1/159 Car – UTV - Truck Regulations / Dakar 2017 www.dakar.com The Supplementary Regulations, the Technical Regulations and the Service Regulations, as well as the Appendices and all Amendments must be considered as the Cars / SxS / Trucks Regulations of 39th Dakar. 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 – OFFICIAL 2P REGISTRATION “PARALLEL WAY” ROUTE 3P TERMINOLOGY 23P1 General 4P RULES 23P2 Respect of Official Itinerary – Vehicles T1 / T2 4P1 General Quick Assistance - T4.3 Vehicles 4P2 Litigation – Event Modes 23P3 “Podium Passage” Stage 5P REGULATIONS AND PUBLICATION 23P4 “Public” Zones CONDITIONS 23P5 Parallel Way - Parallel Way Challenge 6P AMENDMENTS TO THE REGULATIONS – 24P FUNCTIONING OF THE GPS BULLETINS 24P1 General 7P APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF 24P2 Penalties for missing Way Points THE REGULATIONS 24P3 Navigation 8P QUALIFICATION OF AN EVENT IN AN FIA 25P UNBLOCKING THE GPS CUP 26P SPEED CONTROL ZONE – DEFINITIONS 9P ELIGIBLE VEHICLES 27P CONTROL PROCEDURE 9P1 General 28P TRAFFIC - SPEED 9P2 Eligible Vehicles 28P1 General 10P TYRES 28P2 Going through Speed Control Zones 28P3 Pulse signal (impulsion) 11P DATA SYSTEM 28P4 Speed limits – Road Sections 12P CREWS 28P5 Speed limits – Passage Control (DZ + FZ) 12P1 General 28P6 Maximum speed limits (SS) - Trucks 12P2 Truck Crews 29P DRIVER’S CODE 13P OFFICIALS 29P1 Sentinel function of GPS 13P1 List of Officials 29P2 Accident - Health 13P2 Competitors’ Relations Officers 29P3 Assistance in the case of an accident of 14P ENTRIES another Rider / Competitor 14P1 General 29P4 Crews’ code 14P2 Entry requests 29P5 Satellite phone / GSM / Digital Tablet / GPS 14P3 Refused start watch 14P4 Cancellation or postponement of the Event 29P6 Radio and transmissions 15P IDENTIFICATION 29P7 Iritrack 16P ADVERTISING 29P8 On board camera 16P1 General 29P9 Oxygen 16P2 Specifics 30P RECONNAISSANCE AND OPENING OF 16P3 Colour of the number plates and advertising THE ROUTE 17P MARKING 30P1 Reconnaissance 17P1 General 30P2 Opening the route 17P2 All Groups 31P SERVICE AND REFUELLING 17P3 T1 Group 31P1 General 17P4 T2 Group 31P2 Car Marathon Stage 18P ATTRIBUTION OF RACE NUMBERS 31P3 Authorised Service 19P DRIVER’S PRIORITIES 31P4 Penalties for forbidden Service 20P STARTING ORDER 31P5 Team Manager 20P1 General 31P6 Fuel – Refuelling - Fuel range 20P2 Starting Order 31P7 Race Vehicle becoming Service Vehicle 20P3 Repositioning 32P ENGINE CHANGE 21P ROAD BOOK AND NAVIGATION – 33P INSURANCE GENERAL 33P1 Assistance / Repatriation 33P2 Third Party Cover 33P3 Individual Accident Insurance 2/159 Car – SxS - Truck Regulations / Dakar 2018 www.dakar.com 34P TIME CARDS T3P1 Eligible Vehicles 35P CONTROL ZONES T3P2 Roll cage conception 36P TIME CONTROLS T3P3 Roll cage dimensions 36P1 General T3P4 Weights 36P2 Check-in at TC at Start of Stage T3P5 Tyres’ size 36P3 Check-in at TC at Start of Selective Section T3P6 Vehicle width 36P4 Maximum Time / Target Time T3P7 Restrictors 36P5 Overrunning of Maximum Time Allowed at TC T3P8 Inflating / Deflating at Finish of Stage T3P9 Misc. safety equipment 36P6 