2023 SIMRACINGHUB F1 LEAGUE REGULATIONS

1. REGULATIONS
2. GENERAL UNDERTAKING
3. GENERAL CONDITIONS
4. LICENSES
5. RANKING SYSTEM
6. CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS
7. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
8. COMPETITORS APPLICATION
9. OFFICIALS
10. PROTEST AND APPEALS
11. SANCTIONS
12. GENERAL SAFETY
13. RFACTOR 2 SERVER SETTINGS
14. SUPPLY OF TIRES IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND TIRE LIMITATION DURING THE EVENT
15. DRIVING
16. PIT ENTRY, PIT LANE, AND PIT EXIT
17. EVENT TIME TABLE
18. OFFICIAL PRACTICE
19. QUALIFYING
20. PARC FERME
21. THE GRID
22. STARTING PROCEDURE
23. THE RACE
24. INCIDENTS DURING THE RACE
25. CLASSIFICATION
26. PRIZES

1. REGULATIONS

1.1 - The final text of these Regulations shall be the English version which will be used should any dispute arise as to their interpretation. Headings in this document are for ease of reference only and do not form part of these Regulations.

1.2 - These Regulations may only be changed after the conclusion of the first official race of the season through a voting process for which a 75% majority elects a proposed change and such change is then approved or vetoed by the SRH Management.

2. GENERAL UNDERTAKING

2.1 - All drivers, competitors, and officials participating in the Championship undertake, on behalf of themselves, to observe all the provisions as supplemented or amended of the present Regulations also referred to as "the Regulations".

2.2 - The Championship and each of its Events is governed by the SimRacingHub (SRH) Management in accordance with the Regulations. Event means any event entered into the SRHF1 2023 Championship commencing at the scheduled time for the Official Practice and ending at the conclusion of the Race, including Qualifying sessions.

2.3 - SimRacingHub's official time zone is USA Eastern Time. Time references in the Regulations are GMT-4 between the start of Daylight Savings on March 12th, 2023, and the end on November 5th, 2023. Times outside the previous date range are GMT-5.

2.4 - SRH Management uses one way for mass communication with the Championship participants; the SimRacingHub's Forum.

2.5 - The official voice communication software used during an Event is Discord.

Discord Invitation Link: https://discord.gg/vAzC3ZR

2.6 - The Championship and each of its Events is run in an online simulated environment through software made by Studio 397 named "rFactor 2" (rF2) which is only available through the digital distribution platform Steam.

2.7 - The Championship's official rFactor 2 mod is "SRHF1_2023_RX" where "X" is the Event number taking place at the given calendar time. The 3D models and textures of the mod are made by "A&M". Original physics and sounds by FSR. Car icons by ASMG, Modifications made by SRH and FiHS.

2.8 - Updates to the official mod are permitted in case but not limited to the following flaws: incorrect brake wear, incorrect engine wear, incorrect fuel tank capacity, incorrect fuel consumption, and/or any flaw caused after an added feature in a newer rFactor 2 build once the Championship has started. Furthermore, visual and/or audio-related updates are permitted and released at the discretion of the SRH Management.

2.9 - Even though each team's car is visually different from others, all drivers are subject to equal performance levels in the sense that only one engine model, one suspension model, one gearbox model, one aerodynamics model, one damage model, one tire model, and one setup model are used across all cars entered in the Championship.

3. GENERAL CONDITIONS

3.1 - Only drivers with authorization by the SRH Management are granted participation in the Championship.

3.2 - It is the driver's responsibility to have an adequate Internet connection to ensure safe participation in an event. The SRH Management reserves the right to exclude a driver from an event if an inadequate Internet connection is detected that could potentially hinder the safety of other participants.

3.3 - It is the driver's responsibility to confirm participation in an event up to a day before the race at the latest. Drivers must confirm participation by registering on the event's official page. The SRH Management reserves the right to call upon any reserve driver as a replacement for any driver who did not register on time and did not complete at least 10 timed laps on the official SRHF1 rFactor 2 server.

3.4 - The SRH Management reserves the right, with at least two (2) races in advance, to replace any underperforming driver with a reserve driver.

