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Regulations
Baja «Russia – Northern Forest» 1st Round of FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies February 19th – 22nd, 2016 Supplementary Regulations English FIA VISA 1CCR/220116 RAF VISA 4/5/190116 Contents PAST WINNERS .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 PROGRAMME.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 1. DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 2. ORGANISATION .............................................................................................................................................................................. 8 3. ENTRIES .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 4. INSURANCE..................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 5. ACCIDENT REPORTING…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13 6. ADVERTISING ............................................................................................................................................................................... 12 7. IDENTIFICATION ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13 8. TIRES .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 9. FUEL............................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 10. ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS.......................................................................................................................................................... 14 11. SCRUTINEERING.......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 12. SUPER SPECIAL STAGE (SSS) .................................................................................................................................................... 16 13. START OF THE EVENT ................................................................................................................................................................. 17 14. RUNNING OF THE RALLY ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 15. SERVICE PARKS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19 16. PROTESTS AND APPEALS .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 17. SUMMARY OF PENALTIES........................................................................................................................................................... 20 18. FINAL TECHNICAL CHECKS ........................................................................................................................................................ 21 19. RESULTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 20. PRIZES ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 1. APPENDIX 1 OFFICIALS PHOTOGRAPHS................................................................................................................................... 22 2. APPENDIX 2 ITINERARY …........................................................................................................................................................... 23 2 PAST WINNERS 2003 SHMAKOV Sergey / Kandzuba Evgeniy BOGDANOV Artem / Tsarev Denis OLEYNIKOV Alexander/ Reuk Andrey PAVLOV Dmitriy / Masutin Vladimir «KRASMOTORSPORT» Bowler Wildcat 200 Toyota Land Cruiser Mitsubishi Pajero VAZ 21214 MISIKOV Ruslan / Shatinskiy Sergey GADASIN Boris / Kozlov Igor PAVLOV Dmitriy / Pavlov Dmitriy «NART TIME» Bowler Wildcat Mitsubishi Pajero VAZ 21230 BERKUT Alexey / Nikolaev Anton TELELEIKO Grigoriy / Ryzhenkov Andrey BOROVIKOV Yury / Maslov Boris «DINAMO MOTORSPORT» Mitsubishi L 200 Mitsubishi Pajero Evo VAZ -2123 BERKUT Alexey / Nikolaev Anton SEMENOV Vladimir / Bakustin Igor BOROVIKOV Yury / Maslov Boris «ROSAGROLEASING – AMK FSO» Mitsubishi Pajero Nissan Patrol GR VAZ 21230 GADASIN Boris / Mironenko Alexander ZHELUDOV Alexander / Rusov Andrey BOROVIKOV Yury / Semenov Anatoliy «NART TIME – GAZENERGOSET» Nissan Pick Up Mitsubishi Pajero VAZ 21230 NOVITSKIY Leonid / Tyupenkin Oleg ZHILTSOV Konstantin / Mescheriakov Konstantin DZHEPAEV Benjamin / Zamaletdinov Ramil «NART TIME – GAZENERGOSET» Mitsubishi L 200 Mitsubishi Pajero UAZ Hunter 2009 GADASIN Boris / Demyanenko Vladimir VARENTSOV Artem / Elagin Roman OLEYNIKOV Alexander / Kuzmitch Alexey BOROVIKOV Yury / Rogoshin Vladimir «GEORAID-RSG» G-FORCE Proto Toyota LC 100 Nissan Patrol VAZ 21230 OVERALL PRODUCTION FIA PRODUCTION RAF NATIONAL RAF TEAM 2010 GADASIN Boris / Demyanenko Vladimir ZHELUDOV Alexander / Rudnitskiy Andrey VOLIKOV Viktor / Volikov Anatoliy BOROVIKOV Yury / Rogozgin Vladimir «G-FORCE MOTORSPORT» G-FORCE Proto Mitsubishi L 200 Toyota Land Cruiser VAZ 21230 OVERALL FIA OVERALL RAF PRODUCTION FIA NATIONAL RAF TEAM 2013 VASILYEV Vladimir / Yevtyekhov Vitaliy NOVIKOV Andrey / Novikov Vladimir VAVRENUK Bogdan / Marzalyuk Vladimir «G-FORCE MOTORSPORT» G-FORCE Proto Toyota Land Cruiser УАЗ-23602 OVERALL FIA, RAF ALRAJHI Yazeed/Gottschalk Timo Toyota Hilux Overdrive OVERALL FIA VASILYEV Vladimir / Zhiltsov Konstantin MINI OVERALL RAF RUDSKOY Andrey / Zagorodnyuk Yevgeny Toyota Land Cruiser 200 PRODUCTION FIA, RAF 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2014 SUPER PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DIESEL PRODUCTION NATIONAL TEAM SUPER PRODUCTION PRODUCTION NATIONAL TEAM SUPER PRODUCTION PRODUCTION NATIONAL TEAM SUPER PRODUCTION PRODUCTION NATIONAL TEAM SUPER PRODUCTION PRODUCTION NATIONAL TEAM SUPER PRODUCTION PRODUCTION NATIONAL TEAM PRODUCTION FIA, RAF NATIONAL RAF TEAM TEAM «NART TIME» 3 2015 SUOMINEN Tapio/Nasman Toni Toyota Hilux Overdrive OVERALL FIA AMPUJA Jouni Matti/Hurskainen Markku Antero OVERALL RAF BEREZOVSKIY Denis/Nikizhev Alexey Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution Toyota Land Cruiser 200 PRODUCTION FIA KOLEMBET Alexander/Skripka Sergey Mitsubishi L 200 PRODUCTION RAF TEAM RE AUTOCLUB INTRODUCTION The Baja “Russia – Northern Forest” is held by Russian Automobile Federation (RAF), “Northern Forest” LLC, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region Automobile Federation and Karelian regional public organization “Automobile Sport Federation” 19-22 February 2016. The competition is run in compliance with the following documents: The FIA International Sporting Code with appendices; The FIA Cross-Country Rally General Prescriptions(General Prescriptions) and the regulations of the 2016 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies These Supplementary Regulations. The competition is included into the FIA International sporting calendar. The rally is combined with a National Championship