SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

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1 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS FIA EUROPEAN HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP Round 2 RECHBERG (AUT), 22-24/04/2016 HILL-CLIMB GRAND PRIX OF AUSTRIA 45th INTERNATIONAL RECHBERG RACE REGULATIONS The final text of these shall be the English version, which shall 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 Supplementary Regulations. Article 1 Organisation The Competition, which has the status of an International Competition, shall be run in conformity with: - the International Sporting Code ("the Code") and its Appendices, - the National Sporting Code where applicable, - the official FIA Bulletins, - the General Prescriptions applicable to International Hill Climb Competitions, - the Sporting Regulations of the FIA European Hill Climb Championship ( the Sporting Regulations ), and - these. Article 2 Information specific to the Competition National Sporting Authority (ASN): OSK - Oberste Nationale Sportkommission für den Motorsport Address: Pasettistraße Wien, Austria. a) Telephone: b) osk@oeamtc.at c) Website: Organiser of the Competition: StAMK ZV Mürztal Address: Rebenweg 9, 8600 Bruck/Mur-Oberaich. Austria. a) Telephone: b) office@stamk-muerztal.at c) Website: Address of the Competition Secretariat as from 22-24/04/2016: Address: Fladnitz-Tulwitz, bus of race control a) Telephone: +43 (0) b) office@stamk-muerztal.at Organising Committee Composition: Mr Ehrenfried SEITINGER (AUT) - Chairman Ms Barbara SEITINGER (AUT) - Chairwoman Characteristics of the course: a) Name: Ostrampe of the B64 Location: Fladnitz-Tulwitz/Rechberg Dorf GPS coordinates: " N " E b) Place of the start (and altitude): Place: Fladnitz-Tulwitz (658 metres) Place of the finish (and altitude): Place: Rechberg-Dorf (930 metres) c) Length: metres d) Difference in height: 272 metres e) Average gradient: 5,3 % Characteristics of the Competition: a) Number of official practice heats: 3 1

2 b) Number of official race heats: 2 c) Any Driver must mandatorily complete at least one practice heat in order to be allowed to start the race. Special cases shall be submitted to the stewards. d) Driver classifications shall be established by combining the times of each Driver s two best race heats. Licence requirements: Drivers: Car driving licence and Grade A, B, C, D or R International Licence. Competitors: International. Entries: Opening of entries: 22/02/2016 Closing date for entries: 13/04/2016 (time: 24.00) Entry fee: - with the Organiser s optional advertising without the Organiser s optional advertising 170. Payment methods: See the entry form provided by the Organiser. Maximum number of participants admitted: 270 (including historic vehicles) Registration procedure and entry form The entry form may be obtained directly from the Organiser or from the Organiser's website. In order to be taken into consideration, the entry form, duly dated and signed by the Driver and the Competitor, must be sent to the Organiser before the closing date. Rejections, Withdrawals: In the event that an entry is rejected or the Competition is cancelled, the entry fees shall be reimbursed in full. In case of withdrawal for reasons of force majeure (no-show for administrative checking and scrutineering) after the publication of the list of entries, 100 % of the base entry fees shall be reimbursed to the Competitor(s), subject to receipt of a written request. Programme and Timetable of the Competition: The full and detailed programme shall be announced by the Organiser in an addendum. 22/04/ Administrative checking Scrutineering Stewards' 1 st meeting Fladnitz-Tulwitz, Townhall) Drivers' briefing in front of Fladnitz-Tulwitz, Townhall) 23/04/ Official practice 1 st heat After end of 1 st Official practice 2 nd heat After end of 2 nd Official practice 3 rd heat 24/04/ st race heat nd race heat 45 min (approx.) after the last race heat Flower Ceremony Fladnitz-Tulwitz, Townhall) Podium Ceremony Gasthof Donner, Fladnitz, Tober 50) Administrative checking: Location: Tulwitz, Townhall Scrutineering: Location: Tulwitz, Fire brigade Additional checks (weighing etc.): Location: Tulwitz, Fire brigade Parc Fermé: Location: Rechberg Dorf Official notice board: Location: - During practice and race heats: At bus of race control. - During the protest period: At bus of race control and in the Parc Fermé. 2

