASSAGE CONTROLS The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article 080.22 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1) In order to verify that the Rider complies with the itinerary of the Roadbook, Passage Controls are implemented at a significant location mentioned and numbered in the Roadbook, recorded in the GPS and noted on the time cards.
2) The Rider's time of passage, taken to the second, shall be recorded on a time card by the Marshal in charge.
30. PARC FERME
30.1. GENERAL The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article 080.25 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1) Machines are considered to be in Parc Fermé as soon as they reach the end of the last Stage (and at least until the time for lodging protests has expired).
2) Except in the case of a Time Control at the Finish of a Stage, any infringement of the Parc Fermé rules shall result in a penalty ranging from 10 hours to Disqualification.
3) Before the exit from all the Parks or at the start of a Stage, if the Technical Stewards note that a Machine seems to be in a condition which is not compatible with normal use, they must immediately inform the Clerk of Course, who may request that it be repaired. In this case, the minutes used for such repairs shall be considered as the same number of minutes lateness registered on a Road Section. To prevent a Rider from trying to make up lost time after repairs, the Rider shall be given a new starting time. Any Rider which arrives more than 30 minutes late will be disqualified. www.dakar.com Provisional Motorcycle / Quad Regulations – Dakar 2020 – 23/10/2019 68/123
4) As soon as the Rider has parked his/her Machine in the Parc Fermé and in the event of bad weather, the Rider may cover his Machine, with transparent covers. The Rider must leave the Parc Fermé immediately and no Rider will be allowed to re-enter it. In the case of Start town and Finish town Parcs Fermés, the cover will have to be left by the Competitor on the ground next to the Machine and will be installed, during the night, by the Organization.
5) In order to remove a Machine from a Parc Fermé for the start, regrouping, halt or end of a Stage, the Rider shall be allowed to enter the “Parc Fermé” 15 minutes before his starting time, except in Jeddah and in Qiddiyah / Riyadh, where he can enter the parc 30 minutes before his starting time.
6) Inside the Parc Fermé, the engine may be started by means of an external battery, which may be brought in and taken out under the supervision of an Official of the Event.
7) Before leaving the Parc Fermé, the Rider is permitted to place his Machine covers and/or external battery outside the Parc Fermé.
30.2. SPECIFICS Machines will be subject to Parc Fermé rules: ▪ On the port of Marseille, before loading and during the crossing; ▪ After unloading on the port in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, up to the recovery of the Machine by the Rider or his team; ▪ In Jeddah, after Scrutineering on 2, 3 and 4 January 2020; ▪ After the start podium, in Jeddah, on 4 January, up to the start of the 1st Stage on January, 5 ; ▪ After the podium, on 17 January 2020 in Qiddiyah / Riyadh. ▪ The Parc Fermé will become a guarded park, after the claim period, until 18 January 2020 at 8:00am, when it will have to be completely empty.
31. RIDERS’ SAFETY
31.1. SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with articles 080.27 and 080.28 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1) In addition to the FIM list of mandatory survival equipment, Riders must carry with them on their Machine the following equipment: ▪ 1 strobe lamp, ▪ 2 hand-held flares : 1 night hand flare , 1 light stick ▪ 1 reserve of 6 litres (3 litres of drinking water fixed on the motorcycle + 3 litres in a flexible bag). The tank must only have one filling point. ▪ back and front body armour,
2) In the event of a repeat offence, the absence of one or more mandatory equipment will result in a penalty of up to Disqualification, at the discretion of the International Jury. Repeat offenders will be readmitted one time only.
3) Safety and survival equipment must be accessible without dismantling, so that the Officials may carry out checks before the start of each Stage.
4) The location of the Sarsat distress beacon must be shown using a sticker supplied by the Organizer. The distress beacon must be accessible without dismantling, even when the Machine is on its side.
5) The transport of oxygen cylinders on the Machine is strictly prohibited (both in Road Sections and in Selective Sections). Any violation will result in penalties up to and including Disqualification.
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31.2. CLOTHING AND HELMETS 1) Over the entire route the wearing of back and front body protector is compulsory, under penalty of Disqualification.
2) Over the entire route, the wearing of an approved helmet (FIM standards) is compulsory on pain of Disqualification.
3) The approved helmet, LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD, must be presented at Scrutineering, together with the spare helmet(s). Failure to comply with this article will result in either boarding or start being refused.
4) In addition, Riders are recommended to: ▪ be equipped with a cervical collar on the Selective Sections. ▪ carry a rain gear and a pair of spare motorcycle gloves on them.
32. PROTESTS - APPEALS The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article 080.35 of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1) All protests must be made in writing and given to the Clerk of Course, accompanied by the sum of €660, which will be retained if the protest is judged unfounded and unjustified.
2) No appeal may be made against the observation of a fact.
3) If the protest necessitates the dismantling and reassembling of different parts of a Machine, protestors must in addition pay a guarantee of: ▪ €230 for a 2-stroke engine, ▪ €460 for a 4-stroke engine.
4) The Rider may appeal against decisions made, except for reasons of safety, to the National Disciplinary and Arbitration Court (DAS) of the French Motorcycling Federation.
5) All accused Riders must be heard by the International Jury.
33. TERMINOLOGY The Dakar 2020 Regulations comply with article TERMINOLOGY/DEFINITIONS of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations, supplemented/amended by the following text.
1) Service : Service shall be defined as unrestricted work, according to the rules of the applicable category, on a competing Machine, or one of its elements, even when dismounted. It is defined by the rules elaborated in these Regulations, article 15.5.
2) Bivouac Zone situated between the Time Controls at the Finish of one Stage and the Start of the next, where all Riders / Competitors regroup; this zone is located in the Roadbook. In the Bivouac, servicing is free between the Riders / Competitors still in the rally and with vehicles and/or people registered in the Service category with the exception of the Marathon and Super Marathon Stages, where the rules of Service differ (art. 15.5.3 and 15.5.4).
It is a closed area, checked and secured, reserved for private use during the Dakar, whose access is exclusively and uniquely for persons who have been accredited by the Organizer, as well as representatives of local public authorities.
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3) Briefing The Briefing will be given by the Organizers’ delegate. The Clerk of Course will attend it. Will be detailed the information regarding safety and the route (ex: amendments to the Roadbook). This information will be posted on the official notice board, after the Briefing.
4) CH (TC) Time Control (see Article 28).
5) Customer/Payer The "Customer", also referred to as the "Payer", means the person paying the Event Registration Fees.
6) Competitor Specific term for the Car / Truck category. Not applicable for the Bike / Quad. Replaced by “Rider”.
7) CP (Passage Control) / CPs (Safety Passage Control) / CPLs (Road Section Safety Passage Control) A control zone where the Time Card must be stamped by a marshal and which must be a WPM, a WPE, a WPC or a WPS.
8) Event Is considered to be the Event, the 42nd Dakar Rally named for 2020 “Dakar 2020”.
9) Manager Natural person completing the registration application in the name and on behalf of a company or organization or of one or more competitors wishing to take part in the Event, according to the terms pf a mandate agreement signed by the Customer/Payer. The blank mandate agreement certificate template is provided by the Organizer in the Manager registration form on the Event registration website.
10) Pulse signal (Impulsion) A signal recorded and transmitted via GPS, to instantly locate and measure speed, mainly for to monitor authorized distances and maximum speed limits.
Conforming to the permanent functioning mode of the GPS, a pulse signal is recorded in the GPS. A pulse signal is recorded every 150 metres over the entire Selective Section and every 500 metres on Road Sections, with the exception of Village Speed Zones, where it will remain 150 metres.
11) Infringement (Speed Control Zone) An infringement consists of one or more instances of surpassing maximum authorized speed limits in one and the same Speed Control Zone, defined by a DZ and an FZ. A second infringement will come about when one or more instances of speeding have occurred inside a new Speed Control Zone.
In case of repeated offences during the Event, the third infringement (in 3 different zones) may result, for all Riders, in penalties that may go as far as Disqualification, depending on the excess speed noted.
A Speed Control Zone composed of 2 successive sections having 2 different maximum speeds will be considered as a sole Speed Control Zone.
12) Official Itinerary The Official Itinerary is represented by the passage through each Waypoint featured in the Roadbook (WPV, WPM, WPE, WPC, WPS, DZ, FZ, CP and CH).
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13) Machine “Machine” represents the vehicle (Bike or Quad) engaged in the Event, passing through the Scrutineering and complying with the criteria detailed in these supplementary Regulations.
14) Mandator Customer-Payer who mandated the Manager to register on its behalf for the Event.
15) Original by Motul Challenge (previously Malles Motos) – see article 10.6 This category previously named “Malles Moto” becomes “The Original by Motul”. This Challenge only concerns Motorcycle and Quad Riders WITHOUT ANY FORM OF SERVICE. A Rider with an accompanying person registered in the race and/or in Service category, may not participate in the Dakar in this Challenge.
16) Neutralisation – see articles 24.3 and 24.4 Transfer with an Allotted Time between two parts of a Selective Section. The rules that apply are the same as Road Sections.
17) Information Note This is information given by the Organizers and/or by the Clerk of Course to the Riders. This note will be posted as soon as possible. An information note cannot amend the Regulations.
18) Participant Any natural person taking part in the Event whether as a Competitor or as a Service staff or as a Media representative.
19) PCO / PC Course (Race Control) Race Control and Operational coordination (sporting and safety) and management of the response capability. The PCO will be operational 24 hours a day.
20) Platform Event registration website via the link https://www.dakar.com/en/the-competitors/register providing access to a personal area using a username (the email address provided by the Manager) and a password chosen by the Manager.
21) Regulations A set consisting of these Supplementary Regulations, the Technical Regulations, the Appendices, the Service Regulations and the Bulletins.
22) Regrouping (Parc Fermé conditions) a) A halt scheduled by the Organizer to enable the theoretical times to be observed on the one hand and, on the other, to regroup the Riders still racing. The regrouping time may vary according to the Riders. b) The new start will be given according to the order of arrival of Riders at the entrance of the regrouping Time Control. The first ten Riders will restart one by one every 2 minutes.
23) Road Section Section of itinerary with an Allotted Time between two successive Time Controls. On these sections, following the Roadbook itinerary is also mandatory.
24) Selective Section Speed test in real time. A Selective Section may be made up of several portions, separated by Neutralisation(s).
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26) Scrutineering Verification by the Technical Stewards of technical compliance with the Regulations of Vehicles and Safety Equipment. It is also during Scrutineering that the correct affixing of the plates (Rally, number) and panels (advertising) on the Vehicles will be checked by a representative of the Organization.
34. IMAGE RIGHTS –DAKAR BRAND
34.1. IMAGE RIGHTS In order to permit the widest possible coverage, dissemination and promotion of the DAKAR Rally, all Competitors taking part in the Event for any reason acknowledge and agree that their participation in the competition grants to the Organizers and assignees (as Dakar partners) the irrevocable right to record and fix, in any medium and by any means, reproduce and display, without any compensation whatsoever, their name, forenames, likeness, voice, biography and history, and more generally, their sports performance in connection with the DAKAR, as well as the trade name(s), trade mark(s), brand(s) of their Vehicle parts manufacturers, constructors and sponsors, (hereafter his Image) in any and all forms, on any media (whether now existing or hereafter developed) and in any format, for all kinds of world-wide use, including advertising and/or commercial use and for the entire duration of the protection currently granted for such use according to the following: To allow such an exposure, each participant in the Event subject to these Regulations shall transfer his Image.
For holdings in the context of audio-visual programs the subject of which is wholly or partly related to DAKAR: the duration of the assignment corresponds to the duration of the protection currently granted to these holdings by Legislative or regulatory provisions, judicial decisions and / or arbitrators from any country as well as current or future international conventions, including any extensions that may be made to this duration For all other purposes: the duration of the transfer cannot exceed 10 years following the date of the DAKAR concerned.
The participant expressly authorizes the Organizer to grant to the DAKAR partners sub- licenses for the exploitation of his Image within the framework limited to the promotion of their partnership with DAKAR.
However, when the Organizer authorizes a Dakar partner to use pictures of the Event for commercial purposes, the Dakar partner will not be allowed to use the Image of a Competitor with a view to a direct or indirect association between the Competitor, the trade name, the trade mark of his sponsor or Vehicle parts manufacturer, and the product, service, trade name or trade mark of the said third party without the express consent of the Competitor, sponsor or Vehicle parts manufacturer.
Likewise, with the express exception of books, photo books, comic strips, in any form of publication, videograms, in any medium and format, the subject of which is wholly or partly on the DAKAR, posters, posters, travel logs, signature books, maps, official programs relating to the Dakar, the Organizer will not exploit or authorize the exploitation of the Image of a participant in the context of the marketing of derived products known as merchandising without express authorization.
34.2. TV COVER 1) In order to allow the widest possible broadcasting, outreach and promotion of the DAKAR Rally, the Organizer shall endeavour to offer the widest possible media coverage. To allow such an exhibition, each participant in the Event subject to these Regulations shall transfer his Image in accordance with the provisions of article 49P2.
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2) As Organizer of the sports Event, the Organizer is the sole owner of the exclusive property of all DAKAR exploitation rights.
