10. Conditions For The Participation Of Drivers And Composition Of The Crews¶
10.1. Driver Line-ups per Category¶
Each car will be driven by two drivers. At the discretion of the Organiser's permission may be given for a driver to be a single driver entry.
The SRO Sporting Board of GT Challenge Asia (article 9.1) retains the right to make any amendments to the FIA Categorisation of any driver according to the criteria of the Series. Any drivers given a categorisation derogation will be indicated in the entry list with an asterisk.
The SRO Sporting Board will provisionally categorise drivers who announce themselves with their record of achievements after the Event has already begun. Any such provisional categorisations will not constitute an FIA categorisation
The following pairings will not be allowed.
Platinum + Platinum Not Allowed
Platinum + Gold Not Allowed
Platinum + Silver Not Allowed
Gold + Gold Not Allowed
Gold + Silver Not Allowed
a) The GT Challenge Asia GT3 Pro-Am Category
Driver categorisations will be applied and pairings with no fewer and no more than one Bronze driver will be accepted. Pro-Am pairings must comprise a Bronze-graded driver plus Silver, Gold or Platinum. All pairings will be subject to approval at the discretion of the organiser.
Group 1 GT Asia: One of the two drivers must be an approved Asian driver. Nationality is typically but not exclusively based on passport. Australians and New Zealanders are not considered Asian in this class.
Group 2 Japan Cup: Both drivers must be holders of a JAF International licence of a minimum level of ITC-C or one of the drivers must be resident of Japan at the discretion of the organiser. For example, driver 1 & 2 JAF licence or Driver 1 JAF license & Driver 2 Japanese resident at the discretion of the organiser
b) The GT Challenge Asia GT3 Silver-Am Category
Driver categorisations will be applied and pairings with no fewer and no more than one Bronze driver will be accepted. Silver-Am pairings must comprise a Bronze-graded driver plus Silver , Gold or Platinum. FIA Silver graded drivers are not automatically eligible for Silver-Am. Silver-Am is by invitation only. All pairings will be subject to approval at the discretion of the organiser.
Group 1 GT Asia: One of the two drivers must be an approved Asian driver. Nationality is typically but not exclusively based on passport. Australians and New Zealanders are not considered Asian in this class.
c) The GT Challenge Asia GT3 Silver Category
Driver categorisations will apply and the following pairings will be accepted:
- Silver / Silver
Group 1 GT Asia: Both drivers must be an approved Asian driver. Nationality is typically but not exclusively based on passport. Australians and New Zealanders are not considered Asian in this class. Only Silver drivers can contest the Silver Cup. All pairings will be subject to approval at the discretion of the organiser
Silver + Silver pairings will incur additional penalties.
c) The GT Challenge Asia GT3 Am Category
Driver categorisations will be applied, and the following maximum pairings will be accepted:
All pairings will be subject to approval at the discretion of the organiser.
- Bronze / Bronze
Group 1 GT Asia: GT3 Am Cup: Reserved for Bronze-graded amateur drivers. Both drivers must have been born or currently reside in Asia, Australia or New Zealand.
Group 2 Japan Cup: Both drivers must be holders of a JAF International licence of a minimum level of ITC-C or one of the drivers must be resident of Japan at the discretion of the organiser.
d) The GT4 Asia Silver-Am Category
Driver categorisations will be applied and pairings with no fewer and no more than one Bronze driver will be accepted. FIA Silver graded drivers are not automatically eligible for Silver-Am. Silver-Am is by invitation only.
- Silver / Bronze
Group 2 Japan Cup: Both drivers must be an approved Asian driver. Silver-Am pairings must comprise a Bronze-graded driver plus a Silver graded driver. All pairings will be at the discretion of the organiser
e) The GT4 Asia Am Category
Driver categorisations will be applied and the following maximum pairings will be accepted:
- Bronze / Bronze
Group 2 Japan Cup: Reserved for Bronze-graded amateur drivers. Both drivers must be approved Asian drivers.
f) The GT2 & GTC Asia Am Category:
- Bronze / Bronze
Group 1 GT Asia: GT2 & GTC Am Cup: Reserved for Bronze-graded amateur drivers. Both drivers must have been born or currently reside in Asia, Australia or New Zealand, or hold an Asian passport.
Group 2 Japan Cup: GT2 & GTC Am Cup: Reserved for Bronze-graded amateur drivers. Both drivers must have been born or currently reside in Asia, Australia or New Zealand, or hold an Asian passport at the discretion of the organiser.
g) The GT2 & GTC Asia Pro-Am Category:
Driver categorisations will be applied and pairings with no fewer and no more than one Bronze driver will be accepted.
Group 1 GT Asia: GT2 & GTC Am Cup: Reserved for Bronze-graded amateur drivers. Both drivers must have been born or currently reside in Asia, Australia or New Zealand, or hold an Asian passport.
Group 2 Japan Cup: GT2 & GTC Am Cup: Reserved for Bronze-graded amateur drivers. Both drivers must have been born or currently reside in Asia, Australia or New Zealand, or hold an Asian passport at the discretion of the organiser.
Any driver found to have misled the organisers may forfeit all his points up to the time of disclosure. In addition his co-driver and his team will also forfeit all points contributed to by that driver
The composition of the crews must be sent to the Promoter at least 14 days before the start of each Event. Any modification to a crew is prohibited after the end of the administrative checks except in case of force majeure acknowledged by the Stewards of the Meeting.
Note: a car may only be entered in one Cup / Category. In the cases where a line-up is eligible for more than one Cup (for example, Silver/Bronze for Silver Cup or Pro-Am), the Competitor must decide in which Cup they wish to compete before the end of Administrative Checks.
