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V_1.0 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MEDIA GUIDE PACK / 2 / 2016 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP (WORLD RX) MEDIA GUIDE PACK Official Championship website:www.fiaworldrallycross.com Sign up to World RX media office for copyright-free images via www.fiaworldrallycross.com/media V_1.0 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MEDIA GUIDE PACK / 3 / 2016 WORLD RX CALENDAR V_1.0 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MEDIA GUIDE PACK / 4 / WHAT IS HISTORY OF RALLYCROSS/RX? RALLYCROSS Rallycross is head-to-head short, sharp racing on mixed Rallycross was invented by Robert Reed, who was the surfaces (dirt and asphalt) contained with amphitheatre producer on ITV’s World of Sport programme at the time. venues. High profile drivers are equipped with RX Supercars The first event took place at Lydden Hill on 4 February with over 600bhp and the ability to accelerate from 0-60mph back in 1967, where it quickly became a staple of Saturday in less than two seconds - faster than an F1 car. Race afternoon sports in the UK with both ITV and BBC meetings include four action-packed qualifying heats (Q1, broadcasting rallycross. The popularity of rallycross soon Q2, Q3 and Q4) with the most successful drivers progressing spread, with the first event on the European mainland taking through to semi-finals and a final. place in Holland in 1969, with the Scandinavian rallycross debut taking place in Sweden two years later. V_1.0 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MEDIA GUIDE PACK / 5 / CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES The FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster The FIA World Rallycross Championship is contested by Energy (World RX) was established in 2014 and is promoted by global Supercar drivers. The FIA European Championships have sports & media company, IMG. In 2016 there will be 12 rounds: separate titles for drivers in the Supercar, Super1600 and Portugal, Hockenheim, Belgium, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, TouringCar categories. Canada, Norway, France, Barcelona. Latvia (new-for-2016), Germany and Argentina. - SUPERCAR. Headline category. Hot hatch/super mini turned into the ultimate racecars by the addition of The FIA European Rallycross Championship runs at selected rounds of turbocharged, two-litre, 600bhp engines and four-wheel World RX. In 2016, Euro RX will be present at five World RX rounds: drive. They accelerate from 0-60mph(100km/h) in 1.9 Belgium Norway, Sweden, Barcelona and Latvia. seconds - faster than an F1 car. - SUPER1600. Front-wheel drive ‘hot hatches’ using 1600cc engines where many of the top Supercar drivers have developed from including Timerzyanov, Bakkerud and Nitiss. - TOURINGCAR. Rear-wheel drive and two-litre engines. Cars produced with front-drive can be converted to rear- drive. 21st centrury interpretation of traditional rallycross cars also a development ground for Supercar drivers including Larsson, Marklund and Tohill. - RX LITES. Spec category for identical 310bhp, mid- engined, four-wheel drive racecars built by Olsbergs MSE. Guest support category at selected World RX events. V_1.0 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MEDIA GUIDE PACK / 6 / EVENTS SEMI-FINALS Each event is made up of an open practice sessions, four timed There will be six starters arranged on a two-by-two grid and each qualifying heats, two knock out semi-finals and one final. There are four semi-final will be run over six laps. The top 12 scoring drivers in qualifying heats with a maximum of five cars starting abreast in each the intermediate classification will qualify for the semi-finals. The race over four laps. winner, second and third placed drivers in each semi-final will qualify for the final. - Q1. Starting positions in the races are determined by a draw that is carried out beforehand. - Q2. Race starters determined according to timed classification of Q1. This follows the same format until Q4 FINALS After the qualifying heats, there will be an intermediate classification Finals will also have six starters, arranged over three rows and will according to each driver’s total points scored in the four heats (see be run over six laps. scoring section on the next page). The semi-final winner with the highest number of points in the event will start on the ‘pole’ side of the grid, followed by the other semi- final winner. The same procedure will be used between the two second-placed drivers and two third-placed drivers. The winner of the final will be the winner of the event. Positions one to six in the final classification will be according to the result of the final. The remaining drivers will be classified according to points scored in the event. V_1.0 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MEDIA GUIDE PACK / 7 / JOKER LAPS POINTS An alternative section of track that adds at least two seconds to the lap Drivers