2015 MSA Formula, Certified by FIA, Powered by Ford EcoBoost Championship Information Bulletin post-BH_pre-DP_Ref. 2_MSAF April 13 th 2015 1. Rounds 1,2 and 3 Brands Hatch Indy Circuit. 2-5 April. 1.1 Linked on the website are the provisional Championship Positions charts for drivers and teams following opening rounds 1, 2 and 3. http://msaformula.com/2015-standings/ Congratulations to Lando Norris and Ricky Collard for their race wins. Also for Dan Ticktum for his Rookie Class wins. Result for Race 3 provisional pending meeting of stewards at Donington Park. Prize money: Race 1 - £500 Scholarship winner of race 1 – Dan Ticktum Race 1 - £500 most improved grid position to finishing position in race 1 – Rafael Martins Race 2 - £1,000 overall winner of race 2 - Ricky Collard Race 3 - £1,000 overall winner of race 3 - James Pull – provisional (see judicial). These electronic payments will be made in due course to the banking details of the party who paid entry fees for the registered competitor. Spirit Award was presented to Falcon Motorsport for the untiring work to ready their cars and additional attention to other teams to help supply parts. This award may be given at each round if we feel any party in our Championship deserves additional congratulations for their ‘spirit’ of motorsport. Snap-On Business Solutions Technician Award is chosen from the competing teams, to win a £250 Snap-on tool voucher. At the end of the season Snap-on Business Solutions will award a tool cabinet worth £3000 to the mechanic deemed to have put in the biggest effort overall. Our technical team judged Howard English at Double R Racing to have won this for his work over the event on the car of Gustavo Myasava, which needed much additional attention through the event. Normally these awards will be announced and presented about 40 minutes after Race 3, in the Race Centre. Should you need more results packs of the event please download them from www.tsl-timing.com (link on our website). Photographs of the event are available on www.jakobebrey.com . 1.2 The Sunday race events were broadcast that day on both ITV4, ITV4 HD and online at www.itv.com. Highlights from MSA Formula will be shown on the Motorsports UK programme on ITV4 20 th (00:00-00:55)and 25 th April (07:55-08:55) and repeated on ITV 27 th April (02:30-03:30). Transmission times are provisional so please check with TV media closer to the date of transmission. Race 2 from Sunday will be shown in the second half of the programme (first half is Ginetta Junior). 1.3 Judicial. Drivers and entrant team managers/guardians of cars 8, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 31 were interviewed by the Clerk of the Course (David Pierre) to ascertain how various on-track incidents occurred in both qualifying and racing sessions. Additional official television and in-car footage was also studied in supplement to the observer reports received. Breaking track limits was a particular concern over some driving standards. Greater car control is needed. Drivers are also reminded that if they lose their grid position on the green flag lap, and all cars overtake them, they MUST NOT take up their original grid position. They must start from the back of the grid. Driver of car 17 therefore received a drive through penalty during the race for his out of position grid start. www.msaformula.com Race 3 – driver of car 31 was excluded from the results of the race for overtaking under yellow flags under MSA regulation C2.1.7 / G5.3.2 (offence C1.1.6 flag signals; Q15.1.2). 4 penalty points were recorded on his race licence. His team entrant exercised his right of appeal to the stewards (MSA regulation C6.1) and this is scheduled to be heard early at the Donington Park event, 18 th April. Results of Race 3, prize money and championship points are therefore provisional pending the outcome of this appeal hearing. Amended provisional results are attached with this document. Clerk of the Course David Pierre is particularly keen that all drivers are congratulated on how well they responded to the Safety Car period in the first race on Saturday. This was well handled and gaps were closed up. 1.4 Technical Report. Carlin did a routine seat extrication test with marshals – this will be regular, any team. Post Qualifying. Cars inspected: 31, 15, 18, 14, 27. Items checked on all these cars: Weights, Car, Car and driver. ECU Data Analysed from Cars 31, 15, 18, 14, 27. Fuel samples were taken from Car No’s 31, 15, 18. All the above cars conformed with the requirements of the FIA App J art 274 and MSA Formula Technical l Regulations. Post Race 1. Cars checked: 31, 27, 18, 28 11. Items checked: Suspension Points rear; ECU data analysed; Declared tyres checked on cars 31, 27, 18; 11. Fuel samples were taken from Car No’s 31 27 18 All the above cars conformed with the requirements of the FIA App J art 274 and MSA Formula Technical l Regulations. The following items were checked on all the above cars: Weights, Car, Car and driver. 