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FOREWARD

The Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo (also indicated as VLBST or the Series) is reserved for the 2014 #14 GMG Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo race car. Drivers will compete for the title of the Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Season 1 Champion for each of the following categories:

Gallardo LP 570-4:

  • AM drivers
  • PRO-AM drivers
  • PRO drivers

The Series is governed by the VLBST Administration (also indicated as the Team) and based on the 2015 North American Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Sporting Regulations. These Sporting Regulations, the Series Technical regulations, and the Series Bulletins are collectively referred to as the Code, which is the collection of documents that provides the rules and regulations for the Series. All the participating parties agree to apply and observe the rules governing the Series.

The cars which are admitted to participate in Season 1 of the Series are compliant at least, with Bulletin 1.0 of the Code.

REGULATIONS

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

  2. These Sporting Regulations will come into force on 1st January 2016 and will replace any and all previous Sporting Regulations of the Series. The Team reserves the right to make alterations and additions, at any time, to all points detailed within the Regulations. These alterations will be issued to the nominated Team Manager of each Entrant, as listed in the Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo registration documents.

GENERAL UNDERTAKING

  1. All Drivers, Competitors, Entrants, and officials participating in the Series, by completing the Entry Form, agree on behalf of themselves to fully comply with all of the provisions as supplemented or amended of the Code.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

  1. It is the Competitor’s obligation to ensure that all persons concerned by his entry fully comply with all the requirements of the Code and the Sporting & Technical regulations.

  2. Competitors/Entrants must ensure that their cars comply with the conditions of eligibility throughout the Event.

LICENSES

  1. All Drivers and Competitors participating in the Series must be in possession of at least a Bronze VFIA driver rating.

SERIES EVENTS

  1. Events are exclusively reserved for Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo LP 570-4 race cars as defined by the applicable technical regulations and all relecant updates issued through official Competition Bulletins. In exceptional circumstances, the Team reserves the right to accept “Guest” cars. These cars and their drivers will not be eligible to score points.

  2. Save for exceptional circumstances, all the Series Events will be made up of a practice session of 15 minutes duration, a qualifying session of 15 minutes duration, a race of 50 minutes duration, with one mandatory pit stop.

  3. The leader will be shown the chequered flag when he/she crosses the control line (the Line) at the end of the prescribed period. The Line is a single line whish crosses both the track and the pit lane.

  4. The maximum number of Events in the Series is set at six.

  5. The definitive list of Events is published by the Team before each season’s registration opens.

11.1 The events will take place in accordance with the calendar below:

Round 1 | Date TBD | Laguna Seca
Round 2 | Date TBD | Watkins Glen
Round 3 | Date TBD | Lime Rock Park
Round 4 | Date TBD | Circuit of the Americas
Round 5 | Date TBD | Road Atlanta
Round 6 | Date TBD | Sebring

  1. An Event may be cancelled if fewer than 10 cars are entered.

THE SERIES

  1. The Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo winning titles will be awarded to the Driver/s and the Team who have scored the highest number of points in their category, taking into consideration the results obtained during the Events which have taken place.

  2. There will be three championship classifications for the Gallardo. According to their position in the classification, Drivers of each category (AM, PRO-AM, and PRO) will be awarded with the following points after each race:

1st | 15 points
2nd | 12 points
3rd | 10 points
4th | 8 points
5th | 6 points
6th | 5 points
7th | 4 points
8th | 3 points
9th | 2 points
10th | 1 point

For the Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo only the points scored by the best classified car per team will be taken into account after each Race whatever car is used. There will also be a Drop Round, where the lowest position result of each Driver is removed from scoring consideration at the end of the season. The Drop Round can be a round that the Driver was not able to attend, but Drivers will not be able to use a Disqualification result as the Drop Round.

  1. If a race is suspended and cannot be resumed, no points will be awarded to the teams if the leader has completed less than two laps. Half points will be awarded to the Drivers if the leader has completed more than two laps but less than 75% of the original race distance (or time). Full points will be awarded to the Drivers if the leader has completed 75% or more of the original race distance (or time).