with separate regulations. Unless specifically covered within these Supplementary Regulations, the text of the FIA Cross-Country Rallies General Prescriptions and the FIA World Cup Regulations applies and should be referred to. The statements, different from the FIA General prescriptions, will be printed in bold italics. In case of differences in the interpretation of these Regulations, the English text should be considered as a binding. The official time is as GPS (Moscow time = GMT + 3). Modifications and/or amendments to these Supplementary Regulations will be announced only by numbered and dated bulletins, issued by the Organizer and approved by the FIA – up to the time of the first stewards meeting, and thereafter by the stewards. Additional information will be published in the Rally Guide. PROGRAMME Date Time Event Place Monday December 14th 2015 10:00 Entries Opening Russia, 192241, Saint Petersburg, Sofiyskaya str., 60, liter «P» tel./fax: +7 812 702 43 20 e-mail: [email protected] 10:00 Headquarters Opening Russia, 192241, Saint Petersburg, Sofiyskaya str., 60, liter «P» tel./fax: +7 812 702 43 20 e-mail: [email protected] 10:00 Media Centre Opening and Media Accreditation Start Russia, 192241, Saint Petersburg, Sofiyskaya str., 60, liter «P» tel./fax: +7 812 702 43 20 e-mail: [email protected] 18:00 Closing date for entries 18:00 Closing date for providing information about the second driver Thursday February 11th 2016 4 18:00 Monday February 15th 2016 Friday February 19th 2016 17:00 Headquarters Closure Russia, 192241, Saint Petersburg, Sofiyskaya str., 60, liter «P» tel./fax: +7 812 702 43 20 e-mail: [email protected] Entry List Publication www.bajarussia.com Headquarters Opening Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 Preliminary administrative and technical checks Saturday February 20th 2016 Before Before 8:00 Headquarters Opening Sortavala town 8:00-12:00 Safety and controls equipment delivery and installation (GPS/GSM tracker and Sentinel) Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 9:00-13:00 Administrative Checks Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 9:30-14:00 Scrutineering Sortavala town, Promyshlennaya str., 48. “Forsage” vehicle service station, 9:00 Media Centre Opening Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 15:00 First Stewards meeting Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 16:00 Publication of starting list for Leg 1 Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22, official notice board 16:45 Arrivals to the pre-start area Sortavala town, Lenina street. 16:30 Press-conference Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 17:00 Mandatory drivers briefing Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 18:00 Ceremonial start “Podium”, Sortavala town, 2nd Pristanskaya str., 2a 22:00 Arrival to Parc Ferme Vyartsilya village, Main Square 20:00 Media Centre Closure Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 5 Sunday February 21st 2016 Monday February 22nd 2016 18:00 Headquarters Closure 19:00 Headquarters Open Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 “Vyartsilya”, Vyartsilya village 22:00 Headquarters Closure administration, Zavodskaya str., 7 7:30 Headquarters Opening “Vyartsilya”, Vyartsilya village administration, Zavodskaya str., 7 9:00 Leg 1 Start / Parc Ferme out (1st crew) Vyartsilya village, Main Square 9:15 SSS (SS1) Start (1st crew) Vyartsilya village 9:40 SSS (SS1) Finish (1st crew approx..) TC “Yanisyarvi” 10:00 SS 1 Finish/ Regrouping in (1st crew approx..) TC “Vyartsilya” HQ, Regrouping Park, Zavodskaya str., 7 11:30 TOP-10 starting positions selection by SSS (SS1) results 12:00 SSS (SS1) results publication “Vyartsilya” HQ, Vyartsilya village administration, Zavodskaya str., 7 ONB 12:30 SS2 Start/Regrouping out (1st crew) TC “Vyartsilya”, Main Square 14:40 SS2 Finish (1st crew approx..) TC “Yanisyarvi” 15:00 Leg 1 Finish / Service in (1st crew approx..) “Vyartsilya”, Main Square MAX. 2:30 Limited service, arrivals to the Parc Ferme “Vyartsilya”, Main Square 19:00 Leg 2 starting list publication “Vyartsilya”, Vyartsilya village administration, Zavodskaya str., 7 ONB 21:00 Headquarters Closure “Vyartsilya”, Vyartsilya village administration, Zavodskaya str., 7 9:00 Headquarters Opening “Vyartsilya”, Vyartsilya village administration, Zavodskaya str., 7 10:00 Leg 2 Start / Parc Ferme out “Vyartsilya”, Main Square 10:25 SS3 Start TC “Yanisyarvi” 12:40 SS3 Finish (1st crew approx..) TC “Vyartsilya 1” 13:20 Podium ceremony (1st crew approx..) “Vyartsilya” Podium, Zavodskaya str., 7 6 From 14:00 Leg 2 Finish / Parc Ferme in Vyartsilya village, Main Square 15:00 Final scrutineering Vyartsilya, Car Fleet, Zavodskaya str., 5 17:00 Provisional Final Classification Publication “Vyartsilya” HQ, Vyartsilya village administration, Zavodskaya str., 7 ONB 17:30 Final Classification Publication “Vyartsilya” HQ, Vyartsilya village administration, Zavodskaya str., 7 ONB 18:00 Press conference “Vyartsilya” HQ, Vyartsilya village administration, Zavodskaya str., 7, event hall 19:00 Prize giving “Gardarika” resort, Vyarsilya village, road Sustaymo, 7km 20:00 Festivities “Gardarika” resort, restaurant Vyarsilya village, road Sustaymo, 7km , 1. DESCRIPTION 1.1 Places and Dates of the event The Baja “Russia - Northern Forest” is held on 19-22 February 2016 in the Russian Federation, in Sortavala and Suoyarvi districts of Karelia Republic (close to the Finnish border). Friday, 19.02.16 The competition starts in Sortavala town with Administrative Checks and Scrutineering. All participants will be accommodated in the nearby hotels and tourist centers. Saturday, 20.02.16 Safety and controls equipment delivery (GPS/GSM tracker and Sentinel), Administrative and Technical Checks. The Ceremonial Start takes place on Sortavala town embankment, near the children’s leisure center “Serdobol”. Cars are due in the pre start holding area before 16:45. Mandatory drivers briefing is held at 17:00. After the Ceremonial Start the crews will have until 22.00hrs. to park their cars in the overnight Parc Ferme, preliminarily changed and marked the wheels in the Service Park zone, located near the “Vyartsilya” Parc Ferme. Sunday, 21.02.16 Leg 1 begins with Parc Ferme exit and SSS (SS1) start. Leg 1 includes SSS (SS1) (about 19 kms long) and SS2 (about 180kms long) After SS1 finish there is a liaison to Vyartsilya regrouping zone about 10 km long. Participants start SS2 by SSS (SS1)results, TOP-10 starting positions will be chosen as per article 14.1.2.below. The