3 Article 3 Eligible cars s and Categories 3.1 Category 1 Production cars: The Competition is open to cars holding a national technical passport and complying with the prescriptions of FIA Appendix J (unless otherwise indicated) for the following groups: N Production cars, including R1. A Touring cars, including World Rally Cars, Super 1600 and cars from s R2 and R3. S20 Super 2000 cars (Circuit and Rally combined), including s R4 and R5. GT Grand Touring cars (GT3 and RGT combined). 3.2 Category 2 Competition cars: The Competition is open to cars holding a national technical passport and complying with the prescriptions of FIA Appendix J (unless otherwise indicated) for the following groups: D/E2-SS (Single-seater) International Formula or Free Formula single-seater racing cars with a cylinder capacity of 3000cm 3 or below. CN Two-seater production sports cars, open or closed, with a cylinder capacity of 3000cm 3 or below. E2-SC (Sports car) Two-seater racing cars, open or closed, with a cylinder capacity of 3000cm 3 or below. E2-SH (Silhouette) Cars having the appearance of a large production road car with at least 2 seats and the same shaped windscreen as this car. Cylinder capacity 6500cm 3 or below. 3.3 Cars will be divided into the following cylinder classes: Category 1 N A S20 GT up to 1400cm cm 3 3 Category 2 D/E2- SS CN E2-SC E2-SH Article 4 Obligations of Participants cm 3 Competition numbers: The Organiser shall provide each participant with at least two sets of Competition numbers, which must be clearly displayed on both sides of the vehicle throughout the Competition. Vehicles without their correct Competition numbers shall not be allowed to take the start. Advertising: The Organiser has made the following advertising arrangements: - Logo of the "Championship": positioning according to the Appendix to the Sporting Regulations - Other: to be announced by the Organiser by bulletin. Article 5 Main officials A) Clerk of the course: Mr Jakob SCHRITTWIESER (AUT) Mobile phone: +43 (0) office@stamk-muerztal.at B) Assistant clerk(s) of the course: Mr Ehrenfried SEITINGER (AUT) C) Panel of stewards: Mr Stan MINARIK (CZE) President Mr Dusan KOBLISEK (SVK) Mr Wolfgang SAUER (AUT) D) FIA observer: Mr David GRACE (GBR) E) ASN observer: - (none) F) Chief scrutineer: Mr Rudolf PUNTINGER (AUT) G) Scrutineers: Team of Chief Scrutineer

4 H) Medical officers: Mr OA Dr. Dietmar ZOTTER (AUT) Chief medical officer I) Chief timekeeper: Mr Stefan LEITNER - Company: Leitner Sport Timing J) ASN safety delegate: Mr Jakob SCHRITTWIESER (AUT) Organiser s safety delegate: TBA - to be announced by bulletin. K) Secretary of the Competition: Mr Bernhard PLATZER (AUT) L) Stewards' secretary: Mr Bernhard PLATZER (AUT) M) Competitor relations officer(s): Mrs Carina SEITINGER (AUT) office@stamk-muerztal.at N) Service park supervisor(s): Mr Siegfried LICHTENEGGER (AUT) office@stamk-muerztal.at Article 6 Insurance In accordance with legal requirements, the Organiser has taken out one or more insurance policies against the following risks: - Third Party Insurance in the amount of ,00 for the event. - Other: Within this amount property damages of ,00 are included as well. With their licence Austrian Licence holders are covered up to in case of death, up to in case permanent disability respectively up to for recovery expenses. In addition, cost for return transport is covered up to Article 7 Protests and appeals Protest fee: 250,00. Appeal fee set by the ASN: International appeal fee (FIA): Any protest must be lodged in accordance with the prescriptions of the Code. Protests must be made in writing and given to the clerk of the course or to his assistant, or in their absence to a steward, accompanied by the requisite protest fees. If the protest requires the dismantling and reassembly of various parts of a car, the claimant must also pay a deposit which shall be set by the stewards. Competitors have the right to appeal, as established in Articles 14.1 to 14.4 of the Code and as provided for in the regulations of the International Court of Appeal. Article 8 Podium, Prizes and Awards: 8.1 Trophies and Cash prizes The classifications shall be established and shall entail the distribution by the Organiser of awards and cash prizes as follows: a) General classification General classification of the Championship (all Championship groups combined) Cash prize Trophy 1 st Cup 2 nd Cup 3 rd - 1 Cup b) Classification for each Championship Cash prize Trophy N A S20 GT 1 st Cup 2 nd Cup 3 rd Cup 4 th The Organiser's third party insurance is valid for the entire duration of the Competition, not only during official practice and race heats but also for travelling from the parking area to the course of the Competition and back. 4 Cash prize Trophy D/E2 - SS CN* CN** E2-SC E2-SH 1 st Cup 2 nd Cup 3 rd Cup 4 th

