Championship Info
Opened to all RD racing members.
Class: F3000
Races
9 races
Race Structure
A practice server will be setup on Monday
2 weeks prior the race.
Drivers must indicate their participation in GPCOS by 20:00 GMT on Friday before the Race Event -->
GPCOS link
Schedule
- Donington GP - Sat. February 28th - 45laps
- Imola - Sat. March 14th - 40laps
- Hockenheim '04- Sat. March 28th - 40laps
- Sepang - Sat. April 11th - 35laps
- Dijon-Prenois GP - Sat. April 25th - 50laps
- Monaco 88 - Sat. May 9th - 45laps
- Barcelona GP - Sat. May 23rd - 45laps
- Spa 04 - Sat. June 6th - 30laps
- Singapore GP '08 - Sat. June 20th - 35laps
Format
- Qualifiers 45mins @ 18:00GMT (2:00pm EST - 11:00am PST)
- Warmup 10mins @ 18:45GMT (2:45pm EST - 11:45am PST)
- Race @ 18:55GMT (2:55pm EST - 11:55am PST)
Practice session
There will be a server setup with an unofficial practice session setup at least 2 hours prior the qualifiers.
Points Distribution
Points are awarded for the top 8 finishes for each driver (lowest finish removed).
Race points are awarded when a driver completed: >= 75% of the total laps of the race.
Qualifying pointsRace points
- P01: 40
- P02: 35
- P03: 32
- P04: 27
- P05: 26
- P06: 25
- P07: 24
- P08: 23
- P09: 22
- P10: 21
- P11: 20
- P12: 19
- P13: 18
- P14: 17
- P15: 16
- P16: 15
- P17: 14
- P18: 13
- P19: 12
- P20: 11
- P21: 10
- P22: 9
- P23: 8
- P24: 7
- P25: 6
- P26: 5
- P27: 4
- P28: 3
- P29: 2
- P30: 1
Fastest Laptime: 2
Weather conditions
All the races will be run under changeable weather
Regulations
- AF3kGPC Official Format & Rulebook: Download
- RaceDepartment League Regulations: Download
Single driver championship no teams
Original skins
We are going to provide all participants with a basic skin including the RD logo and the name of the F3000 series on all cars. We understand that not everyone is capable to skin their own cars, so we will be providing a “Single Drivers” skin for those that can't skin them or find someone to skin them for them. The RD logo will be displayed on the air intake cowls and the championship name will be across the rear wing. Names and Flags will have a designated spot. This is a preliminary look at the “Single Drivers” skin. Although it is still being tweaked, it is primarily in its final form. The colors of the car represent the competing countries, since this is the "Americas": North and South continents.
SINGLE DRIVER SKIN shown above
Weight penalties
Based on Championship standings
- +25kg
- +15kg
- +10kg
- +5kg
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Standardized AF3000 Grand Prix Race penalties
To clean up some of the questionable racing moves in the past 2 rounds, we will use some guidelines to help us penalizing guilty parties. They are only guidelines!! The race directors will still review each incident and make a decision based on its gravity.
- Track cutting (two wheels on the track at all times): 5s penalty per offense. Excessive number of cuts might result in a race warning.
- Incident involving 2 cars where driver causing incident waits/hands back position safely in reasonable time (1 lap from incident) up to 10s penalty.
- Incident involving multiple cars where driver causing incident waits/hands back position safely in reasonable time (1 lap from incident) up to 30s.
- Incident involving 2 cars where driver causing incident retains his position: up to 30s penalty and an automatic warning.
- Incident involving multiple cars where driver retains his position up to 45s penalty and 1 race ban.
- After 3 race warnings the driver will be disqualified for the next round of the Championship.
Although some of the incidents above do not carry official warnings in their own right, persistent offenders may still be subject to an official warning or retrospective punishments for these incidents.
Appendices
Reference to Article 1:
In accordance with the standard Race Department League Regulations (
here) all curbs are considered part of the track. Any area outside the bounds of the curb is free to be used as long as 2 wheels remain on the curb at all times. Example below.
Reference to Articles 2-5:
Racing is a tough business, and some contact during exchanges is to be expected. If no damage, change of places, or significant timeloss is caused then in most cases no penalty will be required. Incidents will be investigated at the request of the drivers themselves. Please raise your issues promtly
via pm to a Race Director. In deciding whether an infraction is large enough to be penalised a good rule of thumb to consider is that if you can't remember the incident at all, without the aid of the replay then it is unlikely that significant damage or timeloss occured. We will however review any incident you request but please be realistic about the complaints you submit.
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[Copy and past from Yoeri's post. It applies to us as well]
Our deadline will be Thursday 20:00gmt before the Saturday race.
Due to the slack of reporting presence and absence in the previous league seasons at RaceDepartment we (the Racing Staff) have decided to stricten the rules around reporting presence and absence a bit more.
1) All drivers must report!
From this season on
EVERY driver (reserves too, no exceptions) has to fill in a so-called
driver allocation at
RD GPCOS. The driver reports himself as:
- Present - Participation confirmed (in RD GPCOS)
- Absent - Driver will not participate (in RD GPCOS)
- Uncertain - Driver participation uncertain (in RD GPCOS)
Every driver must do this for every round of the league. Additionally they must do this before the deadline of each round. This deadline can be found in the Format
2) Present/Participation confirmed
The driver reports he will be present before the specific round of the league. This means he
will drive!
Only drivers that report themselves present will be put on the Race Grid.
This also counts for reserve drivers!
Drivers that report present, but don't show up will be denied league access for an entire calendar year!
If a driver, that was reported present, suddenly can't show up or suffers from delay beyond his control, he must
contact the Race Directionas soon as possible by sending a
Private Message on the forum.
He must then explain his situation.
3) Absent/Driver will not participate
The driver reports he will not drive in the specific round he allocated himself. This means his spot on the Race Grid goes to a reserve driver.
Drivers can
reverse their absence allocation
before the deadline. If a driver wants to
reverse his absence allocation after the deadline he must contact the
Race Direction through a
Private Message on the forum.
4) Uncertain/Driver participation uncertain
The reports that he is not yet sure he can make it in time for the specific round. This means he
will be put on the Race Grid. The Race Direction awaits further notice for the driver.
A driver must only allocate himself as
Uncertain if he doesn't know it yet by the time the deadline is reached. Otherwise he is asked to allocate as
Present or
Absent.
As soon as the driver has clearance on whether he can make it or not he must contact the
Race Direction through a
Private Message on the forum.
5) No Report/Allocation?
Every driver
must allocate his status for the upcoming round before the
deadline.
A driver that allocates
after the deadline must
immediately contact the
Race Direction through a
Private Message on the forum and
explain the situation. Depending on the reason the driver will be excused (but not necessarily entered for the specific round!) or trerated as below.
A driver that does not allocate either of the three options will be removed from the league for the rest of the season. Re-entry will not be possible.
Make sure you maintain your allocations!
6) How to report?
- Login on RD GPCOS.
- Go to Control Center and look for the biglight-blue box.
- Find the league name in red and click Maintain driver allocations
- Select one of the three options. Fill in a reason if your participation is Uncertain, otherwise it is not required.
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