approximate length of the liaison from SS2 finish to “Vyartsilya Service entrance” leg finish is 10 km. After the Leg 2 finish there is a limited service at the Vyartsilya village Main Square. After that vehicles will be placed to the overnight Parc Ferme. Monday, 22.02.16 Leg 2 begins with the Parc Ferme exit and the liaison to SS3 start is about 10 km. SS3 length is about 180 km. After SS3 finish there is a liaison about 3 km long to the Podium zone in Vyartsilya village, where the Podium ceremony is organized. The first crew will stay in the Podium zone for approximately 30 minutes. This period of time can be changed for the different crews. Podium zone is under the rules of PF, exсept accreditied press, photographers and journalists are allowed to work in the Podium zone. The crews will arrive on the podium under the instructions of the Podium chief. Following the Podium the crew will go directly to Parc Ferme which is a distance of 0.5 km. The prize giving ceremony and the festivities start from 19:00. 7 1.2. The Baja «Russia - Northern Forest» holds the status of: The 1st Round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies 2016. Other competition statuses: The 1st Round of the Russian Cross-Country Rally Championship 2016 1.3. The Rally Headquarters location: 19.02 – 22.02.16 in accordance with the competition programme. 1.4. The Rally start and finish location: The Rally start – Sortavala town, embankment, 2nd Pristanskaya str., 2a The Rally finish – Vyartsilya, “Gardarika” resort. 1.5. The Media Centre location: 19-22.02.16 – in accordance with the competition programme. 1.6 The Official Notice Board location (ONB): 19.02.16 Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 20.02.16 Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 21-22.02.16 Vyartsilya, Town hall 1.7 Average altitude The average altitude of the special stages total distance is 135 meters. 2. ORGANISATION 2.1. The competition Organizer: Russian Automobil Federation, “Northern Forest” LLC, Karelian regional public organization “Automobile Sport Federation” and “Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region Automobile Federation”. 2.2. The Organizer’s address and contact details: 192241, Sofiyskaya str., 60, liter «P», Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. Tel./fax: +7 812 7024320 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.northern-forest.ru and www.bajarussia.com. 2.3. Organizing Committee: The Organizing Committee Head: Valentina ULICH …………………………………………. Chairman, Karelia Republic Deputy Head The Organizing Committee members: Valentina ULICH …………………………………………. Chairman, Karelia Republic Deputy Head Alexander VORONOV……………………………………… Deputy chairman, Karelia Republic Sports Minister Robert SANAKOEV....................................................... RAF Representative Vladimir KISELEV …………………….............................. Karelia Republic “Automobile Sport Federation” Representative Sergey LEBEDEV………………………………………... “Northern Forest” LLC Chief Executive Victor SOKOLOV……..................................................... The Competition safety Director Maria OPARINA…………………………………………… Contact person responsible for coordination with the participants Tatiana LUTSKO ............................................................ Logistics Director Lina Arnautova …………................................................... PR Director Alexey IVANOV……………………………………………… IT Director 2.4. Stewards of the Meeting: Stewards Chairman ……..................................................Ziad JAMOUS (LBN) FIA Steward ......................................................... Joaquim CAPELO (PRT) 8 ASN Steward .................................................................. Sergey USHAKOV (Russian Federation) Stewards Secretary ..........................................................Kirill YATCKEVITCH (Russian Federation) 2.5. Observers and Delegates: FIA observer .............................................................Jordi PARRO VIDAL (FIA) RAF (ASN) observer ............................................... TBA FIA Technical Delegate ........................................... Lionel CARRE (FIA) RAF Chief Scrutineer ............................................... Mikhail BONCH-OSMOLOVSKIY (Russian Federation) 2.6. Officials: Clerk of the Course...............................................................Ronan MORGAN (Ireland) Deputy Clerk of the Course ..................................................TBA Deputy Safety Officer……………….………..…………………Victor SOKOLOV (Russian Federation) Chief secretary.......................................................................Marina SERGEEVA (Russian Federation) Scrutineer ..............................................................................Alexey ZHUKOV (Russian Federation) Scrutineer ..............................................................................Sergey KUDELKIN (Russian Federation) Deputy Safety Officer assistance……….................................Sergey TALANTSEV (Russian Federation) Chief timekeeper ....................................................................Alexandr DYSHKANT (Russian Federation) Chief Marshal .........................................................................Galina PARFYONOVA (Russian Federation) Chief Medical Officer ..............................................................Natalia GRIGORYEVA (Russian Federation) Competitors Relations Officer................................................. Maria SOLONINA (Russian Federation) Competitors Relations Officer assistant…………………………….Maria Oparina (Russian Federation) Press-Officer..........................................................................Lina Arnautova (Russian Federation) International Press-Officer ......................................................TBA Logistics Director ....................................................................Tatiana LUTSKO (Russian Federation) PR Director ............................................................................. Lina Arnautova (Russian Federation) Service Parc Officer…………………………………………… TBA 2.7. Identification of the Officials, post chiefs and marshals. All the officials are identified by the registered badges. Post chiefs will wear red vests. Road marshals will wear yellow vests. 3. ENTRIES 3.1. Opening and closing dates for entries (Moscow time): Entries open ......................................................................... December 14th 2015 Entries close. ........................................................................ February 11th 2016 3.2. Entry Procedure: Anybody wishing to compete in the event must send the entry form (www.bajarussia.com), duly completed, including confirmation of the entry fee payment, to the Organizer by e-mail: [email protected] Every Participant must have a valid FIA Competition license for 2016. 9 Every Driver must have a valid FIA Driver license for 2016. If the 1st or the 2nd driver has a FIA license issued by ASN other than the RAF, the participant must have this ASN’s stamp on the entry, or provide the ASN’s written permission to take part in the competition. The entries, where the Participant is neither the 1st nor the 2nd driver, must be provided with a copy of the Competition license. 3.3. The maximum number of entries is 60. Eligible Vehicles: Group & Class Vehicle T1 Prototypes Cross-Country Vehicles T1.1 T1 4x4 Petrol T1.2 T1 4x4 Diesel T1.3 T1 4x2 Petrol T1.4 T1 4x2 Diesel T2 Series Production Cross-Country Vehicles T2.1 T2 Petrol T2.2 T2 Diesel T3 Improved Cross Country Vehicles – Lightweight Note: Despite extreme winter conditions of the race, all T3 crews vehicles equipment have to comply with FIA Regulations (Appendix L). 3.3.2. Vehicles entered in a class with less than 6 entrants will be competing only for the general classification and respective group classification. 3.4. Entry Fees: Entry fees for the competition participation and the equipment rent Priveleged Basic Before 18 January 2016 Urgent Before 5 February 2016 After 5 February 2016 With the organizer’s advertising (on two panels 50x52 cm) 2200 € Without the organizer's optional advertising (increase of 50%) 3300 € 3900 € 4500 € GPS-GSM tracker rent (1) 120 € 100 € 120 € 100 € 120 € 100 € GPS ERTF equipment rent 220 € 220 € Sentinel equipment rent (1) 2600 € 3.4.1. Entry fees include: (a) Insurance according to Article 4 of the Regulations; (b) The following documents: - Supplementary Regulations – 1. - Road Book – 1. - Road Book for service vehicles – 1. - Itinerary – 1. - Lists of entrants and classifications – 2. 10 3000 € 220 € (c) Plates: - Stripes 10х25 on the windscreen – 2. - Rally plate 43х21 – 2. - Race number plates in accordance with article 15.3 of the FIA Prescription – 3. - Plates with optional advertising – 2. - «Assistance» plate - 2. (d) Other: - Identification bracelets for the crew – 2. - Identification bracelets for the technical support – 5 - Arm bands for the team mechanics - 3 - Windscreen sticker for team car - 1 3.4.2. Entry Fees don’t include: а) Insurance against accidents and damages except for those described in Article 4; b) Deposits for SENTINEL, ERTF safety equipment and GPS-GSM tracker; c) The right of access to the service park for more than one service car; d) Additional documents, over those specified above. However, labels, identification badges etc. can be bought from the Organizers at the established prices; e) All other charges, which may be incurred by the competitors, members of crews and teams in connection with participation in the event. 3.4.3. Additional «Assistance» plates The competitors, who would like to have some additional service cars, will be given additional «Assistance» stickers at the administrative checks, providing they have so requested from the Organizer before the closing date for entries and have paid a fee for each additional service vehicle. Trucks – 500 euros Others – 250 euros. 3.4.4. Service park Ecological refundable deposit. For ecological reasons the Organizer can collect a fixed amount of 100 € (or equivalent in rubles) from each entrant, which will be returned after a satisfactory inspection of their area in the Service park by the Service park officer after the end of t he race. 3.5. Payment 3.5.1. All payments should be made by Swift bank transfer or online payment via the official competition web-site www.bajarussia.com up to the entries closure date. The payment confirmation should be sent by email to: [email protected] The bank details follows: Payment in EURO Payment in DOLLARS INTERMEDIARY BANK: S.W.I.F.T.: DEUTDEFFXXX DEUTSCHE BANK AG FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY INTERMEDIARY BANK: S.W.I.F.T.: IRVTUS3NXXX THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON NEW YORK, NY BANK OF BENEFICIARY: ACCOUNT: 10094987261000 SAVINGS BANK OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION MOSCOW, RUSSIA S.W.I.F.T.: SABRRMMXXX BANK OF BENEFICIARY: ACCOUNT: 8900057610 SAVINGS BANK OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION MOSCOW, RUSSIA S.W.I.F.T.: SABRRMMXXX BENEFICIARY: ACCOUNT: 30109978500000 000735 CB FINANSOVO-PROMYSHLENNYI CAPITAL MOSCOW, RUSSIA S.W.I.F.T.: FIKIRUMMXXX BENEFICIARY: ACCOUNT: 30109840900000000735 CB FINANSOVO-PROMYSHLENNYI CAPITAL MOSCOW, RUSSIA S.W.I.F.T.: FIKIRUMMXXX DETAIL OF PAYMENT: ACCOUNT: 40702978900005001643 NAME: “Northern Forest” LLC Address: 10, letter A, Serpukhovskaya st., St. Petersburg, 190013, Russia PMNT. INV #......................... DETAIL OF PAYMENT: ACCOUNT: 40702840300005001643 NAME: “Northern Forest” LLC Address: 10, letter A, Serpukhovskaya st., St. Petersburg, 190013, Russia PMNT. INV #......................... 3.5.2. Any entry that is not accompanied with the entry fee will be considered invalid. 3.5.3. The payments which will be made during the first “Privileged” period, until 18 January 2016, can be made in two payments, on conditions that the first part of 50% of the entry fee will be paid before 18 January 2016, and the second one – no later than 6 February 2016. In all other cases the payments should be made as detailed in Article 3.4 11 3.6. Reimbursement. The Organizer will reimburse the entry fees, minus a variable retainer, to competitors who were unable to participate in the event for the reason of force majeure, subject to the written application to the Organizer. The deduction will be: 25% of the entry fee for the requests received until 60 days before the administrative checks 50% of the entry fee for the requests received less than 60, but until 30 days before the administrative checks 100% of the entry fee for the requests received less than 30 days before the administrative checks. 4. INSURANCE 4.1. Insurance will be done in accordance with Article 35 of the FIA 2016 General Prescriptions . 4.2. The insurance company, the insurance number: Will be published later. 4.3. Limit of the responsibility for one occurrence: Will be published later. 