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DSCR REG ENG 200917.Pdf The Supplementary Regulations, as well as the Appendices must be considered as the Cars / UTV / Trucks Regulations of 1st Dakar Series China Rally, for non-Chinese competitors. For national competitors, the Chinese regulations will be applied. SUMMARY SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS 1P DEFINITIONS 1P1 Organising Committee 22P ROAD BOOK 1P2 Event programme 22P1 Road Book Lexicon 1P3 Posting 22P2 Road Book 1P4 Competitors’ Department 23P OFFICIAL ITINERARY 2P REGISTRATION 23P1 General 3P TERMINOLOGY 23P2 Respect of Official Itinerary - T4.3 Vehicles 4P RULES 23P3 “Podium Passage” Stage 4P1 General 4P2 Litigation 24P FUNCTIONING OF THE GPS 5P REGULATIONS AND PUBLICATION 24P1 General CONDITIONS 24P2 Penalties for missing Way Points 6P AMENDMENTS TO THE REGULATIONS – 24P3 Navigation BULLETINS 25P UNBLOCKING THE GPS 7P APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF 26P SPEED CONTROL ZONE – DEFINITIONS THE REGULATIONS 27P CONTROL PROCEDURE 8P QUALIFICATION OF AN EVENT IN AN FIA 28P TRAFFIC - SPEED CUP 28P1 General 9P ELIGIBLE VEHICLES 28P2 Going through Speed Control Zones 9P1 General 28P3 Pulse signal (impulsion) 9P2 Eligible Vehicles 28P4 Speed limits – Road Sections 10P TYRES 28P5 Speed limits – Passage Control (DZ + FZ) 28P6 Maximum speed limits (SS) - Trucks 11P DATA SYSTEM 29P DRIVER’S CODE 12P CREWS 29P1 Sentinel function of GPS 12P1 General 29P2 Accident – health 12P2 Truck Crews 29P3 Assistance in the case of an accident of 13P OFFICIALS another Rider / Competitor 13P1 List of Officials 29P4 Crews’ code 13P2 Competitors’ Relations Officers 29P5 Satellite phone / GSM / Digital Tablet / GPS 14P ENTRIES watch 14P1 General 29P6 Radio and transmissions 14P2 Entry requests 29P7 Tracking System 14P3 Refused start 29P8 On board camera 14P4 Cancellation or postponement of the Event 29P9 Oxygen 15P IDENTIFICATION 30P RECONNAISSANCE AND OPENING OF 16P ADVERTISING THE ROUTE 16P1 General 30P1 Reconnaissance 16P2 Specifics 30P2 Opening the route 16P3 Colour of the number plates and advertising 31P SERVICE AND REFUELLING 17P MARKING 31P1 General 17P1 General 31P2 Car Marathon Stage 17P2 All Groups 31P3 Authorised Service 17P3 T1 Group 31P4 Penalties for forbidden Service 17P4 T2 Group 31P5 Team Manager 18P ATTRIBUTION OF RACE NUMBERS 31P6 Fuel – Refuelling - Fuel range 19P DRIVER’S PRIORITIES 31P7 Race Vehicle becoming Service Vehicle 20P STARTING ORDER 32P ENGINE CHANGE 20P1 General 33P INSURANCE 20P2 Starting Order 33P1 Assistance / Repatriation 20P3 Repositioning 33P2 Third Party Cover 21P ROAD BOOK AND NAVIGATION – 33P3 Individual Accident Insurance GENERAL 34P TIME CARDS 35P CONTROL ZONES 36P TIME CONTROLS 2/82 CAR – SxS - TRUCK REGULATIONS / 1ST DAKAR SERIES CHINA RALLY 2017 WWW.DAKARSERIESCHINARALLY.COM 42P1 General 36P1 General 42P2 Administrative Checks and Scrutineering in 36P2 Check-in at TC at Start of Stage Asunción (Paraguay) 36P3 Check-in at TC at Start of Selective Section 42P3 Administrative obligations 36P4 Maximum Time / Target Time 43P PROTESTS – APPEALS 36P5 Overrunning of Maximum Time Allowed at TC 44P CLASSIFICATIONS at Finish of Stage 45P PENALTIES 36P6 Overrunning of Maximum Time Allowed at rest 46P PRIZES’ LIST day 47P CREWS’ SAFETY 36P7 Interviews 47P1 Survival equipment 37P PASSAGE CONTROLS 47P2 Equipment 37P1 General 47P3 Withdrawals – Disqualification 37P2 Closing Time of Passage Controls 47P4 Closing of the track 37P3 Closing of Passage Controls 47P5 Deposits – letter of commitment 38P SELECTIVE SECTIONS 38P1 General 38P2 Interruption of a Selective Section 38P3 Safety 38P4 Neutralisation 38P5 Time deduction 39P REGROUPINGS 40P SIGNPOSTING OF CONTROLS 41P PARC FERMÉ 41P1 General 41P2 Specifics 42P ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS AND SCRUTINEERING SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS Warning: This regulation is written in ENGLISH and translated in CHINESE therefore, in the event of disputes over the translations and interpretations, the ENGLISH version is the only one to be considered and applied. 1P DEFINITIONS 1P1 ORGANISING COMMITTEE Organisation Director: ZHAO WEI – XAVIER GAVORY Sporting Directors: Tiziano SIVIERO, SONG Jun Sporting Coordinator: Zhu Chenguang Competitors Relation By bulletin In charge of Logistics: Qi Xiangdong - Thomas CERF-MAYER Safety Coordinator: Mr Wang – JEAN FRANCOIS TARDY 1P2 EVENT PROGRAMME 25th AUGUST 2017 Opening of reception of the race application files. 23rd SEPTEMBER 2017 End of reception of the race application files and closure of entries. 