As such, the Organizer has full and exclusive ownership of all images and sounds captured during the Event, on the course and also within all areas controlled by the Organization: Village departure - arrival, Bivouac, parc fermé, interview zones, protocol podiums, technical and administrative inspection areas, etc. called protected areas. Consequently, any person subject to the present rules, except preliminary and written agreement of ASO, refrains from proceeding to any capture and / or diffusion (on any medium whatsoever) of images and / or sounds coming from the and / or any protected area.
As needed, it is specified that any capture of images and / or sound of the Event and / or Protected Areas for broadcast live or deferred via mobile application (eg: Periscope, Facebook, etc.) is strictly prohibited, except with the prior written consent of the Organizer. In this connection, written requests must be sent at the latest by the 1st of December preceding the start of the competition, to the following address: A.S.O. – Service Télévision Immeuble Quai Ouest 40-42, Quai du Point du Jour – 92100 BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT - France +33 (0)1 41 33 14 10 - [email protected] +33 (0)1 41 33 14 01 – [email protected]
34.3. SPONSORS Riders will ensure that none of their sponsors' activities will concern the following sectors: ▪ Alcohol, ▪ Tobacco, ▪ Pharmaceutical laboratories, ▪ Religion, ▪ Politics, ▪ Pornography.
34.4. DAKAR BRAND The Dakar name brand and the Dakar logo are the exclusive property of A.S.O. The use of the Dakar name and logo is strictly limited to the use made by the Organizer, Event partners and authorized licencees.
The use of the “Dakar logo” is strictly prohibited.
Only the “Dakar Competitor” logo can be used within the rules explained in http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2019/us/looking-for-sponsors.html
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35. BOARD OF PENALTIES Where the text of the Article and the board differ, the text of the Article shall prevail. This board is not exhaustive.
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Absence at 1st Briefing 7.2.1 500€ Iritrack, not switceh on 7.3.2 X during tests May go as far Excessive speed or as dangerous riding within 7.3.3 Disqualification the Bivouac Below : UP TO DISQ Presence of a Bike / Quad in the catering 7.3.5 300 € area. ▪ per infringement ▪ Advertising implementation on 7.3.6 Bivouac warning ▪ Repeat offence 2.000 € Not respecting dead- 10% lines of payment for 8.2.1 Amount due entry fees Entry fees not fully Entry refused 8.2.1 X paid on 01/11/19 for 5 years
▪ Cancellation before 3.000 € 1st September 8.2.b.3 100% ▪ After 1st September Amount due Administrative or technical non- 8.2.b.3 X compliance Air, sea or land transport of the Rider 8.4.1 X by a third party Rider having his 8.4.2 X Machine transported
Disrespectful behaviour 9.2.1 500€ Incorrect, fraudulent, unsportsmanlike action 9.2.2 ▪ Before the Event X ▪ During the Eevent X UP TO DISQ Abandoning wheel / flat tire 9.2.3 ▪ 1st infringement 1.000 € ▪ Repeat offence UP TO DISQ Demonstrations, show, 9.2.4 X with the Machine
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Failure to comply with the rules for re- 9.3 X exporting a damaged Machine Machine transferred or Entry refused sold in a country 9.4 for 5 years crossed Non-compliance with 9.5 500 € UP TO DISQ customs formalities Non-compliance with 500 € the rules: transport of 9.5.2 per part spare parts Non-compliance with the Roadbook in 9.6.1 Sensitive Areas 9.6.4 ▪ 1st infringement 15’ + 1 000€ ▪ Repeat offence X ▪ Broken fence/gate 9.6.2 15’ + 1 000€ ▪ Repeat offence X Failure to comply with FIM General 10.2.2 UP TO DISQ Prescriptions Non-compliance with UP TO traffic regulations or 10.2.3 UP TO DISQ X agreements Infringement to rules : Exclusio from Original by Motul 10.5 the category Challenge Dimension / shape / Or boarding typeface not respected 11.1 X refused on plates or bibs
Or boarding No front plate (Quad) 11.2 X refused
Absence or incorrect affixing of a Rally or Number plate ▪ 1st observation warning ▪ 2nd observation 11.3 1,000 €
per plate ▪ 3rd observation 100%
of fees ▪ 4th observation X No bib at the start of a Stage 11.4 ▪ 1st observation 1h00 ▪ Repeat offence UP TO DISQ
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Failure to affix the name of the Rider and/or the blood group 11.5 X to the Machine and/or helmet Absence of bracelet, 10% 11.6 per observation of rights Absence or improper affixing of an advertisement ▪ 1st observation warning ▪ 2nd observation 12.1.2 1.000 € per plate ▪ 3rd observation 100% of rights ▪ 4th observation X Non-compliance with mandatory passage 14.1.5 UP TO DISQ points Possession of either or unauthorized 14.1.7.b X X documents / notes Unauthorized addition of information to the 14.1.7.c UP TO DISQ Roadbook Failure to hand over the Roadbook to the Marshal in charge of 14.1.7.d recovery ▪ 1st infringement 3h00 ▪ Repeat offence X Entry refused to coming Reconnaissance / tests 14.4.5 Dakar Rallies in Saudi Arabia for all Participants
Official itinerary not completed in its 14.5.1 UP TO DISQ entirety Presence of Service Crews/Vehicles on 14.6.2 6h00 UP TO DISQ Public Zones See Missing Waypoints 14.8.1 UP TO DISQ Roadbook More than 3 days to 14.8.2.1.b X recover the Machine Joker : partially MT + FP + 14.8.2.3.a completed Stage 50h00 Stage not run pending MT + FP + Machine recovery 14.8.2.3.b 50h00 Per Stage :
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Unblocking GPS before 14.9.3 5h00 06.00 pm Incident on GPS due to the Rider, GPS code not entered 14.10.3 ▪ For the top 15 and 1h00 ASO Elite Riders ▪ For others 300 € Refusal to sign infringement report : ▪ 1er refusal 14.10.4 10’ ▪ 2nde refusal 1h00 ▪ Repeat offence X
Use of forbidden Fuel 15.2 UP TO DISQ
Eraly start REFUEL OUT. 15.3.2.7 2’ Per 30’’ slot: Late check-in REFUEL Time OUT. 15.3.2.8 added to Per 30’’ slot: SS
Non-compliance with refuelling instructions 15.4.3) X at the Bivouac
Any infringement to 15.5.4) UP TO DISQ Service Regulations
Service / towing by a 15.5.6) UP TO DISQ third party Returning to Bivouac 15.5.1.2.d X on a single track Failure to comply with Entry refused Service rules on the 15.5.1.3 for 5 years rest day Service by a non- accredited Person / Vehicle ▪ On a Road Section 15.5.2.2 3h00 UP TO DISQ
▪ On a Selective 6h00 UP TO DISQ Section ▪ Repeat offence X
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Non authorized Service by a Service Crew/Vehicle, presence on a DSS, ASS or Road Section 15.5.2.3 ▪ On a Road Section 3h00 UP TO DISQ ▪ On a Selective Section 6h00 UP TO DISQ ▪ Repeat offence X ▪ Transport, drop-off, parachuting of spare 6h00 UP TO DISQ 15.5.2.4 parts ▪ Repeat offence X ▪ Service outside the Bivouac or in an 6h00 UP TO DISQ 15.5.2.5 enclosed place ▪ Repeat offence X Signposting, transmission of 15.5.2.6 3h00 500 € information Presence of a vehicle / X of all drone on the route 15.5.2.7 assisted before the Rally Riders ▪ Non authorized airbone Service 15.5.2.8 6h00 UP TO DISQ ▪ Repeat offence X External Service on a 15.5.3.1 UP TO DISQ Marathon Stage Marathon Stage : ▪ Non-compliance with 200 € schedules for tyre marking 15.5.3.2 ▪ Tyres not marked Penalties for forbidden Service Non-compliance with the rules of the Super 15.5.4 UP TO DISQ Marathon Presence of a Dakar Team Manager on a 15.5.5.3.d UP TO DISQ Selective Section Transport of tools and/or spare parts 15.5.6 UP TO DISQ aboard Team aircraft. Failure to comply with the Roadbook in speed 16.2 20’ zones Straying of more than 16.3.1 See 90m of a DZ or a FZ 16.3.3 roadbook
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Any overspeeding in a Speed Control Zone ▪ Between 1 and 15 1’ 100€ km/h, per Impulsion ▪ Between 16 and 2’ 200€
40km/h, per Impulsion 16.4.2 Over 40 km/h : ▪ 1st Impulsion 5’ 300€ ▪ 2nd Impulsion 10’ 500€ ▪ 3rd Impulsion 15’ 700€ ▪ 4th Impulsion 1h00 1.500€ ▪ Repeat offence 1.000€ UP TO DISQ Overspeeding on a Road Section (time penalties x by number of impulsions) : ▪ From 1 to 20 km/h 16.5.3 30’’ 100 € ▪ From 21 to 40 km/h 1’ 200 € ▪ Over 40 km/h 5’ 300 € ▪ Over 3 successive X Impulsions UP TO DISQ Overspeeding – Max speed QUADS ▪ Between 131 and 135 1’ 100€ km/h, per Impulsion
▪ Between 136 and 150 5’ 200€ 16.6 km/h, per Impulsion Over 150km/h : ▪ 1st Impulsion 20’ 300€ ▪ 2nd Impulsion 1h00 1.000€ ▪ 3rd Impulsion X
Late at Administrative
Checks : 18.1.3 ▪ 1st hour 50 € ▪ Every following hour 100 €
Failure to comply with Allotted Time for admin. Checks: 18.1.4 ▪ 1st hour 500 € ▪ Every following hour 1.000 €
Absence at GPS / Iritrack compulsory 18.1.5 500 € course Late at Scrutineering : ▪ Up to 30 minutes 15 € 18.1.6 ▪ from 30’ to 1h00 100 € ▪ per additional hour 500 € Machine not compliant or not adapted to Rally 18.1.8 X X standards
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Submission of non- original documents, or 18.2.2 X documents that are not valid
Device or bracket not Boarding 18.3.1 mounted at Marseille refused
Device or bracket not 150€ 18.3.2 mounted at Jeddah per device Possession / carrying of an unauthorized 20.1.1 X navigation system Swaping GPS between 20.1.2 UP TO DISQ Machines
Forbidden linking 20.1.3 UP TO DISQ
Tripmeter with GPS Refused at 20.1.4 chip Scrutineering Use of GPS points 20.1.7. other than those of the UP TO DISQ a Organizer Unauthorized carrying 20.1.7. or possession of b X navigation systems Data acquisition 20.1.7.c X system with GPS chip Presence on the 20.1.7. Machine of any UP TO DISQ d unjustified pre-wiring Possession or use of 20.1.7. UP TO DISQ prohibited systems e Incident caused by the 20.2.2 UP TO DISQ Rider on the Iritrack Boarding/ Iritrack not properly 20.2.3 Scrutineering/ mounted Start refused Iritrack not operating at the start of a Stage : 20.2.4 ▪ to comply 30’ ▪ over 30 minutes 1’ per min. Any Rider who refuses to let himself be overtaken, after 3 requests 20.3.2 ▪ 1st infringement 3’ ▪ 2nd infringement 7’ ▪ 3rd infringement 10’ ▪ Over UP TO DISQ
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Unauthorized use of satellite phones / GSM 20.4.9 UP TO DISQ / means of communication Presence of aerials, radio systems, transmissions, 20.5.1 UP TO DISQ prohibited satellite means Satellite link system 20.5.3 X prohibited Presence of a 20.5.4 X prohibited Data system Incident due to the Rider or attempted 20.6.4 fraud (on-board X camera) Confiscation of Carrying / using a 20.7 drone + UP TO drone DISQ ▪ Not paying fines within 48h00 X ▪ Not paying fines within 24h00 ; Stage X 21.3 11 ▪ Not paying fines on Prohibited to the same day, Stage cross podium 12 Early start NEU OUT. 24.3.2 2’ Per 30’’ slot: Late check-in NEU Time OUT. 24.3.2 added to Per 30’’ slot: SS Not making the area safe in the event of an 25.1.3 X accident Rider involved in an accident resulting in 25.1.4 UP TO DISQ bodily injury
Non-compliance with 25.1.8 X art. 25.1 on accidents Non-compliance with the Article on instructions in the 25.2 X event of an accident on another Rider / Competitor X + entry Withdrawal not X 25.3.1 X refused to any reported ASO event
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▪ Letting-off distress beacon with no medical X reason 25.3.2 ▪ If the Organizer intervenes X X
Transport of a Rider in 25.3.4 X any means of transport
Forgetting or losing or 26.1 5’ damaging a Time Card ▪ Late at the TC at the Start of a Stage or 1’ Selective Section, up to 28.2 per 30' after the last 28.3 minute Machine ▪ Afterwards X 1’ Gap on Allotted Time 28.4.1 per minute Max Overrunning Max Time 28.4.2 Time. + (Selective Section) PF Non-compliance with the Article in the event 28.5.3 X X of late arrival Overrunning Maximum Time Allowed on the 28.6 X rest day ▪ Rider not stopping in an interview zone 28.7 500 € ▪ Repeat offence X
Infringement to Parc 10h00 30.1.2 UP TO DISQ Fermé rules minimum ▪ Intervention on a 1’ Machine after start per 30.1.3 time minute ▪ Over 30’ delay X Absence of survival equipment at the start 31.1.2 ▪ Repeat offence 1 UP TO DISQ ▪ Repeat offence 2 X
Carrying oxygen 31.1.5 UP TO DISQ
Failure to wear back, chest and helmet 31.2 X protection throughout the route
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Failure to show the Or boarding helmet to the 31.2.3 X refused Scrutineering
Protest fee 32.1 660 € Security deposit in case of disassembly : 32.3 ▪ 2 strokes 230 € ▪ 4 strokes 460 € 3rd infringement, for 33.10 UP TO DISQ overspeeding
Not reporting to the 15’ Officials ▪ Change of engine : - 1st engine : T1 & T2 15’ - 2nd engine : 45’ - 3rd engine and 2h00 following ones
Noise level not respected ▪ 1st infringement T5.5 15’ ▪ 2nd infringement 1h00 ▪ 3rd infringement X
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TECHNICAL REGULATIONS DAKAR 2020
MOTORCYCLES, QUADS
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FOREWORD The Technical Regulations for the 42nd Dakar Rally conform with the 2020 FIM Technical Regulations for Bikes and Quads. There are however some exceptions, detailed in the following pages.