4.4. In case of an accident, the competitor or his representative must make a written statement to the Clerck of the Course, the Competitors Relations Officer, or directly to the Organizer, within 24 hours. This statement must mention the accident circumstances, the names and addresses of the casualties, as well as contact details of witnesses. Detailed information on insurance and the order of obtaining the insurance indemnity will be published in the information message to participants on the official notice board. 5. ACCIDENT REPORTING 5.1 If a driver taking part in the Rally is involved in an accident in which the member of the public sustains physical injury, the driver concerned must report this to the next radio point as specified in the road book and point the place on the route. If he fails in observing this rule, the Stewards may impose a penalty to the responsible crew, which may go as far as exclusion. 5.2 In case of accident in the Rally itinerary, the competitor or his representative must notify in writing form the Clerk of the Course, the Competitor’s Relations Officer and the Organizer as soon as possible. 6. ADVERTISING 6.1. Advertising on competitive vehicles must meet the requirements of Article 16 of the 2016 FIA Regulations 6.2. Advertising identification: Composition of Organizers’ compulsory and optional advertising will be presented and included in special spacing chart which will be given out during the Administrative checks. 6.3. Advertising plan: As per Art.16 of the 2016 FIA General Prescriptions 1 – Two strips (10x25 cm) on each side of the windscreen upper part, optional (+50% entry fee) 2 – Two rally plates (43х21), compulsory. 3 – Three race number panels (as per Art.15.3 of the 2016 FIA General Prescriptions), compulsory. 4 –Two panels with the optional advertising (as per Art.16.2 of the 2016 Prescriptions) optional (+50% entry fee) 12 FIA General 5. 5 – Race number on the windscreen, high vision colored, right side, compulsory. 7. IDENTIFICATION As per Art.15 of the 2016 FIA General Prescriptions 8. TYRES In accordance with the highly specific climate and road conditions, the following exceptions to the FIA prescriptions were introduced: 8.1. The competing cars must use the studded tyres. In addition to the prescriptions imposed by the relevant Appendix J Articles and the Article “Tyres” of the GP for cross country rallies, the tyres must comply with the following prescriptions: - the stud must be metallic, solid, cylindrical, with a flat cut of the working part. Any cross-section of the stud must make a full circle; - the stud fixation must not be “strikethrough”; - the maximum height of the working body is 4.5 mm; - the maximum stud weight is 4.0 g; -the maximum stud length is 20 mm; - the maximum number of studs fitted in the tyre is 24 for every 10 cm of the tire circumference; - the maximum protrusion of the stud beyond the tyre thread is not restricted. Tyres that meet the requirements of the 2016 Swedish Rally are also allowed. 8.2. All the crews (FIA priority drivers included) may change the racing tyres by the “road” tyres for use on the road sections. The changing of road tyres and racing tyres is only allowed in the official “Service Park” or “Tyre changing zone”, which will be situated on the liaison between the Service park and the Special Stage Start. These zones will be marked in the road book and will be indicated by a special sign “Tyre”. Only the help of 2 mechanics per car is permited.Any other tyre changing after this zone before the Special Stage Start and after the Special Stage Finish until the “Tyre changing zone” is only allowed to the crews, using the spare onboard tyres. 8.3. All tyres will be marked: The tyre marking will be carried out in the special zones, placed immediately after the “Tyre changing zone” or the Service Park exit, or the Parc Ferme entrance. These zones will be indicated with a special sign “Tyre mark”. The crew entering the tyre marking zone must stop and show the scrutineers all the tyres (including the spare ones) available for marking. The help of one mechanic per a car is permitted. The crew may leave the tyre marking zone only after the permission of scrutineers. 8.4. The condition of the tyres will be checked before the SS start and each time, when the tyre (wheel) is replaced. Any tyre not complying to the regulations will be marked separately and its further use is prohibited. The tyres and their marking check can be carried out during the whole competition, except the special stage distance. 8.5. Any infringement of the tyre regulations can be penalized, up to exclusion. 8.6. Restrictions of the tyre use. The complete tyres of one axle should be identical. The tyre must be safe; it must not have damages likely to inflict a harm to the crew, to the third parties or their property. 8.7. As per art. 12.5 of the FIA General prescriptions, in Bajas, FIA Priority drivers will be allowed to use only a maximum of 8 tyres per competition. If a tyre is damaged during the competition it may be replaced upon the agreement of the FIA Technical Delegate. Such change will entail a 90 second time penalty for each tyre changed. 8.8. In a case when the tyre further use may be unsafe due to wear or damage, the Technical Delegate, Chief Scrutineer, or scrutineer has a right to demand its immediate replacement, or, if it is impossible, has a right to prohibit further car movement with a report to the COC. This fact must be indicated in the participant’s time card. 13 9. FUEL As per Art.34 of the FIA General Prescriptions. Some petrol stations will be available in the district where the competition is held: 1. TNK petrol station is situated on 12th km of the road Sortavala – Vyartsilya. Available fuels are: Diesel, 92, 95. 2. Gazpromneft petrol station is situated near the “Vyartsilya” International Automobile Border-crossing Point, where different fuels as Diesel and 95 are available. 3. Fuel up to and including 98 octane specification is permitted, but crews are responsible for their own supply and must adhere to the refueling regulations in the refueling zone. (Article 15.2) Bank cards are accepted. Only the crew can refuel and be present at petrol stations. 10. ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS 10.1. Location Administrative checks take place in Sortavala town at Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22. 