DEAD HEAT

  1. If two or more Drivers or teams finish the season with the same number of points, the higher place in the Series shall be awarded to:

a. The holder of the greatest number of first places;
b. If the number of first places is the same, the holder of the greatest number of second places;
c. If the number of second places is the same, the holder of the greatest number of third places and so on until a winner emerges;
d. If this procedure fails to produce a result, the Team will nominate the winner according to such criteria, as it thinks fit;

OFFICIALS

  1. For each Event, VLBST will nominate:
  • Race Director
  • Chief Scrutineer
  • Chief Timekeeper
  1. The Race Director will be the authority in the following matters:
  • The control of practice and race in relation to the adherence of the timetable and, if he/she deems it necessary, the formulation of any proposal to modify the timetable or of the Supplementary Regulations
  • The issue of event bulletins
  • The infliction of classification penalties
  • The stopping or interruption of practice sessions or races
  • The use of the Safety Car
  • The stopping of a race car
  • The starting procedure
  • An eventual restart
  • Driver’s briefings
  1. The officials in charge of scrutineering will maintain full authority in connection with the scrutineering activities.

DRIVER/COMPETITOR APPLICATIONS

  1. The following are authorized driver pairings:

PRO:

  • Platinum
  • Gold
  • Platinum - Platinum
  • Platinum - Gold
  • Gold - Gold

PRO-AM:

  • Silver
  • Silver - Silver
  • Silver - Bronze
  • Bronze Expert (As judged by the Team)

AM:

  • Bronze
  • Bronze - Bronze

The Team reserves the right to modify the drivers categorization at any time.

  1. Registration to compete in the Series must be submitted to the Team via the Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Registration Form (for the Season).

The application shall include:

a) confirmation that the applicant has read and understood the Code, the Technical Regulations and the Sporting Regulations and agrees, on their own behalf and on behalf of everyone associated with their participation in the Super Trofeo, to observe them
b) the name of the Entrant (i.e., if a guest driver is racing in an Event, the Entrant would be VLBST, not the Driver of the car)
c) the name of the Driver
c) the Gamertag of the Driver
d) the name of the Team and the Team Manager
e) the number of the car being entered

  1. A Competitor may enter only one car for the season.

  2. Entry to the Virtual Super Trofeo opens on TBD. Full season Registration forms must be submitted to the Team no later than 15 days prior to the first Event.

  3. Race by race Registration forms must be submitted to the Team no later than 7 days prior to the Event.

  4. Guest Drivers (driving one of the cars entered by VLBST) may enter at the sole discretion of the Team, where their attendance does not preclude other Entrants’ participation. Guest Drivers will forfeit points-scoring but will still participate in the presentation of awards and media activity surrounding the specific race. In the case where a Guest Driver finishes a race in a points-scoring position, the points will be considered to be ‘invisible’ with respect to the championship standings, and will pass down the standings.

  5. If, in the opinion of the Team, a Competitor fails to operate in a manner compatible with the standards of the Virtual Super Trofeo or in any way brings the Virtual Super Trofeo into disrepute, the Team may exclude such Competitor from the Virtual Super Trofeo forthwith. The same applies for the driver if his driving behavior brings the Virtual Super Trofeo into disrepute.

CREDENTIALS

  1. No credential may be issued unless agreed with and by the VFIA. A credential may be used only by the person and for the purpose for which it was issued.

INSTRUCTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO DRIVERS/COMPETITORS

  1. In exceptional circumstances, the Race Director may give instructions to Competitors or Drivers by means of special Bulletins in accordance with the Code. the Bulletins will be distributed to all the Competitors or Drivers, who must acknowledge receipt.

  2. All classifications and results of practice and the race, as well as all decisions issued by the officials, will be posted on the Series forums.

  3. Any decision or communication concerning a particular Competitor must be given to him within ten minutes of such decision and receipt must be acknowledged.

INCIDENTS

  1. “Incident” means any occurrence or series of occurrences involving one or more Drivers, or any action by any Driver, which is reported to the Race Director which:
  • Necessitated the stopping of a practice (free or qualifying) session or the suspension of a race.
  • Constituted a breach of these Sporting Regulations or the Code
  • Caused a false start by one or more cars
  • Caused a collision
  • Forced a Driver off the track
  • Illegitimately prevented a legitimate overtaking maneuver by a Driver
  • Illegitimately impeded another Driver during overtaking
  1. a) It shall be at the discretion of the Race Director to decide if a Driver or Drivers involved in an Incident shall be penalized.

b) If an incident is under investigation by the Race Director, all teams the Driver(s) of which are involved will be notified.