The FIM technical regulations can be consulted on their web site : www.fim-live.com
Internationale Motocycle Federation (FIM) : Tel : + 41.22.950.950.0 (SWITZERLAND)
Dakar Technical Manager: Thierry VIARDOT - [email protected]
T1. GROUP 1 - A.S.O. ELITE Engine The standard engine cases will be marked at Scrutineering. All loss of markings will result in penalties up to Disqualification.
The preparation of the engine is free. Repairs to the engine’s ’top-end’ are free during the Event. All interventions to the ‘bottom- end’ (inside the main engine cases) will be considered as a change of engine. Once removed and replaced by engine B, the refitting of engine A into the Machine will be considered as a change of engine, in the same way as replacement by engine C.
Any change of engine will incur a penalty: ▪ first change : 15 minutes, ▪ second change : 45 minutes ▪ all following changes : 2 hours per change.
The change of engine between Riders is allowed during Marathon Stages, but not during Super Marathon Stages. Penalties will be applied to both Riders.
T2. GROUP 2.1 - SUPER PRODUCTION Engine The standard engine cases will be marked at Scrutineering. All loss of markings will result in penalties up to Disqualification.
The preparation of the engine is free, with the exception of the main engine cases which must be strictly standard. Repairs to the engine’s ’top-end’ are free during the event. All interventions to the ‘bottom- end’ (inside the main engine cases) will be considered as a change of engine. Once removed and replaced by engine B, the refitting of engine A into the Machine will be considered as a change of engine, in the same way as replacement by engine C.
The change of engine will incur a penalty: ▪ first change : 15 minutes, ▪ second change : 45 minutes ▪ all following changes : 2 hours per change.
The change of engine between Riders is allowed during Marathon Stages, but not during Super Marathon Stages. Penalties will be applied to both Riders.
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T3. GROUP 2.2 - MARATHON 1) Production “Enduro” Machines manufactured in at least 100 examples.
2) Machines in the Marathon Group must be standard, as delivered by the manufacturer. Machines must conform in all ways to the commercial catalogue issued by the constructor and be freely available for sale. The original repair manual (as used by dealers – no photocopies accepted), as well as all homologation papers (with a red line), must be presented at the same time as the Machine during Scrutineering.
3) If the Rider is unable to present homologation papers at Scrutineering, his/her Machine will be irrevocably disqualified from the Marathon Group and entered in the Super Production Group.
4) The engine must be standard, of the type homologated, along with carburetor and accessories (alternator, starter, and the complete ignition system). It must remain as originally constructed – only the fitting of an oil cooler is authorized.
5) The principle of this classification is simple: the interdiction to change principle parts during the Event.
The Marathon classification will reward Riders who have finished the Event without having changed the following parts: ▪ engine, ▪ frame, ▪ fork (stanchions, tubes, yokes and plugs), ▪ swinging arm, ▪ central engine cases, cylinder(s), cylinder head(s).
The parts listed above must be entirely standard. These parts will be marked by name at Scrutineering. The replacement of one of these parts, or of the engine during the Event, will see the Rider removed definitively from the Marathon Classification, but will not prevent the Rider from featuring in the Overall Classification for the Super Production Group (with the exception of the frame for which the penalty will be Disqualification).
6) Other parts may be replaced by standard parts in the series type of the constructor, but may not be removed (e.g.: fairing).
7) Free from rules: ▪ The presence of the speedometer and rev counter from construction, provided that their location is used to fit navigation accessories and that the speed of the Machine can be checked by the Rider; ▪ The handlebar along with levers, handlebar clamps and cables, if they are featured in the constructor’s catalogue, as well as the presence of hand protectors. If the diameter of the handlebar is different from that of standard, only handlebar mounts sold for this type are acceptable. All modification or machining of clamps is forbidden; ▪ The fitting of a steering damper; ▪ The presence of a headlight protection grill; ▪ The headlight and rear light (providing they comply with Regulations); ▪ Tyres; ▪ Secondary transmission (engine sprocket, rear sprocket, chain). Only the width of the chain may be changed, not the throw; ▪ Spark plugs; ▪ Brake pads, brake hoses, front and rear discs and brake fluid; ▪ Fuel and drinkable water tanks (but not the means of engine cooling); ▪ The air filter. The air box and its layout must remain standard. The location of the air intake is free and may be moved; ▪ The seat; ▪ Indicators may be removed, as may one rear mirror, if two are fitted as standard. ▪ The luggage rack; ▪ The engine bash plate; ▪ The presence of fork and front brake protectors; www.dakar.com Provisional Motorcycle / Quad Regulations – Dakar 2020 – 23/10/2019 87/123
▪ The choice of shock absorbers; ▪ Fork springs (the stanchions, tubes and fork yokes must be standard). Internal settings are free; ▪ Stand cut out switches; ▪ The size of the foot pegs (if featured in the constructor’s catalogue); ▪ The dimensions of the brake pedal (if featured in the constructor’s catalogue); ▪ The reinforcement of the standard kick start; ▪ Modifications to the electrical circuit, so as to fit the rear fog light; ▪ Wheels: the rims and spokes may be changed for reinforced parts provided the hubs remain standard; ▪ Front wheel: motorcycles fitted with a 19’’ front wheel may be fitted with a 21’’ rim provided that the hub and the width of the rim remains the same; ▪ Rear wheel: motorcycles fitted with a 17’’ rear wheel may be fitted with an 18’’ rim provided that the hub and the width of the rim remains the same; ▪ The rear wheel hub can be replaced in order to mount silent blocks for the back gear rim; ▪ The choice of the exhaust pipe from the cylinder head to the end of the silencer.
8) Machines, as in other categories, must conform to the Event’s safety norms and to the Highway Code (horn, rear mirror). Riders are allowed to fit a kick start, in addition to an electric starter, providing there is the possibility to do so within the model range and that the parts are featured in the manufacturer’s catalogue. Following a report by the Technical Stewards, the Jury reserves the right to accept, or not, a Machine in this group. All modifications not explicitly authorized are forbidden.
9) Forbidden ▪ All modifications increasing the performance of the engine, clutch, or primary transmission. The cooling system, in its entirety, and the original starting system must be conserved; ▪ All modifications to the electrical circuit other than those mentioned in the ‘free’ chapter; ▪ All modifications to the braking system other than those mentioned in the ‘free’ chapter; ▪ All modifications or reinforcing of all or part of the frame, as well as all change of materials, except reinforcement designed to carry extra tanks or luggage racks; ▪ All changes of material, on whatever parts (even if these feature in the manufacturer’s catalogue) which do not correspond to that fitted as standard to the model in question. The year of reference being not that of registration as featured on the registration documents but that given by the manufacturer and corresponding to the series number; ▪ All changes to appearance, dismantling or taking off of parts, accessories or equipment other than those mentioned in the ‘free’ chapter.
10) NB: Parts may be removed by Technical Stewards so as to be checked at any time during the Event.
T4. GROUP 3 - QUAD Class 3.1 : Machines with a large production engine and free chassis which must be authorized for use on public roads.
Class 3.2 : These Machines are based on production quads (meaning authorized for use on public roads), which may be modified and/or equipped for Cross-Country Rallies competition.
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Class 3.1 : The engine (cylinder, cylinder head and crankcase) used must be original and available on the market. However, its parts may be modified, with the exception of the engine housings, which must be strictly original. The chassis is free.
Class 3.2 : The major parts: frame and engine (cylinder, cylinder head, crankcase) used must be the original and from the same quad model, received and sold commercially. These parts can be modified, however, with the exception of the crankcase, which must be strictly original. The engine must have been produced in more than 200 identical units.
The engine crankcases will be marked at Scrutineering. Any loss of marking will result in penalties up to and including Disqualification.
During the Event, repairs are free on the top-engine. Any repair done on the bottom-engine (engine cases’ inside) will be considered as an engine change. Once removed and replaced by engine B, the refitting of engine A into the Machine will be considered as a change of engine, in the same way as replacement by engine C.
The change of engine will incur a penalty: ▪ First change : 15 minutes, ▪ Second change : 45 minutes ▪ All following changes : 2 hours per change.
The change of engine between Riders is allowed during Marathon Stages, but not during Super Marathon Stages. Penalties will apply to both Riders.
For the 2-wheel drive category, only the monocylinder engines are accepted.
T5. EXHAUST AND SILENCER SYSTEMS 1) Even where the specific prescriptions for a category authorise the replacement of the original silencer or complete exhaust system, Machines participating in an Event run on public roads must always be fitted with an exhaust silencer that conforms to the regulations of the countries crossed during the Event.
2) The position and geometric form of the system must conform to the FIM’s technical prescriptions for the discipline. In addition, hot tubes must be efficiently protected so as not to cause burns.
3) Exhaust systems must not be of a temporary nature. Exhaust gases must exit at the extremity of the system. Parts of the frame may not be used to carry exhaust gases.
4) Any irregularity will lead to the start being refused up to the conformity application.
5) Failure to comply with the noise level limit (117dB/A before the race, 118db/A during/after the race) will result in the following penalties (Art. 79.04 of the 2020 FIM OCross-Country Rallies Technical Regulations): ▪ 1st infringement: 15 minutes, ▪ 2nd infringement: 1 hour, ▪ 3rd infringement: Disqualification.
T6. LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES 1) Must in all ways conform to the International Highway Code.
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2) Each Machine must be equipped with at least: ▪ one headlight, ▪ one homologated rear stop light, ▪ One or several red lights of a minimum of 21 W or “lumen” equivalent including one red rear fog light, with a Legal minimum surface area, ▪ a horn with a 90 Db minimum noise level, ▪ a rear mirror.
3) Each Quad must be fitted with a circuit breaker, without any neutralisation system. The circuit breaker must be permanently linked to the Rider. Checks will be made at each Stage start and throughout the Rally route. In the case of an infringement, penalties from start refused to Disqualification will be applied by the Jury.
4) Lights and red rear lights must be switched on throughout the Event so as to facilitate overtaking of and by other Riders / Competitors or Organizers’ vehicles. Failure to respect this rule will result in time penalties. All Riders are expected to carry necessary spares.
T7. MARKING
T 7P 1 . GENERAL 1) In all categories: the frame, the engine, and spare engines are marked. The Machine and the Rider are associated by a race number and will be identified by marks during Scrutineering. These 3 elements are indissociable for the duration of the Event. Considered as part of the frame: all parts welded surrounding the engine and supporting the steering column and the mounting points for the rear suspension. The frame and the engine cases, already marked at Scrutineering at the start, or all other parts, may at any moment have additional marks added.
2) All fraud noted, and notably the fact of presenting as intact, identification marks that have been retouched, will result in the Disqualification of the Rider and/or Team which helped or facilitated the infraction, and that without affecting further sanctions which may be demanded to the national federation (FMN) of the Rider or accomplice(s).
3) Engine Change The Rider must respect the following steps to change an engine: a) Riders featuring in the first 15 at the General Classification and the A.S.O. Elite Riders must register their intention to change their engine with the Technical Responsible (or to the Clerk of Course) before 6.00pm. Before 8.00pm for the other Riders. b) The Chief Technical Steward checks the sealing of the engine to be changed, c) The Rider changes the engine, d) The Technical Steward seals the new engine.
Any dismantling which has not been advised before will lead to a 15-minutes additional penalty.
The penalty will apply the same day for the first 15 of the General Classification and for the A.S.O. Elite Riders if the change has been declared before 6.00pm. The penalty will apply the next day for the other Riders. The penalties for an engine change during the Marathon Stage will apply in the evening of the second day for all Riders.
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5) Tyres The two wheels / tyres for Bikes and the four wheels / tyres (+ the 2 spare wheels / tyres) for Quads will be marked for the Marathon/Super Marathon Stages (See Articles 15.5.3 and 15.5.4). The procedure will be announced in the Briefing, the day before the Marathon/Super Marathon Stages.
Wheels / tyres cannot be replaced by wheels / tyres which have not been marked during the 2 days of the Marathon Stage.
In case of non-respect, “forbidden service” penalties will apply.