10.2. Times/schedule All crews taking part in the event must be presented by both members at the Administrative Checks on 20 February 2016 according to the established timetable. The secretary records fact and time of appearance at the AC. The exact schedule will be published in an information bulletin on the web-site www.bajarussia.com and ONB. 10.3. Documents to be present at the AC: Personal: Valid FIA Driver license (driver and co-driver); Valid FIA Competitor license (Entrant/Competitor); ASN permission (stamp, visa or ASN letter of approval) for the participants with licenses issued by ASN other than the RAF; Driving License valid for the driven vehicle type (for each driver); Vehicle: Certificate of ownership of the vehicle or authorization from the registered owner; Current vehicle registration document for the home country; Insurance in force on the Russian Federation territory FIA technical passport for cross-coutry vehicle. Homologation papers (Group Т2) 10.4. The following Time Controls will be arranged: V1 – before the Administrative Checks – according to the schedule V2 – After the Administrative Checks end Any delay to the V1 TC will result in the following fines: From 1 to 15 minutes 150 euro From 16 to 30 minutes 250 euro > 30 minutes 500 euro > 60 minutes Start may be denied Payment must be done in rubles at the exchange rate of the Russian Federation 11. SCRUTINEERING 11.1. Location Scrutineering takes place at the territory of “Forsage” vehicle service station, Sortavala town, Promyshlennaya str., 48. 14 11.2. Times/schedule Scrutineering takes place on 20 February 2016 according to the timetable. 11.3. National road vehicle regulations and requirements National rules of the road traffic regulations applicable to the public road driving. 11.4. Time Controls The following Time Controls will be arranged: V3 – before the Technical Scrutineering V4 – after the Technical Scrutineering end Any delay to the V3 TC will result in the following fines: From 1 to 15 minutes 150 euro From 16 to 30 minutes 250 euro > 30 minutes 500 euro > 60 minutes Start may be denied Payment must be done in rubles at the exchange rate of the Russian Federation 11.5. Parc Fermé The following closed parks are planned: Following the Ceremonial Start it is permitted to change road tryres to racing tyres in the Service Park by the team mechanics. Then the cars will enter Parc Ferme at the latest 22.00 hrs on 20th February. Regrouping zone after SS1. After the race leg finish and until the next leg start. From the moment of the competition conclusion and until the Stewards permission to open the finish PF. Any delay to the “Vyartsilya” Parc Ferme after the Ceremonial Start on 20 February 2016 will result in the following fines: From 1 to 15 minutes 150 euro From 16 to 30 minutes 250 euro > 30 minutes 500 euro > 60 minutes Start may be denied Payment must be done in rubles at the exchange rate of the Russian Federation 11.6. Scrutineering requirements The competitors must comply with the following when arriving at the scrutineering: All rally plates, competition numbers and advertising plates must be fitted. - Sealing holes must be drilled in advance: For T1 and T3 vehicles: Cylinder block, restrictor and chassis. For T2 vehicles: see appendix 2 of the FIA GP. Submission of the fully filled Safety Form, given at the Administrative Checks, with the FIA homologation for helmets, overalls, gloves, balaclavas, long underwear, socks, shoes and FHR, HANS and etc.system. This equipment is compulsory for both crew members (except gloves for co-driver) and must be homologated according to the FIA Appendix L, Chapter 3, under penalty of exclusion. The following safety equipment must be fitted before the scrutineering: Sentinel GPS-GSM tracker GPS ERTF Unic 1 11.7. Safety equipment 11.7.1 It is compulsory to use the following safety and navigation equipment supplied by the Organizer on a rental basis (price is not included in the entry fee). 15 GPS-GSM tracker GPS ERTF Unic1 SENTINEL 11.7.2 Every participant must rent a SENTINEL, GPS ERTF and GPS-GSM tracker units. 11.7.3 Every participant who has no fixing kit for the SENTINEL or ERTF systems must buy the one in advance and mount it on the vehicle before the start of the event (available on AC). The kits are available separately. 11.7.4 The prices for SENTINEL, ERTF & GPS-GSM tracker specified above, can be paid directly to the organizer by bank transfer or in cash at the AC. The order form for SENTINEL, ERTF & GPS-GSM tracker is published on the event’s website. 11.7.5 Delivery and installation of the equipment will be carried out before the AC. Every participant must give the equipment back at the end of the competition, or, if a crew retires. All crews have to deposit the repayable guarantee amount for all equipment. (can be paid by bank transfer, that will be blocked 11.7.6 on credit card in cash at the AC). The deposit amount will be published on the event website at least 15 days prior to the race. This deposit is made to the Organizer’s or the equipment owner’s account. It is necessary to have the payment confirmation at the AC. 11.8. These guarantee amount will be paid back upon the return of the equipment in good working condition. Additional safety requirements Vehicles of competitors should be equipped with additional means of safety to cope with extremely low temperatures in case of retirement on a section, where leaving the route is impossible until the stage is completed: It is OBLIGATORY! to have the following in the racing car: warm winter clothes for all crew members: warm footwear, wool socks, gloves and caps; two flares These will be checked before the start. 11.9. All personal systems of GPS navigation and all means of connection are prohibited except for the mobile phones without radio transceiver features. See Art.29 of the FIA GP. 12. SUPER SPECIAL STAGE (SSS) 12.1. SSS (SS1) about 19 km long is planned. Starting order for SS2 will be selected by SSS (SS1) results as per article 14.1.2.. The drawing (starting positions selection) will be made in the Vyartsilya village administration event hall at Zavodskaya str., 7 at 11:30. The starting list will be published at 12:00 on the official notice board and the official web-site. Participation in SSS is obligatory for all crews. The penalties for failure to participate are detailed below in Art. 12.7 12.2. Times/schedule The Super Special stage takes place on 21 February 2016 approximately at 09:00 12.3. Reconnaissance The reconnaissance of the Super Special Stage is prohibited. 12.4. The SSS Procedure: From 09:00, according to the start list, crews will arrive to the start line. The start for SSS will be given with 2 minutes intervals for the all crews. After the Finish crews go to the “Regrouping entrance” point where they return the time card. 12.5. For the SSS - Super Special Stage, times will be taken in hours, minutes, seconds and tenth of a second. In case of a dead heat, priority will be given to the crew who achieved the time first. 