11,27,15. Fuel samples were taken from Car No’s 11,27,15. Post Race 2. Cars checked: 15, 27, 11. Items checked: weight: car; car and driver. Fuel samples taken from the same. These cars were also checked against declared tyres; front wing angles; height above the reference plane; rear wing width; upper and lower element angles; wing height; floor height. All the checked cars were in conformity with the requirements of the FIA App J art 274 and MSA Formula Technical 1 Regulations. Post Race 3. Cars checked: 31, 15, 18, 27, 65. ECU data analysed on these cars. Items checked: weights: car, car and driver – 31, 15, 18. Fuel samples taken on these cars; declared tyres checked. All 5 cars conformed with the requirements of the FIA App J art 274 and MSA Formula Technical 1 Regulations. No judicial action necessary. 2. Race Suits. Please look after your championship race suit. Some knee/elbow pads are available. If you wish to add logos to your suit, and they do not clash with main championship sponsors, please stitch them by hand, using Nomex thread, onto the first layer of the suit only. DO NOT use a sewing machine which will destroy the suit flame-proofing. To wash, turn inside out and machine wash on cool or 30°C temperature using a gentle soap, ideally savon Marseille – or dry clean. Dry and store away from sun, moon and direct heat. www.msaformula.com 2.1 Championship Clothing. This is to be worn through the race weekend please, when not in your race suits. Put your name on the inside labels and we suggest you keep all your race weekend items in the Ford bags which will be supplied at Donington Park with your jackets and polos shirts, so you do not forget anything for each event. 2.2 Filming and Footage guidelines. Please be aware there are specific permissions required for use of footage or doing your own filming at TOCA events. Recorded footage is available at over £100 cost to order by Wednesday of race meeting (for Sunday live race). No BTCC/ITV footage can be broadcast on random ‘YouTube’ or similar Internet sites, but can be broadcast on your individual dedicated team/driver/sponsor website or official YouTube site. Contact me if you have an urgent request. Failure to follow directives may oblige ITV or TOCA to issue blanket bans over everybody. ITV has exclusive UK broadcast rights on all race footage for 7 days after each event. Ask for more information. 2.2.1 If any driver or team propose to have their own video crew attend events it is necessary to advise Penny Mattocks of any radio frequencies the crew may be using in addition to applying for permission for any filming (which can be in paddock only). 2.3 Website . www.msaformula.com has been redesigned. The ‘Teams Area’ holds useful technical and sporting documents, some of which are password protected. Please apply to Penny for password. 2.4 Official Testing clarification. This is for registered drivers only, within team car limit for championship. Teams with prospective driver to test must seek permission from the Championship Organiser. If approval is given it will be published to all parties. 3. Rounds 4, 5 and 6 Donington Park National Circuit. 16-19 April. 3.1 Circuit Entry. All team vehicles should enter the circuit via the paddock entrance (the entrance from the road to Melbourne), not the main entrance, for both the parking up days and race days. This entrance will be open from 07.00hrs to 21.00hrs each day apart from Wednesday, April 15, when it will remain open until 19.00hrs. To ease entry - you are advised to have your TOCA pass on you at all times. Timetable: (Note – no paddock power until Thursday. Limited water available). Wednesday, April 15 14.00 – 15.30 Ginetta Parking Up 15.30 – 16.30 MSA Formula Parking Up 16.30 – 17.30 Renault Parking Up Thursday, April 16 09.00 – 09.40 Ginetta GT4 Supercup Testing 09.45 – 10.25 Renault Clios Testing 10.30 – 11.10 MSA Formula Testing 11.15 – 11.45 Ginetta Juniors Testing 11.50 – 12.30 Renault Clios Testing 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Break 13.30 – 14.10 Ginetta GT4 Supercup Testing 14.15 – 14.55 MSA Formula Testing 15.00 – 15.30 Ginetta Juniors Testing 15.35 – 16.10 MSA Formula Testing Extra test session £110 16.15 – 16.55 Ginetta Juniors Testing (extra test session) After 18.00 No Racing Engines to be run www.msaformula.com Friday, April 17 00.00 – 24.00 Power available from Aztec Live Generators (pre-book) Before 09.00 No Racing Engines to be run 10:00 – 15:00 Mandatory MSA Academy anti-doping update; Media training.