4. LICENSES

4.1 - Drivers are granted a license after approval from the SRH Management. Applications for licenses must be made once per season through the SimRacingHub's forum topic "2023 SRHF1 League Entry List".

4.2 - Drivers that finished the previous season in the Top 14 of the "Performance & Participation Ranking" are automatically granted a license for the next season.

4.3 - Drivers that do not miss a single event will be automatically granted a license for the next season, regardless of their finishing "Performance & Participation Ranking" position.

4.4 - A license may be revoked by the SRH Management after failing to participate in two consecutive events without prior notice.

4.5 - In accordance with Article 24, the stewards may impose penalty points on a driver's license. If a driver accrues 12 penalty points his or her license will be suspended for the following event, following which 12 points will be removed from the license.

4.6 - Penalty points remain on a driver's license for a period of 12 months after which they will be respectively removed on the 12-month anniversary of their imposition.

4.7 - A revoked license may only be reinstated after approval from the SRH Management

4.8 - The SRH Management reserves the right to replace, after the conclusion of rounds 6 and 12, up to two (2) drivers based on their participation and performance.

5. RANKING SYSTEM

5.1 - A Performance & Participation Ranking System, also referred to as "the Ranking", is used throughout the Championship to measure the performance and participation level of each driver. The point system used in the Ranking is as follows:

• +10 bonus points for completing a minimum of 25 timed laps ("Clean" column on Liveracers) during practice days in the server up to a day before the race.
• +5 bonus points for completing 50 timed laps ("Clean" column on Liveracers) or more during practice days in the server up to a day before the race.
• 5 negative points for each License Point applied to a Driver's License as per Article 24.4.
• 5 negative points for each mini-race start with less than 100 liters of fuel.

5.2. Team selection for the following season will be prioritized starting first with the Drivers Championship winner and then continuing based on the Ranking. The Teams Championship will not be taken into consideration when selecting teams and teammates for the coming season. Should the Drivers Championship winner decide not to participate in the following season, the first to pick team and teammate will be whoever finished higher in the Ranking.

6. CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

6.1 - The distance of all races, from the start signal to the checkered flag, shall be equal to the least number of complete laps which exceed a distance of 305 km (Monaco 260 km).

6.2 - The number of events in the Championship is 18 and shall not be changed once the Championship has begun.

6.3 - The final list of events is published by SRH Management before March 1st each year.

6.4 - An event may be substituted by another in the case of a track not meeting the necessary standards for racing. The event substitution may happen no later than a week prior to the event's scheduled date.

6.5 - An event may be canceled and not postponed if fewer than 10 participants are available for it.

7. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

7.1 - The title of SRHF1 Champion Driver is awarded to the driver who has scored the highest number of Drivers Championship points, taking into consideration all the results obtained during the events which have actually taken place.

7.2 - The title of SRHF1 Champion Team is awarded to the team that has scored the highest number of Teams Championship points, taking into consideration all the results obtained during the events which have actually taken place.

7.3 - A team is defined as a matching pair of cars under the same brand name.

7.4 - Points for both titles will be awarded to the top 10 finishers at each Event according to the following scale:

7.5 - In addition to the above, one point will be awarded to the driver who achieved the fastest lap of the race and to the team whose car he was driving, provided the lap time was achieved without incurring a penalty and he was in the top ten positions of the final race classification. No point will be awarded if the fastest lap is achieved by a driver who was classified outside the top ten positions.

7.6 - If two or more teams or drivers finish the season with the same number of points, the highest place in the Championship (in either case) shall be awarded to:

1. The holder of the greatest number of first places.
2. If the number of first places is the same, the holder of the greatest number of second places.
3. If the number of second places is the same, the holder of the greatest number of third places and so on until a winner emerges.
4. If this procedure fails to produce a result, the SRH Management will nominate the winner according to the placement on the ranking.

8. COMPETITORS APPLICATION & TEAM AND TEAMMATE SELECTION

8.1 - Applications to compete in the Championship may be submitted on the SimRacingHub's Forum during the open enrollment period on the topic "SRHF1 League Entry List".