12.6. The maximum time to run the Super Special Stage – 30 minutes. 12.7. Fixed Penalties on the Super Special stage 16 a) A penalty of the maximum time plus 10 minutes will be applied to any crew that: b) Start the Leg 1, but does not finish the Super Special Stage or exceeds maximum time limit; A fixed penalty of 60 minutes and denial of access to SSS start will be applied to any crew that: will be late for the CP at the start of Leg 1 of time more than 30 minutes c) Crews included in paragraphs a) and b) can start at SS2 if they are within their permitted time at SS2 Start TC before its closure, preliminary changed their time card in the event HQ. f) Crews included in paragraphs a, b, с will start at SS2 after the classified teams in order of their start numbers. 13. START OF THE EVENT 13.1. Qualified entries list and Leg 1 starting list publication and competitors’ briefings According to the programme. 13.2. Ceremonial start: Location: Sortavala town, 2nd Pristanskaya str., 2a Time: 20 February 2016, 18:00. All participants must place their competition vehicles in the “Lenina street” pre-start area before 16:45. The cars in the pre-start area should be arranged under directions of marshals. It is compulsory for all participants to be dressed in race overalls at the ceremonial podium. In case of cold weather the warm coats are allowed, but the participants should take them off before they drive up the podium. This requirement is introduced to make the procedure more ceremonial. 13.3. Leg 1 includes: SSS (SS1) about 19 km long and liason 20 km from SSS finish to the regrouping zone There is a regrouping scheduled after 13.4. 13.5. area. SS1. Leg 1 also includes: SS2 about 180 km long and liaisons 10 km from SS2 finish to the Service Park. Starting order for Leg 2 will be selected by SSS (SS1) results, as per Article 14.1.2 Leg 2 includes: SS3 about 180 km long and liasons: 10 km from Leg 2 start to SS3 start and 3 km from SS3 finish to the Podium 13.6. Briefings 13.6.1 The pre-start briefing for competitors takes place: Location: Sortavala town, Youth Center, Karelskaya str., 22 Time: 20 February 2016, according to the programme. Briefing is compulsory for at least one crew member who must confirm his presence by signature. Any crew absence at the briefing will be fined 200 euro. 13.6.2 Written briefings: If necessary, at the end of each leg participants may get a written form of briefings. Answers to all questions on the text of written briefings will be given by the Clerk of the Course or his representative in the HQ, the time will be announced additionally. 13.7. Road books delivery: Road books delivery for Leg 1 takes place on Saturday, 20 February, at the administrative checks. Road books delivery for Leg 2 takes place on Sunday, 21 February, at the Leg 1 finish. Latecomers can receive books in HQ from 18:00 until its closure. 14. RUNNING OF THE RALLY 14.1. Starting order 17 14.1.1 Start for Leg 1 will be in starting numbers ascending order. 14.1.2 The start for SS2 will be given with classification of the Super Special Stage (SSS). The first ten competitors in the classification of the Super Special Stage will choose their start positions for SS2 as follows: The tenth placed competitor will start amongst the first ten positions The ninth place competitor will choose to start before or after the tenth The eighth place competitor may choose to start before, after or between the previous competitors and so on. These ten competitors will compulsorily start the rally in the first ten positions. 14.1.3 The start at SS1, SS2 and SS3 will be given with 2 minutes intervals for the first 10 crews and 1 minute for the others. The Organizer has the right to increase the intervals according to the weather conditions. This decision will be announced in a bulletin if necessary. 14.1.4 Start will be taken in the following way for all the special stages: the crew is invited to the start position by the marshal, and immediately hands their time card to the marshal; the marshal signals by gestures to the crew about proper starting positioning on the start line and locates the electronic means to control false start in front of the car bumper; after positioning on the start line the car should be immobile until the start; 30 seconds before the start the marshal returns time card to the crew, the crew monitors time before the start on electronic start clock, last 5 seconds are counted down on the LED in the top right corner of the start clock, When the central second hand of the start clock reaches “0”, LED switches off and clonker next to the LED switches from red to green. The change of colour and/or switching off of the LED is the starting signal after which the crew must start immediately. All changes will be announced in the bulletin. 14.2. Early check in Early check at all TCs is prohibited, excluding Podium zone TC, service TC at the end of Leg 1 and TC leg finish of each day. Warning! Stick to speed limits on public roads! 14.3. Time Cards 14.3.1 A Time Card will be given to every crew at the start of each Leg and in the regrouping zone. 14.3.2 If the Time Card is lost the crew will be penalized. 14.3.3 If a crew retires at the Leg, they must deliver the Time Card to the HQ not later than 6 hours before the start of the next leg. 14.4. Time Controls (TC) 14.4.1 Target times between controls will be announced in the itinerary list. 14.5. Special Stages (SS) 14.5.1 Special Stages start is given in accordance with the FIA General Prescriptions. 14.5.2 A maximum time to run every Special Stage will be given in the Itinerary and Time Cards. If the maximum time is exceeded, the crew will be penalized. a) Exceeding the maximum time at SS1 and SS2 will result in a fixed penalty of 10 minutes and 1 hour respectively, that will be added to SS1 or SS2 maximum time. b) A crew failing to start at SS2 will be penalized with a fixed penalty of 10 hours for missing SS2. This crew will be allowed to start the next day provided they check in at TC at Leg 2 start within their allocated time. c) Exceeding the maximum time at SS3 will result in exclusion. The closing time of the marshal points at SS1, SS2 and SS3 start is the last crew start time plus 30 minutes. The crews exceeding the maximum time at SS1 will receive a fixed penalty and can start at SS2 if they are within their permitted time at SS2 Start TC before its closure. 