T 7P 2 . ASO ELITE RIDERS GROUP 1) Before Scrutineering, Riders from A.S.O. Elite Riders Group must ensure a hole allowing the fixing of 1mm seals for the entire bolt attaching the engine to the frame (and the 2 bolts in the case of a twin cradle frame) on pain of a €150 fine.
2) The standard main engine cases will be marked by a sticker during Scrutineering.
3) Riders are responsible for the continued presence of all seals and marks. Any lost marks or seals not reported to the Technical Stewards will result in penalties to be decided upon by the International Jury.
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APPENDICES DAKAR 2020
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APPENDIX 1. BOAT / PLANE / ACCOMMODATION / TRIPS
1. BOAT Shipment fees are included in the Machine / Vehicle entry fee.
For your Service Vehicles, cars must measure no more than 2.00 m in height (rack included).
It is mandatory to send a document justifying the Vehicle compliance on 4 wheel-drive so that the Organization will validate the entry.
Trucks must measure no more than 4.00 m in height (rack included). Beyond this height, boarding on the boat will be refused.
2. PLANE - ACCOMMODATION – TRIPS 1) For the Dakar 2020, our travel agency V.S.O. offers a certain number of packages created around the Rally, in Saudi Arabia, open to mechanics, sponsors, family and friends of Riders/Competitors. From the first day till the last day of the Rally, V.S.O. may also take you to go around backing the race.
The programs are being prepared and details will be given later.
2) As on previous years, V.S.O. also proposes different services to Competitors and their Service staff in order to prepare their Rally the best way possible: ▪ Flight transportation to Jeddah and return from Riyadh or Jeddah, with the possibility to modify the return without cost, in the case of retirement, according to the availability; ▪ accommodation at the start and finish and at all the Rally Stages; ▪ V.S.O. assistance on every Stage of the Rally to reorganise your returns in case of withdrawal, and to assist you for any kind of service.
Places being limited on these flights and for the packages, we recommend you to book now.
The V.S.O. agency is also at your disposal to set up any kind of specific request and to help you through your organization for your Dakar 2020.
You can find all the necessary information on the website www.dakar.com within the “Competitors Offer” section.
3) Do not hesitate to contact: V.S.O. 40-42 Quai du Point du Jour – 92100 Boulogne Billancourt Tel : 33 (0) 1 41 33 14 85 - Fax : 33 (0) 1 41 33 14 86 e-mail : [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]
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APPENDIX 2. SAFETY AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENNT All Safety and Navigation suppliers will be present: ▪ every morning at the start from the Bivouac, ▪ every night at the finish at the Bivouac,
1. SARSAT DISTRESS BEACON 1) The rental of the obligatory Sarsat distress beacon is included in the global Machine / Vehicle tariff. You will receive the distress beacon from our service provider, MARLINK, if possible upon boarding in France for the Riders / Competitors boarding the ferry set up by the Organization or at Administrative Checks in Jeddah, on 2, 3 and 4 January 2020, from 08.30, for those who have not boarded the ferry set up by the Organizer.
2) You will be charged a deposit by MARLINK. You will have to pay this deposit when booking your Sarsat distress beacon before the delivery of the instrument. Your deposit covers the Sarsat distress beacon for the amount of €300, guaranteeing the return of material in good working condition.
3) In case of damage to the Sarsat distress beacon, the bond will be charged and an invoice will be issued by MARLINK. In the case where the Sarsat distress beacon is used, the costs of replacing the battery and a check of the Sarsat distress beacon will be invoiced at €300 including taxes for the distress beacons.
4) In the event of withdrawal during the Rally, distress beacons must be returned to the MARLINK personnel present on the Bivouacs. A receipt will be given to you in exchange for the beacon. The Sarsat distress beacon must be returned at the end of the Rally to MARLINK, who will ensure recuperation on the ground. The deposit of any Sarsat distress beacon not returned to MARLINK before 29 February 2020 in working order will be cashed. After this date, any disputes will be dealt with directly by the supplier who will invoice €76 (taxes not included) per week, for additional hire.
2. IRITRACK 1) The hire of an Iritrack is compulsory and included in the Machines / Vehicle entry fee. You will receive the Iritrack from our service provider, MARLINK, if possible upon boarding in France for the Riders / Competitors boarding the ferry set up by the Organization or at Administrative Checks in Jeddah, on 2, 3 and 4 January 2020, from 08.30, for those who have not boarded the ferry set up by the Organizer.
The installation kit (not included in the entry fees), including the mounting bracket, cables and aerials, will be sent by courier on receipt of your order form and payment. This kit must be installed before Scrutineering and power must come directly from the battery. On confirmation of your entry, the Organizer will send you information regarding this equipment.
This equipment must be mounted according to the technical instructions supplied by Marlink. It is the Crew responsibility to correctly install the necessary mechanical, electrical and electronic elements complying with the safety standards before Scrutineering, and that with the aid of the installation kits purchased from the exclusive supplier. This equipment is personalised and marked with a seal, with a series number, attributed to a Crew. No changes may be made without the authorisation from the supplier. Any exchange or handling of equipment without authorisation is forbidden on pain of penalties up to and including Disqualification. Any wrong installation blocking a proper operation of the equipment will imply a refusal to start.
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3) You will be charged a deposit by MARLINK. You will have to pay this deposit when booking your Iritrack before the delivery of the instrument. Your deposit covers the Iritrack for the amount of €1,500 including taxes, guaranteeing the return of material in good working condition.
4) In case of damage to rented equipment a restoral invoice will be issued by MARLINK.
5) In the event of withdrawal during the Rally, Iritracks must be returned to the MARLINK personnel present on the Bivouacs. A receipt will be given to you in exchange for the device.
The Iritrack must be returned at the end of the Rally to MARLINK, who will ensure recuperation on the ground. The deposit of any Iritrack not returned to MARLINK before 28th February 2020 in working order will be cashed. After this date, any disputes will be dealt with directly by the supplier who will invoice €76 per week (taxes not included), for additional hire.
3. TELEPHONE – SAFETY EQUIPMENT A part of safety and survival equipment as detailed in Article 50P2 can be obtained, like satellite telephones, from MARLINK.
For further information concerning the three devices mentioned above, please contact: MARLINK Events SAS – Département Rallye Raid 114/126, Avenue d’Alfortville – 94600 CHOISY-LE-ROI Tél. : +33(0) 1 48 84 34 07 - Fax : +33(0) 1 48 52 53 54 [email protected]
4. GPS EQUIPMENT 1) To ensure an equal chance for all, the Organizer will supply all Riders/Competitors with a specific single type of GPS. The functions of this equipment have been intentionally restricted in order to preserve an element of navigation in the desert. The GPS Unik II will have the Sentinel function integrated. It is compulsory to carry this equipment on board (otherwise the start will be refused) and to keep it switched on, throughout the Event, and that over the entire route, including Road Sections. A maximum of 2 GPS Unik II (A.S.O. homologated) can be authorized per Vehicle, depending on the supplier’s availability.
2.a) The rental of obligatory GPS Unik II is included in the global Machine / Vehicle fee. It includes: ▪ 1 “colour” GPS for CAR-TRUCK categories Vehicles; ▪ 1 “colour” GPS for BIKE-QUAD categories Machines.
You will receive the GPS from our service provider, MARLINK, upon boarding in France for the Riders / Competitors boarding the ferry set up by the Organization or at Administrative Checks in Jeddah, on 2, 3 and 4 January 2020, from 08.30, for those who have not boarded the ferry set up by the Organizer.
2.b) The fitting of the GPS Unik II requires an installation kit, not included in the Machine / Vehicle fee, that the Rider / Competitor must procure directly from ERTF. It must be installed before before recovering the GPS. Note:Riders/Competitors must ensure the fitting of the accessories necessary to install the GPS Unik II.
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Riders/Competitors will be required to ensure the following: ▪ the mechanical and electrical installation, with a continuous power supply of between 9 and 24 volts, regulated and protected by a 3-amp fuse. ▪ the mechanical mounting must be flexible and include necessarily the supplied silent blocks. ▪ The main circuit breaker of the Vehicle must act on the positive but the GPS must be directly connected.
3) Compass heading repeaters and/or speed or distance trips, other than the model homologated by the Organizer, are prohibited, as are all other accessories not homologated and connectable to the GPS. This optional material can be purchased form the supplier.
Upon confirmation of entry, the Organizer will forward to you an information sheet concerning this equipment.
4) You will be charged a deposit by ERTF. You will have to pay this deposit when booking your GPS Unik II before the delivery of the instrument. Your deposit covers the GPS Unik II for the amount of €1,700 including taxes, guaranteeing the return of material in good working condition.
5) In the case where a new GPS Unik II is requested during the Rally (following problems or loss of the first one), a new deposit will be requested directly by the supplier. In case of damage to rented equipment or no return of the equipment, an invoice will be issued by ERTF.
6) In the event of withdrawal during the Rally, GPS must be returned to the ERTF personnel present on the Bivouacs. A receipt will be given to you in exchange for the device. The GPS Unik II must be returned at the end of the Rally to ERTF, who will ensure recuperation on the ground. The deposit of any GPS Unik II not returned to ERTF before 28th February 2020 in working order will be cashed. After this date, any disputes will be dealt with directly by the supplier who will invoice €76 not including taxes per week, for additional hire.
7) For further information, contact: Société ERTF COMPÉTITION Parc Technologique de Soye – 56275 PLOEMEUR Tél. : +33 (0)2 97 87 25 85 - Fax : +33 (0)2 97 37 59 21 [email protected]
5. TRIPY – SERVICE VEHICLES ONLY 1) The Organizer will supply to all Service Vehicles and Press Vehicles an electronic Roadbook, a TRIPY TRM-II-C; this will assist the navigation.
The use of this equipment is compulsory (on pain of being refused a start), it must be kept in working condition and be switched on throughout the Event.
2) The compulsory hiring of the TRIPY electronic Roadbook is included in both the Service and Press Vehicles entry fees. It includes one electronic TRIPY TRM-II-C Roadbook. The checking of the cables will be done in France for Service and Press Vehicles boarding on the ferry set up by the Organizer and during Administrative and Technical Scrutineering in Jeddah, on 2, 3 and 4 January 2020, from 08.30, for those who have not boarded the ferry set up by the Organizer.
The equipment will be delivered at the Administrative and Technical Scrutineering by the supplier TRIPY.
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It is your responsibility, before arriving at the boarding port (for Service and Press Vehicles embarking onboard the ferry set up by the Organizer) or at Jeddah, to: ▪ fit a RAM MOUNT type round mounting point; ▪ fit a GPS antenna (a magnetic antenna that fits to the roof of the Vehicle and antenna cable returning to the place where the mount had been installed); ▪ fit a power cable – between 9 and 30 volts DC – linked directly to the battery (and not after the Vehicle’s ignition key, neither after a circuit breaker).
So as to be able to carry out the installation of these three accessories before arriving at the boarding port or before Administrative and Technical Scrutineering in Jeddah, you will have to order the necessary parts from TRIPY who will send them along with detailed fitting instructions. These accessories must be paid for.
3) During Administrative Checks, TRIPY will ask you to sign a document which entails TRIPY to withdraw a €1,000 deposit from your credit card for each electronic Roadbook given out. Your deposit guarantees the return of equipment at the finish of the Event in Jeddah, in good working condition, and on time. This deposit document can be downloaded for www.dakar.com website in order to give you the opportunity to fill that form before Administrative Checks so as to avoid extra waiting time during Administrative Checks.
4) In the case where you request a new TRIPY electronic Roadbook (following lose or problems with the original one) a new deposit must be made directly to the supplier. In case of damage to equipment hired, an invoice will be sent by TRIPY.
5) Electronic TRIPY Roadbooks must be returned to TRIPY at the end of the Rally at the Service Park in Qiddiyah, on 17 January 2020 at the latest. In case of retirement during the Rally, the device must be returned to TRIPY’s staff available in all Bivouacs. A receipt will be given in exchange. Failure to return the TRIPY electronic Roadbook after the Rally dates will result in the retaining of the deposit.
6) For all further information please contact: TRIPY S.A. Faubourg de Bruxelles, 320 – B6041 Gosselies – Belgique Tél. : +32 (0)71 34 74 90 - Fax : +32 (0)71 34 73 99 [email protected]
6. E-TRACK - SERVICE VEHICLES ONLY 1) The hire of the E-Track (or equivalent system) is possible for Service Vehicles, only from the Organizer’s supplier MARLINK.
2) The E-Track will be delivered at the Administrative Checks by the Organizer’s supplier, MARLINK. The installation kit, including the mounting bracket, aerials and the cables, will be sent by courier on receipt of your order form and payment.
The supplier will send you an information note on this equipment.
For all additional information please contact MARLINK (see details Appendix 2.3).
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APPENDIX 3. DAKAR SERVICE CENTER
Further to the values shared between the event’s sponsors and the Dakar, one of the sponsors’ top priorities is to accompany the competitors and the Organization in their adventure. The Dakar Service Centre is an area located within the bivouac where sponsors offer a technical, advising or comfort service to the Dakar caravan members. It’s open from 3pm until 11 pm on each bivouac (except for marathon stages). Part of the services are presented here below; the complete list and details of services will be communicated in November’s additive as well as on the event’s webpage: Competitors > Practical Information > Dakar Service Center.
