2020 SPORTING REGULATIONS INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE Sporting Regulations INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE SPORTING REGULATIONS 2020 FOREWORD The Intercontinental GT Challenge is governed by the FIA International Sporting Code and its appendices (hereinafter "the Code"), Appendix J, the International Series General Prescriptions and the present Sporting Regulations specific to the Challenge, as well as the latest regulations of each Competition which makes up the Challenge. SRO Motorsports Group, the Promoter, will organise the Intercontinental GT Challenge (hereinafter "the Challenge") reserved for FIA-homologated Grand Touring cars. The Challenge comprises one overall title for the Intercontinental GT Challenge Drivers, one overall title for the Intercontinental GT Challenge Manufacturers and one title for the Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Challenge. Certain aspects relating to the application of the Challenge regulations have been entrusted to the SRO Sporting Board and SRO Technical Board, as defined in Appendix 3. REGULATIONS 1. The final text of these Sporting Regulations shall be the English version, which will be used should any dispute arise as to their interpretation. Headings in this document are for ease of reference only and do not form part of these Sporting Regulations. 2. These Sporting Regulations come into force on 1 January 2020 and replace all previous Sporting Regulations regarding the Challenge. GENERAL UNDERTAKING 3. All drivers, competitors and officials participating in the Challenge undertake, on behalf of themselves, their employees and their agents, to observe all the provisions as supplemented or amended of the Code, the International Series General Prescriptions, the Technical Regulations (Article 257A of Appendix J), Bulletins and Clarifications from the SRO Technical and Sporting Board issued during the season, and Visa RACB Sport : S01-IGTC/B20 1 INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE Sporting Regulations the present Sporting Regulations and its appendices. Bulletins will be approved by the parent ASN, which is the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB). GENERAL CONDITIONS 4. It is the competitor's obligation to ensure that all persons concerned by his entry observe all the requirements of the Code, the Technical Regulations and the Sporting Regulations as well as Bulletins and Clarifications from the SRO Sporting and Technical Board issued during the season. If a competitor is unable to be present in person at any Event, he must nominate his representative in writing to the Stewards. A person having charge of an entered car during any part of an Event is responsible jointly and severally with the competitor for ensuring that the requirements are observed. ELIGIBILITY 5. The Intercontinental GT Challenge is open to Manufacturers and their teams and drivers, as well as Bronze drivers competing in Pro-Am, competing in a number of major Endurance competitions during one calendar year. The competitions qualifying for the 2020 season are listed in Appendix 1. Any changes will be subject to the approval of the Sporting Board. 6. Eligible cars are GT3 cars with an FIA homologation as defined by the applicable technical regulations (Article 257A of Appendix J), which are entered in multiple qualifying competitions in accordance with the specific Sporting and Technical Regulations applying to that competition. To score points towards the 2020 Manufacturer title, the Manufacturer in question must have entered in the Intercontinental GT Challenge in accordance with article 9 below, the teams nominated must hold an International licence, and the car must have been selected by the Manufacturer to score points on their behalf. 7. To be eligible to score points towards the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge Drivers title, drivers must hold an international licence issued by their ASN and to be driving a car whose Manufacturer has entered in the Intercontinental GT Challenge in accordance with article 9 below, and whose car has been selected by the Manufacturer to score points on their behalf. Cars and drivers entered in the competition who have not been selected by a Manufacturer will not score points towards the Intercontinental GT Challenge titles and will be considered invisible for scoring purposes. 8. To be eligible to score points towards the 2020 Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Challenge, drivers must hold an international licence issued by their ASN and must have entered the Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Drivers Challenge in accordance with article 15. MANUFACTURER ENTRIES 9. Manufacturers wishing to enter the Intercontinental GT Challenge must complete and return an Entry form and pay the Entry Fee for the 2020 season. 10. A Manufacturer entry authorises a number of cars per event to be nominated to score points towards the Intercontinental GT Challenge titles. This number varies per competition as follows : • Total 24 Hours of Spa : up to six (6) cars may be nominated, with a maximum of four (4) in the Pro category. • Other rounds : up to four (4) cars may be nominated, with a maximum of three (3) in the Pro category. 2 INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE Sporting Regulations The Manufacturer entry fee does not include the entry fees in the individual competitions. 11. Entries for the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge must be submitted at the latest by the closing date for entries which is January 24th 2020. Entry forms are available from SRO Motorsports Group and the payment will be as follows : Entries in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge : 60.000€ excl VAT 12. The entry fee is for the full season composed of the five competitions as listed in Appendix 1. No refund or transfer of entries is possible within the various SRO Series. 13. Each entry must include the following information : a) confirmation that the applicant has read and understood the Sporting Regulations of the Intercontinental GT Challenge and, on behalf of everyone associated with its participation in the Challenge, to observe them; b) the make and model of the competing car(s); c) the details of the team and drivers which have been nominated for each individual event. These must be specified at the latest by the publication of the official entry list for each individual competition; d) an undertaking by the applicant to participate in every Challenge competition with at least one car. Should the model or its latest evolution not be homologated in time for the first round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, the Manufacturer may ask for a dispensation from the Promoter subject to a firm commitment to participate in the four remaining competitions. 14. Each team nominated is responsible for their own entry fees in each individual event, which is separate from the Intercontinental GT Challenge entry fee. PRO-AM ENTRIES 15. Teams wishing to enter the Intercontinental GT Challenge title for Pro-Am Drivers must complete and return an Entry form and pay the Season Entry Fee in accordance with article 16. The title will only be awarded if a minimum of three season entries are received. Should fewer than three entries be received by the closing date, then all entry fees will be refunded. Each Pro-Am Challenge entry must include one named Bronze driver, who must be part of a Pro-Am line- up which must include a second Bronze driver in order to score points towards the Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Challenge. The second Bronze driver and the other drivers in the line-up may be changed in accordance with the regulations of the Pro-Am category for each round of the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge. There is no obligation to take part in all rounds. Note that a Pro-Am entry may additionally be nominated by a Manufacturer and in this case will also score points towards the Intercontinental GT Challenge title for Drivers. Should the named Bronze driver nominated for the Pro-Am Driver Challenge be changed during the season, points will not be accumulated with those scored by the previous Bronze driver. In all cases, the winner of the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge Pro-Am Challenge will either be a Bronze driver and his or her team-mates, or a Bronze driver alone. Visa RACB Sport : S01-IGTC/B20 3 INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE Sporting Regulations 16. Entries for the 2020 Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Challenge must be submitted at the latest two weeks before the second competition, as listed in Appendix 1 to these Regulations. Entry forms are available from SRO Motorsports Group and the payment will be as follows : 17. Entry in the Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Challenge: 10,000€ excl VAT for the 2020 season. The Pro-Am Driver Entry fee allows the individual named driver and consequently his or her team-mates to score points towards the Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Challenge in the five competitions of the 2020 season. It does not include the entry fee for the car in the competition. The specified driver must take part in at least four of the five events. 18. Each entry must include the following information : a) confirmation that the applicant has read and understood the Sporting Regulations of the Intercontinental GT Challenge and, on behalf of everyone associated with its participation in the Challenge, to observe them; b) the make and model of the competing car(s); c) the details of the team, the name of the specified Bronze driver and the co-drivers who have been nominated for each individual competition. These must be specified at the latest by the publication of the official entry list for each individual competition. d) confirmation that the specified Bronze driver will compete in at least four of the five events listed on the season calendar. 19. Each team entered in the Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Driver Challenge is responsible for their own entry fees for each individual competition, which is separate from the Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Challenge entry fee. POINTS AND TITLES 20.