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| − | ==1 Entries== | + | == 1 Entries == |
| | + | 1.1 Any user of the GP Rejects board may run a team in Alternate Formula One - Current Era<br> |
| | + | 1.2 Any user running a team in Alternate Formula One agrees to fulfill deadlines given by the administration unless external circumstances prevent this.<br> |
| | + | 1.3 The grid size is limited to thirteen two-car teams.<br> |
| | + | 1.3.1 Any user not in charge of one of the thirteen active two-car teams may join the waiting list and will be given new teams in order of joining the waiting list whenever a user decides to not continue running his team or violates rule 1.2.<br> |
| | + | 1.3.2 Should less than 13 users be running a team and should there be no users on the waiting lists, the administration may ask teams chosen at its discretion to run four cars. Those teams will be provided with a sufficient budget to run four cars.<br> |
| | + | 1.4 Any new team must give the administration a name, a nationality and a backstory to explain its entry into Formula One. Should the administration consider that backstory unsufficient, it may deny the entry. If an entry is denied, the user may choose a different name, nationality and backstory until an acceptable entry is achieved.<br> |
| | + | 1.4.1 Existing entries may only change their name and nationality with approval from the administration.<br> |
| | + | 1.5 Any new team may chose a pair of consecutive racing numbers from 3-120, with the exception of numbers 4, 13, 17 and 69. These racing numbers will be used for every racing weekend the team enters. <br> |
| | + | 1.5.1 Any team must give the administration an in-character reason for using their numbers.<br> |
| | + | 1.5.2 Any team may only change their racing numbers with the approval of the administration<br> |
| | + | 1.5.3 The team that has hired the reigning World Drivers Champion will compete during any F1 race the reigning World Drivers Champion is entered for with the racing numbers 1 and 2. <br> |
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| − | 1.1 At the start of any F1 season, thirteen two-car teams are permitted entry in the world championships.<br> | + | == 2 Budget == |
| − | 1.1.1 Any team that is to be permitted entry into a F1 season must provide the FIA with proof of ability to compete the entire F1 season.<small>1</small><br>
| + | 2.1 Each team has a budget. This budget is used to pay for the chassis and chassis upgrades, purchase engines, hire drivers and take part in mid-season testing.<br> |
| − | 1.1.2 Any team that has been granted entry into a F1 season may only be denied entry for the upcoming season. A valid entry may only be revoked during the season if allowing a team to further compete in F1 would endanger the lives of drivers or other persons.<br>
| + | 2.1.1 At no point during the season may a budget sink below €0. Any upgrades and driver signings that would cause such a development are considered invalid. The only point during which a team may have a budget below €0 is before the start of the driver market.<br> |
| − | 1.1.3 In case a team is denied entry for an upcoming season, a new team is to be allowed entry into F1, providing it is able to provide proof of financial and sporting ability in accordance with rule 1.1.1.<br>
| + | 2.1.2 Each team whose budget at the start of the season is not sufficient to pay for a chassis, purchase any engine at average price and hire two drivers on minimum wage, even after accounting for sponsorship, is considered bankrupt. The user running the team will be replaced with a user from the waiting list.<br> |
| − | 1.1.3.1 Should, for whatever reason, no new team be granted entry in accordance to rule 1.1.3, team(s) with a valid F1 entry will be requested to run three cars instead of two. The FIA and FOM are to assist those teams financially as far as needed for running a third car.<small>2</small><br>
| + | 2.2 Each new team for a new will be given a starting budget based on the average budget of all teams that were not considered bankrupt as described in rule 2.1.2.<br> |
| − | 1.1.3.2 The order in which team(s) may be approached in accordance with rule 1.1.3.1 will be decided on a case-to-case basis.<br>
| + | 2.3 Any user joining from the waiting list as described in rule 2.1.2 will be asked whether he wants to run the current team or start a new one. Should he choose to run the current team, he is assigned the budget for a new team as described in 2.2 plus €10,000,000 and will be obliged to fulfill any given driver and engine contracts.<br> |
| − | 1.2 Any valid F1 entry must be held by a seperate, economically-independent entity.<small>3</small><br>
| + | 2.3.1 The new user is not obliged to give or take any options in given driver and engine contracts, even if eventual conditions are fulfilled.<br> |
| − | 1.2.1 Any valid F1 entry must run a new chassis each calendar year. This chassis must not be produced by economical entity holding the entry, must however be independently designed from the chassis of other valid F1 entries.<br>
| + | 2.3.2 If a bankrupt team is considered too significant by the administration to consider bankrupt, new users instead may only chose to take the team as described in rule 2.3 or pass it on to the next team on the waiting list.<br> |