Motul
Motul, Major Partner and Official Lubricant Partner to the Dakar, will offer competitors an engine oil analysis service. A state-of-the-art laboratory will: - Search for metal elements present in the lubricant in order to detect premature or accelerated engine wear and thus know if it is necessary to carry out replacement of a part(s). - Analyze the composition of the lubricant in use in order to highlight any coolant leaks or fuel dilution that may damage the engine and limit its performance. - Follow the evolution of these factors on a daily basis and recognize the development of lubricant ageing and degradation due to the extreme conditions of use. This predictive tool will also allow crews to organize their maintenance schedule (parts replacement, oil change etc...). To benefit from this service, competitors just have to go daily to the Motul truck, positioned in the Dakar Service Center, in order to request an analysis kit and then return with the sample which will then be analyzed by machine. Two technical experts (a French and an Argentinian) who speak English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German, will be present for the entire Dakar event to analyze the results and make recommendations to competitors. This free service, offered to all competitors on the Dakar, will be available from 15h00 to 23h00 at all the bivouacs within the rally (except the Marathon Stage). Motul's engine lubricant analysis service is provided for guidance only and cannot anticipate any mechanical damage that may occur during the race.
BFGoodrich
BFGoodrich, Official Supplier of the Dakar, offers competitors in the race free tyre fitting and inflation. This tyres service will be invoiced to car, motorbike, quad and trucks competitors (and not to service vehicles) with brands tyres other than BFGoodrich or MICHELIN. This service will be offered from 15:00 to 23:00 every day of the rally (except during a marathon stage) and from 10:00 to 20:00 on the Rest Day. It will be realized on tyres used only on the following stage. Competitors may submit their tyres at the latest 2 hours after their arrival at the bivouac, according to the timing of CH Arrival. In case of overcrowding and / or unavailability of the Service Center, technicians on site are able to give priority according to the order of arrival. For safety reasons, no tyre repair will be made. Technicians on site have the right to refuse ¬fitting of tyres or foam if there is a risk to the user (different brands, unregistered sizes, ...). In all cases, the use of the tyre remains the responsibility of the Rider and / or team and BFGoodrich and / or its service will not be accountable for damages related to its use during the event. Teams using screwed rims will have to unscrew and screw the rims themselves. Register to the service by filling in and sending back the form available on the official Dakar website: Competitors > Practical Information > Dakar Service Center. Find out more about our tyres and special prices on the official Dakar website page: Competitors > Practical Information > Sponsors Offers. www.dakar.com Provisional Motorcycle / Quad Regulations – Dakar 2020 – 23/10/2019 98/123
Kärcher
Kärcher, official technical partner of the Dakar, will set-up a 4x4 Mobile Cleaning Centre in every camp (except for marathon bivouac) with extra powerful professional pressure washers for competitor vehicles. Due to reduced supply of water, the rest of the Dakar caravan vehicles will only be able to clean their vehicles in cases were all competitors are attended. This service will be open from 15:00 to 23:00, and in order to guaranty access to all vehicles, a maximum washing time per vehicle will be allocated for each category as follows: - Moto / Quad: 5min - Auto / SxS: 10min - Camion: 15min In the case of overcrowding and / or the unavailability of the Cleaning Centre, Kärcher’s on-site staff are allowed to give priority access to the competitors, according to the order of arrival. In case the daily water capacity being fully consumed, the Cleaning Centre will be forced to close until the following day. The Kärcher 4x4 Mobile Cleaning Center besides cleaning competitors’ vehicles on 6 different stages along the road, will be also waiting in Al Qiddiyah for the arrival of the competitors’ vehicles in order to clean them after the accomplishment of such challenge.
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SERVICE REGULATIONS
DAKAR 2020
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FOREWORD The Deputy Clerk of Course in Charge of the Service Category, named by the Organization Committee will be in charge, with his team, of the Service Crews / Vehicles Regulations application and respect (see art. A2.1.10). He will notably be able to apply penalties with regards to the noticed infringements, by any available mean. He will be in permanent communication with the Clerk(s) of Course and the Organizer, he will communicate the infringements in order to apply the appropriate sporting penalties of these Regulations when necessary.
Terminology: refer to the 2020 Dakar Rally Supplementary Regulations.
For reasons of safety, it is compulsory to register at least two people in every Service Vehicle. The driving from the port and Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, can be done by one single driver.
IMPORTANT: Driving licence: Any person accredited in assistance, and being led up to drive a Vehicle, will necessarily have an appropriate driving licence corresponding to the type of Vehicle enterd. At least the driver must have the appropriate driving licence for the driven Vehicle.
AI SERVICE SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
A1. ELIGIBLE SERVICE VEHICLES The nature of the terrain, the weather risks, the dangerous nature of certain roads and tracks demand Regulation of the conditions of entry for Service Category Vehicles.
1. CARS (UNDER 2M HIGH) a) Type of Vehicles concerned: ▪ Service Vehicle less than 2 meters high (roof rack and equipment included). Example :
b) Regulations: The Dakar Bivouacs for the most part consist of unpaved surfaces, and to cope with the many problems encountered in preceding editions of the Dakar Rally, all Service cars must imperatively be four-wheel drive Vehicles.
It is imperative to send a document that justifies the Vehicle is four-wheel drive for the entry to be validated by the Organization.
4x2 assistance Vehicles are prohibited and will be refused at technical checks
4x4 equipped Vehicles for the Selective Section: equipped with rollbars, bucket-seat and harness. Only 4x4 Vehicles equipped for the track (rollbars, bucket-seat and harnesses) will be allowed to go to the Selective Section in case of exceptional circumstances and upon the Clerk of the Course’s authorisation.
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2. CARS (OVER 2M HIGH) a) Type of Vehicles concerned: ▪ Service Vehicle more than 2 meters high (roof rack and equipment included). Examples :
4X4 4X4 4X2 under conditions see below b) Regulations: It is imperative to send a document that justifies the Vehicle is four-wheel drive for the registration to be validated by the Organization.
However, in the case of “van” type assistance Vehicles (example: “Mercedes Sprinter” or “Iveco Daily”), exceptions can be made as long as the following conditions are met: ▪ Maximum of one 4x2 van per team ▪ Registration by the team of a 6x6 or 8x8 truck, without a trailer, in order to tow the van if needed
3. TRUCKS SERVICE VEHICLES a) Type of Vehicles concerned:
Examples :
T5 T5.1 6X4 T5.1 8X4 4X2 b) Regulations: Two-wheel drive Service trucks are prohibited and will be refused at technical checks.
T5 category: Cross-Country standard trucks over 3.5 tons, in accordance with T4 truck Regulations, even if they do not benefit from the FIA homologation. Only these Vehicles will be allowed to access the Selective Sections after receiving the Clerk of the Course’s authorisation.
T5.1 category: standard load-bearing trucks (“construction” type) in 6x4 or 8x4 versions. The maximum authorized load weights are respectively 26 and 32 tons.
Caution, models with only one driven axle will not be authorized (4x2, 6x2, 8x2). T5.1 trucks length must comply with the European code, therefore, the maximum length authorized is 12 meters.
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4. CAMPING-CAR a) Type of Vehicles concerned: ▪ Comfort Vehicles less than 8.5 meters long (equipment included) Examples :
b) Regulations: 4x2 camping-cars are authorized as long as the team also enters a 6x6 or 8x8 truck, without trailer, in order to tow the camping-car if needed.
The camping-cars must be completely arranged in a "living space" configuration and in no case can these Vehicles be used to transport parts.
The number of camping-cars is limited to the first 50 entered.
For these types of Vehicles, it is necessary to submit to the Organizer’s Sporting Department, a registration file with pictures of the outside and the inside (plates visible) and with a copy of the registration card.
Mandatory registration for all these Vehicles before August 31, 2019.
It is strictly forbidden for a Competitor to park or to ask someone to park his camping- car(s), not accredited by the Organizer, within a 2km minimum radius around the Bivouacs. Only accredited Vehicles will be allowed within that area, on pain of a €700 penalty for infringement. Any repeated offence may lead to penalties going up to and including Disqualification.
5. CONVERTED BUS / TRUCK a) Type of Vehicles concerned: ▪ Comfort Vehicles greater than 8.5 meters long (equipment included) Examples :
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b) Regulations: For these types of Vehicles, it is necessary to submit to the Organizer’s Sporting Department, a registration file with pictures of the outside and the inside (plates visible) and with a copy of the registration card. Mandatory registration for these Vehicles before August 31, 2019. No converted bus will be llowed on the organization ship. The 4x2 “Living space” trucks converted into living cells will only be accepted under the following conditions: ▪ One Vehicle per Team ▪ The entry of two T5 trucks with 6x6 or 8x8 wheel-drive minimum under the same team name. ▪ Respecting of the integral configuration in "living space" and in no case, can these Vehicles transport parts.
It is strictly forbidden for a Competitor to park or to ask someone to park his camping- car(s), not accredited by the Organizer, within a 2km minimum radius around the Bivouacs. Only accredited Vehicles will be allowed within that area, on pain of a €700 penalty for infringement. Any repeated offence may lead to penalties going up to and including Disqualification.
6. CARS/TRUCKS FLAT TRAILERS a) Type of trailers concerned: Examples :
b) Regulations: The cars must be unloaded from their trailers and the trailer must be detached from the towing Vehicle during maritime transportation.
These trailers are only for transporting a Vehicle, the transport of equipment being strictly forbidden. They will be subject to the submission of an application file with pictures sent to the Organizer Sporting Department. Any registration will have to be done before August 31st, 2019. After this date, no applications will be taken into account.
Platform trailers for Cars and Bikes / Quads: Their maximum dimensions will not exceed H: 1m, L: 6m, l: 2.5m. Those loaded on the Organizer’s boat departing from Europe will have to be unloaded of any Vehicle and materials and will be dissociated from the Vehicle towing them. In any case it will not be able to transport spare parts (tires, …).
Platform trailers for Trucks: Their maximum dimensions will not exceed H: 1m, L: 9m, l: 2.5m. Double hinge trailers (dolby), double axel and/or double floor are forbidden. The truck trailers loaded in Europe on the Organizer’s boat will be allowed to be hooked to the Vehicle towing them, and will also be allowed to bear another truck (service truck or race).
The registration fee for auto and truck flatbed trailers, not transported by ship is €2,500.
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7. CLOSED CAR TRAILERS a) Type of trailers concerned: Example :
b) Regulations: Closed car trailers are accepted under the following conditions: ▪ Registration by the team of a 6x6 or 8x8 truck, without a trailer, in order to tow the coupling (Vehicle/trailer) if needed ▪ Closed trailer (no tarpaulin) ▪ Trailer’s maximum total permissible weight: 750 kg ▪ Maximum total permissible weight with the Vehicle: 3,500 kg ▪ Maximum length: 4 m, maximum height: 2 m
The cars must be unloaded from the trailers and the trailer detached from the towing Vehicle during maritime transportation.
8. CLOSED TRUCK TRAILERS a) Type of trailers concerned: Example :
b) Regulations: Closed truck trailers will be accepted only on the condition that it is a closed solid trailer (no tarpaulin).
The trucks must be unloaded from the trailers and the trailer detached from the towing Vehicle during maritime transportation.
All the trailers will be validated by the organization October 1st 2019. Please send, to the Competitors’ Department, before this date, the characteristics of the trailers (picture, size, weight)
A2. SERVICE CREWS 1) ALL PERSONS ON THE SERVICE CREW MUST BE OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE.
2) SERVICE CREWS MAY BE COMPOSED OF: ▪ Passenger transport: the maximum number of people may not exceed 9. ▪ 4x4 Light Vehicles (licence B): 1 to 9 persons, depending on the type of Vehicle entered within the registration document’s limits.
▪ T5 Category: 1 to 5 persons, if the type approval of the truck allows for 5 people and if this is stated on the driving documents (4 doors for use of 5 people).
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▪ Motorhomes, mobile home and equipped buses: 1 to 3 or 4 people, in the respect of the registration documents.
Only the accredited people can travel in the Service Vehicles. For all request for extra passenger(s), a formal request must be made to the Organizer who may, according to conditions, accept or refuse.
3) FIA licences are not necessary for Service Crews. In the truck category, it is authorized to have only one holder of the heavy goods’ driving licence on board.
4) No changes to Service Crew members will be allowed once Administrative Checks has been passed, under pain of a €500 fine, per infringement, per Service Crew; except for those persons entered as Team Managers Dakar, or if authorized, exceptionally by the Organizer.
5) If a Service Crew member leaves his Vehicle due to force majeure, the Vehicle may continue providing the Organizers are informed. In no case can this Crew member be replaced. During the Event, under exceptional circumstances and following authorisation from the Organizer, a person may continue alone aboard his Vehicle.
6) All infractions will incur the Disqualification of the Service Vehicle and of its Crew.
A3. SERVICE BRIEFING A general Service Briefing will be held in Jeddah, on 3 January, 2020 at 20:00.
The presence of at least one member of each Service Crew is compulsory, on pain of a penalty of €500.
A4. SERVICE CREWS / VEHICLES REGISTRATION Conforming to the current Supplementary Regulations: Article 10P of Car/Truck Regulations and article 8 of Bike / Quad Regulations.
