8 - Tyre Choice
Tyres can only be changed at service points. Therefore all drivers should take note of the surface and weather conditions for the group of stages until the following service and determine the most suitable tyres. Should a driver retire from a stage they will still not be able to change tyres until the following service.
9 - Penalty Times
The imposed derived penalty times for not finishing a stage will be set by RSRBR and rallyesim.com. Should the Directors of the RDRC feel the need to modify these times, drivers will be notified in the event post
10 - Car classes
The following car classes will be used during Season 6. Each driver grade will be limited to the classes they can use and all drivers must use cars only from those listed.
10.1 - RDRC: All A8W99 - 13, Group_B car packs
10.2 – RDRC-2: All N4_S2000, A8, R4, R5 (TBA) car packs
10.3 – RDRC-3: All N4 (excluding S2000), R3 car packs
10.4 - If you do not see a car available that you want in RDRC-2/3, you will be able to apply for homologation for the proposed car. This way we can ensure that it is tested properly to make sure there are no faults and such for the car’s physics.
10.5 - Changing cars during the season
Each driver should consider the competitiveness, strength and enjoyment of each car before posting their selection in the sign-up thread as drivers will only have ONE car change in the entire duration of the season. However, the driver can decide when the change will be.
11 - Driver Grading Criteria and Eligible Car Classes
11.1 – Professional Grade
To qualify for the Professional Grade a driver must have:-
- Finished in the top 10 of an RDRC event in Season 5
- Classified as Grade 2 after the final round of Season 5 of the RDRC
- Set a Professional Grade qualifying time in an RDRC Qualifying event.
Professional Grade drivers can select from RDRC or RDRC-2 classes.
11.2 – Amateur Grade
To qualify for the Amateur Grade a driver must have:-
- Classified as Grades 3-4 after the final round of Season 5 of the RDRC,
- Set an Amateur Grade qualifying time in an RDRC Qualifying event.
Grade 2 Drivers can select from RDRC-2 or RDRC-3 Car classes
12 - Manufacturers Championship
12.1 - In addition to grade and Class championships, Season 6 will feature a brand new Manufacturers Championship. This will involve Factory Teams in each class. Professional Grade will be eligible for the RDRC and RDRC-2 Factory Teams on offer, while Amateur will be eligible for the RDRC-2 and RDRC-3 Factory Teams
12.2 – Applying for a factory team seat will be made through a dedicated thread. Each driver must put down 2 preferred team choices as this is a first in first served basis, there may be a conflicting amount of cars for each team and you may end up with your second preferred choice instead. .
The Top 10 finishers in RDRC Overall Season 6 will get priority in choosing Factory seats first.
12.3 - RDRC Factory Teams will consist of:
M-Sport Ltd (Ford Fiesta RS WRC - 2 cars available)
Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Citroen DS3 WRC - 2 cars available)
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC - 2 cars available)
Hyundai Motorsport (Hyundai i20 WRC - 2 Cars Available) See 12.8
Prodrive WRT (Mini WRC - 2 Cars Available)
12.4 - RDRC-2 Factory Teams will consist of:
Citroen Motorsport (Citroen DS3 RRC - 2 cars available)
Drive DMACK WRT (Ford Fiesta RRC - 2 cars available)
Prodrive Motorsport (Mini RRC - 2 cars available)
Peugeot Sport (Peugeot 208 R5 - 2 cars available) See 12.8
12.5 - RDRC-3 Factory Teams will consist of:
Subaru Tecnica International Rally Team (Subaru Impreza N14 Prodrive - 2 cars available)
Ralliart International Rally Team (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X - 2 cars available)
Teams points will be taken from the Class the members are in and combined to provide the team’s score.
12.6 - Privateer teams are always welcome as usual, and must consist of two drivers to be eligible for team points.
12.7 - A team may be formed at any time during the year, but once a team has registered for the championship no changes will be permitted.
12.8 – The Hyundai i20 WRC and R5 car are currently unavailable until a later date. However if you wish to drive these, you can still apply for a seat and drive ONE nominated RDRC/RDRC-2 car until they are released, when upon you can freely change to your nominated car.
13 - Points System
13.1 - Points tables will be run for
Overall
RDRC-2
RDRC-3
Professional Grade
Amateur Grade
Manufacturers Championship
13.2 – Bonus Cups
Bonus Cups will be awarded within the RDRC for Season 6 to the highest placed driver in their respective points table for that category.
Group A Cup - Eligible to all RDRC-2 A8 Cars
Group B Cup - Eligible to all Group B Cars
2WD Cup - Eligible to all 2WD Cars
13.3 - Points Allocation
1st - 25
2nd - 18
3rd - 15
4th - 12
5th - 10
6th - 8
7th - 6
8th - 4
9th - 2
10th – 1
13.4 – Power Stage
For the second time in RDRC, we will again be featuring Power Stages. This is usually the final stage in a rally, and will have points available to the quickest drivers through the stage in each class.
The points are as follows:
1st – 3 points
2nd – 2 points
3rd – 1 point
13.5 - Rally-2 (Retirements)
In order to score points for the rally being participating in, each driver must finish a minimum of 70% of the stages. No powerstage points will be given if the powerstage has not been completed regardless of the amount of drivers who finish the powerstage.