| − | 1.2.2 Technical and sporting cooperation between valid F1 entries is permitted, as long as rule 1.2.1 is not violated.<br>
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| − | 1.3 Any valid F1 entry is made under one specific name. This name may not be changed during the calendar year the entry is valid for. However, adding or removing a company or a brand as a sponsor is permitted. The name of the sponsor may either be added to the front or the end of the entry's name.<br>
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| − | 1.3.1 Any team changing their name in a signficant manner forfeits their price money and FOM payouts from the previous calendar year and will be considered a new entry.<br>
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| − | 1.3.2 Any valid F1 entry may run under the license of one country recognised by the United Nations. This country's anthem will be played if a driver entered by the team wins a F1 race. The license of the team is not required to be the from the same country it is operating its F1 entry out of.<br> | |
| − | 1.4 Any valid F1 entry may pick two consecutive race numbers that will be permanently allocated to the entry, such numbers must then be used by that team during every F1 race weekend the team enters under.<br>
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| − | 1.4.1 Numbers may be chosen from numbers 3-120, with the numbers 4, 13 and 17 banned for use due to their association with misfortune and number 69 banned for being considered inappropriate.<br>
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| − | 1.4.2 The order of choice is determined by the date in time a team is assigned a valid F1 entry.<small>4</small><br>
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| − | 1.4.3 During the first month of a calendar year, any valid F1 entry may enquire the FIA about changing the numbers of their entry.<br>
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| − | 1.4.4 Any team changing their name as determined in rule 1.3.1 may either keep the numbers associated with their previous entry or pick new ones.<br>
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| − | ==2 Drivers== | + | == 3 Drivers == |
| − | | + | 3.1 Any user may not have more than three drivers whoms DECs he owns enter a F1 race.<br> |
| − | ===2.1 Driver Requirements===
| + | 3.1.1 Temporary exceptions to rule 3.1 may be given by the administration.<br> |
| − | 2.1.1 A driver in accordance to the following rules is considered a human being that is hired by a team with a valid F1 entry to drive one of their two cars at any part of a F1 race weekend or hired to take over driving one of their two cars if required.<br>
| + | 3.1.2 No driver whoms DEC is held by the administration may enter a race except as a penalty driver as described in rule ... .<br> |
| − | 2.1.2 Any driver entered for a F1 race weekend must possess a superlicense and pass physical tests before the start of the race weekend regarding the ability to leave his car in a predetermined amount of time and the state of his reflexes.<br>
| + | 3.3 Any team may enter up to five different drivers each season. Should external circumstances require so, the team may request permission to exceed this limit with the administration.<br> |
| − | 2.1.3 A superlicense is handed out to any racing driver that fulfills the following sporting requirements.<small>5</small>.<br>
| + | 3.4 At any time, a team must have two active racing drivers. Should one racing driver be unable to race due to penalty or injury, the team may hire a replacement.<br> |
| − | -- Participation in at least 20 car races above the karting level<br> | + | 3.4.1 If a team needs to replace a driver between the first and the second race of a weekend, they may either use their own driver coach or their own or any other team's Friday tester as described in rule... <br> |
| − | -- At least 5 wins and/or fastest laps of the race and/or pole positions in those races<br>
| + | 3.4.2 Should a team fail to find a mid-weekend replacement, the car without a driver will not be taking part in the second race of a weekend and the offending team will be fined €3,000,000<br> |
| − | -- Completion of at least half a F1 race distance in accordance with rule 3.3.1 (eighty km, fifty miles)<br>
| + | 3.5 Each driver entered by a team must have a contract with the team entering him. The administration must be informed of the full details of each contract.<br> |
| − | 2.1.3.1 In order to be granted a superlicense, a driver has to provide the FIA with evidence of possesion of a national racing license.<br>
| + | 3.5.1 Each contract must state the amount of races it is valid for, the precise amount of money the driver is owed per season, the role of the driver in the team and any options/clauses.<br> |
| − | 2.1.3.2 Superlicenses are only granted to drivers who will reach the age of at least 19 within the calendar year the superlicense is valid for.<br> | + | 3.5.2 Replacement drivers as described in rule 3.4 and rule 3.4.1 do not need to have a contract provided.<br> |