8.2 - Applications shall include:

1. Confirmation that the applicant has read and understood the Regulations and agrees, on his own behalf, to observe them.
2. The full name of the applicant.
3. The geolocation or at least the time zone of the applicant.

8.3 - All applications will be studied by the SRH Management and accepted or rejected at its absolute discretion.

8.4 - Ten (10) teams of two (2) cars each totaling twenty (20) seats will be entered in the Championship.

8.5 - The Team and Teammate selection process is as follows:

• Starting from the immediate publication of the Winter Series Championship final standings, a topic on the forum will be opened indicating the selection order.
• The selection order is based on the Drivers Champion and the top 14 drivers from the previous season's ranking. Top 14 drivers are here now referred to as "Seeded" Driver(s).
• The top 6 drivers from the Winter Series Championship final standings complete the remaining 6 available seats.
• Should a Seeded Driver not enroll as a full-time driver for the season, the 7th-best driver from the Winter Series Championship Standings will be added to the selection order, and so on and so forth.
• Drivers are responsible for monitoring the forum topic and being ready to announce their selections.
• Drivers must pre-arrange their teammate selection prior to announcing it on the forum topic.
• Drivers must announce their teams and teammates in the forum as indicated by the selection order.
• Selection will be considered final once all twenty (20) seats have been filled and assigned to a team.

9. OFFICIALS

9.1 - A Race Director will be appointed for the following tasks during an event to ensure compliance with the Regulations:

1. The control of practice, qualifying, and the race, adherence to the timetable, and, if deemed necessary, the making of any proposal to the drivers to modify the timetable in accordance with the Regulations.
2. The stopping of any car in accordance with the Regulations.
3. The stopping of Practice or suspension of the Race in accordance with the Regulations if deemed unsafe to continue and ensuring that the correct restart procedure is carried out.
4. The issuance of instructions to competitors by means of private and/or public voice messages on SimRacingHub's official Discord server or through rFactor 2's in-game chat.

Following the immediate conclusion of the event, the Race Director will also publish on the event's forum thread:

5.  Download links to the recorded replays from qualifying and the race as well as the server logs.
6. The unofficial results.

9.2 - Five (5) Stewards will be appointed the following tasks after an event to ensure compliance with the Regulations:

1. The private reviewing of all driver-reported incidents during qualifying and the race.
2. The private issuance of a report to SRH Management in accordance with Article 11.

9.3 - Stewards may be drivers in the Championship. Any steward that is involved in a driver-reported incident must recuse himself from the tasks listed in Article 9.2.

9.4 - All official classifications and results of practice, qualifying, and the race, as well as all decisions issued by the Race Director and Stewards, will be posted on the event's official page and forum thread.

9.5 - Stewards' severity rating will be made public in anonymity. 

10. PROTESTS AND APPEALS

10.1 - Protests must be lodged privately to the Race Director using Discord before noon (12:00) of the day after the race. Protests submitted after the allowed timeframe or in public will be automatically dismissed. 

10.2 - Protests must adhere to the following format:

• Session
• Name of the accused driver as indicated in the unofficial results
• Start time of the incident as indicated by the official replay time or position
• End time as indicated by the official replay time or position
• Brief description of the complaint
• Article presumed to be in breach

10.3 - SRH Management will then label each admitted incident with a case number.

10.4 - Only cockpit view replays of drivers involved in incidents will be provided to the stewards.

10.5 - Accused drivers will have until midnight (00:00) of the day after the race to privately present arguments to the Race Director on Discord.

10.6 - Reports and/or arguments will be dismissed by the SRH Management under the following conditions:

• Nonadherence to the format shown in Article 10.2
• Public posts, including videos
• Presence of offensive language toward another driver

10.7 - All decisions made by the stewards published by the SRH Management are final and not subject to appeal.

11. SANCTIONS

11.1 - The Race Director or rFactor 2 itself may inflict the penalties specifically set out in these Regulations.

