Round 5 - Indianapolis 500 [May 19th]

Race Day Schedule

Sunday May 19th

All participants must have a car booked in the Race Entry List. Only the fastest 33 cars will be allowed to start the race. In the event that less than 33 qualified on May 12th, the remainder of the field will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis on Race Day. In the event that 33 qualified and there were drivers too slow to make the 33 car field, up to three alternates will be named (34th, 35th and 36th fastest) for Race Day, in the case that one or more of the qualified cars do not appear.

All times listed are CET time (Paris time).

19h30 - Practice starts
20h00 - Warm up session for race
20h15 - Opening ceremonies and drivers briefing
20h30 - Race Start | 200 laps | 3hr 30min Time Limit

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Notes for the race

- Drivers with older computers are advised to reduce their detail levels prior to logging on**
A training server is now running 24/7 (same password)

- The race will be started under a 2x2 grid with an AI controlled pace car. The game will be responsible for all yellows.

- There will be a 100mph pit lane speed limit.

- During the race (Both under Yellow & Green flag) you must be inside of the yellow pit entry line if you intend to pit. You cannot cross through it late and pit in. Failure to adhere to this rule may result in a post race penalty.

- If being lapped, the general rule we are applying is, Leaders go to the left (Inside) cars being lapped go to the right (Outside). The lapping car still has the responsibility to ensure the manoeuvre is a safe one.

- We strongly recommend all drivers to run with all virtual mirrors and spotter activated, to improve their spatial awareness. Also make sure your message center is turned on.


Full Course Yellow Procedure (Version française en dessous)

This series will see the appearance of the Full Course Yellow procedure. When Automobilista judges that a situation is risky (a car stopped on the track, a spin on a speedway etc..), it will throw a Yellow Flag. From the time this Yellow Flag is thrown, overtaking is forbidden, but if you have doubt about your position, Automobilista will tell you where you have to be when you will cut the start/finish line. At the same time the pitlane will be closed, it will be open again for the cars in the lead lap after one full lap behind the Safety Car. For the cars which are a lap or more down, they will have to wait another lap. Automobilista will anyway tell you in the chat all these informations (don't deactivate in-car chat).

When the Safety Car is out, you must keep a normal pace until you reach the the line of cars behind the SC. Otherwise you will get a penalty. Same when you exit the pitlane under yellow, you have to be quick enough to rejoin the SC.

/!\ On oval tracks the leader will have to be careful to not overtake the Safety Car when the latter is exiting the pitlane. /!\

Drivers must be in single file for the restart.

*** VF ***

Ce championnat est marqué par l'apparition de la procédure de Full Course Yellow. Quand Automobilista jugera qu'une situation est à risque (une voiture arretée au mauvais endroit, un tête à queue sur un ovale) il sortira la voiture de sécurité. Une fois cette procédure lancée, il est interdit de dépasser. Si vous avez des doutes Automobilista vous dira de toute façon ou vous placer une fois que vous aurez franchi la ligne de départ/arrivée. Au moment la voie des stands sera fermée. Elle sera réouverte pour les pilotes dans le même tour que le leader après un tour complet derrière la voiture de sécurité. Pour les pilotes étant à un tour ou plus, il faudra patienter un autre tour. Automobilista vous donnera lui même ses instructions dans le chat (ne pas désactiver le chat dans la voiture).

Lorsque la voiture de sécurité est sortie, vous devez conserver un rythme normal jusqu'à ce que vous rejoigniez la file des voitures derrière le SC, sinon vous risquez de vous voir infliger une pénalité. Même chose lorsque vous ressortez des stands, vous ne devez pas trainer pour rejoindre la voiture de sécurité.

/!\ Sur les ovales, le leader devra faire attention à ne pas dépasser la voiture de sécurité lorsque celui ci est en train de sortir des stands. /!\

Les pilotes devront être sur une seule file lors des restarts.


Restart Spacing Rule (Version française en dessous)

On restarts, all cars must be no more than two car lengths apart, and in single file.
Failure to observe this rule during the race may result in a post-race penalty.

*** VF ***

Lors des restarts, toutes les voitures ne peuvent pas être séparées par plus de 2 longueurs de voiture et doivent se trouve sur la même file.
Tout manquement à cette règle peut entrainer des pénalités après course.



Pit Entry and Exit Procedures

During the race, cars entering the pits must fade left briefly on the backstretch to signal their intent to pit. This rule will only apply if a car or cars are running immediately behind the pitting car. Failure to follow this procedure may result in a post-race penalty.

During the race (Both under Yellow & Green flag) you must be inside of the yellow pit entry line if you intend to pit. You cannot cross through it late and pit in. Failure to adhere to this rule may result in a post race penalty

During the race, cars exiting the pits must keep all four wheels under the yellow and white lines until they exit turn two, then they can blend into race traffic. Failure to follow this procedure may result in a post-race penalty.

 
Behaviour on track

A few behaviour rules :

- As for all HSO races, it is required you use your real name both in-game and on the forum. Thank you.

- Chatting is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN in race sessions. It is allowed in qualifying sessions for technical issues only.

- Drive Through : If a driver has to do a drive through, even if there is no pit lane speed limit, he has to drive through the pitlane at 160km/h max (100mph). If he doesn't respect this, he will get a 30s penalty at the end of the race.

- If you have a spin on the course, it is YOUR responsibility to make sure the track is sufficiently clear before you rejoin the race.

- Weaving back and forth in an effort to break the slipstream of a following car is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN in race sessions.

- Respect the red condition at the end of the pitlane.


Application and Interpretation of the Regulations

The admins alone are qualified to solve any problems raised by the application and the interpretation of the present regulations.

- Please confirm your presence in this thread.

- Although Lukas qualified Michael's car, as per the rules he starts at the back of the grid.

- The 3rd alternate, is open to anybody, first come first serve. This includes people who had a car and didn't make a qualifying attempt and those who didn't have a car. The cut off to ask for this space is Wednesday 15th.

Yes!!!
Very happy here.

Thanks for Juha Bos for the setup help

Richard Coxon wrote:

- The 3rd alternate, is open to anybody, first come first serve. This includes people who had a car and didn't make a qualifying attempt and those who didn't have a car. The cut off to ask for this space is Wednesday 22nd.

Not the 15th? The 22nd is after the race.


Racing, finally

David Jundt wrote:

Richard Coxon wrote:

- The 3rd alternate, is open to anybody, first come first serve. This includes people who had a car and didn't make a qualifying attempt and those who didn't have a car. The cut off to ask for this space is Wednesday 22nd.

Not the 15th? The 22nd is after the race.


Racing, finally

Likely cut and paste date from last year. They will catch it.

.....Great work Jason on the pole

Big thank you guys for the sheer amount of organising yesterday needed. Appreciated!

Impressive run too Jason

I think my speed and position on the road is wrong. I had 208,589

Your speed an position are correct Oyvind, you're looking at the wrong column. Lap 4 was 208.589 mph but your four lap average (which is what determines the grid) was 207.990 mph.

Juha Bos wrote:

Your speed an position are correct Oyvind, you're looking at the wrong column. Lap 4 was 208.589 mph but your four lap average (which is what determines the grid) was 207.990 mph.

Oh, sorry, I see it now, I didn't have the whole form on my screen

And big congrats to Jason on Pole