All “Service” entries must be attached to a Rider / Competitor in the Race to be accepted.
A5. SERVICE CREWS / VEHICLES IDENTIFICATION 1) An electronic chip (“RFID” type) will be affixed on every Service Vehicle. It will be checked at every Bivouac entry and exit, and Crews will have to submit to the controls.
2) An identification bracelet, equipped with a “RFID” type electronic chip will be attributed to every Service Crew, during Administrative Checks in Jeddah. This bracelet is individual and cannot be exchanged and/or given at any given time. It will notably be used to access the Bivouac and the catering area and might be controlled at any time, upon request.
The Race Control (PCO) emergency number (+33 1 41 33 02 10) is written on this bracelet, which must be worn at all times. In the event of loss or damage, the participants will have to ask for a new one to the Competitors Department in exchange of the damaged one.
A6. ATTRIBUTION OF NUMBERS AND STRATING ORDER
1. ATTRIBUTION OF NUMBERS Numbers will be attributed at the discretion of the Organising Committee.
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2. STARTING ORDER During the Rally, starts will be free, except on some Stages where start times will be imposed and written on the Service Roadbook, handed out to the participants at the Administrative Checks in Jeddah. In some cases, outlined during the Briefing, the starts will be organised in the order of the race numbers, a Time Card will be handed out to each Service Crew. Any Service Crew who does not respect this procedure will be penalised by a 2-hour immobilisation of the Vehicle at the Bivouac entry.
A7. CHECKING-IN / TRIPY
1. GENERAL Service Vehicles will be allowed to leave the Race the day before the last Stage so as to arrive to Qiddiyah/Riyadh in advance. This authorisation will be given by the Deputy Clerk of Course in charge of Service Vehicles, upon request.
2. TRIPY 1) All Service Vehicles will be equipped with a TRIPY system combining an automatic Roadbook and GPS. The hire is included in the Vehicle entry fee, except for Vehicles passing from the Race to Service, which must pay a hire fee to the Organizer’s supplier (TRIPY), depending on the supplier’s availability.
2) Checking procedure Each evening, on arriving at the Bivouac, the information stored in the GPS TRIPY will be transmitted by radio to a technician’s computer. If irregularities are noted (Waypoint, speed, etc.) the person carrying out the checks will ask the Service Crew to sign a form and ‘on the spot’ penalties will be given.
3) Throughout the duration of the Rally, the Service Crews are responsible for the correct functioning of their GPS TRIPY. The TRIPY must be switched on and connected permanently throughout the entire Stage.
4) All actions caused by Service Crews (loss, destruction, switching off, etc.) making it impossible to read the GPS and/or all attempts at fraud or manipulation noted will result in the following penalties:
▪ 1st infringement: fine of €300, ▪ 2nd infringement: fine of €500, ▪ 3rd infringement: Immobilisation of the Service Vehicle and sealing of all its opening until start of the Bivouac TC of the 1st Race Truck for a Service Car or of the last Race Truck for a Service Truck during the next Stage. ▪ 4th infringement: Exclusion.
5) In the case where the report (speed, route) is contested, the Service Crew must pay the amount of the fine as a guarantee to the Deputy Clerk of Course in charge of Service Vehicles, before their TRIPY is downloaded at the Safety Centre by a technician. If the checks prove negative the amount paid will be returned to the Service Crew.
A8. ROADBOOK / SERVICE ROUTE
1. ROADBOOK In addition to the Roadbook integrated into the TRIPY, Service Crews will receive a paper Roadbook during Administrative Checks in Jeddah.
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2. ROUTE 1) The following of the Itinerary, as described in the Roadbook is compulsory. Service Vehicles must follow the entirety of each Stage on pain of Disqualification. They may not avoid a Stage and then return to the Race, unless they make a specific request to the Deputy Clerk of Course in charge of Service Vehicles and after receiving his authorisation.
2) Failure to respect the Itinerary will incur the following penalties:
▪ 1st infringement: fine of €300, ▪ 2nd infringement: fine of €500, ▪ 3rd infringement: Immobilisation of the Service Vehicle and sealing of all its opening until Start of the Bivouac TC of the 1st Race Truck for a Service Car or of the last Race Truck for a Service Truck during the next Stage. ▪ 4th infringement: Exclusion
A9. SERVICE CREWS’ CODE
1. GENERAL BEHAVIOUR 1) Vehicles and persons registered in the Service category are obliged to behave respectfully on the road and towards: ▪ the authorities and population of the countries crossed; ▪ the other Riders / Competitors; ▪ the members of the Organization.
2) All incivility noted will result in a penalty of €500. Any repeated infringement will be judged by the Deputy Clerk of Course in charge of Service Vehicles and will lead to penalties up to and including Disqualification.
3) It is forbidden to leave wheels and/or punctured or damaged tyres on the Itinerary. Any Service Crew caught disobeying this rule will be penalised €1,000 per tyre or wheel. Repeat offending will result in penalties up to and including Exclusion.
2. ACCIDENT Any Service Crew involved in an accident which results in physical harm or not will be subject to an investigation by the Organizers. Depending on the circumstances, penalties up to and including Disqualification may apply.
3. MANDATORY STEPS WITH REGARDS TO CUSTOMS FORMALITIES 1) PACKING LIST The Packing List is defined as the mandatory and official administrative document of the temporary importation of each Vehicle, whatever category it is registered in, Race and Service. It is mandatory for each Rider / Competitor, whatever is nationality and the origin country of the Service Vehicle. The Packing List will be filled by the Rider / Competitor with the best of care and will include: ▪ The Vehicle’s references; ▪ A detailed list of all the good and materials transported as well as their commercial value; ▪ Any other kind of light Vehicle onboard the Vehicle (bicycle, bike, quad, scooter, etc.).
The transported goods must imperatively stay identical from the departure from France and/or the arrival in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), to the last border crossing AFTER the Event and conform to the Packing List.
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2) TRANSPORTATION OF SPARE PARTS AND VEHICLES WHICH HAVE WITHDRAWN
▪ In order to comply with customs requirements, and to ensure there are no problems in crossing borders, or when embarking: all borders must be crossed with the same spare parts in the Vehicle as declared at the outset, and detailed in the mandatory Packing List of each Vehicle. It is therefore strictly forbidden to sell or transfer any items being transported; ▪ In case of the transportation of a Vehicle having withdrawn (Car, Bike, Quad) inside the Service Vehicle, it will be COMPULSORY to advise the customs declarant and the Competitors’ Department so as to regulate the situation with the customs authorities. ▪ In addition to the risks incurred locally by failure to comply with the rules in force (fines, impoundment of Vehicle / passengers, etc.), any Service Crew found to have breached this rule will be fined €500 per item (e.g.: one tyre = €500). Any subsequent offence may incur penalties, including Disqualification.
3) STEPS TO FOLLOW WHEN WITHDRAWING
In case of a Service Vehicle’s withdrawal, its Service Crew will ABSOLUTELY have to, on top of complying with the Article A15.2 requirements of the Service Regulations, tell as soon as possible the customs declarant as well as the Competitors’ Department about the Vehicle state, its position and the steps taken to transport the Vehicle back to: Jeddah embarkation port when returning on 18 January 2020 at the latest to embark in the direction of France aboard the Organizer’s ferry, or to the Vehicle’s origin country if it has not embarked in Marseille on the Organizer’s ferry.
4) SALE / TRANSFER OF VEHICLE
▪ If a Service Crew, a Team Manager, the owner of the Vehicle or a Rider / Competitor withdraws or at the end of the Rally, it is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN to transfer or to sell their/his/her Vehicle in Saudi Arabia, knowing that the Vehicle is under the temporary importation Regulations and is linked to its Packing List.
▪ In addition to the risks incurred locally by failure to comply with the rule in force (fines, impoundment of Vehicle / passengers, etc.), any Service Crew found to have breached this rule will not be permitted to enter the Dakar Rally for 5 years.
5) LOSS OF VEHICLES (COMPLETE OR PARTIAL DESTRUCTION)
▪ If a Vehicle is damaged (accident, fire, destruction, etc.), the Rider / Competitor must make a statement to the police or customs. This statement must contain the facts of what happened, the registration number, the race number, and the contact details of the people involved, etc. A copy of this statement must be provided to the Competitors’ Department and to the customs declarant. ▪ The Vehicle must be returned immediately to the Saudi Arabia embarkation port when returning and on 18 January 2020 at the latest, where the local authorities will decide, depending on the state of the Vehicle, whether it should be re-exported, destroyed, or whether cancellation of its temporary import is justified. Any additional repatriation costs must be paid by the Rider / Competitor. ▪ In addition to the risks incurred locally by failure to comply with the rules in force (fines, impoundment of Vehicle / passengers, etc.), any Service Crew found to have breached this rule will be fined €1,500. In the case of damaged Vehicles that came on the road, the Riders / Competitors must approach the Organizers to find out what to do.
A10. TRAFFIC / SPEED 1) Throughout the entire Event, the Service Crews must strictly observe the traffic laws of the countries crossed and especially respect local speed limits when they are less than the maximum speed allowed.
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3) All Vehicles not respecting the Highway Code of the countries crossed, driven at excessive speed or behaving in a dangerous manner and which are subject to a police or Rally’s Judges of Fact report risk penalties up to Disqualification.
1. SPEED – SPEED CONTROL ZONES 1) There will be some Speed Control Zones on the Itinerary, in villages, on roads or tracks, etc. They will be indicated on the Roadbook and controlled by the GPS TRIPY. When driving through these zones, Service Vehicles will have to respect the speed mentioned on the Roadbook.
2) Over speeding will be displayed on the TRIPY screen as cumulative distances of over speeding depending on different slots.
3) All over speeding equal or over 1km/h and under or equal to 20 km/h will lead to the following penalties: ▪ For any over speeding cumulative distance inferior to 500 m: ▪ €200 fine,
▪ For any over speeding cumulative distance between 500 m and 1,000 m ▪ sealing of the Vehicle at the Bivouac + €400 fine;
▪ For any over speeding cumulative distance over 1,000 m: ▪ exclusion of the Vehicle and its Service Crews.
All over speeding superior to 20 km/h will lead to the following penalties: ▪ For any over speeding cumulative distance inferior to 500 m: ▪ sealing of the Vehicle until TC at the End of the next Stage + €400;
▪ For any over speeding cumulative distance superior to 500 m: ▪ exclusion
2. MAXIMUM SPEED 1) The maximum authorized speed will be that in force in Saudi Arabia since February 2018, depending on the type of Vehicle, i.e.: On big highways: ▪ 140 km/h for Cars ▪ 80 km/h for Trucks
On small highways: ▪ 120 km/h for Cars ▪ 80 km/h for Trucks
On highways, within cities: ▪ 100 km/h for Cars ▪ 50 km/h for Trucks
This speed will be checked by the TRIPY GPS. If the speed is exceeded a sign will appear on the GPS screen, accompanied by a noise warning.
The TRIPY GPS will be checked at the finish of the Stage, the information being automatically transmitted by radio signal. In the case of an infraction, a controller will note the infraction and request that a member of the Service Crew counter signs the note.
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2) Penalties If the speed limit is exceeded a pulse signal will be recorded by the TRIPY GPS.
All excess speed will result in the following penalties: From 1 to 20 km/h over the speed limit: ▪ If the cumulative distance is less than 1,000 m: ▪ €200 fine;
▪ If the cumulative distance is between 1,000 and 2,000 m: ▪ €400 fine;
▪ If the cumulative distance is over 2,000 m: ▪ €600 fine.
From 21 to 40 km/h over the speed limit: ▪ If the cumulative distance is less than 1,000 m: ▪ €600 fine;
▪ If the cumulative distance is between 1,000 and 2,000 m: ▪ €800 fine;
▪ If the cumulative distance is over 2,000 m: ▪ Sealing of the Vehicle until TC at the End of the next Stage + €1,200 fine.
More than 41 km/h over the speed limit: ▪ If the cumulative distance is less than 500 m: ▪ €1,600 fine;
▪ If the cumulative distance is over 500 m: ▪ Sealing of the Vehicle until TC at the End of the next Stage + €2,000 fine.
3. BIVOUAC / STAGE TOWN – SPEED LIMITS It is strictly forbidden to drive at excessive speed and/or to drive dangerously within the Bivouac area and in the Stages towns, under penalty going up to and including Disqualification, on decision made by the Deputy Clerk of Course responsible for Service Vehicles / Crews. Speed checks will be carried out punctually at the entrance to and in the Bivouac.
A11. SERVICING
1. GENERAL 1) See Article 15.5 of the Bike / Quad Supplementary Regulations and Article 30P of the Car / Truck Supplementary Regulations.
2) It is forbidden for Service Vehicles to intervene on the day’s Selective Section, on pain of Disqualification of the assisted Race Machine / Vehicle (except in the case of art. A11.1.4). However, they can intervene on Road Sections, only on sections of the Itinerary shared with Race Vehicles.
3) Service Vehicles and Service Crews entered in the Service category are not allowed to go on Public Zones, except if the latest feature on the Service Roadbook.
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4) For safety reasons, no Service Vehicle is authorized to go to the track to get a Race Vehicle without having informed the Race Direction through the PCO.