11.2 - Stewards' reports must be sent to the Race Director via Discord indicating the following:

• Case number
• Incident analysis
• Indicate the severity level from 0 to 6

11.3 - After the stewards' reports are admitted, penalties are handed based on the average severity (rounded up) using the table below:

11.4 - To prevent next-race penalties from not having any effect following the last race of the season, the stewards reserve the right to apply an immediate penalty as they see fit.

11.5 - Time penalties will apply when the offending driver managed to see the chequered flag at the given race.

12. GENERAL SAFETY

12.1 - Save where these Regulations require otherwise, pit lane and track discipline and safety measures will be the same for all practice sessions, qualifying, and the race.

12.2 - If a car stops on the track, it shall be the duty of the driver to remove it as quickly as possible so that its presence does not constitute a danger or hinder other competitors. Under no circumstances may a driver stop his car on the track without justifiable reason.

12.3 - A speed limit of 80km/h will be imposed in the pit lane during the whole event.

In accordance with Article 11.1 rFactor 2 may impose either of the penalties under Article 24.3 a., b., or c. if a driver has exceeded the imposed pit lane speed limit.

12.4 - Drivers with serious mechanical or technical difficulties must leave the track as soon as it is safe to do so.

12.5 - It is permitted to rejoin a race after a connection loss up to two (2) times. Should a driver lose connection during a race, his car will be automatically placed by rFactor 2 in the garage in the same condition it was right before the disconnection.

12.6 - The use of the CrewChief plug-in is encouraged to increase track awareness. It is the driver's responsibility to be aware at all times of any flags being waved. Failure to properly adhere to the standard protocols for the given waved flags may result in a penalty.

13. RFACTOR 2 SERVER SETTINGS

13.1 - Tire wear rate is set to normal (1x).

13.2 - Fuel usage is set to normal (1x).

13.3 - Damage multiplier is set to 80%.

13.4 - Mechanical failures set to normal.

13.5 - Only Clutch Assistance (F11) is allowed.

13.6 - Ignored blue flags penalty trigger while following within 0.5 seconds.

13.7 - RealRoad configured to "Auto-save". No external grip files are allowed to run on the server. Rubber will stop accumulating after the conclusion of the Official Practice. At this point, a grip file will be saved and shall be the starting point at the beginning of any subsequent practice session on the server and ultimately the Race.

13.8 - There will be a few events in which wet weather might be present during Qualifying, Race or both. Real weather forecasts for the day of an event will be applied to the server Practice, Qualifying, and Race sessions. Rain probability will be based on the real location probability minus 25%. For instance, if the rain chance for Bahrain is 30% at the time of the race, 5% will be used as the rain probability for the Race session. Screenshots of the exact weather settings for the server will be posted for each event.

13.9 - The server will be password protected before the start of Qualifying. The password is sent to the drivers in the confirmation email after registering for the event.

14. SUPPLY OF TIRES IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND TIRE LIMITATION DURING THE EVENT

14.1 - There will be five (5) specifications of dry-weather tire compounds throughout the Championship, they are: Hard (C1), Medium (C2), Soft (C3) Supersoft (C4), and Ultrasoft (C5).

14.2 - There will be two (2) specifications of wet-weather tire compounds throughout the Championship, they are: Wet (blue band), and Intermediates (green band).

14.3 - Each event will have a combination of three (3) of the five (5) dry compounds mentioned in Article 14.1. These combinations are:

• Hard (C1) (White band) - Medium (C2) (Yellow band) - Soft (C3) (Red band)
• Medium (C2) (White band) - Soft (C3) (Yellow band) - Supersoft (C4) (Red band)
• Soft (C3) (White band) - Supersoft (C4) (Yellow band) - Ultrasoft (C5) (Red band)
• Medium (C2) (White band) - Soft (C3) (Yellow band) - Ultrasoft (C5) (Red band)

14.4 - Drivers that finish the qualifying session (Q) in the top 10 must start the race on the same tire compound they used to record their fastest timed lap during the qualifying session (Q).

14.5 - Drivers must use at least two tire compounds during the race.

14.6 - Tires will only be deemed to have been used once the car has left the pit lane.

14.7 - Drivers that breach Articles 14.4 or 14.5 will be automatically excluded from the results of the race.

