Grand Prix World Series - Regulations

*Regulations applicable for season three.*

**1 Team selection**

1.1 Pick a now-defunct non-works F1 team that has never won a Grand Prix.

**2 Driver selection**

2.1 Pick three ex-F1 drivers who never won a Grand Prix. Two will be race drivers and one will be reserve driver.

2.2 An ex-F1 driver is defined as any person who has driven an F1 car in an official capacity. An official capacity includes:

* Grand Prix
* Free practice session
* Pre-season testing
* Young driver test
* Official team test

2.3 Drivers are allocated to a team on a first-come-first-served basis.

**3 Engine selection**

3.1 Pick an engine that isn’t currently in F1.

3.2 Each new team for season two will be given a starting budget of £10m to spend on engines, tyres and pre-season development of the car.

3.3 Engine choices and cost are broken down thus:

* BMW, Honda 705bhp - £5.5m
* Toyota, Ford 700bhp - £5.0m
* Peugeot, Mugen, Alfa Romeo, Porsche 695bhp -£4.5m
* Cosworth, Ilmor, Asiatech, Lamborghini, Yamaha 690bhp - £4m
* Judd, Hart, Mecachrome, Subaru 685bhp - £3.5m
* Any other non current engine manufacturer is permitted with a starting 680bhp - £3.0m

**4 Tyre selection**

4.1 Tyre choices and cost are broken down thus:

* Bridgestone, Goodyear - £3.5m also improves reliability by 500pts
* Michelin, Pirelli - £3m also improves reliability by 400pts
* Dunlop, Firestone - £2.5m also improves reliability by 300pts
* Yokohama, Avon - £2m also improves reliability by 200pts
* Any other tyre manufacturer is permitted with a cost of £1.5m and a reliability boost of 100pts

4.2 During the pre-season you are able to allocate any remaining budget to improving reliability or BHP. You could for example spend your remaining budget purely on power which would give a great chance of being at the front of the grid, however it is likely that your cars will not make it to the finish. Do you take the risk? Likewise if you spend it all on reliability you will most likely finish the race but be somewhere outside of the top 10 and therefore your budget going in to the next rounds will be smaller. It's up to you to decide the best course of action.

**5 Reliability improvement**

5.1 The cost of improving reliability is £4000 per point. Reliability works on a less is more principle, the lower your points, the less likely the car will break down in the race.

5.2 All teams for season three will start with reliability of 8000 points. If you wish to reduce reliability points by 250pts, for example, that will cost £1m of your remaining budget.

**6 Power improvement**

6.1 The cost of improving engine power is £100,000 per 1 BHP so increasing by 10BHP will cost £1m.

6.2 Improving your engine power will have no bearing on your reliability.

**7 Calendar**

7.1 Season three will comprise of 16 races.

7.2 The calendar will be made up of the following Grands Prix:

* Sepang - Malaysia
* Yeongam - South Korea
* Sentul - Indonesia
* Fuji - Japan
* Kyalami - South Africa
* Istanbul - Turkey
* Misano - Italy
* Dijon-Bourgogne - France
* Brands Hatch - United Kingdom
* Hockenheim - Germany
* Pannonia - Hungary
* Valencia - Spain
* Buenos Aires - Argentina
* Curitiba - Brazil
* San Carlos - Venezuela
* Laguna Seca - United States of America

**8 Championships**

8.1 There will be two leagues in season three.

8.2 Each league carries its own points tables, meaning there will be two drivers' champions and two teams' champions from the season.

**9 Prize money**

9.1 Race by race your team will accrue extra funding for you based on their performance.

* Starting a race = £50,000 per car
* 1st Place = £1m
* 2nd place = £750,000
* 3rd place = £500,000
* 4th place = £450,000
* 5th place = £400,000
* 6th place = £350,000
* 7th place = £250,000
* 8th place = £200,000
* 9th place = £150,000
* 10th place = £100,000
* Classified finish outside of the top 10 = £50,000
* Pole Position = £100,000
* Fastest lap = £100,000

9.2 New budgets are awarded after every three races for you to spend on either power or reliability.

**10 Drivers and teams**

10.1 Each team is permitted two drivers plus a reserve driver. These are your three drivers for the season. There will be a Mid-Season Test between rounds 8 and 9 where your reserve driver can be used alongside a new driver.

10.2 Teams and drivers are under contract to a manager from the moment they are announced.

**11 Mid-season driver changes**

11.1 Teams are permitted to change their drivers at any time within the season, providing it's within the driver market window following each Grand Prix. The driver market window closes at 7pm on the Friday following each Grand Prix.

11.2 No cost will be incurred for a mid-season driver change.

11.3 Teams are permitted to loan out drivers to a rival team, with terms to be discussed between the relevant Team Principals before making it official with RRML admin. No cost will be incurred for a driver loan.

11.4 A team must run no more than five drivers across the course of a season.

**12 Penalties**

12.1 Drivers may incur in-race penalties or race bans throughout the course of the season, which can be awarded for a variety of reasons including dangerous driving.

12.2 Penalties can be appealed against following the conclusion of the Grand Prix in question, but any appeals must be submitted by the close of the driver market window as stipulated in Reg 11.1.

12.3 In order to achieve consistency in stewards' decisions, the following indiscretions will incur the following penalties.

* Rejoining the track into the path of another driver, causing avoiding action - 5s time penalty.
* Rejoining the track into the path of another driver, causing a collision - 10s time penalty.
* Colliding with another driver and taking an advantage, but with other driver not going off the track - 10s time penalty.
* Colliding with another driver and forcing them off the track, causing them to lose multiple positions - 10s time penalty and back of the grid penalty for next race.
* Colliding with another driver and causing damage, resulting in an enforced pit stop for repairs - 30s time penalty and back of the grid penalty for next race.
* Colliding with another driver and causing them to retire - DSQ from the race and race ban. The number of races banned from is dependent on how many drivers retire as a result of the collision, so if a driver takes out two drivers they will receive a two-race ban.

12.4 Back of the grid penalties are applied to the individual driver, not the car number.

12.5 Penalties are applied regardless of championship situation.

**13 And most importantly...**

13.1 Remember folks, it's only a game and a bit of fun, let's enjoy ourselves win or lose.

13.2 Good luck!