FINAL MARCH 1ST 2019 BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA 2019 Draft Sporting Regulations – FINAL Table of Contents 1 REGULATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 3 2 GENERAL UNDERTAKING ....................................................................................................... 3 3 GENERAL CONDITIONS .......................................................................................................... 4 4 ELIGIBLE CARS ....................................................................................................................... 5 5 SERIES COMPETITIONS .......................................................................................................... 6 6 THE BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ................................................................................ 7 7 POINTS ............................................................................................................................... 10 8 ORGANISER, ORGANISATION AND INSURANCE .................................................................... 11 9 OFFICIALS ........................................................................................................................... 12 10 CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION OF DRIVERS AND COMPOSITION OF THE CREWS ............... 12 11 COMPETITORS’ APPLICATIONS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY ................................................. 15 12 PASSES (CREDENTIALS), ACCESS TO THE SITE AND ARMBANDS ............................................. 17 13 DRIVER DESIGNATIONS AND CHANGES OF DRIVER ............................................................... 18 14 INSTRUCTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO COMPETITORS ................................................. 19 15 UNSPORTING BEHAVIOUR ................................................................................................... 20 16 INCIDENTS AND SANCTIONS ................................................................................................ 20 17 BEHAVIOUR WARNINGS - BWP ............................................................................................ 23 18 PROTESTS AND APPEALS ..................................................................................................... 24 19 TRANSPONDERS, POSITION PANELS, PIT GANTRY CAMERAS AND ADR UNITS ........................ 26 20 DRIVING STINTS AND MANDATORY PIT STOPS ..................................................................... 27 21 NUMBER OF CARS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE...................................................................... 28 22 LIVERIES – NUMBERS – GRAPHICAL CHARTER ....................................................................... 28 23 ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS.................................................................................................... 29 24 SEAN EDWARDS FOUNDATION TEST .................................................................................... 29 25 BRIEFING ............................................................................................................................ 30 26 SCRUTINEERING .................................................................................................................. 30 27 DATA LOGGER & ECU .......................................................................................................... 33 28 WEIGHING .......................................................................................................................... 34 29 SUPPLY OF TYRES AND TYRE LIMITATIONS DURING THE EVENT ............................................ 36 30 BALANCE OF PERFORMANCE, OFFICIAL TEST SESSIONS AND PRIVATE TESTING ...................... 39 31 PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITES – CARS, PIT WALKS AND AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS .......................... 40 32 GENERAL CAR REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................ 41 33 GENERAL SAFETY ................................................................................................................. 42 34 PIT LANE, PIT GARAGES AND PIT LANE ALLOCATION ............................................................. 45 35 FUEL AND REFUELLING, FUEL RIGS, FUEL CELL & FUEL CIRCUIT .............................................. 48 36 PIT STOPS – GENERAL .......................................................................................................... 49 37 REFUELLING ........................................................................................................................ 50 38 TYRE CHANGES.................................................................................................................... 51 39 OTHER OPERATIONS IN THE PITS ......................................................................................... 52 40 REPLACEMENT OF MECHANICAL PARTS ............................................................................... 52 41 PRACTICE SESSIONS ............................................................................................................. 52 42 QUALIFYING ........................................................................................................................ 54 43 GRID ................................................................................................................................... 55 #2 – 22/Feb/2018 1 BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA 2019 Draft Sporting Regulations – FINAL 44 STARTING DRIVERS ............................................................................................................. 56 45 STARTING PROCEDURE ........................................................................................................ 56 46 THE RACES .......................................................................................................................... 59 47 SUSPENDING AND RESUMING THE RACE .............................................................................. 62 48 FINISH................................................................................................................................. 65 49 PARC FERMÉ ....................................................................................................................... 65 50 CLASSIFICATION .................................................................................................................. 65 51 PODIUM CEREMONY AND PRESS CONFERENCES................................................................... 66 APPENDIX 1 – INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER ARTICLE 8.1 ...................................................... 67 APPENDIX 2 – NOT CURRENTLY USED ......................................................................................... 68 APPENDIX 3 – GRAPHICAL CHARTER ........................................................................................... 69 APPENDIX 4 – PROVISIONAL 2019 CALENDAR ............................................................................. 74 APPENDIX 5 – SRO BOARD RULES AND REGULATIONS ................................................................. 75 APPENDIX 7 – MANDATORY TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 77 APPENDIX 8 - FLAGS ................................................................................................................... 81 APPENDIX 9 OBLIGATIONS FOR TELEVISION ............................................................................... 82 APPENDIX 10 – PIT GANTRY CAMERA .......................................................................................... 82 APPENDIX 11 – FUEL COUPLINGS REFUELING .............................................................................. 83 APPENDIX 12 – GLOSSARY OF TERMS .......................................................................................... 84 #2 – 22/Feb/2018 2 BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA 2019 Draft Sporting Regulations – FINAL BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA DRAFT SPORTING REGULATIONS 2019 FOREWORD The Blancpain GT World 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 Series, as well as clarifications and bulletins issued by the SRO Sporting Board during the season in accordance with Article 2.1. SRO Motorsports Group (hereinafter referred to as “the Promoter”), will organise the Blancpain GT World Challenge (hereinafter "the Challenge") reserved for FIA-homologated Grand Touring cars (hereinafter "GT3"). The Challenge comprises the title of Blancpain GT World Challenge winner for Manufacturers. It also includes Cups for Drivers and Teams competing in the Overall, Silver, Pro-Am and Am categories which will be awarded in each continental series: the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe, the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia and the Blancpain GT World Challenge America. The following regulations relate to the Blancpain GT World Challenge America, which will be referred to as “the Series”. Certain aspects relating to the application of the Series regulations have been entrusted to the SRO Sporting Board and SRO Technical Board, as defined in Appendix 5. Terms used in these regulations such as “Event” and “Competition” are defined as in the International Sporting Code article 20 (Definitions). Additional terms are defined in Appendix 12 of this document. 1 REGULATIONS 1.1 The final text of these Sporting Regulations shall be the English version, which will be