14.8 - Should the start of the race require the use of a wet-weather tire compound, Article 14.4 will not be enforced. However, Article 14.4 will still be enforced on drivers that decide to start the race on a dry-weather compound.

14.9 - Should there be wet weather requiring the use of a wet-weather tire compound at any point during the race, Article 14.5 will not be enforced.

14.10 - Drivers that finish in the top 10 of the qualifying session (Q) setting their fastest timed lap using wet-weather tires will not be subject to Article 14.4.

14.11 - The race is considered to have started once the lights signal the start as indicated in Article 22.7. Any tire change performed during the formation lap or while the count-down timer has not elapsed, will not be considered towards Article 14.5.

15. DRIVING

15.1 - Drivers are strictly forbidden to drive their car in the opposite direction to the race unless this is absolutely necessary in order to move the car from a dangerous position.

15.2 - Drivers must make every reasonable effort to use the track at all times and may not deliberately leave the track without a justifiable reason.

Drivers will be judged to have left the track if no part of the car remains in contact with it and, for the avoidance of doubt, any white or yellow lines defining the track edges are considered to be part of the track but the curbs are not. Exceptions to track limits may be made on a track-by-track basis and announced by the SRH Management on the Forum.

Should a car leave the track the driver may rejoin, however, this may only be done when it is safe to do so and without gaining any lasting advantage.

15.3 - At no time may a car be driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically, or in a manner that could be deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers. This will apply whether any such car is being driven on the track, the pit entry, or the pit lane.

15.4 - More than one change of direction to defend a position is not permitted. Any driver moving back towards the racing line, having earlier defended his position off-line, should leave at least one car width between his own car and the edge of the track on the approach to the corner.

15.5 - Any driver defending his position on a straight, and before any braking area, may use the full width of the track during his first move, provided no significant portion of the car attempting to pass is alongside his. Whilst defending in this way the driver may not leave the track without justifiable reason.

For the avoidance of doubt, if any part of the front wing of the car attempting to pass is alongside the rear wheel of the car in front this will be deemed to be a 'significant portion'.

15.6 - Maneuvers liable to hinder other drivers, such as deliberate crowding of a car beyond the edge of the track or any other abnormal change of direction, are not permitted.

15.7 - As soon as a car is caught by another car that is about to lap it during the race the driver must allow the faster driver past at the first available opportunity. If the driver who has been caught does not allow the faster driver past, waved blue flags will be shown to indicate that he must allow the following driver to overtake.

15.8 - Drivers are strictly forbidden to use the Escape (ESC) key outside the speed-limited pit area throughout the entirety of Qualifying (Q). Drivers who are forced to press the ESC key outside the speed-limited pit area are not allowed back out on track for the remainder of the qualifying session (Q).

15.9 - Drivers that suffer an accident that results in the loss of the rear wing, a wheel, or the engine, will have to abandon the currently running session (Q or race) within 15 seconds of the accident.

15.10 - An automatic log will be generated at the end of Qualifying. At the end of Qualifying, the Race Director will validate the log by asking those drivers found breaching article 15.8. Drivers who admit to breaching article 15.8 or do not respond to the Race Director will be moved to the back of the grid. Those that are found after the race is over will be disqualified from the entire event.

15.11 - Drivers who are reported by others, publicly or privately, of breaching article 15.9 will be automatically excluded from both Official Qualifying and Race results if the breach occurred during Qualifying. If the breach occurred during the Race then the driver will only be excluded from the Official Race results.

15.12 - During Qualifying, drivers must, when incoming cars approach, exercise caution and drive away from the racing line within the track limits during pit-out and pit-in laps.

15.13 - Drivers must, at all times, drive back to the pit lane without the assistance of others after the chequered flag has been waved at them indicating the end of Qualifying or Race. Drivers that breach this article will be penalized as follows:

1. A warning for the first offense plus 1 license point
2. A 2-grid spot penalty on the next race for the second offense plus 1 license point
3. A 10-grid spot penalty on the next race for the third offense plus 2 license points
4. A start-from-pits on the next race for the 4th and later offenses plus 3 license points

15.14 - Drivers who are involved in an incident during cool-down laps will be investigated in accordance with article 24.

