MiniFBM Series 2010 Rulebook

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Regulations

Revision 2 Updated 1 October 2010

This document contains regulations for the 2010 Season of the MiniFBM Series. The NDR Sporting

Code is in force with this document. Any conflicts between the two, unless explicitly stated herein,

defer to the Sporting Code.

2010 New Dimension Racing


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Contents

I.General Series Information..............................................................................................................3

II.MiniFBM Car Restrictions................................................................................................................3

III.Entry Procedure..............................................................................................................................3

IV.Car Skins..........................................................................................................................................3

V.Qualifying Procedure......................................................................................................................3

VI.Race Procedure Road Circuits.....................................................................................................4

VII.Race Procedure Autocross Circuits............................................................................................4

VIII.Red Flags.......................................................................................................................................5

IX.Pit Lane............................................................................................................................................6

X.Protests.............................................................................................................................................6

XI.Official Classification......................................................................................................................7

XII.Championship...............................................................................................................................7

XIII.Server Failure................................................................................................................................8

XIV.Communication ...........................................................................................................................9

XV.Miscellaneous................................................................................................................................9

MiniFBM Series 2010 Regulations Revision 1 2


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I. General Series Information

1.The 2010 MiniFBM Series (MiniFBM) series is defined as a series running seven events in the

Live for Speed simulation software using a restricted Formula BMW (FBM) car, on a

combination of road and autocross circuits.

II. MiniFBM Car Restrictions

1.All cars in the MiniFBM series must run 25% of intake restriction. This car configuration shall

be designated MFB.

III.Entry Procedure

1.There is no limit on the entries for the series. Race grids are limited only by size.

2.Car Number 01 is reserved for the previous MiniFBM Series Champion.

3.All drivers must meet all of the following:

a)A minimum total driven distance of 700 km (435 miles)

b)A minimum total laps driven of 200.

4.All cars are single-driver cars. A Team is a grouping of at least one but no more than three

cars.

IV.Car Skins

1.All skins must fulfill the requirements as specified in the NDR sporting code, Article II.5, with

the following additions:

a)Cars entered by a team may be presented in substantially different liveries

b)If two or more cars of a team have substantially identical liveries, the rear wing end plates

shall have different colors.

2.There will not be any penalty for not running a skin with the elements laid out above. It is

strongly preferred to run a skin with the required number markings, but will not be directly

enforced.

V. Qualifying Procedure

1.On Road Circuits:

a)One 15-minute session, all available cars on course.

1.Drivers may telepit and rejoin the session freely.

2.On Autocross tracks:

a)One session, each car on track individually.

b)Each driver has one attempt to complete an out lap, one flying lap, and one in lap.


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3.Should the qualification be stopped and not restarted, the race grid will be set by Driver's

Points. Drivers not yet in the points when this is enacted will start from the back of the grid

in numerical order.

VI.Race Procedure Road Circuits

1.There will be two races. The first one is called the Sprint Race, the second is called the

Feature Race.

a)The Sprint Race will be the least amount of laps to exceed a 30 kilometer race distance.

b)The Feature Race will be the least amount of laps to exceed a 60 kilometer race distance.

2.A driver must start the Sprint Race to be eligible for the Feature Race.

3.The Sprint Race will start with the qualifying results, plus any penalties.

4.The Feature Race will start with the order from the Sprint Race, except for a reversal.

a)A Number between 6 and 10 will be used. This will be based on the last digit of the

seconds (MM:SS.00) of the winner's race time as stated by LFS. A Number between 1 and

5 will have 5 added to get the number. 6-9 will be kept and that will be the reversal. the

number 0 will be taken as the number 10.

5.Starting procedure for each race will be a rolling start behind the safety car:

a)The Safety Car will lead the grid through one formation lap.

b)In the last sector, the grid shall sort into formation.

1.The grid shall be in generally even rows of two with odd positions on the inside andeven positions on the outside of Turn 1.

2.Between the inside and outside lines there shall be at least 1 car width.

3.All cars shall keep 3 car lengths to the car in front.

4.After the Safety Car turns into the pit lane, the field shall keep 80 kph, 49 mph.

c)The Green Flag signal starts the race. Once the Green Flag is out, overtaking is permitted.

