GENERAL REGULATIONS – PUBLISHED 1^st JUNE 2021
(The regulations may be subject to change, so please refer to the latest based on the Date Published detailed above)

MICHELIN VIRTUAL RACING SERIES 2021

Michelin Virtual Racing Series 2021 will be a single event series of races in GT Sport on PlayStation 4 comprising 3 rounds, Playoffs, and Finals.

• Time Attack submissions over 3 weeks period – 2^nd half of June 2021
• Time Attack verification runs (by invitation request) – early July 2021
  From here, Best-94 fastest times will enter the Racing Rounds Tournament, divided into 2 categories: expert and advance
• Each category will then race 1 round per day, total 3 rounds – Round 1, 2 & 3 on 10^th, 11^th & 17^th July 2021
• Top-24 from each category then race in the Semi-Final Playoffs, and the Top-6 from each Semi Final race will then race in the Final. Playoffs and Finals will be on 18 July to decide the Champion of each category.

1. PREAMBLE

These Regulations apply to the Michelin Virtual Racing Series 2021.

Michelin Virtual Racing Series 2021 is approved by Motorsports Association of Malaysia [MAM] and organised by Kelab Sukan Motor MSF [KSM-MSF], and promoted by Michelin Malaysia Sdn Bhd. They are governed under these Regulations, and any Additional Supplementary Regulations published from time to time.

Entrants, Drivers and Team Managers shall comprehend the contents stated in these Regulations and strictly comply with all the Sporting and Technical Regulations prescribed.

2. STEWARDS

The decisions of the Panel of Stewards will be final and binding on the Entrants, Drivers and Team Managers (participants) subject to Appeal as laid out in the General Prescriptions under the Code of FIA and MAM.

3. ORGANISER & PROMOTER

Organiser:
Kelab Sukan Motor MSF
49, Jalan Peniaga U1/35,
Hicom-glenmarie Industrial Park,
40150 Shah Alam, Selangor.
Tel : +603 7629 8829

Attention:
Honorable Secretary
Norfadilah Zainal Abidin

Promoter:
Michelin Malaysia Sdn Bhd 597991-M
Unit 901, Uptown 2,
2, Jalan SS 21/37, Damansara Utama,
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Tel : +603 7680 3888
Email : general@msfracing.com

4. STATUS

This is an MAM-inscribed e-Racing status event. Permit numbers will be released before the event.

5. COMPETITION SCHEDULE

• a) June 7^th – 27^th – Time Attack submissions over 2 weeks period
• b) June 30^th till July 6^th – Time Attack verification runs
• c) 10^th July – Round 1
• d) 11^th July – Round 2
• e) 17^th July – Round 3
• f) 18^th July – Playoffs: Semi Finals & Finals

Schedule Timeline attached with the regulations under Appendix 1: Event Timeline

6. QUALIFICATIONS AND CONDITIONS AS A COMPETITOR

• 6.1. Every Entrant is required to register his participation with the organisers with a completed event entry form via the online website registration form.
• 6.2. The Entrant/Driver is required to take responsibility and ensure that they are in compliance with all the rules and regulations.
• 6.3. Every Entrant/Driver has the responsibility to ensure that any advertisement on the entered cars is in compliance with all the relevant laws and is not religious or political in nature.

 7. ENTRY ACCEPTANCE AND DENIAL

All entries will be thoroughly checked by the organiser. The organiser reserves the right to refuse an entry at their discretion without assigning any reason whatsoever.

8. PRIZES

Trophies will be awarded as follows:
Winner – Trophy + RM 3,000 cash + prizes
1st runner-up – Trophy + RM 1,500 cash + prizes
2nd runner-up – Trophy + RM 500 cash + prizes
3rd runner-up – Trophy
4th runner-up – Trophy

All drivers that reach the Final races will receive a set of Michelin car tyres, specifics to be announced separately.

9. OFFICIALS

Race Officials
Race Director – Adian Yein
Race Control – Adam Luqman, Mazran Zulkifli
Driving Standards Observer – Fariqe Hairuman, Faisal Asri
MSF Club Steward – Lye Ca-Wyn
Secretary of the Meet – Norfadilah Zainal Abidin

10. ENTRIES

Categories
There will be 2 categories:

1. Expert – open category for online racers with the following criteria:
   • Expert category in any previous e-Racing tournament series in Malaysia
   • Finalist in any previous e-Racing tournament series in Malaysia
   • any other driver that qualifies within the Top-94 fastest Time Trial times during the Pre-Qualifying stage that is none of the above
2. Advanced – open category for online racers other than the above.