| − | 2.1.3.3 Should a driver have proven sufficient talent without fulfilling the conditions named in rule 2.1.3, the FIA may grant a superlicense, if the driver proves able to complete twice a F1 race distance in accordance with rule 3.3.1 (threehundred-twenty km, twohundred miles).<small>6</small><br>
| + | 3.6 Real-life drivers that are offered a contract will have their response decided with a weighted RNG. Fictional drivers will have their response decided by the DEC owner<br> |
| − | 2.1.3.4 Superlicenses are automatically handed out to drivers who have taken part in a F1 race weekend within the last four calendar years, regardless of whether the conditions mentioned in rule 2.1.3 are fulfilled.<br>
| + | 3.6.1 Should the administration consider a response to a contract offered to a fictional character out-of-character, it may veto the contract and determine what wage the driver would accept.<br> |
| − | 2.1.4 Superlicenses are only valid for one calendar year.<br>
| + | 3.6.2 Each real-life driver has at least a one percent chance of rejecting all offers.<br> |
| − | 2.1.5 Any granted superlicense may be withdrawn by the FIA without having to justify the withdrawal with one race weekend notice, if allowing the driver to further compete in F1 would endanger the lives of drivers or other persons.<br>
| + | 3.7 Each driver is entitled to a minimum annual wage of €1,000,000. <br> |
| − | 2.1.6 A driver may either compete for one country recognised by the United Nations he is a citizen of or for the country the national license required to be granted a superlicense as determined by rule 2.1.3.1. This country's anthem will be played if the driver wins a F1 race.
| + | 3.8 No driver that has never entered a F1 race may earn more than €8,000,000.<br> |
| − | | + | 3.9 All drivers entered for a F1 race must be in possession of a superlicense. Superlicenses are awarded to any real-life driver who has taken part in 20 car races and scored 5 of either pole position, fastest lap of the race or race victories and any fictional driver who has taken part in 20 canon races and scored 5 of pole position, fastest lap of the race or race victories.<br> |
| − | ===2.2 Driver Contracts===
| + | 3.9.1 Superlicenses are automatically awarded to any driver that has entered at least one race of the last four seasons.<br> |
| − | 2.2.1 Any valid F1 entry may have up to four drivers under contract.<br>
| + | 3.9.2 Any driver that does not fulfill these requirements can be awarded a superlicense at the administration's discretion after the driver has taken part in at least one mid-season test.<br> |
| − | 2.2.1.1 A driver may be contracted for one of the following three roles.<br>
| + | 3.10 Outside of two active drivers, each team may sign one third driver. The role that third driver may take depends on his age and experience. Any team using a third driver must clarify his exact role. No third driver may be used for more than one role.<br> |
| − | -- Driving contract: driver is entered as one of the two drivers of a valid F1 entry for any race weekend<br>
| + | 3.10.1 A Friday Tester works on improving the car outside of the upgrade token system. Any driver who has entered at least 5 F1 races may be a Friday Tester<br> |
| − | -- Testing contract: driver either works with the team in their simulator and is the reserve driver in case a driver under driving contract is unable to fulfill his duties, or is a Friday tester in accordance with rule 3.2.1 and is the reserve driver in case a driver under driving contract is unable to fulfill his duties.<br>
| + | 3.10.2 A Simulator Tester works on improving his skills. Any driver who has never entered a F1 race may be a Simulator Tester.<br> |
| − | -- Coaching contract: driver has been hired in order to help drivers under driving or testing contract to improve their performance.<br>
| + | 3.10.3 A Driver Coach offers his experience to younger drivers. Any driver above the age of 33 may be a Driver Coach.<br> |
| − | 2.1.1.2 Any valid F1 entry must have two drivers with a driving contract at any point during the season<br>
| + | 3.11 Any team may sack any of their drivers at any point during the season without giving reasons. The driver is owned a compensation equal to the quotient of the drivers annual wage divided by the number of races left on his contract. |
| − | 2.2.2 The signing/end of any driving/testing/coaching contract between a driver and a team must be reported to and confirmed by the Contract Recognition Board.<small>7</small><br>
| + | 3.11.1 If the compensation would be less than €2,000,000, the driver is owed €2,000,000 instead.<br> |
| − | 2.2.2.1 In case of a driving contract between a driver and a team ending mid-season, the contract for the replacement must be reported to and confirmed by the Contract Recognition Board as well. <br>
| + | 3.11.2 A team may sack a driver without paying compensation if the driver to be sacked has less than 10 % of the World Drivers Championship of his teammate if the teammate has at least 75 world championship points or has publicly expressed an unmistakeable willingness to leave his team.<br> |
| − | 2.2.2.2 Should the Contract Recognition Board not be able to confirm a driver change in time for a session of a F1 race weekend, the session will proceed as planned with the old driver still driving the car, unless doing so would prove unacceptable for the old driver.<small>8</small><br>