VII.Race Procedure Autocross Circuits

1.The autocross circuits will use the road circuit format for races, if there are 15 or fewer racers.a)The Sprint Race will be 25 laps, and the Feature Race will be 45 laps.

b)Points will be awarded via the standard points table.

2.If more than 15 cars attend, the following format will be used:

a)The top 11 cars are qualified based on time. All cars outside the top 12 will race for the

final 4 spots in a Shootout Race


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1.This race will be 15 laps long.

2.The top four of the race transfer into the main races, and will be ordered at the back

in qualifying order.

3.Should there be more than one grid's worth of cars above the 11-car limit, the

remaining cars will be split evenly into multiple races. In the event of multiple races,

the racers shall be gridded by qualifying. The four remaining spots shall be split

evenly amongst the pools. Top two from two races will advance. In the event of

three races being needed, the winner of the fastest group, the winner of the second

fastest group, and the top two from the slowest group move up.

4.Points will be awarded to the finishers of the Sprint and Feature Race as per

standard points. Any driver that is eliminated, will be ranked in order of qualifying

time, and assigned points from 16th

on the sprint race scale. Should more than 30drivers have attempted the event, the 30thplace point will be awarded for positions

lower than it.

VIII.Red Flags

1.A red flag may be used when the race director feels that conditions on course are unsafe for

Safety Car conditions, or if an incident involves more than approximately 80% of the field.

2.Upon issuance of the red flag, all racers shall continue around the track at greatly reduced

pace and park in line at the start/finish line. Except in cases of force majeure (such as serverfailure or major incident blocking the circuit) the field will be under Safety Car control

before the red flag is displayed.

a)A red flag during racing means that all work on a car shall cease. If you are in the pit lane

when the red flag is issued, you are permitted to carry out pit stop level service.

b)Chat is expressly forbidden at all times during red flags. Any lines you say after the first

will incur a two-point penalty to the team. Anything said during the grid setting is also

included in this.3.If the red flag occurs within the first two laps of the race, the race will be completely

restarted over the original distance. After the first two laps, the timing and scoring system

will not stop during a red flag for an incident, and the time lost will not be added to the end

of the race.

4.Heavily damaged cars may be given assistance to return to the pits for service. These cars


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will be charged with a one lap penalty for repairing under red flag with assistance. Cars that

can continue under their own power without assistance must wait until the race returns to

Safety Car status.

a)Any car who enters pit lane and carries out service during the red flag without getting

outside assistance will receive a SG penalty.

5.Cars that would be waved around under the SC will be released to go around the field a

planned time before the safety car resumes.

6.A restart after a red flag will take place as a standard race start, except in single file.

7.Please see Server Failure for procedures for when the server has crashed.

IX.Pit Lane

1.The pit lane shall remain open at all times during the race, unless an incident is blocking the

pit lane in any way.

a)The pit lane on autocross circuits is generally adjacent to the start/finish line, and may

be used to reset a damaged car. Drivers must slow significantly (no more than 50 kph /

31 mph to pass through pit lane in order to reduce risk of collisions if multiple people are

in pit lane. The limit zone starts with a pair of orange poles, and ends with a pair of green

poles. All passes through pit lane will be inspected after the race, and a time penalty

equivalent to a drive-through pass through the track's pitlane will be assesed. Should

the penalty not affect the result, a warning will be issued in place. Every third warningwill incur a 5-point penalty.

2.The blend line on pit exit is not to be crossed by all parts of the car. Crossing this line

completely will result in a drive-through penalty. Pit entry is not always enforced, but if it is,

the same penalty is available.

a)If issued a drive-through penalty on autocross circuits, you must pass through the pit

lane at the speed limit. Your penalty will be cleared after completion.

b)If issued a stop-go penalty on autocross circuits, you must enter pitlane, come to acomplete stop in any marked stall, then resume.

X. Protests

1.Protests must be submitted within 36 hours of race completion.

2.Protests must be submitted from drivers involved in the incident. Drivers submitting

protests not involving their car, or that stand to benefit and are deemed to submit protests


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of other incidents solely for that reason are subject to penalties.

