2024 Rookie Sportscar Cup

Motorsport UK Esports – Rookie Sports Car Cup Event Terms and Conditions:

Definitions:

Driver(s): means the Driver(s) put forward by the Team to drive and compete on their behalf in the Event.

Event: means all five Rounds of the Championship as detailed in Clause 12.

Championship: means the 2024 Rookie Sports Car Cup

Motorsport UK: means Motorsport UK Association Limited (company number 01344829) whose registered office address is 141 The Command Works Southern Avenue, Bicester Heritage, Bicester, England, OX27 8FY.

Organisers: means Motorsport UK.

Stewards: means the judicial body at the Event responsible for ensuring these Terms and Conditions and driving standards are adhered to during the Event and to allocate penalties.

Team: means the sim racing team entered.

1.1   The Event is organised and owned by Motorsport UK (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 a refund of the paid Motorsport UK esports membership shall not be refunded.

1.4   The Event is an esports Championship which will be organised through The SimGrid* website.

1.5   Clarification, interpretation and determination of any rules and these terms and conditions shall be decided by the Organisers.

1.6   By entering and taking part in the Event you are agreeing to these Terms & Conditions.

1.7   Drivers are required to provide their own hardware and software equipment to compete in the Event.

1.8   Driver entries will be accepted at the sole discretion of the Organisers.

1.9   The quality of the internet connection being used by the Driver to compete in the Event is the sole responsibility of the 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 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.

2.1 Drivers are required to enter the Event

2.2 Drivers must be over the age of 15

2.3 Each Driver that participates in the Event will be required to hold a paid Motorsport UK Esports membership (£24.99).

2.4 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.

2.5 Drivers are permitted to make changes to their entry any number of times prior to the Driver Changes Deadline.

2.6 The ‘Driver Changes Deadline’ is 12:00 BST on Monday 1st July, before the start of the Event.

2.7 The car classes are as follows:

·         MX-5 Cup

·         GR86 CUP

2.8 Both classes are on track at the same time but are scored separately

2.9 Any Driver can enter either class

3. Event Details

3.1 The Event timetable is as follows:

•          Drivers Briefing – 18:15 BST

•          Practice – 18:30 BST

•          Qualifying - 19:00 BST- (Lone Qualifying, 3 Laps, 10 Minutes)

•          Race 1 – 19:15 – 19:35 BST

•          Warmup - 19:55 – 20:00 BST

•          Race – 20:00 – 20:20 BST

3.2 The in-sim game time will vary from race to race and is outlined in the Championship calendar. The weather will be set to "Realistic" and dynamic sky will be enabled. The chance of rain will be set to 0% for all sessions and all sessions after practice will have marbles set to 'Carry Over'.

3.3 The Event Rules are as follows:

·         Standing Starts

·         Fast Repairs: 1 (per race)

·         Minimum Licence: Class D 2.0

·         Maximum iRating achieved (in either Sports Car or Single Seater) 2,000

·         Drive through Penalty given after 15x incident points and then every 10x after that

·         Strict Qualifying in game scrutineering

·         No tyre usage restrictions

·         One dropped Round - best 4 round scores will count to your championship points

4. Stewarding

4.1 The Event will be stewarded by iRacing's inbuilt automated stewarding system and the Organisers will have a number of Stewards on hand to review incidents throughout each race.

4.2 To have an incident reviewed, protests must be submitted through the Google Form located here https://forms.gle/Eskcf32qDfmg3prh8 and the Stewards will review it and confirm the outcome in game and in the Discord server.

PLEASE NOTE: Drivers wills have a maximum of 3 protests available for each Round.

4.3 The Stewards and / or Motorsport UK will only consider penalising driving that has resulted in a car being towed to the pits to be repaired ('Meatballed') or multiple positions have been lost by deliberately crashing and / or disrespectful driving.

5 Scoring

5.1 Winners will be chosen based on finishing position.

5.2 The amount of points allocated per class are outlined in Clause 11.

6. Liveries

6.1 Each Driver is allowed to use their own liveries for each race, this will be run through Trading Paints

6.2 All liveries used must adhere to the iRacing Paint Policy found here (policy updated 08/12/21)

6.3 Any politically charged or potentially offensive material on a custom livery will see the team banned from the race.

7. Prizes

7.1 x10 Pairs of F33L SR2 Gloves have been supplied to provide as prizes for the championship

7.2 x1 pair of gloves per class per round are available to win

7.3 After each Round one driver in each class will be selected at random out of all of the drivers who have finished both races of the Round

7.4 Drivers must be classed as ‘Running’ in the final iRacing race results to be classed as finishing the race

7.5 Drivers will be contact via Discord to issue the Prize

8. Broadcasting

8.1 Round 5 of the Championship will be broadcast with commentary courtesy of RaceSpot TV on the RaceSpot TV YouTube channel and on Motorsport UK TV

8. Conduct

8.1 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.

8.2 All Drivers and Teams are expected to respect fellow Competitors, the Organisers and any others associated with the Event.

8.3 Discrimination of any kind; bullying; abusive / aggressive behaviour or inappropriate behaviour will not be tolerated and will lead to penalties or disqualification from the Event.

9. Interview Rules

9.1 Teams may be called to interview either pre-race, mid-race (when not driving) or post-races.

9.2 Teams must provide at least one Team representative (Driver or manager) to interview if an interview is requested by the Organisers or The SimGrid.

9.3 Any pre-race interviews will be arranged ahead of time with the Teams.

9.4 If Teams cannot provide a representative to participate in a mid-race interview when requested then this must be communicated to the Organisers.

9.5 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.

9.6 Teams are reminded that all race interviews are broadcast live, and thus all; offensive/unsportsmanlike and defamatory comments made during interviews are prohibited and may be penalised.

9.7 The above conditions do not solely apply to the race but also apply to qualifying.

10.  Data Protection

10.1 The Team and Driver confirms permission for the Organisers to request and use their personal data as necessary for the limited purposes of the Championship including the publication of their name and / or likeness where applicable.

10.2 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.

10.3 The Organisers may have to share the personal data of any winner and guest with third parties for the purpose of issuing the Prizes.

*The SimGrid is part of Speed Capital Ltd.

11. Points structure – for both classes

See ''Points' Tab

12. Calendar

See 'Races' Tab