| + | 3.11.3 Any driver may leave their current team with one race weekend notice if the team has dropped six places below their finishing position in last year's World Constructors Championship at the time of the departure.<br> |
| − | 2.2.3 Any contract to be confirmed by the Contract Recognition Board must clearly indicate the wage a driver is recieving for his work (in euro), including all performance-related bonuses, the duration of the contract, the role of the driver within the team and any options and guarantees for either side.<br>
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| − | 2.2.3.1 From 2018 onwards, Driving contracts are to be presented to the Contract Recognition Board in a format that clearly indicates how many race weekends a driver will take part in during the duration of the contract.<small>9</small><br>
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| − | 2.2.3.2 Driving contracts presented to the Contract Recognition Board may also indicate that a driver's contract for the duration of one race weekend will be extended automatically unless the team decides otherwise ("race-by-race basis"). Any contract presented in that manner will be considered extended for a weekend unless the team actively informs the Contract Recognition Board of a rejection to extend the contract.<br>
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| − | 2.2.3.3 Any driver hired for a contract by a valid F1 entry is entitled to a minimum annual wage of one million euro, regardless of role within the team or duration of the contract. This wage is to be paid out unconditionally. Seperate contracts for one driver within the same calendar year do not require a second payment of the minimum annual wage.<br>
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| − | 2.2.3.4 Any performance-related option or bonus must be subject to an objective, measurable criteria. <br>
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| − | 2.2.4 Any valid F1 entry may cancel a contract with a driver without having to justify the cancellation, if they pay the driver a compensation equal to his wage (disregarding performance bonuses) divided by the number of race weekends remaining on his contract. This compensation must be paid in one sum.<br>
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| − | 2.2.4.1 If the compensation a driver is entitled to in accordance with 2.2.4 is below two million euro, the compensation is instead set to two million euro.<br>
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| − | 2.2.4.2 Any valid F1 entry may cancel a driving contract with a driver without having to pay compensation if the driver fulfills either of the following criteria:<br>
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| − | -- The Driver to be released has scored less than 10% of his teammate's points at the time of his release if said teammate has scored at least 75 World Drivers Championship points at the time of the release.<br>
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| − | -- The Driver to be released has voiced in either a FIA offical press conference or in an interview with a TV rights holder a serious interest in leaving his team.<br>
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| − | 2.2.5 Any driver may cancel his contract with a valid F1 entry after the fifth race weekend of a calendar year with two race weekends notice, if said entry is, at the time of cancellation, at least six places below their finishing place in the World Constructors Championship.of the previous calendar year. In case of a driver being able to leave a team as result of this rule, he is still entitled to the wage for the entire period of the contract.<small>9</small>
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| − | 2,2,6 Any exit clauses defined in rules 2.2.4.2 and 2.2.5 may be overwritten by individual agreements between a team and a valid F1 entry.<br>
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| − | 3.1 Each race weekend consists of the following: two hundred-twenty minute practice sessions on Friday, one qualifying session and one race on Saturday and Sunday each.<br>
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| − | 3.1.2 Unless local circumstances require a different schedule, the sessions are to take place during the following hours:<br>
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| − | -- 1st Free Practice: 10:00-12:00 a.m. local time<br>
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| − | -- 2nd Free Pratice: 3:00-5:00 p.m. local time<br>
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| − | -- Qualifyings: 10:00-10:45 a.m. local time<br>
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| − | -- Races: 3:00-4:30 p.m. local time<br>
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| − | ===3.2 Practice and Qualifying===
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| − | 3.2.1 During the first free pratice, F1 teams may use a driver with previous Formula 1 experience to execute testing on the car outside of the usual testing and upgrade windows. The use of this driver must be announced before the start of the season and results in the team giving up one development token.<br>
