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2 – Championship Format

2.1 – Practice

2.1.1 – 120 minutes

2.1.2 – 30% track usage

2.1.3 – 08:00 in-sim time

 

2.2 – Normal Format

2.2.1 – Qualifying

2.2.1.1 – 10 minutes

2.2.1.2 – Open qualifying (all cars on track with one another)

2.2.1.3 – 10:15 in-sim time

 

2.2.2 – Race 1

2.2.2.1 – 15 minutes

2.2.2.2 – Grid ordered by qualifying time

2.2.2.3 – 10:45 in-sim time

 

2.2.3 – Race 2

2.2.3.1 – 15 minutes

2.2.3.2 – Grid is the race 1 results reversed by a number of positions (this number is decided based on the number of entries at the start of the season)

2.2.3.3 – 14:00 in-sim time

 

2.2.4 – Warm-Up

2.2.4.1 – 5 minutes

2.2.4.2 – 18:00 in-sim time

 

2.2.5 – Race 3

2.2.5.1 – 15 minutes

2.2.5.2 – Grid is the race 2 results reversed by a number of positions (this number is decided based on the number of entries at the start of the season)

2.2.5.3 – In-sim time is carried over from warm-up

 

2.3 – RX Format (this format may be adjusted depending on the number of entries)

2.3.1 – Qualifying

2.3.1.1 – 10 minutes

2.3.1.2 – Closed qualifying (cars on track by themselves)

2.3.1.3 – 10:15 in-sim time

 

2.3.2 – Heats

2.3.2.1 – Heats feature a maximum of 10 drivers

2.3.2.2 – 8 minutes each

2.3.2.3 – 1 joker lap

2.3.2.4 – Grid ordered by qualifying time

2.3.2.5 – 10:45 in-sim time

 

2.3.3 – Consolation

2.3.3.1 – Drivers who finished in the bottom half of their heat are eligible

2.3.3.2 – 8 minutes

2.3.3.3 – 1 joker lap

2.3.3.4 – 14:00 in-sim time

 

2.3.4 – Warm-Up

2.3.4.1 – 5 minutes

2.3.4.2 – 18:00 in-sim time

 

2.3.5 – Feature

2.3.3.1 – Drivers who finished in the top half of their heat and top 2 in the consolation are eligible

2.3.5.1 – 10 minutes

2.3.5.2 – 1 joker lap

2.3.5.3 – In-sim time is carried over from warm-up

 

2.4 – General Meeting Rules

2.4.1 – iRacing baseline setup (track specific baseline is used when possible)

2.4.2 – 1 fast repair per race

2.4.3 Drive through awarded at 16 incidents, and at every 8 incidents after that

2.4.4 – Track usage is carried over from each session

2.4.5 – Dynamic weather

2.4.6 – In-sim date is the 15th of May 2021 at every round

2.4.7 – Standing starts for the Single Seater, Prototype and RX rounds, rolling starts for the Oval and GT rounds

 

2.5 – General Championship Rules 

2.5.1 – 5 Meetings

2.5.2 – 15 Races (three per meeting)

2.5.3 – No drop scores