2002 Rally Regs

[SJ Spode]

A meeting of the FIA last Friday (14th) has made the following changes to regulations re: World Rallys

Safety - The World Championship Rally Commission has been mandated to propose a radical overhaul of arrangements for spectator safety.

Reconnaissance - The number of passages in reconnaissance for asphalt rallies may be increased to three (currently two).

Maximum number of starters - A maximum of 90 cars may start each event of the Championship.

Start order in the Championship Rallies -
Leg One: Cars will start in Championship order
Legs Two & Three: The top 15 cars will start in reverse order

Start intervals - For safety reasons, the Stewards may extend the interval between any group of drivers or between any two drivers and may reseed any driver within a particular group.

Third priority drivers - Drivers entered in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship and the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship will be included in the third priority list.

Doughnuts - The drivers may not perform doughnuts at any time during the start, finish or other ceremonial procedures of the rally.

For more details look at www.fia.com/homepage/selection-a.html

[elephino]

I like the fact they had to put that last one in the regs

Start intervals - good idea, don't know why it wasn't done before.

Starters - A shame, but probably best for the sport at this level.

Starting order - I thought day 2/3 was going to be chosen, or don't they want the Colin McRae/Australia fiasco again?