Overrunning of Maximum Time Allowed at rest T3P10 Fuel tanks day T3P11 Fuel 36P7 Interviews T4P T2 GROUP 37P PASSAGE CONTROLS T5P T3 GROUP 37P1 General T6P SIDE BY SIDE GROUP (SxS) 37P2 Closing Time of Passage Controls T6P TRUCK REGULATIONS (T4.1 GROUP) 37P3 Closing of Passage Controls T7P TRUCK REGULATIONS (T4.2 GROUP) 38P SELECTIVE SECTIONS T7P1 General 38P1 General T7P2 Cab’s characteristics 38P2 Interruption of a Selective Section T7P3 Safety structure 38P3 Safety T7P4 Cargo bodywork 38P4 Neutralisation T7P5 Chassis 38P5 Time deduction T7P6 Engine 39P REGROUPINGS T7P7 Gearbox 40P SIGNPOSTING OF CONTROLS T7P8 Axles 41P PARC FERMÉ T7P9 Drive shaft 41P1 General T7P10 Suspensions 41P2 Specifics T7P11 Shock absorbers 42P ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS AND T7P12 Stabiliser bar T7P13 Braking system SCRUTINEERING T7P14 Wheels and tyres 42P1 General T7P15 Lighting system 42P2 Administrative Checks and Scrutineering in T7P16 Vehicle weight Asunción (Paraguay) 42P3 Administrative obligations APPENDICES 43P PROTESTS – APPEALS 1 APPLICATION / ENTRY 44P CLASSIFICATIONS 1.1 Application / Entry Fee 45P PENALTIES 1.2 Cancellation and request for refunds 46P PRIZES’ LIST 2 BOAT / PLANES / ACCOMMODATION / 47P CREWS’ SAFETY TRIPS 47P1 Survival equipment 2.1 Boat 47P2 Equipment 2.2 Liability and maritime insurance 47P3 Withdrawals – Disqualification 2.3 Planes / Accommodation / Trips 47P4 Closing of the track 3 SAFETY AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 47P5 Deposits – letter of commitment 3.1 Sarsat distress beacon TECHNICAL REGULATIONS 3.2 Iritrack (race) 3.3 Telephone / Safety equipment T1P T1 GROUP 3.4 GPS Equipment T1P1 Width 3.5 Sentinel function of GPS T1P2 Fuel tanks 3.6 TRIPY (Service Vehicles Only) T1P3 Minimum weight 3.7 E-track (Service Vehicles only) T1P4 Petrol engine 4 DAKAR BRANDS - TRADEMARKS T1P5 Petrol engine, air restrictors T1P6 Fuel cooling 5 MEDIA COVERAGE T1P7 Supercharged diesel engine 6 ON-BOARD CAMERAS T1P8 Diesel engine, air restrictor 7 DAKAR SERVICE CENTER T1P9 Fuel cooling T1P10 Position (4x4) SERVICE CREWS / SERVICE VEHICLES T1P11 Wheels and tyres REGULATIONS T2P GENERAL PRESCRIPTIONS AI SPORTING REGULATIONS T2P1 Technical “A.S.O. Elite” Drivers’ list A1 ELIGIBLE SERVICE VEHICLES T2P2 Tyres A2 SERVICE CREWS T2P3 Advertising A3 SERVICE BRIEFING T3P INTEGRATION OF VEHICLES A4 SERVICE CREWS / VEHICLES ENTRY CONFORMING TO SCORE US REGULATIONS 3/159 Car – UTV - Truck Regulations / Dakar 2017 www.dakar.com A5 SERVICE CREWS / VEHICLES A11.1 General IDENTIFICATION A11.2 Penalties for forbidden Service A6 SERVICE VEHICLES ATTRIBUTION OF A12 INSURANCE NUMBERS & STARTING ORDER A13 ADVERTISING A6.1 Attribution of numbers A14 SERVICE CREWS’ ADMINISTRATIVE A6.2 Starting order CHECKS AND SCRUTINEERING A7 CLOCKING-IN / TRIPY A14.1 Scrutineering A7.1 General A14.2 Administrative checks A7.2 TRIPY A15 SERVICE CREWS’ SAFETY A8 SERVICE VEHICLES ROAD BOOK & A15.1 Survival equipment ITINERARY A15.2 Withdrawal A8.1 Road Book A15.3 Seat belts / harnesses A8.2 Itinerary A16 NAVIGATION AND ACCESSORIES A9 SERVICE CREWS’ CODE A16.1 Satellite