Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2020 Regulations
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PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GREAT BRITAIN 2020 REGULATIONS PUBLISHED COPY – 27.02.2020 1 INTRODUCTION These Regulations set out the key information relating to the motor racing championship called the "Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain" to be staged in 2020. These Regulations are set out as follows: Contents Page number MISSION STATEMENT 3 CODE OF CONDUCT 4 CHAMPIONSHIP REGULATIONS 5 2 MISSION STATEMENT The objective of running the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2020, for Porsche Cars Great Britain Limited, is to demonstrate and promote motorsport as an integral part of the Porsche brand at a local level. Through the Porsche Carrera Cup, Porsche aims to demonstrate the Porsche ‘Race to Road’ engineering philosophy encapsulated within the 911 GT3 Cup and shared across the Porsche product range, and at the same time engage Porsche customers and fans in this philosophy, whether at the circuit, digitally, through television coverage and within the wider media, directly and indirectly. The Championship must provide a one-make racing platform, which nurtures and develops driver talent. The organisation of the Championship puts the emphasis on driver development and looks to play an important role in the career path for career minded drivers by providing a platform to develop the racing and commercial skills required to progress, for example, into the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, other motor racing formats or to become a Porsche works driver. For the participating teams, the Championship seeks to be a commercially viable series, with tightly controlled technical regulations to support affordable but competitive racing and to allow teams to promote their engineering and technical expertise and any wider commercial interests that they may have. For the numerous sponsors involved within the Championship, (both the partners of the Championship and the partners of participating drivers and teams), the Championship must provide a positive and engaging platform for their brands. All of those involved in the Championship, including drivers and teams, are expected to uphold Porsche’s values of being sporting and always fair. And, of course, Porsche hopes that all drivers, teams and fans enjoy the Championship. …………………………………………………………………… James MacNaughton Motorsport Manager and Championship Coordinator 3 CODE OF CONDUCT The Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2020 is a racing series characterised by equality of opportunity and fairness – in both technical and sporting terms. Everyone involved in the Championship makes a significant contribution to how the Championship is perceived – both internally and by the general public – and to the atmosphere in the Championship through their conduct and their communication. All those involved in the Championship are responsible for conducting themselves in such a way as to uphold and safeguard the professionalism that prevails in the Championship, as well as the esteem in which the Championship and its participants are held by the general public. Moreover, fair and sporting competition is an important contributor to exciting and safer racing. For these reasons, all those involved in the Championship agree to acknowledge the philosophy of the Championship, to comply with the spirt of this code of conduct and to adhere strictly to these Regulations. Both on the race track and in all matters related to the Championship, all those involved in the Championship must adopt and adhere to the spirit and intent of the following principles: – To treat the other participants, officials and organisers respectfully; – To respect and follow the laws and the rules of the sport, and by their behaviour exemplify and promote fairness and the rules of conduct; – To neither express themselves or behave in an insulting, offensive or abusive way, nor tolerate such expressions or modes of conduct, either in direct conversations, interviews, etc. or in other communication, e.g. press releases, posts in social media, etc; – Motor racing can be dangerous: it is of paramount importance and incumbent upon all those involved in the Championship to always behave in the interests of safety and to continually and consistently cooperate in all efforts to reduce risks; – To use resources in a sustainable way, giving priority to the well-being, safety and satisfaction of others before their own personal interest or goals; – To always further the purpose of the sport; – To challenge others where their conduct is not characterised by fairness, sportsmanship, respect and tolerance; and – To cooperate with all other persons involved so as to continually further develop and improve the Championship and its good status. 4 CHAMPIONSHIP REGULATIONS CONTENTS 1 SPORTING REGULATIONS 8 1.1 Glossary ............................................................................................................................................ 8 1.2 Title and jurisdiction ......................................................................................................................... 8 1.3 Officials ............................................................................................................................................. 8 1.4 Registration ...................................................................................................................................... 9 1.5 Online Tests .................................................................................................................................... 11 1.6 Medical ........................................................................................................................................... 11 1.7 Category selection .......................................................................................................................... 12 1.8 Category protests ........................................................................................................................... 12 1.9 Rookie Championship .................................................................................................................... 13 1.10 Licence and BARC membership ...................................................................................................... 14 1.11 Car .................................................................................................................................................. 14 1.12 Early registration ............................................................................................................................ 15 1.13 Rounds ........................................................................................................................................... 15 1.14 Scoring ............................................................................................................................................ 16 1.15 Prizes awarded for each Meeting .................................................................................................. 19 1.16 Prizes awarded at the end of the Championship ........................................................................... 20 1.17 Presentations ................................................................................................................................. 21 1.18 Withholding tax for foreign performers and income tax ............................................................... 22 1.19 Championship livery ....................................................................................................................... 22 1.20 Timetable regulations .................................................................................................................... 22 1.21 Postponement, abandonment or cancellation of a Meeting ......................................................... 23 1.22 Shareholding .................................................................................................................................. 23 2 JUDICIAL PROCEDURES 24 2.1 Protests, appeals and investigatory powers .................................................................................. 24 2.2 Governing law and jurisdiction ...................................................................................................... 24 3 RACE PROCEDURES 25 3.1 Entries into a Round ....................................................................................................................... 25 3.2 Signing-on and briefings ................................................................................................................. 25 3.3 Testing ............................................................................................................................................ 25 3.4 Qualifying ....................................................................................................................................... 27 3.5 Rounds ........................................................................................................................................... 28 3.6 Starting grid .................................................................................................................................... 28 3.7 Formation Lap ................................................................................................................................ 30 3.8 Standing start procedure ............................................................................................................... 30 3.9 Rolling start procedure..................................................................................................................