Round 8

Key Regulations

A brief overview of some of the key rules and regulations, with full Sporting and Technical Regulations for each race round is available as a download at the top of this page.

Technical Overview

The race cars' technical setting is according to each championship's technical regulations.

Race Format

There are eight rounds in the current season. For each round, there will be a qualifying session of 15 minutes followed by three SSMDG races of equal distance of 50km.

The points system is 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top 15 finishers.

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Single bonus points are awarded for the fastest qualifier, fastest lap in each race and for leading a lap during races.

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For BoP Test Day, points are awarded to the top 8 drivers with the fastest average lap time after the three timed sessions in 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. For the race session, points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.

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‘Option’ Compounds

'Option' RSS (Racing Super Soft) tyre compound must be used for one of the race in a championship round.

Race Grids

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• The grid for race one is decided during the qualifying session.

• The grid for race two is based on the finishing order of race one.

• The race three grid is based on race two's finishing positions. However, there is also a reversed-grid element to the starting order. Numbers representing the cars that finished from sixth to 16th position in race two are entered into a computer, and the software draws one number at random. The corresponding car will start on pole, with the cars that finished ahead of it reversed, i.e. if number six is chosen, the car that finished sixth in race two will start from pole position ahead of the car that finished fifth, fourth, third etc. The remainder of the grid follows as per the finishing order of race two.

Success Ballast

Cars that are successful in the SSMDG Gran Turismo Championship must carry ballast (additional weight) in their cars.

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Maximum success ballast will be increased to 5%, thereafter reducing in 1% increments down to fifth  place as follows: 1st: 25kg, 2nd: 20kg, 3rd: 15kg, 4th: 10kg, 5th: 5kg.

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• Between events, the ballast is allocated according to championship positions and is carried in qualifying and race one.

• For races two and three, the ballast is allocated according to the finishing positions in race one and two respectively.

Note

These regulations may be amended by SSMDG during the course of the season, with all teams and officials notified of any changes via official championship bulletins.