16. PIT ENTRY, PIT LANE AND PIT EXIT

16.1 - The pit lane will be divided into two lanes, the lane closest to the pit wall will be designated the "fast lane", and the lane closest to the garages will be designated the "inner lane". At no moment, a driver may circulate in the inner lane at fast lane speeds and vice-versa.

16.2 - When coming in or out of the pit lane, the pit entry and exit lines must not be crossed. For the avoidance of doubt, if two wheels have entirely crossed the lines, the driver is deemed to have crossed the line and a 5-second time penalty will be added to his final race time. The stewards will only investigate alleged breaches to this article only when reported by a driver following article 10.2.

16.3 - Drivers are strictly forbidden to skip the queue (via the "inner lane" described in article 16.1) that forms during Qualifying while the pit exit is closed.

17. EVENT TIMETABLE

17.1 - Unless unexpected technical difficulties that might cause a delay, a Championship Event week timetable is as follows:

• Tuesday
  • At 19:45: Server reboot
  • From 21:15 to 22:45 22:30: Official Practice
  • From 22:50 22:35 to 23:15 23:00: Mini races
• Thursday
  • At 19:45: Server reboot
  • From 21:15 to 21:25: Qualifying
  • From 21:30 to 21:32: Pre-race warm-up
  • At 21:35: Race

18. OFFICIAL PRACTICE

18.1 - Official Practice sessions take place the week of an event on Tuesday from 21:15 to 22:45 22:30.

18.2 - The track is open continuously with 90 75-minute practice sessions throughout the week of an event except only during the time period of Official Practice, Qualifying, and the Race.

19. QUALIFYING

19.1 - The qualifying session takes place on the day of the race from 21:15 to 21:25 (10 minutes).

19.2 - Parc fermé conditions are in effect starting with the first timed lap.

19.3 - Eligible reserve drivers that fail to join the server during qualifying will be moved to the back of the grid in the order in which they arrive during the warm-up session.

20. PARC FERME

20.1 - Each car will be deemed to be in parc fermé from the time at which it sets a lap time during qualifying until the start of the race.

20.2 - Under parc fermé, only the following car setup parameters may be adjusted:

• Starting fuel load
• Tire compound
• Front wing angle
• Engine RPM limit
• Steering lock
• Brake BIAS
• Brake pressure
• Engine brake map
• Engine torque map
• MGU-H boost

21. THE GRID

21.1 - The grid will be drawn up starting with the fastest driver during Qualifying and moving down in order.

21.2 - Once the grid has been established, grid position penalties will be applied to the drivers in question.

22. STARTING PROCEDURE

22.1 - Prior to the race start, there will be a 2-minute warm-up period where drivers are allowed to go on the track and perform system checks. There will be an additional two-minute wait at the end of the warm-up for drivers who disconnected during this session. During the extended wait time, the track will be closed and no drivers will be allowed to go out of their respective garages.

22.2 - When the final warm-up period expires, the Race Director will move the server to the race session. A 45-second timer will begin the countdown for the cars to line up on the grid. Drivers that remain in the server and are unable to line up on the grid before the timer expires will start the race from the pit lane. If a driver is disconnected from the server before it loads the starting lights sequence, the server will be moved back to the warm-up session and wait for a maximum of 2 minutes for the driver to rejoin at the back of the grid.

22.3 - After the 45-second timer elapses, the game will signal the start of the formation lap with the pole position driver leading.

When leaving the grid all drivers must respect the pit lane speed limit until they pass pole position.

22.4 - During the formation lap, practice starts are forbidden and the formation must be kept as tight as possible.

22.5 - Overtaking during the formation lap is only permitted if a car is delayed and cars behind cannot avoid passing it without unduly delaying the remainder of the field. In this case, drivers may only overtake to re-establish the original starting order. Any driver delayed in this way, and who is unable to re-establish the original starting order before he reaches the pit entry line, must start from the pit lane.

22.6 - Drivers that suffer unrepairable damages during the formation lap must start the race from the pit lane if they wish to continue.

22.7 - When the cars come back to the grid at the end of the formation lap, they will stop within their respective grid positions.

