Superally regulations

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The Superally regulation (officially SupeRally regulation ) is a rule that was introduced by the FIA for rally series , under which vehicles that have failed can start and score points again on the next day of the event.

application

If a vehicle does not reach the finish of the special stage due to a technical malfunction or an accident , it receives a 5-minute penalty which is added to the special stage's best time in its class.

For each further missed special stage, a penalty time of five minutes will be added up to the end of the day. If only the last test of the day is missed, a time penalty of ten minutes will be imposed.

There is a two-and-a-half minute penalty time for each missed round in the shorter spectator rating tests.

If the vehicle has been made ready for use and operationally safe for the next day within a three-hour time window prescribed by the regulations, it is authorized to start again. The times driven up to the cancellation and the penalty times of the missed special stages are then evaluated.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of these regulations should be:

  • The starting field is not reduced too much for an event lasting several days.
  • Especially young teams who have left can gain experience for the next year when they restart.
  • It is prevented that the public interest decreases in the event of a premature failure of a local hero .
  • The route, which is already closed, can be used in front of an audience for test purposes and to gain driving experience.
  • Sometimes there are exciting chases to catch up for rating points.

The disadvantages are:

  • It is difficult for the inexperienced viewer to understand why a vehicle is eliminated and still see it at the finish or even as one of the first placed.
  • Distortion of the services, since a failure is a failure and should be rated as such.
  • The name of these regulations.

development

The regulations introduced in 2004 were controversial from the start. In the 2011 World Cup season there is a discussion about whether it should not be changed or abolished. Daily evaluations are being considered. Since the 2011 season, the rally organizer of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge has been free to decide whether to apply the Superally regulations.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Motorsport-Total.com (April 7, 2011, accessed July 1, 2011)
  2. ↑ Motorsport-Total.com (from December 26, 2010, accessed on July 1, 2011)
  3. ↑ www.Motorline.cc (January 20, 2011, accessed July 1, 2011)