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| − | 3.2.2 The end of the second free practice is the deadline for any driver changes. After that deadline, teams may only replace their driver with either any of the test drivers present at the track in obeyance of rule 2.2.1 or the designated reserve driver of the team (if applicable).<br>
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| − | 3.2.3 Qualifying consists of a three-stage knockout session, each stage lasting eleven minutes with a six-minute break between each stage. After the first stage ("Q1"), the eight slowest cars are eliminated from the competition and will start in P19-26 in order of fastest laps set during the stage. After the second stage ("Q2"), the eight slowest remaining cars are eliminated from the competition and will start in P11-18 in order of fastest laps set during the stage. The remaining cars will start P1-P10 in order of the fastest laps during the third stage ("Q3")<br>
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| − | 3.2.3.1 Any car that sets more than twelve laps during a stage (outlaps and inlaps included) will have their time for that stage deleted.<br>
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| − | 3.2.3.2 Any malicious impediment of other drivers during a qualifying stage is punished by demoting the driver five places in the starting grid.<br>
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| − | 3.2.3.3 Any grid penalties as determined in rules 3.2.3.1, 3.2.3.2 and ... are applied to the grid at the conclusion of the third stage. Any car that would drop to a place below P25 as result of an applied grid penalty will instead be placed in P26. If this applies to more than one car, the cars are sorted at the back of the grid by their grid position before the penalty.<small>7</small><br>
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| − | 3.2.4 Before the start of a qualifying session, the five finishers heading the running order at the end of the last lap of the race will be equipped with scaled success ballast. This success ballast is removed at the end of qualifying. <small>8</small><br>
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| − | 3.2.4.1 The success ballast gained in accordance with rule 1.2.4 must be added for every remaining qualifying session of the success ballast period afterwards. A success ballast period consists of three race weekends.<br>
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| − | 3.2.4.2 There is no limit to the total amount of success ballast a car may recieve.<br>
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| − | 3.2.4.3 Rule 2.2.4 does not apply during the final race weekend of a season.<br>
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| − | 3.2.5 Should circumstances require qualifying to be canceled, cars will start in an order in accordance to their drivers' finishing position in the last WDC. Drivers that have not taken part in last season's WDC will be placed at the back in order of their current WDC position.<br>
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| − | 3.3.1 Each of the two races of a race weekend is to last either for as many laps necessary to complete a distance of more than hundred-sixty km (hundred miles) or for a duration of ninety minutes, whichever occurs first.<br>
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| − | 3.3.1.2 Race control may end a race with a red flag even before the required distance has been completed, if continuing the race could endanger drivers or other persons or would lead to less than ten cars being classified.<br>
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| − | 3.3.1.3 A race may not be restarted after its conclusion, regardless whether the race ended by achieving the required distance or by race control ending the race with a red flag.<br>
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| − | 3.3.2 The race result is the running order after the conclusion of the final lap after the application of eventual penalties. Cars that have not completed the final lap of the race are still considered classified if they have completed at least ninety percent of the race distance. World championship points (see rule ...) are handed out on the basis of the race result.<br>
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| − | 3.3.1.2 In case of race control ending the race with red flag, the race result is the running order of the last lap before the red flag after the application of eventual penalites. Only cars that have completed the last lap before the red flag are considered classified, unless that would cause less then ten cars to be classified. In that case, retired cars will be considered classified until there are at least 10 classified cars.<br>
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| − | 3.3.3 All cars are required to perform two pitstops during the race. For the purpose of this rule, a pitstop is defined as a tyre change undertaken in the pitlane by the mechanics of the team running the car. These stops may be undertaken at any point during the race, except for the final two laps of the race.<br>
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| − | 3.3.3.1 Any car that fails to perform either or both of the required pitstops will be excluded from the race results in addition to the penalties defined in rule ...<br>