  1. The Race Director may impose any one of the following penalties on a Driver involved in an Incident:

Level 1: Drive-through penalty
Level 2: Drive-through penalty and a loss of 2 grid positions at next race
Level 3: Drive-through penalty and a loss of 4 grid positions at next race
Level 4: Drive-through penalty and a loss of 10 grid positions at next race
Level 5: Disqualification from race

  1. Should the Race Director decide to impose one of the penalties provided for in Art. 33, the following procedure shall be applied:

a) An official shall give notification of the penalty which has been imposed to an official of the team concerned and shall make sure that this information is acknowledged and that it is also announced over headset communications.

b) From the time that the Race Director’s decision is announced, the relevant Driver may cover no more than three complete laps before entering the pit lane. Whilst a car is stationary as a result of incurring a time penalty, it may not be worked on.

c) When the time penalty period has elapsed the Driver must re-join the race.

PROTESTS AND APPEALS

  1. Protests and Appeals shall be posted in the official VLBST Protests and Appeals forum thread.

DRIVING

  1. The Driver must drive his/her car alone and unaided. This rule does not apply to disabled Drivers, who may use hand controls with their steering wheel and pedal setup.

RACE NUMBERS AND NAME OF CAR

  1. Each car will carry the race number allocated by the Team. Race numbers and advertising on the cars must conform to the provisions of the Code. Its race numbers must be clearly visible from the front and each side of the car.

  2. The name or the emblem of the make of the car must appear on the car in the original location. The name of the Driver and their national flag must appear on each side of the bodywork (in accordance with the Article of the Code). The Competitor’s nationality may be clearly displayed on the car in the form of a 15 cm x 10 cm sticker of the national flag of the Competitor, affixed to the upper horizontal part of each door.

SCRUTINEERING

  1. Initial scrutineering of the cars will take place before the first event of the season.

  2. No car and no Driver may take part in the Event until they have been authorized to do so by the scrutineers.

  3. The scrutineers may check the eligibility of a car or of a Competitor at any time during an Event.

  4. Checks and scrutineering shall be carried out duly by appointed officials who shall also be responsible for the operation of the Parc Fermé and who alone are authorized to give instructions to the Competitors.

  5. The Race Director may publish the scrutineers’ findings each time cars are checked during an Event. These results will not include and specific figures except when a car is found to be in breach of the Technical Regulations.

TIRE LIMITATION DURING THE EVENT

  1. Only the Lamborghini-selected specification and make of tires, available during an Event, must be used for the entire Series season.

There will be a single tire supplier.

The specifications and dimensions are set out in the Technical Regulations.

WEIGHTING

  1. The weight of any car may be checked at any time during the Event. Should the weight of a car be less than that specified in the Technical Regulations, the Race Director may drop the Competitor concerned as many grid positions as they consider appropriate.

No substance may be added to, placed on, or removed from a car after it has been selected for weighting.

GENERAL CAR REQUIREMENTS

  1. All Drivers must use the Lobby Host’s Party Chat for the Entirety of the Event.

GENERAL SAFETY

  1. Drivers are strictly forbidden from driving their car in the opposite direction to the race unless absolutely necessary in order to move the car from a dangerous position. A car may only be pushed to remove it from a dangerous position as directed by the officials.

  2. At no time may a car be reversed into the pit lane under its own power.

  3. The pit lane speed limit must be obeyed at all times.

  4. If a Driver experiences serious mechanical difficulties during practice or the race, he/she must leave the track or return to the pits as soon as it is safe to do so.

PRIVATE TEST, FREE PRACTICE, QUALIFYING

  1. Saved where these Sporting Regulations require otherwise, pit and track discipline and safety measures will be the same for all practice sessions as for the race. Private testing is free and Competitors may carry out private test sessions at the track where the Event is being held during the week of its celebration, unless otherwise stated by the Team.

  2. The list of Competitors, cars, and Drivers allowed to take part in the Event must be published before the Event begins. No Driver may start the race without taking part in Qualifying, except in a case of “force majeure” duly recognized as such by the Race Director.