Reminder art. 30P2.2.a of Car / Truck Supplementary Regulations & art. 15.5.1.3 of Bike / Quad Supplementary Regulations: Service is authorized on the route of a Selective Section by a Service Vehicle, after the closure of the control at the end of the Selective Section and after having informed the PCO. The Service Crew must imperatively: ▪ obtain the authorisation of the Race Direction, which will inform him of the procedures to be followed ▪ receive a tracking equipment from the PCO (E-track), to be able to go on the route of the Selective Section.
Failure to respect these rules will result in Disqualification of the Race Machine / Vehicle(s) and Service Vehicles concerned.
The tracking device needs to be returned (PCO or Competitors’ Department) as soon as the Service Vehicle is back to the Bivouac. In case of damage and/or loss of the material, the Competitor’s deposit will be cashed by the supplier.
5) Signposting of any kind is forbidden throughout the entire route.
6) For safety reasons, Service Vehicles are not allowed to transport fuel (tolerance of 20 litres). All refuelling (of petrol) of a Race Machine / Vehicle by a Service Vehicle is forbidden, on pain of Disqualification of the assisted Rider / Competitor.
The filling of fuel tanks of T1 or T2 diesel Vehicles from a T5 truck may be carried out in the Bivouac and only if the fuel tank of the T5 is situated outside the cargo and under the Vehicle.
7) Any violation of the Service Regulations will result in penalties up to and including exclusion of the Service Vehicle and the Race Machine(s) / Vehicle(s) concerned.
2. PENALTIES FOR FORBIDDEN SERVICE 1.a) A team set up by the Organizer on the route and at the Bivouac will be dedicated to checking all forms of forbidden Service and will be authorized to apply the penalties. b) This team, led by the Deputy Clerk of the Course in charge of Service have the power to: ▪ enforce the Service Regulations, ▪ check that the Vehicles and/or persons carrying out Service within the Bivouac or in its surroundings are duly accredited by the Organization, ▪ ensure that the identification plates and panels affixed to the doors correspond to a Vehicle duly entered and are not counterfeit, ▪ apply penalties for prohibited Service.
2) Service carried out by a non-accredited Service vehicle or Service crews will lead to the following penalties:
▪ 1st infringement: obligation for Service Vehicles and/or the service crews concerned to be accredited with the Organizer or to leave the Itinerary of the Rally + a 3-hour penalty for the concerned Machine / Vehicle, 6 hours on a Selective Section; ▪ Repeated offence: Disqualification of the assisted Race Machine / Vehicle.
3) Carrying out Service on a Selective Section (Service Machine or Vehicle and/or Service Crews registered in the Service category) will lead to penalties from 6 hours to Disqualification of the assisted Rider / Competitor. All repeated offences will result in Disqualification.
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4) Any presence of a Service Vehicle / Service Crews on a Road Section, at Start or Finish of a Selective Section when they do not feature on the Service Roadbook, will lead to penalties from 3 hours to Disqualification of the assisted Rider / Competitor. All repeated offences will result in Disqualification.
5) Any transport of parts or Service by a vehicle not accredited, the dropping or parachuting of spare parts will lead to penalties from 6 hours to Disqualification of the assisted Rider / Competitor. All repeated offences will result in Disqualification.
6) Carrying out Service outside the Bivouac or in an enclosed place (inside or outside the Bivouac), will lead to penalties from 6 hours to Disqualification of the assisted Rider / Competitor. All repeated offences will result in Disqualification.
7) Signposting or the transmission of information by any means, will be penalised by a 3-hour penalty + a €500 fine per infringement, for the concerned Race Rider / Competitor.
8) The presence of any means of transport (car, bike, quad, truck, aircraft, helicopter, etc.) following the Rally route the same day or a number of days prior, as well as the prolonged flying over of any means of transport, with official means or not, carry aboard a person having any link whatsoever with Rider(s) / Competitor(s) still in the Race will lead to the immediate Disqualification of all the participants having a link with one of these means.
Overflighting the Rally route with a drone having any link with a Rider / Crew still in the race, on the same day or a few days in advance, will incur the same penalties.
9) All airborne Service not controlled by the Organizer will lead to penalties from 6 hours to Disqualification of the assisted Rider / Competitor. All repeated offences will result in Disqualification.
Airborne Service is considered as any presence on a Stage of an aircraft having aboard any person with any link whatsoever with a Race Rider / Competitor and any transport of service materials (tools, generators, lights, compressors, etc.) in private planes or planes chartered by the Organizer.
A12. INSURANCE Cf. articles 17 of Bike / Quad Supplementary Regulations & 34P of Car / Truck Supplementary Regulations. It is essential for you to read these Articles so as to know the cover and guarantees included.
A13. ADVERTISING 1) The Organizers shall supply each Service Crew with a set of identification stickers comprising: 2 “Rally” stickers and 2 panels bearing the race numbers which are called number stickers, 2 windshields panel to be affixed on each side of the upper part of the windshields.
2) Throughout the duration of the Event, the identification stickers must be affixed according to the present Regulations. In no case may they cover, even partially, the Vehicle's licence plates. See drawings art. 15P2 of Car / Truck Supplementary Regulations.
3) At any time during the Event, the absence or incorrect affixing of an identification sticker, a "Rally" plate, as well as mandatory or optional advertising will result in the following penalties, in addition to the obligation to comply: ▪ 1st observation: warning ▪ 2nd observation: €1,000 per plate or panel misplaced or absent. ▪ 3rd observation: 100% of the entry fees ▪ 4th observation: exclusion of the Vehicle and its Crew
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4) The number stickers must be affixed to the right and left sides of the Vehicle, on the area situated between the wheel arches, provided that they are totally visible from the side, as well as on the roof of the Vehicle. They bear the race number, the name of the Event and possibly the name of the Organizers’ main sponsor. 26 cm x 50 cm are for compulsory Organizer’s advertising.
5) 2 “Rally” stickers must be positioned Stageibly in a visible position during the whole Event. They must be fixed at the front and the rear of the Vehicle, parallel the axis of the wheels, without covering, even partially, the Vehicle’s licence plates and, except for the manufacturer’s acronym, the plate must be the first inscription Stageible from the front above the line of the headlamps. They incorporate the Service Crew’s Race number in figures of 4 cm high and with a stroke thickness of 1 cm.
6) The names of the first driver and his co-driver(s), plus their national flags of a height of 30 - 50 mm, must appear on both sides of the front wings or front doors of the Vehicle. Any Vehicle failing to comply with this rule may be subject to a cash penalty, on certification, equivalent to 10% of the entry fee (Vehicle and Crew fee).
7) Service Crews are allowed to affix any kind of advertising to their Vehicles, provided that: a) it is authorized by the FIA Regulations and the Legislation of the countries crossed, b) it is not likely to give offence, c) it does not encroach upon the spaces defined below reserved for Rally plates, number plates and windscreen strips, d) it does not interfere with the Crew's vision through the windows, e) it does not express either a religious and/or political opinion; f) it is not directly or indirectly related to pornography; g) it is not related to an alcohol brand.
8) The places reserved for the Organizers for collective advertising which may not be bought are situated on: a) 2 number plates, b) 2 “Rally” plates, , c) 2 strips to be affixed on each side of the upper part of the windscreen.
9) The Organizers' optional advertising will appear on two plates which cannot be subdivided, to be affixed on the right and left sides of the Vehicle, on the area situated between the wheel arches provided that they are totally visible from the side.
10) It is the responsibility of the Crews to provide the appropriate supports, in order to comply with the rules set out above, any modification of the stickers being prohibited (cutting, etc.).
A14. ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL CHECKS The act of presenting a Vehicle for Administrative and Technical Checks is considered as an implicit declaration of its compliance.
The start will be refused to all Service Crews which present themselves at Administrative and/or Technical Checks after the time limits laid down in the Regulations, except in the case of force majeure, duly recognised as such by the Stewards.
1. ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS 1) Administrative Checks will take place on 2, 3 and 4 January 2020, in Jeddah.
2) The presence of all Service Crews members is compulsory at Administrative Checks. The person responsible for a Service Vehicle undertakes to present valid papers. If one of the necessary documents is missing, the Vehicle and its Service Crew will not be accepted.
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At Administrative Checks, each Service Crew must present original valid documents. No photocopies or declarations of loss will be accepted, except in cases of force majeure.
Service Crews and Service Vehicles coming directly to Jeddah, must go to Administrative Checks before Technical Checks, otherwise the stickers used to identify the Vehicle will not be issued and Checks will thus not be validated.
3) Service Crews will receive a convocation stating the day and exact time at which they must present their Service Vehicle.
This convocation must be respected. It is the checking-in time at the Time Control (TC) at the entrance to the Waiting Park leading to Checks.
THE CREW MUST APPEAR IN ITS ENTIRETY (with all crew members) WITH THEIR VEHICLE.
After having placed the Vehicle in the Waiting Park, Crews have 15 minutes to appear for Administrative Checks.
Failure to respect the convocation times will incur a penalty of: ▪ €50 for the 1st hour late, ▪ €100 for the following hours. ▪ Start refused or of over the intended limited
4) Crews shall have two hours and thirty minutes to carry out Administrative Checks. Time Controls will be located at the entrance and exit.
Failure to respect this time limit will result in a penalty of: ▪ €500 for the 1st hour late, ▪ €1,000 for the following hours.
4) Documents to be presented by Drivers and Co-drivers of Service Vehicles: ▪ national driving licence: for the Truck Service category, only one heavy goods licence is necessary; for the other vehicles’ types, the document must be adapted to the entered vehicle; ▪ valid passport (valid until 30/06/2020 minimum), ▪ visas: A visa may be required for Saudi Arabia. Each participant is required to check with the Saudi Arabian Embassy for information on the need to obtain a visa, depending on his or her nationality, and will therefore be fully responsible for its proper issuance. The Organization, with the assistance of local authorities, will facilitate the obtaining of the necessary visas, by setting up an e-visa system, allowing the free obtaining and downloading of the visa to enter the country. These services are free of charge only for Dakar participants (Race, Service). ▪ vaccinations: no vaccination is compulsory. Recommended: diphtheria, tetanus, polio, meningitis (A & C), viral hepatitis A & B, typhoid, rubella-mumps-measles (MMR) and possibly rabies, etc.
5) Documents to be presented for Service Vehicles: ▪ valid log book or registration certificate (provisional registrations not acceptable, W or WW or the equivalent for foreign countries); ▪ insurance certificate (green card); ▪ permission of the owner to use the vehicle when this on is not part of the Crew; ▪ complete Packing List of the vehicle and its material (See Article A9.3.1 of the Service Regulations).
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2. TECHNICAL CHECKS 1) Service Vehicles leaving from France will pass Technical Checks in Marseille, beginning of December 2019. The date and place will be communicated at a later date. The presence of the Service Crews is not compulsory. Service Vehicles may be passed through Technical Checks by a representative of the Team.
2) Following Administrative Checks, each Service Crew will have to present himself to the Technical Checks and respect the Allotted Time to get there (time indicated on the Checks’ Time Card).
Failure to respect the Allotted Time will incur a penalty of: ▪ €50 for the 1st hour late, ▪ €100 for the following hours. ▪ Start refused over the intended limit
3) Service Crews undertake to present a Service Vehicle conforming to the entry form, on pain of being refused the embarkation.
4) Scrutineering will consist of: ▪ checks on the conformity of the vehicle and safety equipment; ▪ the placing of stickers conforming to Article 15P2 of the Car / Truck Supplementary Regulations and art. A13 of these Service Regulations; ▪ checks on the connections and on the functioning of the TRIPY.
5) Service Vehicles which leave from France on the ferry set up by the Organizer must be presented at Marseille for embarkation with the TRIPY mounts, cables and antenna in place ready to receive the system, on pain of being refused embarkation.
Service Vehicles presented directly in Jeddah, must be presented to Technical Checks with the TRIPY mounts, cables and antenna in place ready to receive the system. Failure to comply will result in a penalty of €150.
6) Service Vehicles must be presented at Scrutineering ready to start and safety equipment listed at Article A15.1 of the Service Crews / Service Vehicles Regulations should be presented to the Marshals in charge of the controls.
7) All Service Vehicles which appear not to conform with given information, or are not adapted to Rally norms, during Scrutineering may be refused embarkation or start (on decision of the Organising Committee). In the latter case, the entry fees will remain the property of the Organizer.
A15. SERVICE CREWS’ SAFETY
1. SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT 1) For safety reasons, all Vehicles must carry aboard the following material:
▪ 1 torch, ▪ 1 general map of Saudi Arabia or the Road Safety map (given at Administrative Checks), ▪ 1 first aid kit, ▪ 1 seat belt cutter per person, ▪ 1 safety triangle, ▪ 1 yellow fluorescent jacket per person registered in the Service Vehicle, ▪ 1 TRIPY (included in the entry fee).
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2) All Service Crews unable to present all the above equipment at the start of a Stage will be refused a start until compliance has been achieved.
Unannounced controls will be carried out; in the event of non-conformity, the vehicle will be sealed and immobilised until it complies with rules again. Repeated offence will lead to Exclusion.