3.For a list of all penalties that may be assigned, please see the NDR Sporting Code.

XI.Official Classification

1.All drivers and cars which start an MiniFBM race will be classified in the results and given

points. The only exception is if a driver or car gets disqualified, then that driver is placed

behind all other teams and is not eligible for any points from that round.

2.In the official results table, all drivers running at the finish will have Running placed as the

reason. Reasons for Not finishing are as follows:

a)Accident: This driver was involved in an accident and was unable to continue the race.

b)Suspension: This driver was unable to return to pits due to excessive suspension damage.

c)Clutch: This driver was unable to continue due to an overheated clutch.

d)Fuel: This driver was unable to continue due to running out of fuel.

e)Connection: The driver lost connection or timed out from the server

f)Retired: This driver did not finish with any other applicable reason.

g)Penalty: The driver was disqualified.

3.Drivers who time out or lose connection to the server while racing may not rejoin the race in

progress.

4.If a driver retires without permission of race control from outside of a pit box or garage, they

will incur a five (5) point penalty. The penalty will not be applied if the driver is spectatingfor a reason applicab le under XI.2 a) through d). Prior to spectating, the damage or issue

must be evident, and it must be either impossible or difficult / dangerous to recover.

XII.Championship

1.There are three official championships of MiniFBM.

a)The MiniFBM Series Driver's Championship is awarded to the driver which scores the

most points in the season.

b)The MiniFBM Series Teams Championship is awarded to the team which scores the mostpoints in the season.

1.Only the top two finishing drivers of a team may score points to this championship.

2.If a team has only one driver at a round, that team will not score any Teams'

Championship Points in that round.

c)The MiniFBM Series Nation's Cup is awarded to the nation which scores the most points


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in the season.

1.Only the best finisher of a nation scores points towards this championship.

2.There are bonus points available for qualifying on pole, leading the most laps, and

attending all races in the season without receiving a disqualification. Points are awarded on

the following scale:

Position Sprint Feature Position Sprint Feature

1st 30 50 16th 11 20

2nd 28 46 17th 10 19

3rd 26 42 18th 9 18

4th 24 40 19th 8 17

5th 22 38 20th 7 16

6th 21 36 21st 6 15

7th 20 34 22nd 5 14

8th 19 32 23rd 4 13

9th 18 30 24th 3 12

10th 17 28 25th 2 11

11th 16 26 26th 1 10

12th 15 24 27th 1 9

13th 14 23 28th 1 8

14th 13 22 29th 1 715th 12 21 30th 1 6

Pole 1 0 DNS 0 0

Most

Laps Led1 1 DSQ 0 0

3.Should there be a tie for most laps led, both drivers will be awarded the bonus point.

4.A driver must start the race to earn points. Failure to start earns no points.

5.A driver who attends all rounds in a season defined as starting at least one race of a round

will receive 15 extra points at season end.

XIII.Server Failure

1.Should the main server for MiniFBM experience a mass disconnect, or an inability to

connect, the race will be suspended.

2.There will be a decision made as to whether or not to abandon the remainder of the race or

return to the original server or move to a new server.


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a)The decision will be posted in the MiniFBM forum and the server if possible.

3.A failure during the race will see the order for a restart taken from the order at the last lap

completed by all cars prior to the server issues.

4.The second race will start behind the safety car as a standard race start, except in single file,

with cars credit with the laps completed at the back-count. Time gaps will be erased.

a)The laps will be credited to the cars in the final results, and the summation of the Part 1

laps plus the result of Part 2 will be totaled to get the results.

XIV.Communication

1.Race administration will also be available in a voice chat server during the course of the

race.

a)At each round, voice chat is strongly recommended, but failure to be in will only result in

participation refused at administration discretion.

2.Blocking of in-game messages is prohibited and will result in a warning to the team to

unblock messages. If the messages remain blocked, a DT penalty will be issued to the team.

3.Chat is prohibited during any session. In qualifying, there will be a two-place grid penalty

for chat on a per line basis. In the race, a DT penalty is issued. Repeat offenses may merit an

SG penalty.

XV.Miscellaneous

1.The administration reserve the right to modify this document at any time for any reason itdeems fit.

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