  3. There will be one free practice session of 15 minutes length.

  4. There will be one Qualifying session of 15 minutes length.

  5. In the event of a driving infringement during any session, the Race Director may impose any of the five penalties they consider appropriate on the Driver concerned. All Incidents are considered to be under investigation until reviewed after the session. All penalties are subject to such review. If a Driver agrees with the penalty, they shall serve the penalty as laid out in these Sporting Regulations. If a Driver does not agree with the penalty and does not serve the penalty, and is found after further investigation to have committed actions that warranted the penalty, the results of the Driver concerned will be forfeited for the race and a Level 2 or higher penalty will be issued upon the Driver. If a Driver refuses to serve a penalty issued under these circumstances, their VFIA rating may be reduced and their VLBST racing license may be suspended.

  6. Any Driver taking part in any session who, in the opinion of the Race Director, stops unnecessarily on the circuit or unnecessarily impedes another Driver, shall be subject to the following penalty:

If, in the opinion of the Race Director, a stoppage is caused deliberately, the Driver concerned may have his times from the session cancelled(in substitution of or in addition to the penalties referred to in Art. 33) and may not be permitted to take part in any other practice sessions during the Event.

  1. All laps covered during the qualifying session will be timed to determine the car’s position at the start of the race, in accordance with the prescriptions of Art. 61.

With the exception of a lap in which the red flag is shown, each time a car crosses the Line it will be deemed to have completed one lap.

STOPPING THE SESSION

  1. Should it become necessary to stop the session, the Race Director shall order a red flag. When the signal is given to stop, all cars shall immediately reduce speed and proceed slowly back to their respective pits without overtaking any cars.

THE GRID

  1. At the end of the qualifying session, the fastest time achieved by each Driver will be published officially.

  2. The grid will be determined by the order of the fastest time achieved by each car during the qualifying session. Should two or more cars have set identical times, priority will be given to the one which set it first.

In the event that a car cannot obtain a time in the Qualifying session, its position on the grid of the relative race will be, pending the approval of the Race Director, behind all the cars having obtained regular times and, if necessary, in the order of the times obtained in the Free Practice Session.

  1. The fastest car will start the race from the position on the grid which was the pole position which has been designated by the FIA.

  2. The final starting grid of each race will be published before each race. Any Competitor who is unable to start the race or who has good reason to believe that their car will not be ready to start must inform the Race Director accordingly at the earliest opportunity and, in any case, no later than 10 minutes before the start of each race.

If one or more cars are withdrawn the grid will be closed up accordingly.

  1. Any car which has not taken up its position in the Lobby by the time the 10 minute warning has been announced will not be permitted to start with the rest of the grid, and instead will start from the pits. In this event, the Driver must park their car at the entrance of the pits and enter the automated pit lane passage after the announcement of the green flag.

BRIEFING

  1. A briefing by the Race Director will take place before the free practice session at the latest. All Drivers entered in the Event, and their appointed representatives must be present throughout the briefing. If the Race Director considers that another briefing is necessary, it will be held and time and place will be accordingly communicated to the Competitors’ representatives.

STARTING PROCEDURE

  1. A maximum of five minutes before the time for the start of the race, the cars will leave the grid to cover a formation lap. Overtaking during the formation lap is only permitted if it is necessary to establish the starting order for the race. A time penalty may be imposed on any Driver who, in the opinion of the Race Director, unnecessarily overtook another car during the formation lap.

The speed of the pace car must be around 80 kph during the formation lap.

  1. The leading car will continue to pace the grid at a minimum speed of 70 kph and a maximum speed of 90 kph. Any divergence between the prescribed speeds (70-90 kph) before the start is given will result in a Drive-through penalty. No car may overtake another one before the starting signal is given.

  2. a) There will be a rolling start. The starting signal will be given by means of a vocal radio announcement, using the declaration “Green, green, green!”

b) If a problem arises when the cars reach the Line at the end of the formation lap of the grid, the race will stay under a yellow flag condition. The cars, with the pole position of the grid leading, will complete a new formation lap.

c) Should the Starter deem the formation irregular, he/she may order one of more additional formation laps. If additional formation laps will be carried out, the start of the race will be considered to have been given at the end of the first formation lap.