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| − | 3.3.3.2 Any car that retires before having undertaken the requied pitstops but is still classified is to be treated in accordance with rule 2.3.3.1.<br>
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| − | ==4 FIA Young Driver's Draft==
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| − | 4.1 Every uneven calendar year, a FIA Young Driver's Draft is held in the officies of a FIA member association in any of the five draft regions (Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania & Africa). The location of the draft goes around in a rotation between all five draft regions.<br>
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| − | 4.2 Each team that is entered into the Formula One season for the calendar year of the draft may pick one of twenty-five drivers. With the exception of thirty minutes before the start of the drafting ceremoney and thirty minutes after the end thereof, each team may exchange possesion of draft picks in exchange for contracts of personnel, cash payments and/or other draft picks with other F1 teams. Has a team failed to notify the FIA president of their draft choice and has not sent someone sufficiently authoritised to make the choice for the team until abovementioned time period before the draft ceremony, their draft pick will be made available to all teams with the highest bidder being given the pick, regardless of the absent team's agreement.<br>
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| − | 4.2.1 Draftees may be traded like draft picks. The "right of first refusal" (see rule 1.4) is transfered to the new team. This may not occur when a draftee is under a valid racing contract with the drafting team. Any potential contracts of draftee with the old team as far as rule 1.5 is concerned are still in place, i.e. the driver may refuse a contract offer by the new team if he has fulfilled a contract period with the old team.<br>
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| − | 4.3 The twenty-five draftees are invited to the draft at the discretion of the FIA, with each of the regions mentioned in rule 3.1 being allocated five slots in the draft. Outside of the general age limits of the superlicense rules, there is no need to provide the requirements of a normal superlicense application.<br>
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| − | 4.4 For the next four seasons after being drafted (the calendar year of the draft included), the drafted team has a ''right of first refusal''. During that time period, any offer of a F1 drive made to the draftee may be matched by the drafting team to hire the driver instead. Should the team chose to not match the offer, the team forfeits the "right of first refusal" as well as any other rights to the draftee.<br>
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| − | 4.4.1 An offer is considered "matched" by the Contract Recognition Board if the driver in question is offered either the same or a higher basic wage, exactly the same contract length and exactly the same role in the team. Performance-related financial clauses and driver/team options are considered irrelevant.<br>
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| − | 4.4.2 If, due to other valid contracts, the team is unable to provide the draftee with the matched role within the team at that point in time, the offer can still be matched. The draftee in question will be taking over the role of the currently signed driver at the first opportunity.<br>
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| − | 4.5 Any draftee must accept the first contract offer made by the drafting team, as long as that contract offer does not violate FIA rules and/or international or domestic laws. This rule only applies to the very first contract, no matter for how long that contract is signed. After the first contract has expired or been terminated, the draftee may chose to reject offers but is still bound to rules 4.4, 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 as long as the drafting team has the "right of first refusal".<br>
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| − | 4.6 Drafted drivers may be assigned to other teams. For the purposes of rules 4.2.1 and 4.5, any contract signed in this manner will be treated as if the contract was signed with the drafting team.<br>
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| − | 4.7 The "right of first refusal" is associated to a valid F1 entry in accordance with rule 1.1. Any team changing the name of or abandoning their entry forfeits the rights to their draft picks.<br>
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| − | 4.7.1 The "right of first refusal" for traded draftees is not returned to the original drafting team, even if all rights are forfeited by the new team.<br>
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| − | ==Meta Notes==
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| − | * <small>1</small> - A team's budget must be above or equal €0 after all pre-season costs and incomes are accounted for, a team must be able to at least pay the average price of the cheapest engine manufacturer if there is no existing engine contract.
