Introduction to Rally Australia for Officials Introduction to Rally Australia for Officials – 2017 Back of Cover Page © Rally Australia 2017 Date of Issue/Revision: 1/10/17 Rally Australia Ops and Procedures Manual Due for Revision: June 2018 Introduction to Rally Australia for Officials Page 2 of 51 Introduction to Rally Australia for Officials – 2017 CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT Rally Australia Pty. Ltd owns copyright in this document. The document and all individual sections of the document may only be used by authorised officials of Rally Australia. It is strictly for the purposes of their Official duties for Rally Australia and for no other purpose. This document must not be copied, reproduced or passed on to any organisation or person unless expressly given written approval by the Senior Executive Officer, Rally Australia. Contents 1. INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION .......................................................................................................................... 4 2. THE FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP (WRC) ................................................................................................... 5 3. SPORTING ORGANISATION .................................................................................................................................. 7 4. DRUGS, ALCOHOL, ENVIRONMENT AND POLICE AT RALLY AUSTRALIA .............................................................. 8 Drugs in sport ........................................................................................................................ 8 Alcohol .................................................................................................................................. 8 Environmental Management ................................................................................................... 8 Police .................................................................................................................................... 8 5. WORK HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY (WH&S) ........................................................................................................... 8 6. MEDIA COVERAGE ............................................................................................................................................... 9 7. 2017 RALLY AUSTRALIA ...................................................................................................................................... 10 8. PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................. 11 9. OFFICIALS BRIEFING ........................................................................................................................................... 12 10. COFFS HARBOUR AND SURROUNDS MAP ......................................................................................................... 13 11. ORGANISATION & SENIOR OFFICIALS ................................................................................................................ 14 12. ITINERARY .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 13. RIGHTS OF OFFICIALS ......................................................................................................................................... 17 14. OFFICIAL’S CODE OF CONDUCT ......................................................................................................................... 17 15. OFFICIALS GUIDELINES ....................................................................................................................................... 17 16. RALLY AUSTRALIA COMMUNICATIONS POLICY ................................................................................................. 21 17. CULTURE OF RALLY AUSTRALIA ......................................................................................................................... 22 18. INSURANCE ........................................................................................................................................................ 22 19. CAMS OFFICIALS LICENSING .............................................................................................................................. 23 20. DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 21. CLOSING ROADS FOR SPECIAL STAGES .............................................................................................................. 32 22. RALLY CAR IDENTIFICATION ............................................................................................................................... 33 23. ENTERING AND DRIVING ALONG A SPECIAL STAGE........................................................................................... 34 24. COMMUNICATION – RADIO NETWORKS. .......................................................................................................... 35 25. REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT (RPA)................................................................................................................. 38 26. FIA STANDARD RALLY SIGNS .............................................................................................................................. 39 27. SPECIAL STAGE SET UP ....................................................................................................................................... 40 28. LIAISON SET UP .................................................................................................................................................. 40 29. ACCIDENT APPRAISAL ........................................................................................................................................ 41 30. ENVIRONMENTAL CARE – INJURED WILDLIFE HOTLINE .................................................................................... 41 31. INDIVIDUAL AND VEHICLE PASSES ..................................................................................................................... 41 32. INCIDENT REPORTING ........................................................................................................................................ 44 33. OVERVIEW 3 DAY MAP ...................................................................................................................................... 45 34. SERVICE PARK OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................. 46 35. MEDICAL AND FIRST AID ADVICE ....................................................................................................................... 47 © Rally Australia 2017 Date of Issue/Revision: 1/10/17 Rally Australia Ops and Procedures Manual Due for Revision: June 2018 Introduction to Rally Australia for Officials Page 3 of 51 Introduction to Rally Australia for Officials – 2017 1. INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION What is a Rally? The origins of modern day world championship rallying coincide with the invention of the motor car. Man (and woman it seems) has always had a competitive spirit. It was inevitable that as soon as the possibility of moving from A to B on four wheels arose, one person would want to do it faster than the others! That’s what world rallying is - moving from one place to another faster than any other person. In the old days, little regard was taken of where such movement occurred. Many of the original “rallies” were more road races, such as the famous London to Brighton Rally, where cars were timed over the entire distance and the winner was the competitor with the fastest time. Just as society has changed over time, so too has rally. Modern rallies have a tightly-controlled format with specific sections, called special stages, being reserved for competition, connected together by road, or liaison, sections. Preparations for the hard-fought World Rally Championship (WRC) begin many months before the first rally of the season. The governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) sets the regulations and approves routes, stages and final locations of the 13 rallies currently in the WRC. Each event must follow a set format which includes two days for reconnaissance (recce), a shakedown session, and three days of competition. Competitors are seeded fastest to slowest, with the fastest cars starting the event first. The first WRC car to start on Day 1 is determined by the Championships standings. The Championship Leader is first on the road on Day 1 and Day 2. The running order on the final day of competition is the reverse of the standings in the rally at the end of Day 2. Rally is one of the few sports where any appropriately licensed competitor can compete directly against the world’s best. There can be up to 100 cars contesting the event, comprising teams competing for the WRC, WRC-2, WRC-3, the CAMS Australian Rally Championship, NSW and Queensland State Rally Championship (Saturday Only) plus other local crews who simply want to be involved in this world class event. The Recce During the week of the event the crew are permitted to familiarise themselves with the competitive stages. To do this they drive each special stage twice in a standard road car at road-legal speeds. This occurs on the Tuesday and Wednesday prior to the event. During these passes over the competitive route the co-driver writes detailed