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  2. Cars starting from the pit lane will have completed their first lap as soon as they cross the Line for the first time.

  3. A penalty will be imposed for a false start if so reported by start line judges or judges of fact.

  4. A breach of the provisions of the Code or these Sporting Regulations relating to starting procedure may result in the exclusion of the cars and Drivers concerned from the Event.

THE RACE

  1. If a car stops during the race, it must be removed from the track as quickly as possible so that its presence does not constitute a danger or hinder other Competitors.

SUSPENDING THE RACE

  1. If the race cannot be resumed, the results will be taken at the end of the penultimate lap before the lap during which the signal to suspend the race was given.

FINISH

  1. The end-of-race signal will be given at the Line as soon as the leading car crosses it after the scheduled time has elapsed.

  2. Should for any reason the end-of-race signal be given before the scheduled time has elapsed, the race will be deemed to have finished when the leading car last crossed the Line before the signal was given.

CLASSIFICATION

  1. The car placed first will be the one having covered the greatest distance in the scheduled time or its equivalent in laps. All cars will be classified taking into account the number of complete laps they have covered and, for those which have completed the same number of laps, the order in which they crossed the line.

  2. If a car takes more than twice the time of the winner’s fastest lap to cover its last lap, this last lap will not be taken into account when calculating the total distance covered by that car.

  3. Cars having covered less than 70% of the number of laps covered by the winner (rounded down to the nearest whole number of laps) will not be classified.

  4. The official overall classifications will be published after the race. These will be the only valid results, subject to and amendments which may be made under the Code and these Sporting Regulations.

PODIUM CEREMONY

  1. The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Drivers finishing the race in first, second, and third positions in the AM, PRO-AM, and PRO classifications may attend the post-race Podium Ceremony and photo shoot.

ADHERENCE TO THE REGULATIONS

  1. Failure to comply with any of these provisions may result in the exclusion from classification as well as in the suspension and/or termination of any activities in the Super Trofeo.

DEFINITIONS

  1. The terms used in this Sporting Regulation will have the meanings defined below, unless the context unequivocally gives to understand otherwise:

Entrant: the person or entity which submits the Registration Form and holds an Entrant’s competition license, and is thus responsible, both jointly and severally with the Competitor, for ensuring that any and all persons and/or entities concerned by his/her entry comply with all the applicable prescriptions as indicated in these Sporting Regulations.

Competitor: any person or body accepted for any competition whatsoever, and necessarily holding a VLBST racing license issued by the Team.

Driver: person driving an automobile in any competition whatsoever, and necessarily holding a VLBST racing license issued by the Team.

Event: each meeting which is part of the Series, starting from the beginning of administrative checking and/or scrutineering, including any and all activities which are preliminary and functional to each and all race/s of the series, and ending with one or other of the following time limits, whichever is the later (i) the expiry of time limit for protests or appeals or the end of any hearings; or (ii) the end of administrative checking and post-event scrutineering carried out in accordance with the Code.

Circuit: the circuit providing the racetrack for each of the races of the Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo

Organizer: the automobile club which organizes one or more Events pursuant of the Code.

Race Director: the person who shall have overriding authority in the control of practice, qualifying, and the race in accordance with the Code and Sporting and Technical Regulations.

Competition Bulletin: the advisory notification or instruction documents issued by the Race Director or the Stewards.

Competition Car: automobile registered to participate in the Series.

APPENDIX - PODIUM CEREMONY

At the end of each race a ceremony must be provided for the three first Drivers or Crews of each Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo categories in accordance with the conditions set out below.

TROPHIES

During the Podium Ceremony, the following Trophies will be awarded:

  • Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo AM winning Driver(s)
  • Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo AM second place Driver(s)
  • Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo AM third place Driver(s)

A second Podium ceremony will follow the first one and the other following Trophies will be awarded:

  • Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo PRO-AM winning Driver(s)
  • Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo PRO-AM second place Driver(s)
  • Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo PRO-AM third place Driver(s)

A final Podium Ceremony will follow the second one, and the following Trophies will be awarded:

  • Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo OVERALL winning Driver(s)
  • Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo OVERALL second place Driver(s)
  • Virtual Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo OVERALL third place Driver(s)