There will be a standing start, the signal being given by means of lights activated by rFactor 2 itself once all the cars have come to a halt and are lined up properly.

22.8 - If, after returning to the starting grid at the end of the formation lap a problem arises, the following procedures shall apply:

1. If the track lights are malfunctioning 30 seconds after all cars have stopped in their respective grid positions, a race restart will be issued. In such case, the Race Director will announce skipping the formation lap and the race length will remain the same.
2. If the track lights malfunction for the second time, the server will be restarted and the formation lap will be disabled. In such case, the race length will be reduced by two laps.
3. Should there be a synchronization problem with the server, the race will be restarted.

22.9 - Once the race has started signaled by the track lights, no restarts may be issued under any circumstances unless there's a server malfunction within the first five laps of the race.

23. THE RACE

23.1 - During the race, drivers leaving the pit lane may only do so when the light at the end of the pit lane is green and on their own responsibility. A flashing blue light will warn the driver if cars are approaching on the track. It is absolutely prohibited to leave the pit lane under a red light. Leaving the pit lane under a red light will result in an automatic disqualification by rFactor 2 itself.

23.2 - In the event of a server failure before the race leader has covered half the race distance in laps, the server will be rebooted. Drivers that had not retired prior to the server failure will be given 10 minutes to rejoin the server. The Race Director will then adjust the starting grid based on the positions each driver was on the lap in which the server failed. The race distance will be adjusted to the remaining laps prior to the failure. The session will then proceed with the starting procedure as stated in Article 22 of these Regulations.

23.3 - In the event of a server failure after the race leader has covered half the race distance in laps, the race will be considered over and full points will be given.

24. INCIDENTS DURING THE RACE

24.1 - "Incident" means any occurrence or series of occurrences involving one or more drivers, or any action by any driver, which:

1. Constituted a breach of these Regulations.
2. Caused a false start by one or more cars.
3. Caused a collision.
4. Forced a driver off the track.
5. Illegitimately prevented a legitimate overtaking maneuver by a driver.
6. Illegitimately impeded another driver during overtaking.
7. Use of the chat during qualifying and/or race without prior authorization from the Race Director.

24.2 - It shall be at the discretion of the SRH Management to decide if a driver involved in an incident shall be penalized.

24.3 - rFactor 2 or the SRH Management using the input from the Stewards may impose any one of the penalties below on any driver involved in an incident:

1. A drive-through penalty. The driver must enter the pit lane and rejoin the race without stopping.
2. A ten-second stop-and-go penalty. The driver must enter the pit lane, stop in his pit stop position for at least ten seconds and then rejoin the race.
3. A reprimand.
4. A drop of any number of grid positions at the driver's next event.
5. Exclusion from the results.
6. Suspension from the driver's next event.
7. Suspension from the Championship.

If any of the seven (7) penalties above are imposed they shall not be subject to appeal

24.4 - For purposes concerning the Participation and Performance Ranking, every penalty point applied to a driver's license will be multiplied by 5 and count negatively towards the driver's total Ranking points.

25. CLASSIFICATION

25.1 - The car placed first will be the one having covered the scheduled distance in the shortest time. All cars will be classified taking into account the number of complete laps they have covered, and for those which have completed the same number of laps, the order in which they crossed the Line.

25.2 - Cars having covered less than 75% of the number of laps covered by the winner (rounded down to the nearest whole number of laps), will not be classified and no championship points will be awarded. Performance and Participation Ranking points are not covered in this article.

25.3 - The official classification will be published no later than 72 hours after the conclusion of the race. It will be the only valid result subject to any amendments which may be made under these Regulations.

25.4 - Both Drivers Championship standings and Teams Championship standings will be published no later than 72 hours after the conclusion of the race. It will be the only valid standings subject to any amendments which may be made under these Regulations.

26. PRIZES

26.1 - At the end of the season, the top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship Standings will have the opportunity to pick a prize from a list provided by the SRH Management. The first to select will be the Drivers Champion, followed by the runner-up, and so on and so forth.

26.2 - Prizes will only be revealed once the season has finished.