Participation Fee: Series participation is Free

Maximum Entries:

1. Expert – 48 entries
2. Advanced – 48 entries

• Time trial and registration will be open from 7^th June 2021 and closes at 2359 hrs on Sunday 27^th June 2021.
• Please Register and declare your best laptime at the described circuit with the described game and vehicle set up parameters at the website www.michelin.com.my
• If there are any queries please contact the Event Secretariat:
  • Dila 017 323 7030
    Syazwan 012 525 5616
• Entries accepted by the Online Registration System server on a first come first serve basis.
• Acceptances of entry are at the sole discretion of the organisers. The organisers reserve the right to refuse an entry.
• It is a condition of entry that competitors have no right to any claims against Michelin Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the Organisers, the Promoter, it’s Officials, Kelab Sukan Bermotor MSF, and Matrix Motorsports Promotion Sdn Bhd.

11. QUALIFYING TIME TRIAL

• Time trials will be run from 7^th June till 27^th June 2021.
• Participants are required to submit a link to an online video of their set up and time trial run. The videos will be viewed by the Organisers to verify the authenticity of the best lap time that is submitted in the online Registration system. The top qualifying times will be required to attend and participate in a live Verification Time Trial between 29^th June to 3^rd July.
• The final Top-100 times will then be published online at the website, and the Top-94 participants will qualify for the Tournament.
• Base game: GT Sport on PS4
  • Time Trial Event
    Category: Gr3 cars only; Vision Gran Turismo cars are prohibited.
    Circuit: Sardegna Road A II
    Time and Weather: 13:15hrs Clear
    Vehicle: BMW M6 GT3 M Power Gr3
• Game Set up:
  • All Driver Aids OFF except ABS
• Car Set up:
  • BOP on
  • No tuning
  • Tyres: Race Medium
• Video of Time Trial:
  • All participants required to stream their Time Trial on YouTube or Twitch via GT Sport
  • Participants are required to show and confirm their car and game set up at the beginning segment of the video; Must include lobby and car settings
  • Only the first 15 minutes of the video will be counted towards the verification of the Best Lap. Not edited between the start of the lobby screen and the fastest lap time
  • Title of the video must include their PlayStation ID and “Michelin Virtual Racing Entry”
  • Link to the stream must be included in the entry form

12. THE VIRTUAL RACE

Base game: GT Sport on PS4

Race Event
Total cars per race: 12
Category: GR.3 cars only; Vision Gran Turismo cars are prohibited.
Circuit: to be announced
Compulsory tyre change: all cars must start on SOFT tyres; a pitstop for tyre change during the race to is compulsory
If the race is stopped or there is any major network or system crash, any race that has run at least 75% will be deemed complete, and results will be based on the last complete lap.
All Official Results will be based on host console results; please refer to live stream.

Final
Final races will all be 50% longer than the Rounds races.

13. DATES

• 27^th June – Time Attack submissions over 3 weeks period
• 29^th June – 3^rd July Time Attack verification runs
• 10^th July – Round 1
• 11^th July – Round 2
• 17^th July – Round 3
• 18^th July – Playoffs: Semi Finals & Finals

14. TECHNICAL REGULATIONS

• Permitted vehicles:
  • Gr3 only
  • Vision Gran Turismo cars are not permitted
  • Cars are to be Locked and maintained throughout the Series – not permitted to change cars in the middle of the Series
• In-game set up
  • Grid will be fastest first
  • No driving aids; only ABS permitted
  • Compulsory to start with Racing Soft tyres
  • BOP enabled
  • No Tuning
• Circuits
  • We will race at circuits from list below. Circuit will be confirmed before each Round.
    • i. Circuit de Sainte Croix A, B, C
    • ii. Red Bull F1 Circuit
    • iii. Interlagos GP
    • iv. Circuit de Spa Francorchamps
    • v. Sardegna Road Track A, B, C

15. DECALS

• All participating cars must create own Livery.
• The Michelin decals are compulsory:
• Where: One on each side of the car on the front, and on the rear. Total 4 decals, must be visible when racing.
• Publish your car livery: All participant must publish their livery on their GT Sport profile for pre-scrutineering and confirmation by the Organisers.

16. FORMAT & METHOD OF RUNNING

• Each round will feature a series of Racing Heats, with the participants mixed up for each Round as per diagrams below.
• If there is any player or the Host experiencing a glitch, only 1 Restart will be permitted. If the player is still experiencing any connection problems, they will be deemed DNS.
• If time permits, a replacement race may be organised the following day, dependant on the situation, but is not always a guaranteed or commitment by the Organisers.
• The Finale will be between the top points scorers in the Series after 3 rounds, who will be invited back for the Final Racing Heats, based on the details listed in the diagrams.
• For the Finale Race, the top finishers from each A, B, or C final race will be called in to participate.
• If there are any participants that are not able to participate in any of the Final Racing Heats or the Final, the place will be forfeit with no replacement.