The SRO Sporting Board reserves the right to re-grade drivers and adjust specific drivers or pairings by weight and or time adjustment or by other means of adjustment during the season.
The SRO Sporting Board reserves the right to decide if a driver is eligible for the GT World Challenge Asia. They may additionally give any driver a weight penalty of up to 50 kg for their first Competition, to be re-evaluated before permission is extended for subsequent Competitions. The SRO Technical Board will set the weight penalty for any such driver and may adjust this for subsequent Competitions
The SRO Sporting Board may refuse entry to Bronze drivers considered to be too experienced and likely to bring the spirit of the GT World Challenge Asia, GT4 Asia, the GT2 and GTC classes into jeopardy. In particular, to preserve the amateur aspect of the Series, either as the Am driver in a Pro-Am entry or in the amateur nature of the GT4 category, GT2 and GTC. Drivers who have been recategorised from Silver to Bronze in the last two years and drivers who were, or would have been, previously categorised Platinum or Gold, may be refused entry.
10.2.¶
The GT Challenge Asia Series is primarily intended for driver crews competing together throughout the season to claim the title.
It is understood that should a Team enter cars under multiple Competitor licenses due to the limitations in Article 11.3, then all cars entered on these licences will be considered as being one Team for the purposes of this article.
10.3.¶
Entrants must be in possession of a valid Entrant International Licence and if the entry is not made by a holder of a valid International Entrants Licence, the driver(s) will be considered to be the entrant under International Sporting Code on condition that he holds the corresponding Entrant's licence
All drivers:
(a) should be graded by the FIA http://www.fia.com/fia-driver-categorisation. The SRO Sporting Board retains the right to make any amendment to the FIA categorisation of any driver according to the criteria of GT racing and those of the GT World Challenge Asia. Any drivers given a temporary categorisation derogation will be indicated in the entry list with an asterisk.
(b) be in possession of a current valid International (C) competition licence as a minimum
and valid International Medical Record Card. Holders of competition licences issued by ASN's must produce permission (visa) to compete from their licence-issuing ASN (National Sporting Authority), according to Article 3.9.4 of the International Sporting Code
10.4. Driver Categorisation & Derogations¶
10.4.1 Categorisation¶
Drivers wishing to compete in the Fanatec GT Challenge Asia powered by AWS Series must be categorised by the FIA. Drivers who are not categorised must send in a record of achievements to the FIA at the latest fourteen days prior to the beginning of the first Event in which he or she wishes to take part, on the FIA website under http://www.fia.com/fia-driver-categorisation
The definitions of the categories, the Driver Categorisation List and the application form can be found on the FIA website.
All decisions concerning the categorisations are taken under the authority of the FIA Drivers Categorisation Committee.
The list of Competitors allowed to take part in the Competition will indicate the category attributed to each driver.
10.4.2 Temporary Categorisation¶
The Stewards may give a temporary categorisation to drivers who announce themselves with their record of achievements after the Event has already begun. A fee of up to 200 euros will be payable to the SRO Motorsports Fund for any such requests for late categorisation. Any such temporary categorisations will only be valid for that one Event and will not constitute an FIA categorisation.
Drivers who have not been categorised will not be allowed to take part in any Competition.
10.4.3 Derogations (Downgrades and Upgrades)¶
For the purposes of this Series, the SRO Sporting Board retains the right to make any amendments to the FIA Categorisation of any driver according to the criteria of GT and/or Endurance Racing.
a) Any drivers given a temporary categorisation derogation downgrading their categorisation will be indicated in the entry list with an asterisk. Such derogations will only be issued on a race-by-race basis, to be re-assessed after each Competition. Derogations in Pro-Am will in general only be given in situations of force majeure.
b) Derogations upgrading a driver's FIA Categorisation may also be issued and will be indicated with a double asterisk on the entry list.
10.4.4 Double Derogations¶
No more than one derogation will be given to any line-up of drivers competing in any round of the Fanatec GT Challenge Asia powered by AWS Series, unless approved by the organiser. There are no limits on the number of upgrades in a line-up.
10.4.5 Penalties and Restrictions¶
Drivers with derogations may receive additional restrictions on their driving time which will be decided by the SRO Sporting Board. These will be specified in the confirmation document issued by the Sporting Board.
Except in cases of force majeure accepted by the Stewards, failing to abide by these limits will result in the removal of the derogation and may include other penalties up to and including disqualification from the Competition.
The above-mentioned criteria concerning the driver performance may be adjusted or other criteria added if deemed necessary by the SRO Sporting Board during the season.
10.4.6 Monitoring of Derogations¶
The performance of any drivers who have received a derogation will be monitored by the SRO Sporting Board. Derogations may be adjusted at any time without notice and will not be automatically renewed for subsequent Events.
In particular, should any driver's performance, calculated by the average of their ten best lap times in the race, be equal or superior to the average time of the top ten best drivers from the categorisation and category in which they have been racing, their derogation will be examined by the SRO Sporting Board. Additionally, the average performance of the drivers in the car compared to the average of other cars in the category will be used to decide on the continuation of any derogation.
The SRO Sporting Board may take any decision it considers appropriate concerning the continuation of the derogation, including a warning for a first infraction, a pit stop time penalty and/or additional restrictions on driving time.
10.5. Reserved for Future Use¶
10.6. Provisional Categorisations¶
Any drivers whose categorisation on the FIA official list is noted as Provisional or Under Review will be under additional supervision during the season and may be given additional weight or time penalties should their performance prove to be out of line with their provisional category.