1. Introduction
1.1
The Event is
organised and owned by Motorsport UK and Britcar (the ‘Organisers’).
1.2
The Organisers
have the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time.
1.3
The Organisers
have the right to cancel the Event at any time. Should the Organisers cancel
the Event the entry fee shall be refunded.
1.4
The Event is
an esports race which will be held on iRacing and managed through The SimGrid*.
1.5
Clarification,
interpretation and determination of any rules and these terms and conditions
shall be decided by the Organisers.
1.6
By entering a
Team and taking part in the Event you are agreeing to these Terms &
Conditions.
1.7
Teams and
Drivers are required to provide their own hardware and software equipment to
compete in the Event.
1.8
Team or Driver
entries will be accepted at the sole discretion of the Organisers.
1.9
The quality of
the internet connection being used by the Team and/or Driver to compete in the
Event is the sole responsibility of the Team and/or Driver. Should any internet
connection issues result in an unnatural performance of the car the Organiser
will have the right to remove the Driver from the Event and record a DNF
result.
1.10 All Teams and Drivers must adhere
to the Motorsport UK Race with Respect code of conduct which can be found [here].
All Teams and Drivers must read this before entering the race. Breach of this
code may lead to expulsion from the race.
2. Registration and Entry
2.1 Teams are required to enter the Event and must have between 2-6 Drivers
per Team.
2.2 Drivers must be 16 years old or over and it is
the responsibility of the Team to ensure this.
2.3 Every
Team that participates in the Event will be required to pay the entry fee of £25
and one of the drivers competing in the race be a paid Motorsport UK Esports Member
2.4 Entry
fees are only refundable if a Team withdraws from the Event 7 clear days or more before the Event.
2.5 Any
entry that is incomplete or which contains offensive material or is otherwise
spoiled shall be discarded and or rejected as not complying with these Terms
and Conditions and shall be void.
2.6 Teams
are permitted to make changes to their entry any number of times if carried out
before the 'Driver Changes Deadline'
2.7 The
“Driver Changes Deadline” is 12:00 BST on Tuesday 28th November
2.8 The car
classes are as follows:
·
GT3 – Audi R8, Ferrari 488GT3 Evo, Lamborghini
Huracan GT3 EVO, Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020
·
GT4 – Aston Martin Vantage, Mercedes-AMG GT4,
Porsche 718 Cayman GT Clubsport MR, McLaren 570S
·
TCR - Audi RS 3 LMS, Honda Civic Type R, Hyundai
Veloster N TC
3. Event
Details
3.1 The
Event timetable is as follows:
• Practice - 11:00 GMT
• Qualifying - 11:40 GMT - (Lone
Qualifying, 3 Laps, 10 Minutes)
• Warmup - 11:50 GMT
• Race - 12:00 GMT
3.2 The
in-sim game date will be the 2nd-3rd September 2023 with the timings mirroring
the real-world time of the event. Weather will be set to "Generate"
and dynamic sky will be enabled. All sessions after practice will have marbles
set to 'Carry Over'.
3.3
The Event Rules are as follows:
·
Rolling Start
·
Fast Repairs: 4
·
Driver Fair Share rule enabled
·
Minimum Licence: Class D 2.0
·
Drive through Penalty given after 100x incident points
and then every 25x after that
·
Strict Qualifying in game scrutineering
·
No additional Car BOP
4.
Stewarding
4.1 The
Event will be mainly stewarded by iRacing's inbuilt automated stewarding system
however the Organisers will have a number of Stewards on hand to review
incidents throughout the Event.
4.2 To have an incident reviewed, you
must submit any protests through the Google Form and the Stewards
will review it and confirm to you in game, the outcome.
PLEASE
NOTE: That as a Team you will have a maximum of 5 protests available
to you throughout the race.
5 Scoring
5.1 Winners will be chosen based on finishing position.
6. Liveries
6.1
Due to the Event partnership between Motorsport UK and Britcar there will be an
official decal pack that will need to be applied to each Team’s car, details of
this are as follows:
6.1.1
You are encouraged to run your own livery. If you have your own livery please
upload it here - Livery Upload Folder The file must be
named car_teamid.tga we will then apply the decal layer to it. For reference
the layers can be found HERE.
6.1.2
If you do not have your own Team livery, for the purposes of the stream you
will be allocated one with the correct decal pack
6.1.3
To ensure all liveries are seen on the stream (even if you are not running your
own livery) you MUST join our Discord (INVITE) and submit your iRacing Team
ID as soon as possible
6.1.4
All liveries submitted must adhere to the iRacing Paint Policy found
here - https://bit.ly/iracing-paint-policy (policy updated
08/12/21)
6.1.5
Any politically charged or potentially offensive material on a custom livery
will see the team banned from the race.
7. Prizes
7.1 The
winning Team from each class will will be able to choose either
a ButtKicker Gamer Plus or Gamer PRO model. PLUS the Ultimate version of
the Haptic Connect Software.
7.2 The
Prizes cannot be refunded or exchanged for any cash amount nor exchanged for
any other goods or services nor can the Prizes be sold or transferred by the
winner to any other legal person.
7.3
Delivery of the Prize will be effected in a manner at the Organisers
discretion.
7.4 The
winner agrees that the Organisers (or any third party nominated by the
Organisers) may in its sole discretion use the winners comments relating to the
Prize and their experience for future promotional, marketing and publicity
purposes in any media worldwide without notice and without any fee being paid (including
for the avoidance of doubt when responding to any third party).
8.
Broadcasting
8.1 The
Event will have broadcast and commentary courtesy of RaceSpot TV
9. Conduct
9.1 Drivers
or Teams posting negative, disruptive and/or brand-damaging content on social
media about the following may result in the Team being disqualified from the
Event.
9.2 All
Drivers and Teams are expected to respect fellow competitors, the Organisers
and any others associated with the Event.
9.3 Discrimination
of any kind; bullying; abusive/aggressive behaviour or unsportsmanlike
behaviour will not be tolerated and will lead to penalties or disqualification
from the Event.
10.
Interview Rules.
10.1 Teams
may be called to interview either pre-race, mid-race or post-races.
10.2 Teams
must provide at least one Team representative (Driver or manager) to interview
if an interview is requested by the Organisers or The SimGrid
10.3 Any
pre-race interviews will be arranged ahead of time with the Teams.
10.4 If Teams
cannot provide a representative to participate in a mid-race interview when
requested then this must be communicated the Organisers.
10.5 All Teams
agree to provide at least one Driver per Team, who finish in positions 1-3 of
any race to participate in post-race interviews.
10.6 Teams
are reminded that all race interviews are broadcast live, and thus all; offensive/unsportsmanlike
and defamatory comments made during interviews may be penalised.
10.7 The
above conditions do not solely apply to the race but also apply to qualifying.
11. Data Protection
11.1 The
Team and Driver confirms permission for the Organisers to request and use their
personal data as necessary for the limited purposes of this Event including the
publication of their name and / or likeness where applicable.
11.2 Should
the entry include the submission of a third party’s personal data the entrant
confirms they have the permission of that third party to do so and that these
Terms and Conditions have been brought to that persons’ attention.
11.3 The
Organisers may have to share the personal data of any winner and guest with
third parties for the purpose of issuing the Prizes.