telephone A9.1 General Behaviour A16.2 Radios A9.2 Accident A16.3 Satellite links A9.3 Customs formalities A16.4 Navigation A10 TRAFFIC / SPEED A17 SERVICE CREWS / VEHICLES PENALTIES A10.1 Speed – Speed Control Zones AII SERVICE VEHICLES TECHNICAL A10.2 Maximum speed REGULATIONS A10.3 Speed – Bivouacs / Stage towns A11 SERVICE 4/159 Car – SxS - Truck Regulations / Dakar 2018 www.dakar.com SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS Warning: In any case, the French version is the official version of the regulations. The translations into English and Spanish are edited to make the preparation of the Competitors easier; therefore, in the event of disputes over the translations and interpretations, the French version is the only one to be considered and applied. 5/159 Car – SxS - Truck Regulations / Dakar 2018 www.dakar.com 1P DEFINITIONS 1P1 ORGANISING COMMITTEE Organisation Director: Etienne LAVIGNE Sporting Director: Marc COMA Sporting Coordinator: Tiziano SIVIERO Competition and Competitors’ Relations Coordinator: Xavier GAVORY In charge of Logistics: Thomas CERF-MAYER Safety Coordinator: Francisco ROMERO President of A.S.A. of Paris Dakar: Etienne LAVIGNE 1P2 EVENT PROGRAMME 15 May 2017 The application period opens. 15 July 2017 Registrations close for Motorcycles - Quads. 1St November 2017 End of period for receiving application requests and entries close. 23 & 24 November 2017 Loading of the vehicles in Le Havre (Race and Assistance Vehicles). Installation of safety equipment (Iritrack, GPS - Sentinel, E-track, TRIPY). Technical Scrutineering of Assistance Vehicles. 2 and 3 January 2017 Recovery of the vehicles at port CALLAO (Lima) 3, 4 & 5 January 2018 Administrative and Technical Scrutineering in Lima 5 January 2018 Grand Briefing 6 January 2018 Podium and Stage 1 6 to 20 January 2018 40th Edition of the Dakar event 12 January 2018 Rest day in La Paz (Bolivia) 20 January 2018 Podium for arrival in Cordoba 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: 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 in Lima on January, 5th 2018 at 7:00pm. Competitors will be able to check all available OFFICIAL SPORTS DOCUMENTS on-line. The access means will be given by e-mail to all competitors on December, 30th 2016. 1P4 COMPETITORS’ DEPARTMENT From Monday to Friday, from 09.00am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 6.00pm. A.S.O. – Competitors’ Department – A.S.A of Paris Dakar Xavier GAVORY, Competition & Competitors’ Relations Service Coordinator Victor ALVAREZ ESTEBAN, Anaïs BROUILLET, Nelly PAVÉE, Stéphanie PONSOLLE Immeuble Panorama B – 253 Quai de la bataille de Stalingrad 92137 ISSY LES MOULINEAUX cedex Tel. : +33 (0)1 41 33 14 60 - Fax : +33 (0)1 41 33 14 69 E-mail: [email protected] 6/159 Car – SxS - Truck Regulations / Dakar 2018 www.dakar.com 2P REGISTRATION The Paris Dakar Sporting Association is organising, in conjunction with Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O. here after named the Organiser), the 40th Dakar Marathon Cross-Country Rally, named for 2018: “Dakar Peru – Bolivia – Argentina”, an international