2. WITHDRAWAL 1) IMPORTANT: As soon as the Service Crew decides to retire, they must let the Organization know about their intentions regarding their way back (for themselves and their material): ▪ if they get back to the Bivouac, present themselves to the Competitors’ Department; ▪ if they do not get back to the Bivouac, call the Race Control (PCO).
In the case of withdrawal, it is imperative that Service Crews of the Service Vehicle inform, by all possible means, and as quickly as possible, the Race Control on (PCO): +33 1 41 33 02 10.
Failure to respect this important safety rule will result in the refusal of all future entry to take part in any Cross-Country Rally organised by the Organizer. The Service Crew will also have to conform itself to Article A9.3.3 of the Service Crews / vehicles Regulations.
2) In addition, failure to respect the obligation to inform the Organizer in the case of withdrawal, where search operations are carried out, will result in the Crew in question being liable for the financial costs of search operations.
3) Service Crew that have withdrawn may in no circumstances be transported by the Organizer for part or all of the route.
4) Instructions in case of withdrawal In the event of withdrawal of a Service Vehicle, its Crew must IMPERATIVELY, in addition to the aforementioned provisions, inform the customs declarant and the Competitors Department without delay, of the condition of the Vehicle, its position and the steps taken to redirect it: either to the port in Saudi Arabia, for reloading for France, or to the Vehicle's home country if it has not been loaded on the Organizer's boat.
3. SEAT BELT - HARNESS 1) The wearing of a safety belt or harness is compulsory over the entire Itinerary.
2) Failure to wear the safety belt or harness will incur the following penalties: ▪ 1st infringement: fine of €300 per infringement, per Crew member; ▪ 2nd infringement: sealing of the vehicle until the TC at the End of a Stage, ▪ 3rd infraction: Disqualification.
A16. ACCESSORIES AND NAVIGATION
1. SATELLITE TELEPHONE Carrying a satellite telephone is optional, but highly recommended in order to be able to communicate with the racing Riders / Competitors in the case of an accident or of a breakdown.
The Organizer cannot be held responsible for the transmission of information between a racing Machine / Vehicle and its Service Crews / Vehicles.
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2. RADIOS 1) For safety reasons, Service Vehicles will be allowed to be fitted with VHF radio receivers / transmitters homologated by the Organizer and supplied by its supplier only. They will use a sole frequency, all modifications are forbidden. The conditions concerning the receiving and installation of the equipment will be sent by the relevant supplier.
2) All UHF - CB transmitters and/or receivers and all other means of communication are forbidden throughout the entire Rally Itinerary aboard vehicles.
3) AM/FM radio receivers must be commercially available models and not modified. The wave length of FM receivers is limited to 88 – 108 Mhz. Spot checks will be made. All infractions will result in penalties up to and including Disqualification.
4) Only Walkie-Talkies operating on one single frequency, used within the confines of the Bivouac are admissible. If they are not supplied by the Organizers’ radio supplier (MARLINK), authorisation must be demanded from the authorities of the countries crossed and the frequencies used must be given to the Organizers.
3. SATELLITE MEANS All satellite links or other links between a Race Machine / Vehicle and an exterior base or another vehicle, is forbidden, under penalty of Disqualification of the racing Vehicle.
The use of a BGAN or RBGAN station (+ associate antenna) will be authorized exclusively in the Bivouac.
4. NAVIGATION 1) The use of an additional GPS not provided by the Organizers’ supplier is authorized.
2) To ensure the respect of the Official Itinerary of the Roadbook and to check speeds, the installation of the Tripy in a place visible by the driver is strongly recommended.
5. DRONES For safety reasons, the use of drones is strictly prohibited on the Dakar 2020, whether it is over the Bivouacs, the Stage Towns, the Road Sections or the Selective Sections.
Any violation of this rule will result in the immediate confiscation of the drone and penalties up to and including Disqualification will be applied to the Rider / Crew related to the holder of this drone.
A17. PENALTIES FOR SERVICE CREWS / VEHICLES 1) All fines will be paid to a non-profit organization.
2) The payment of fines imposed on Service Crews shall be made: ▪ to the Deputy Clerk of the Course in charge of Service, ▪ in cash, euros or dollars only, ▪ within 48 hours after notification, under penalty of refusal to leave, ▪ within 24 hours after notification, as part of Stage 11, under penalty of refusal to start, ▪ the same day, as part of Stage 12, under penalty of refusal to board.
3) Board of Penalties (*) Sealing of the Vehicle up to the start on the next day: ▪ First racing truck, for penalised cars ▪ Last racing truck, for penalised trucks (**) May go as far as Exclusion/Disqualification (UP TO X on the board)
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PENALTIES PENALITES
SERVICE VEHICLE RACE VEHICLE
Art. SUMMARY OF Exclusion PENALTIES N° Sealing Other Disquali- Other of Vehicle UP TO X Fine penalty fication penalty (*) (**)
« Comfort » Service A1.4. Start Vehicle carrying parts b refused Parking of a non- accredited camper van or mobile home within A1.5. a 2km radius around b the Bivouacs. ▪ 1ère infringement 700 € ▪ Repeat offence X
Change and/or swap of Crew members: A2.6 PAJ X ▪ Per infringement and by Crew member 500 €
Absence at the Briefing of all members of a A3 500 € Crew
2h00 stop Start outside the A6.2 at Bivouac mandatory time slots entrance TRIPY : any incident due to the Crew and/or attempted fraud : A7.2. ▪ 1st infringement 300 € 4 ▪ 2nd infringement 500 € ▪ 3rd infringement X ▪ 4th infringement X Failure to respect the route ▪ 1st infringement A8.2. 300 € nd ▪ 2 infringement 2 500 € ▪ 3rd infringement X ▪ 4th infringement X
Incivility noted A9.1. ▪ 1ère infringement 500 € 2 ▪ Repeat offence UP TO X
Abandoning a punctured or damaged A9.1. wheel and/or tyre 3 ▪ per tyre or wheel 1,000 € ▪ Repeat offence UP TO X
Involvement in an accident, depending on A9.2 UP TO X circumstances, after investigation
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PENALTIES PENALITES SERVICE VEHICLE RACE VEHICLE SUMMARY OF Art. PENALTIES N° Sealing Exclusion Other Disquali- Other of Vehicle UP TO X Fine penalty fication penalty (*) (**) Abandoning, selling or transferring any transported material (in addition to the risks A9.3. incurred locally) 2 ▪ per piece of 500 € equipment ▪ Repeat offence UP TO X
Sale or transfer of a Entry A9.3. Vehicle (in addition to refused for 4 local risks) 5 years Damaged vehicle (totally or partially A9.3. 1,500 € destroyed), violation of 5 the article Non-compliance with the Highway Code, A10.3 UP TO X excessive speed, dangerous behaviour Speed Control Zones : Overspeeding from 1 to 20 km/h ▪ Distance less than A10.1 200 € 500m .3 ▪ Distance between 500 & 1,000m X 400 € ▪ Distance over X 1,000m Overspeeding over 20 km/h ▪ Distance less than X 400 € 500m ▪ Distance over 500m X Maximum Speed authorized : Overspeeding from 1 to 20 km/h ▪ For a cumulative distance of less than A10.2 200 € 1,000m .2 ▪ For a cumulative distance between 400 € 1,000 and 2,000m ▪ For a cumulative distance greater than 600 € 2,000m
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PENALTIES PENALITES SERVICE VEHICLE RACE VEHICLE SUMMARY OF Art. N° PENALTIES Sealing Exclusion Other Disquali- Other of Vehicle UP TO X Fine penalty fication penalty (*) (**) Overspeeding from 21 to 40 km/h ▪ For a cumulative distance of less than 600 € 1,000m ▪ For a cumulative distance between 800 € 1,000 and 2,000m ▪ For a cumulative distance greater than X 1,200 € 2,000m Overspeeding greater than 40 km/h ▪ For a cumulative distance of less than 1,600 € 500m ▪ For a cumulative distance greater than X 2,000 € 500m
Excessive speed, dangerous driving in the A10.3 UP TO X Bivouac area or in the Stage Towns Service on a Selective Section A11.1. ▪ 1st infringement 2 UP TO X 6h00 ▪ Repeat offence X Failure to comply with the instructions for A11.1. X X carrying out Service on 4 Selective Sections Refuelling of a race A11.1. X X Vehicle 6 Infringement to the A11.1. UP TO X UP TO X Service Regulations 7 Service by a non- accredited person/Vehicle ▪ 1st infringement in A11.2. 3h00 Road Section 2 ▪ 1st infringement in 6h00 Selective Section ▪ Repeat offence X Service on a Selective Section: A11.2. ▪ 1st infringement 3 UP TO X 6h00 ▪ repeat offence X
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PENALTIES PENALITES SERVICE VEHICLE RACE VEHICLE SUMMARY OF Art. N° PENALTIES Sealing Exclusion Other Disquali- Other of Vehicle UP TO X Fine penalty fication penalty (*) (**)
Presence of a Service vehicle / person at a A11.2. forbidden spot: ▪ 1st infringement 4 UP TO X 3h00 ▪ Repeat offence X Transport of parts by non-accredited vehicle, delivery, drop of A11.2. material 5 ▪ 1st infringement UP TO X 6h00 ▪ repeat offence X
Service outside the Bivouac or in an enclosed place (inside or A11.2. outside the Bivouac) 6 ▪ 1st infringement UP TO X 6h00 ▪ Repeat offence X
Signposting or transmission of A11.2. 500 € 3h00 information, per 7 infringement Presence of any means A11.2. of transport on (or over) X 8 the route
Airborne Service A11.2. ▪ 1st infringement UP TO X 6h00 9 ▪ Repeat offence X Absence / incorrect affixing of plates / panels ▪ 1st observation Warning A13.3 ▪ 2nd observation, by 1,000 € plate/panel ▪ 3rd observation 100% entry fees ▪ 4th observation X Absence of name / 10% nationality on wing / A13.6 entry fees front door of the Vehicle Late at Administrative / A14.1. Technical Checks: 2 ▪ 1st hour & 50 € ▪ Following hours A14.2. 100 € Start ▪ After time limits 3 refused
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PENALTIES PENALITES SERVICE VEHICLE RACE VEHICLE SUMMARY OF Art. N° PENALTIES Sealing Exclusion Other Disquali- Other of Vehicle UP TO X Fine penalty fication penalty (*) (**)
Failure to respect the time allowed to carry out A14.1. Administrative Checks 4 ▪ 1st hour 500 € ▪ Following hours 1.000 €
Absence of brackets, aerials for TRIPY A14.2. Boarding ▪ at Marseille 5 refused ▪ at Jeddah 150 € Boarding or A14.2. Non-compliant vehicle start 7 refused Missing or incomplete safety equipment at the A15.1. Start start of a Stage, until it 2 refused is brought into conformity X Refusal of PCO not warned of a A15.2. in case of any further Crew’s withdrawal 1 searches entry No wearing of seatbelts / harnesses, per crew member: A15.3 ▪ 1st infringement 300 € ▪ 2nd infringement X ▪ 3rd infringement X Non-compliant radio A16.2. transmitters and/or UP TO X 3 receivers
Forbidden satellite link A16.3 X
Carrying / using a drone A16.5 X ▪ Non-payment of fines Start refused within 48 hours Start refused ▪ Non-payment of fines within 24 hours; Stage A17.2 11 ▪ Non-payment of fines Boarding on the same day, refused. Stage 12
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AII SERVICE VEHICLES TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
1) TECHNICAL OBLIGATIONS FOR ALL SERVICE CARS AND TRUCKS In addition to the SURVIVAL EQUIPEMENT described in the Article A15.1 of these Service Regulations, each Service Vehicle must be presented with the following equipment:
▪ 1 homologated 2 kg manual powder fire extinguisher; ▪ 1 spare wheel; ▪ reinforced windscreen; ▪ 1 parking brake; ▪ 1 front and rear lighting perfectly functioning; ▪ 1 air horn; ▪ External rear view mirrors; ▪ 1 Fuel tank. The Service Crew will be responsible for calculating its Fuel Range; ▪ Safety belts or harness; ▪ 1 towing points at the front and at the back; ▪ 1 towing strap.
2) TECHNICAL OBLIGATIONS FOR CARS AND T5 TRUCKS LIKELY TO GO TO THE SELECTIVE SECTIONS In addition to the above listed equipment, all Service Vehicles likely to go to the Selective Section, must imperatively be equipped with the following elements:
▪ 1 cabin rollcage (with doorbars) ▪ 4-point harness; ▪ 1 General circuit breaker (coupled with a device cutting of the intake into the engine); ▪ 1 spare wheel (ie. 2 in total); ▪ Several straps; ▪ 1 tracking system (E-track) loaned by the Race Direction before going to the Selective Section. ▪ 1 Survival kit: ✓ a minimum of 5 liters of water per person, ✓ a medical emergency kit, ✓ 1 x 9 m tow string, ✓ warm shoes and equipment in case of running on places with temperatures below 5°C, ✓ 1 foil survival blanket per person
For safety reasons, it is recommended to wear a helmet when the Vehicle leaves the asphalt.
In addition, for Service Trucks: ▪ Individual seats for all the Crew members (bench seats forbidden).
IMPORTANT: All vehicles likely to go to the Selective Sections must be declared during Administrative / Technical Checks.
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