22nd-23 rd SEPTEMBER 2017 Administrative Checks, Scrutineering and Parc Fermé in FB PARK 23rd SEPTEMBER 2017 6pm Race Briefing at FB PARK. 8.00pm podium ceremony at FB PARK. 24th SEPTEMBER 2017 Start of the 1st Stage FB Park – FB Park 30th SEPTEMBER 2017 Last Stage FB Park – FB Park 30th September 2017 Finish Podium and prize giving in FB PARK. 1P3 POSTING All information concerning “Competitors”, classifications and road opening notes, decisions, official documents, bulletins, notifications, penalties, etc. will be posted at the following locations: . In FB Park at the Administrative Checks, on the 22nd and 23rd SEPTEMBER 2017; . In the others Bivouacs all the documents signed by the Officials will only be posted on the official notice boards at the Officials' tent. The list of Competitors authorised to take the start will be posted at the exit of the Briefing and at the entrance of the Parc Fermé at FB PARKat 6.30pm. 2P REGISTRATION CAMF is organising in conjunction with FB LIFE (here after named the Organiser), and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) the 1st Dakar Series China Rally (here after named the Dakar Series China Rally), an international event to be held from 22th to 30th September 2017, under the aegis of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile and CAMF. CAMF (ASN) approval: n° by bulletin To facilitate the Competitor’s understanding, the regulations are published in two versions: - The here under English version based on the Dakar Regulations, and adapted for the Dakar Series China Rally. These regulations are made for non-Chinese competitors. - A Chinese version, for Chinese competitors, based on the CAMF cross country championship. In case of misunderstanding, difference of interpretation, protest or dispute, the case will be studied by the Stewards, who will apply the relevant decision. In case of disagreement concerning the interpretation of the various documents and other publications edited by the Organizers, the case will be studied by the Stewards, who will apply the relevant decision. In the case of legal litigation, CHINA will be the sole country where cases may be judged before a tribunal and CHINESE LAWS law the only one applicable. The Organiser delegates the entire authority and the sporting power to the Event Officials, these being responsible of the respect and application of the present Regulations and its appendices. 4/82 CAR – SxS - TRUCK REGULATIONS / 1ST DAKAR SERIES CHINA RALLY 2017 WWW.DAKARSERIESCHINARALLY.COM 3P TERMINOLOGY 1) Bulletin The official bulletin is an integral part of the Regulation and is intended to modify, clarify or complete it. 2) ASN National Sporting Authority. 3) Assistance Service shall be defined as unrestricted work on a competing Vehicle, or one of its elements, even when dismounted and/or the physical presence of a person(s) in the vicinity of a competing Vehicle. Assistance is defined by rules detailed in the present Regulations. 4) Bivouac a) Zone situated between the Time Controls at the Finish of one Stage and the Start of the next, where all Competitors regroup; this zone is located in the Road Book. In the Bivouac, servicing is free between the Riders / Competitors still in the Race and with Vehicles and/or people registered in the Service category. It is a closed area, checked and secured, reserved for private use during the Dakar Series China Rally, whose access is exclusively and uniquely for persons who have been accredited by the Organiser, as well as representatives of local public authorities. b) It is forbidden to circulate at excessive speeds and/or to drive dangerously in the Bivouac area, on pain of penalties up to and including Disqualification, to be decided upon by the College of Sporting Stewards. Speed is limited to 20 kph within the Bivouac. (Penalties Art. 45P) c) Most important teams will be placed in the Bivouac. They will have to follow the rules and instructions given by the Organiser’s staff. d) It is strictly forbidden for the 1st Dakar Series China Rally Competitors to display, outside the allocated spaces within the Bivouac, any kind of visibility support. It is also strictly prohibited to distribute any kind of product or merchandising (neither for sale nor for free) inside the bivouac. for any other promotional activity, the competitors will, first, have to obtain beforehand the organiser’s written approval. 5) Briefing a) The Briefing will be given daily by the Organisers’ delegate. The Clerk of Course will attend the Briefing. Will be detailed the information regarding safety and the route (amendments to the Road Book). This information will be posted on the official notice board, after the Briefing. b) A general « Race » Briefing will be held on 23th September 2017, at 6.00pm at the FB PARK. The information regarding safety and the route will be detailed. This information will be signed and dated by the Clerk of Course and will be posted on the official notice board. The presence of at least one member of each Race and Service Crew is compulsory (signature) ON PAIN OF A PENALTY OF RNB500. (Penalties Art. 45P) c) From the first Stage onwards, a Briefing will be held each evening at the Bivouac at 08.00pm (except particular case shown on the Timing). The presence of at least one member of the Crew is strongly recommended. After the Briefing, a summary will be posted on the official boards. It will give important information (Road Book amendments) and the GPS code of the next Stage. 6) Time Card Document intended for the stamps and times, in chronological order, of the different checks and control points scheduled on the itinerary. 7) CH (TC) Time Control (see Article 36P).
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