score Championship points at three stages of the event. time, and through which every driver must pass once in each race, semi- The top 16 drivers after the four qualifying heats (Intermediate final and final. Failure to take the Joker Lap is penalised by 30-seconds Classification) score points starting from 16 for the best placed, in the qualifying heats, and by being classified last and loss of points in a down to one point for 16th place. semi-final or final. The top 12 progress to two six car semi-finals in which points from six for the winner to one for sixth place are awarded. The top three from each semi-final then enter the final. Scoring for the finals are as follows: 1st: 8 points 2nd: 5 points 3rd: 4 points 4th: 3 points 5th: 2 points 6th: 1 point Maximum score in an event is 30 points (16+6+8). All points scored in all 12 rounds count. The team’ Championship will include all points scored by the two team drivers at all events. At least one driver in a team must start in all 12 events. The second car can be driven by different drivers and will score points for the team no matter who is driving. V_1.0 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MEDIA GUIDE PACK / 8 / TOURINGCAR CAR SPECIFICATIONS Rear-wheel drive, two-litre Capacity: 2000cc naturally aspirated Power: 260bhp SUPERCAR Torque: 205Nm Power: 600bhp 0-100km/h: 3.9s Min weight: 1300kg inc. driver Min weight: 1100kg (inc driver) Gearbox: free (manual shift, no driver aids, no paddle shift, etc). Gearbox: free, typically five-speed sequential Typically five or six-speed sequential Wheels: 17in diameter, max 250mm width Torque: 900Nm Tyres: Cooper Tire 205/620-17 or 225/640-17 ACB11 dry Capacity: 2050cc turbocharged (with 45mm restrictor) (moulded tread) or 210/635 R17 wet (moulded tread) control 0-100km/h: 1.9s tyres. One compound of each. Wheels: 17in diameter, max 250mm width Fuel: P1 Racing Fuel 102 octane FIA-spec control fuel Tyres: Cooper Tire 205/260-17 or 225/640-17 dry (moulded tread) or 210/635 R17 wet (moulded tread) control tyres. One compound of each. Fuel: P1 Racing Fuel 102 octane FIA-spec control fuel SUPER1600 Front-wheel drive, 1600cc Capacity: 1600cc naturally aspirated Power: 220bhp Torque: 190Nm 0-100km/h: 4.6s Min weight: 1000kg (inc driver) Gearbox: free, typically five-speed sequential Wheels: 17in diameter, max 250mm width Tyres: Cooper Tire 205/620-17 ACB11 dry (moulded tread) or 210/635 R17 wet (moulded tread) control tyres. One compound of each. Fuel: P1 Racing Fuel 102 octane FIA-spec control fuel V_1.0 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MEDIA GUIDE PACK / 9 / ABOUT COOPER TIRES Cooper Tire Europe is sole tyre supplier and Associate Partner to to tackle the changing surfaces, from tarmac to gravel, they need a World RX. The company has a very long and extremely successful tyre which is capable of handling both rough and smooth surfaces. history in the rallycross arena and is the rallycross tyre of choice for Meeting this unique challenge is something that Cooper excels at and competitors across the world, having supplied tyres to European particularly prides itself on. www.coopertire.com Rallycross Champions for the past two decades. Cooper’s supremacy is thanks to its unique rallycross tyre composition, which offers unrivalled levels of grip and traction on both tarmac and gravel, to provide the best all-round performance. For competitors V_1.0 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MEDIA GUIDE PACK / 10 / ABOUT THE TYRES A rallycross tyre needs to have several elements to cope with the demands CONSTRUCTION placed on it. It needs a pattern that conforms to the technical regulations and a compound suitable for both gravel and asphalt surfaces. It needs a To give the compound and tread pattern the platform they need to complex construction that gives unrivalled performance with the strength perform, each Cooper rallycross tyre is hand built, using the best to take the punishment that these surfaces give when tackled with a materials available, to give drivers the best product possible. This 600BHP car. Unsurprisingly, this isn’t easy! involves laying multiple layers of Kevlar and nylon in the tyre sidewalls to give strength and flexibility in the tyre. Tyres are designed to respond to a driver’s needs, while being able to withstand the enormous loads PATTERNS applied when landing from huge jumps and riding razor-sharp kerbs. All homologated rallycross tyres must feature a ‘tread’ pattern that complies with a specific set of regulations as approved by the FIA. TESTING Cooper’s ACB11 Rallycross tyre was developed from a range of rallycross slick tyres to conform to these regulations which state that between 17% Cooper has always worked to give drivers the quickest and best tyres and 25% of the tyre must be a pattern or ‘void’; this is often referred possible with more than 20 years of continuous testing and development to as the ‘land to sea ratio’.
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