OWRL F1



The OWRL F1 Series started in 2007 as a competition than runs once each year. It now has completed three seasons. The 2010 season will start in April. This page gives an overview of how the OWRL F1 is run.

A fixed number of teams will be allowed to enter the league, each with 2 drivers. Races are starting on Saturday evenings at 19:30 CEST including a mid-summer break. The exact calendar will be announced on the website.

2010 Calendar

Race # (# laps): track date

Race 1 (35): AS GP 10 April
Race 2 (60): KY Nat Rev 24 April

Race 3 (76): SO Long 15 May
Race 4 (47): FE Black 29 May

Race 5 (59): WE Int Rev 5 June (cloudy sunset)
Race 6 (60): AS North 19 June

summer break

Race 7 (93): BL GP 21 August (cloudy sunset)

Race 8 (60): KY Nat 4 September
Race 9 (55): AS Nat Rev 18 September

Race 10 (76): SO Long Rev 2 October (cloudy sunset)
Race 11 (59): WE Int 16 October
Race 12 (42): KY GP 30 October



Participation
Before the season, interested teams can apply via mail. Exact information is announced in the news before the season. The list of invited teams will be published in the news. New teams can apply by mail. They will be placed on a waiting list. If any of the teams currently active stops, the first team on this list can take its place. The admins can decide to invite teams at any time.

Starting numbers will be given after the standings of the last season. The team of the driver championship winner will get no 1 and 2, after that the teams will be ranked after the team championship. New will be ordered by Sign-Up date.

If a driver doesn't take part at the qualifying but will drive the race, he has to start from the pits. See starting procedure.

General Information
Car: BMW Sauber F1.06
Points: F1 System (25,18,15,12,10,8,6,4,2,1)
Servername and password will be announced before the event.

Time table (CET / CEST when applicable)
- 19:30 - 19:45 Qualifying all drivers (Q1)
- 19:50 - 20:00 Top 10 Qualifying (Q2)
- 20:10 - 21:50(latest) Race


Race day
The teams will get a mail with additional information and the server password a few hours before qualification.

The first part of the qualifying (Q1) will start at 19:30 CET and goes for 15 minutes. During that time each of driver can drive as many laps as he want. He has to make sure that he let cars that are on a flying lap pass. At the pit exit the driver has to watch out for cars that are on the track, but the yellow/white line can be neglected. It is forbidden to use drafting in order to get a faster lap time. To qualify for a race a driver must be within 107% of the best time in the first qualifying, otherwise he is excluded from the race. Exceptions are possible.

Part 2: The Top 10 of the first part will advance to the second qualifying (Q2) over 10 minutes. The other drivers will keep their position until race start and aren't allowed to drive on track until the admins give a track clear message. The Top 10 drivers have to use the car setup and the amount of fuel they intend to start the race with! They are not allowed to spectate (Shift-S) or telepit (Shift-P) at anytime, only real pitstops are allowed, where it is allowed to change the tyre type via pit stop (R2, R3, R4). This rule applies for the Top 10 drivers from the beginning of Q2 until race start.

After the qualifying the server stays openend, the Top 10 still are NOT allowed to spectate or telepit, the others who were spectating can join. Then the admins start the race approx. 5 minutes after end of qualifying.

Behaviour
A driver can file a complaint about any other driver to the OWRL marshals. Only complaints handed in between 12 and 48 hours after the finish of a race will be handled. A complaint can be filed by mailing to owrl.league©gmail.com, clearly stating:
- League
- Involved drivers
- Session (Q1/Q2/race)
- Lap
- Description of the incident.
If a complaint is too unclear it will not be investigated. The first three laps will be reviewed automatically.

And a very important thing: We are all adults and we all expect an civilized language. We will not bear any verbal attacks, advertising or spamming.

Chatting is NOT allowed! It will be penalised with a five second penalty for each line.

Driver names and Skins
Every driver has to drive with his realname and his starting number, which is seperated with a hyphen (-) from the name. Colours are not restricted. The name has to look like this:

00 - S. Piotrowski

The team should be recognized by the skin, also the starting number has to be on the skin.

Starting procedure
We will use the normal starting procedure in LFS.

Starting from the pits:
After the race session starts and all cars are placed, driver who will start from the pits will spectate. (Grid spot is now empty) After all the cars have passed the pit exit (end of speed limit) cars starting from the pit lane will join the race.

Pitting
Going to the pits with Shift + S and P is ONLY allowed in the first qualifying (Q1), not at any other time and/or session. It will result in a DNF during the race.

On each track is a white or yellow line at the pit exit. A driver that comes out of the pits must not cross that line until it ends. The line at the pit entry can be neglected. Crossing the line will result in a Drive-through-Penalty. (Race) There will be specific information on pit entry/exit at various tracks listed in the server information which will be given before each race for the drivers.

Exception: On Kyoto National (and Rev) is a big white line that seperates the track in the banked part and the apron. You have to stay on the apron at both pit entry and pit exit. The yellow lines before or after the corner can be neglected. During racing conditions it is not allowed to use the apron, you have to stay on the banked track with all 4 wheels.

Drivers who do not finish will get no points, unless they cover at least 90% of the distance in laps.

Driving Aids
Traction control is allowed

Penalties
Drive-Through- and Stop&Go-Penalties must be served within three laps after getting them. Disqualifications given out by the game will count as a disqualification.

Penalties for the Top 10 drivers of Q1:
Pitting/Spectating/Disconnect during Q2: Start from 10th place.
Pitting/spectating/Disconnect between Q2 and Race: Start from the pits. See starting procedure.

The admin notifies the drivers of the start and end of a session.

Server crash procedure

After a server crash the race will only be resumed when less than 25% of the original race distance are covered. When the race will be restarted the starting order will be decided after the grid positions at the last full lap that has been driven before the server crash. The new race distance is the original distance minus the distance covered before the server crash.Half points will be awarded if the leader has completed more than 25% but less than 75% of the original race distance and full points will be awarded if the leader has completed more than 75% of the original race distance.