14.6. Passage control. 18 An official Passage Control will be done with the ERTF and GPS-GSM monitoring equipment. There will be 1 PC in SS1. There will be 3 PCs and 7 Security Waypoints (WPS) in SS2 and SS3. These PCs will be noted in the Road book and are compulsory passage points. Missing a Passage Control will incur a 30 minute penalty. The GPS unit directs the Competitor towards the point only if they are located within a 3km radius of it. To validate their passage at a WPS, the competitor must pass within 90 meters of the point. 14.7. Regrouping Regrouping will be organized after SS1 finish.. 14.8. Reconnaissance The presence of crews and other team members in the competition region is prohibited , see Article 25 of the 2016 FIA Cross-Country General Prescription. The competition region includes: the Sortavala district, the Suoyarvi district and the territory bordered by: From the West – the road A-130 Sortavala – Vyartsilya excluding the road itself. From the North – the Russian - Finnish border. From the East – the road A-131 from Pitkyaranta to Suoyarvi excluding the road itself and further the line Suoyarvi – Talvoyarvi Finnish border. From the South – the road A-130 from Sortavala to Pitkyaranta excluding the road itself. The crews, who break the rule, will not be allowed to start the event. 14.9. Towing As all the roads, which are used for the Special Stages, will be closed for the outside traffic during the competition, any team wishing to take a retired car away from the track with external help, can enter the route only after receiving permission from the Organizer. 14.10. Parc Fermé In according art.11.5. of present regulations. 14.11. According of the FIA General Prescriptions, participants must exactly keep to the route described in the Road Book. Any failure to follow the route by a participant can result in fixed penalty of exceeding the maximum time on SS. 14.12. The approved length of 1 (one) kilometer was measured as GPS kilometer on the gravel road from the Vyartsilya village exit towards “Gardarica” resort and will be marked by the signs in the beginning and in the end. 14.13. Speed rules All participants and the team members should keep the Russian Federation Traffic Rules on the public roads. The maximum speed on the roads and highways is 90 km/h, and in the towns is 60 km/h. The speed limits on the liaisons will be set by the organizer in the Road Book and will be checked by ERTF Units. A speed indicating sign will be displayed on the GPS screen. Any maximum speed limit exceeding, recorded by the GPS unit, will be sanctioned by the Clerk of Course with the following monetary penalties: From 1 to 10 kph: 50 Euro and a warning From 11 to 30 kph: 100 Euro and a warning More than 30 kph: 200 Euro and a warning More than 3 successive warnings and penalties result in the exclusion from the competition by the Panel of Stewards decision. 15. SERVICE PARKS 15.1. Location Servicing is only permitted in the Service Parks. The following service parks will be organized at the race: Service “Vyartsilya – square” The main village square territory. Access to service parks is only allowed to the vehicles, identified by the Organizer with stickers (side stickers “Assistance ”). The price of access to service parks for one service vehicle per crew is included in the entry fee. The competitors, who would like to have additional service cars, will receive additional “Assistance” stickers at the Administrative Checks, providing they have so requested from the Organizer before the closing date for entries and have paid a fee for each extra service vehicle. 19 Service Park “Vyartsilya – square” (Vs) is situated on the main Vyartsilya village square territory (both sides before the bridge). Speed limit in the Service Park and in the whole surrounding territory in a radius of 500 meters is 20km/h. The speed limit exceeding will be penalized with a fine of 100 Euro. 15.2. Refueling Refueling of vehicles during the event is only permitted at regular gas stations along the route and in the Re-fuelling area. The Refueling areas will be organized in the Service Park “Vyarsilya” and indicated in the Road Book. The cars must have fuel distance autonomy of min 300 km. 16. PROTESTS AND APPEALS 16.1. Sum of the protest fee is 1000 euro 16.2. Sum of the international (FIA) appeal fee is 6000 euro 17. SUMMARY OF PENALTIES Penalty Not reporting an accident Art № 5.1 Start refused Exclusion Time penalty Monetary penalty X Stewards decision May go as far as X Compulsory or optional advertising being absent or wrongly fixed 6.2 6.3 - 1st offence-10% of the entry fee - Each repeated offence – 100% of the entry fee Delay at TC before the Administrative Checks 10.4 X Delay >60’ - 1’ a 15’ = 150€ - 16’ a 30’ =250€ - > 30’ = 500 € Start may be denied. Delay at TC before the Technical Scrutineering 11.4 X Delay >60’ - 1’ a 15’ = 150€ - 16’ a 30’ =250€ - > 30’ = 500 € Start may be denied. Homologation of equipment not in compliance to the standard FIA8856-2000 11.6 X Absence at briefing 13.6.1 Loss of a Time Card 14.3.2 5’ Passage control 14.6 30’ Waypoints 14.6 30’ Overspeeding in speed control zones mentioned in the Road Book 14.13 200 € From 1-10kph - 50€ and warning 3rd time may go up to X From 11-30kph - 100€ and warning More then 30km - 200€ and warning 20 Training and reconnaissance in the competition area 14.8 X 18. FINAL TECHNICAL CHECKS Location: Vyartsilya town, vehicle park. Time: 22 February 2016, 15:00. 19. RESULTS 18.1. The provisional classification publication will be carried out in accordance with the programme. 20. PRIZES 19.1. Prize giving Location: “Gardarika” resort Time: 22 February 2016 at 19:30 19.2. Prizes Overall classification – 1st to 3rd places overall – Cups Group classification – 1st to 3rd places in each group – Cups Class classification – 1st in each class – Cups The prizes will only be given in classes having a minimum of 6 participants at the start, crews entered in a class with less than 6 entrants will be awarded only for 1-3 places in the overall classification and group classifications. 19.3. Prizes will only be awarded to the crews presenting themselves at the ceremony. Absent crews will lose their right to get the prizes but the classification or the other prizes will suffer no modification. 1. APPENDIX 1 OFFICIALS PHOTOGRAPHS 21 Competitors Relations Officer Clerk of the Course MARIA SOLONINA RONAN MORGAN Competitors Relations Officer assistant Мария Солонина MARIA OPARINA 2. APPENDIX 2 ITINERARY 22 23 24