Rounds

Play Offs and Final

16. DRIVER’S BRIEFING

• Please watch the Driver’s Briefing Video which we will prepare for the event.
  With this, there should be no excuse for understanding the Method Of Running and Driving Discipline required.

17. MANAGING THE RACE LOBBY

• Lobby will be managed by the Race Officials:
  • Race Director – Adian Yein
  • Race Control – Adam Luqman
  • DSO  – TBC
  • Race Steward – Lye Ca-Wyn

Per Round, only 1 lobby will set up. Players will be informed of Race Lobby info by Messaging. A Race Schedule for Grouping will be published in the afternoon prior to the race. Please ensure that you join the correct lobby at the correct time: cross check the other racers names in the lobby again the published race entry list.
Any player that is not set to be in the lobby will be kicked out.

Race Officials will check that all the cars comply to the regulations. Any car that does not comply will be summarily removed.
Players may Practice at this point in time while each Race lobby is being populated
From there once all ready, Race Director will initiate Qualifying of 6 minutes.
Each race will be saved, with results screen shot for records.

AFTER EACH RACE IS COMPLETE, THE PARTICIPANTS ARE GIVEN 1 MINUTE TO SAVE THEN REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE LOBBY, IN ORDER FOR THE NEXT WAVE OF DRIVERS TO POPULATE AND PREPARE TO RACE!

18. GENERAL EVENT PROGRAMME 

Round 1, 2 & 3

19. DRIVING DISCIPLINE

We will implement DSO [Driving Standards Observers] who, together with the Race Director and Steward, will monitor driver’s discipline during the race.

The Driving Standards regulations from real-world MSF SuperTurismo regulations will be implemented for this event:

• a. Article 36 – DRIVING STANDARDS [click on link to download]
• b. Appendix A – DRIVING STANDARDS [click on link to download]

Any drivers found to be in breach of DRIVING STANDARDS as defined in the regulations will face disciplinary action and penalties.
Drivers are to respect: Racing room; and not to drive carelessly or recklessly.

• If a driver is deemed to have caused critical damage to another driver’s car or cause them to deviate off course, this will be recognised as an incident and will be subject to post-race incident review by the Race Officials.
• Race Officials then will decide whether a significant breach has been incurred, and if so Driver will be Disqualified. Depending on the severity of the breach, the Driver may be Banned from the rest of the Series completely.
• Players are given a total of 3 warnings across each Series. Once 3 warning limit is reach, the player will be disqualified from their last race results.
  Breaches include:
  • Dive bombing
  • Punting
  • Deliberately causing another car to spin out and sustain damage

The following criteria are amongst the guidelines with which the MSF Race Control and Stewards use to judge an incident:

• was there a punt / bump?
• was there significant deviation? The more deviation means the harder the punt / bump, the higher the penalty
• is it hard enough that there is damage?
• did the overtaking car take the highest responsibility to make a clean pass? Or was he driving recklessly?

Prescribed penalties

21. PROTESTS

Please submit protests via Whatsapp to the Race Control within 30 minutes after the official race, with the following format:
Car #
Race #
Lap # & Turn # that the incident occurred.

Stewards will review all protests, and these will be highlighted in the post-race Stewards Report which is posted on the website the following day.

ANY PROTESTS RECEIVED AFTER THE ALLOCATED TIME WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.

22. DRIVER’S SAFETY
Please ensure seating position and is comfortable with suitable lower-back support. Organisers will not be held responsible for any health problems or physical incidents that occur in the real world in players homes whilst participating in the event.

23. OFFICIAL RESULTS

Official Results will be published by the end of the night on the event website and Facebook page under result

24. SERIES POINTS

Points will be awarded for finishing positions in each race and heat, based on official results. Total points after 3 rounds will be added up to determine position in the Series and to qualify for a place in the Final. Points will be awarded as follows:
1st: 100pts
2nd: 85pts
3rd: 75pts
4th: 65pts
5th: 55pts
6th: 50pts
7th: 45pts
8th: 40pts
9th: 35pts
10th: 30pts
11th: 25pts
12th: 20pts
13th: 15pts
14th: 10pts

25. ORGANISERS AND PROMOTERS RIGHTS

• The organisers and/or promoters may abandon, cancel or postpone the event due to unforeseen circumstances.
• The organisers and/or promoters may cancel any category, which has less than 8 cars or amalgamate them with another category at the discretion of the organisers.
• The organisers and/or promoters may exclude any vehicle which does not comply with the regulations requirements.
• The organisers and/or promoters have the right to stop the event or any driver for any reason on the grounds of Discipline.
• Damages to participant’s facilities or equipment as result of participation in this event will be borne by the participants themselves; no claims permitted against the organisers and/or promoters.

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