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| − | * <small>2</small> - Due to the nature of Grand Prix 2, 26 entries are required, so even if the waiting list is empty, there must be 26 cars.
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| − | * <small>3</small> - Only one team per user, no designated feeder teams (e.g. Prodrive F1, Scuderia Toro Rosso).
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| − | * <small>4</small> - Number choice is FIFO in order of position on the waiting list.
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| − | * <small>5</small> - For fictional drivers, only canon races apply in determining whether a driver has fulfilled these conditions.
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| − | * <small>6</small> - A driver that would get a special exception has to take part in a mid-season test before being allowed to start a race.
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| − | * <small>7</small> - Grid penalties in Grand Prix 2 amounts to a driver losing x.xx % of his performance and qualifying being simulated as usual, with laptimes moved to simulate the penalty.
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| − | * <small>8</small> - Success ballast in Grand Prix 2 amounts to a grip loss of 100 points for the first placed-driver, 80 points for the second-placed driver, 60 points for the third-placed driver, 40 points for the fourth-placed driver and 20 points for the fifth-placed driver.
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1.1 Any user of the GP Rejects board may run a team in Alternate Formula One - Current Era
1.2 Any user running a team in Alternate Formula One agrees to fulfill deadlines given by the administration unless external circumstances prevent this.
1.3 The grid size is limited to thirteen two-car teams.
1.3.1 Any user not in charge of one of the thirteen active two-car teams may join the waiting list and will be given new teams in order of joining the waiting list whenever a user decides to not continue running his team or violates rule 1.2.
1.3.2 Should less than 13 users be running a team and should there be no users on the waiting lists, the administration may ask teams chosen at its discretion to run four cars. Those teams will be provided with a sufficient budget to run four cars.
1.4 Any new team must give the administration a name, a nationality and a backstory to explain its entry into Formula One. Should the administration consider that backstory unsufficient, it may deny the entry. If an entry is denied, the user may choose a different name, nationality and backstory until an acceptable entry is achieved.
1.4.1 Existing entries may only change their name and nationality with approval from the administration.
1.5 Any new team may chose a pair of consecutive racing numbers from 3-120, with the exception of numbers 4, 13, 17 and 69. These racing numbers will be used for every racing weekend the team enters.
1.5.1 Any team must give the administration an in-character reason for using their numbers.
1.5.2 Any team may only change their racing numbers with the approval of the administration
1.5.3 The team that has hired the reigning World Drivers Champion will compete during any F1 race the reigning World Drivers Champion is entered for with the racing numbers 1 and 2.
2.1 Each team has a budget. This budget is used to pay for the chassis and chassis upgrades, purchase engines, hire drivers and take part in mid-season testing.
2.1.1 At no point during the season may a budget sink below €0. Any upgrades and driver signings that would cause such a development are considered invalid. The only point during which a team may have a budget below €0 is before the start of the driver market.
2.1.2 Each team whose budget at the start of the season is not sufficient to pay for a chassis, purchase any engine at average price and hire two drivers on minimum wage, even after accounting for sponsorship, is considered bankrupt. The user running the team will be replaced with a user from the waiting list.
2.2 Each new team for a new will be given a starting budget based on the average budget of all teams that were not considered bankrupt as described in rule 2.1.2.
2.3 Any user joining from the waiting list as described in rule 2.1.2 will be asked whether he wants to run the current team or start a new one. Should he choose to run the current team, he is assigned the budget for a new team as described in 2.2 plus €10,000,000 and will be obliged to fulfill any given driver and engine contracts.
2.3.1 The new user is not obliged to give or take any options in given driver and engine contracts, even if eventual conditions are fulfilled.
2.3.2 If a bankrupt team is considered too significant by the administration to consider bankrupt, new users instead may only chose to take the team as described in rule 2.3 or pass it on to the next team on the waiting list.
3.1 Any user may not have more than three drivers whoms DECs he owns enter a F1 race.
3.1.1 Temporary exceptions to rule 3.1 may be given by the administration.
3.1.2 No driver whoms DEC is held by the administration may enter a race except as a penalty driver as described in rule ... .
3.3 Any team may enter up to five different drivers each season. Should external circumstances require so, the team may request permission to exceed this limit with the administration.
3.4 At any time, a team must have two active racing drivers. Should one racing driver be unable to race due to penalty or injury, the team may hire a replacement.
3.4.1 If a team needs to replace a driver between the first and the second race of a weekend, they may either use their own driver coach or their own or any other team's Friday tester as described in rule...
3.4.2 Should a team fail to find a mid-weekend replacement, the car without a driver will not be taking part in the second race of a weekend and the offending team will be fined €3,000,000
3.5 Each driver entered by a team must have a contract with the team entering him. The administration must be informed of the full details of each contract.
3.5.1 Each contract must state the amount of races it is valid for, the precise amount of money the driver is owed per season, the role of the driver in the team and any options/clauses.
3.5.2 Replacement drivers as described in rule 3.4 and rule 3.4.1 do not need to have a contract provided.
3.6 Real-life drivers that are offered a contract will have their response decided with a weighted RNG. Fictional drivers will have their response decided by the DEC owner
3.6.1 Should the administration consider a response to a contract offered to a fictional character out-of-character, it may veto the contract and determine what wage the driver would accept.
3.6.2 Each real-life driver has at least a one percent chance of rejecting all offers.
3.7 Each driver is entitled to a minimum annual wage of €1,000,000.
3.8 No driver that has never entered a F1 race may earn more than €8,000,000.
3.9 All drivers entered for a F1 race must be in possession of a superlicense. Superlicenses are awarded to any real-life driver who has taken part in 20 car races and scored 5 of either pole position, fastest lap of the race or race victories and any fictional driver who has taken part in 20 canon races and scored 5 of pole position, fastest lap of the race or race victories.
3.9.1 Superlicenses are automatically awarded to any driver that has entered at least one race of the last four seasons.
3.9.2 Any driver that does not fulfill these requirements can be awarded a superlicense at the administration's discretion after the driver has taken part in at least one mid-season test.
3.10 Outside of two active drivers, each team may sign one third driver. The role that third driver may take depends on his age and experience. Any team using a third driver must clarify his exact role. No third driver may be used for more than one role.
3.10.1 A Friday Tester works on improving the car outside of the upgrade token system. Any driver who has entered at least 5 F1 races may be a Friday Tester
3.10.2 A Simulator Tester works on improving his skills. Any driver who has never entered a F1 race may be a Simulator Tester.
3.10.3 A Driver Coach offers his experience to younger drivers. Any driver above the age of 33 may be a Driver Coach.
3.11 Any team may sack any of their drivers at any point during the season without giving reasons. The driver is owned a compensation equal to the quotient of the drivers annual wage divided by the number of races left on his contract.
3.11.1 If the compensation would be less than €2,000,000, the driver is owed €2,000,000 instead.
3.11.2 A team may sack a driver without paying compensation if the driver to be sacked has less than 10 % of the World Drivers Championship of his teammate if the teammate has at least 75 world championship points or has publicly expressed an unmistakeable willingness to leave his team.
3.11.3 Any driver may leave their current team with one race weekend notice if the team has dropped six places below their finishing position in last year's World Constructors Championship at the time of the departure.