5 * CN with a minimum of 3 starters ** CN with a minimum of 5 starters c) Class Classification for each Class Cash prize Trophy 1 st 65 1 Cup 8.2 Special prizes Not applicable. 8.3 a) Prizes shall be awarded regardless of the number of Drivers who take the start. b) All trophies and cash prizes are cumulative and may be combined with one another and with other prizes awarded by the Organisers in the other jointlyorganised Competitions. Chairman, -woman of the Organising Committee Ehrenfried SEITINGER & Barbara SEITINGER Clerk of the Course Jakob SCHRITTWIESER ASN VISA N HC 01/2016 Österreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring Club, Oberste Nationale Sportkommission für den Kraftfahrsport The chairman: Univ. Prof. Dr. Harald Hertz FIA VISA N 1CEM c) Awarding of prizes: Trophies are awarded during the Podium Ceremony. Cash prizes must be collected during the Podium Ceremony: Location: Gasthof Donner, Fladnitz Tober 50. Time: from to failing which they shall be retained by the Organiser. Article 9 Additional provisions by the Organiser See Appendix 1 5

6 APPENDIX 1 1. Non-liability clause The participants are aware of, understand and fully accept the risks and dangers involved in motor racing. Should a participant be injured during an event, he explicitly declares through his entry for the event that he approves all medical treatment, rescue and transportation to hospital or other emergency facilities. Such measures will be adopted by personal appointed specifically for this purpose by the promoter, to the best of the personal knowledge and following their assessment of the participant s condition. The participant undertake to assume all related costs, provided such costs are not covered by the licence accident insurance or other insurance polices. The participants hereby wave all direct and indirect clams for compensation from OSK, its officials, the promoter and / or organizer or the racing circuit owners, from any other person or association linked with the event (including all officials and authorities or bodies who have granted licences for the event), and from other entrants and drivers / riders, hereinafter referred to as the parties. The participants do so for themselves and their legal successors, and consequently for any insurance company with whom they may have concluded additional polices. In submitting their entries for this event the participants hereby declare that they irrevocably and unconditionally waive all rights, appeals, claims, demands, acts and / or proceedings which they themselves might institute or which might be instituted by third parties acting on their behalf against the parties. The participants do so in connection with injury, loss, damage, costs and/or expenses (including lawyers` fees) which they may incur due to an incident or accident as part of the event. In submitting their entries for this event the participants declare irrevocably that they discharge, release me and relieve the parties for all time from any liability for such losses, and that they shall guard them against such losses and hold them harmless. In submitting their entries for this event the participants declare that they understand the full significance and repercussion of this present declarations and agreements, that they are entering into such obligations of their own free will, and in doing so irrevocably wave all right of action for damages against the parties, insofar as permissible as Austrian law currently stands. The participants in any case renounce for themselves and their legal successor all claims against the parties, therefore in particular against the OSK, its officials, the promoter and /or the organizer or the racing circuit owners, and against the authorities or bodies who have granted licences for the event, regarding damage, loss, harm or injury of any kind connected with a typical sports risk, in particular any typical and foreseeable damage, loss, harm or injury. This applies also in the event of minor negligence on the part of the parties. 9.2 Arbitration agreement for regulations a) Any dispute arising between the participants and the OSK or its officials, and the promoter and/or organizer, and between the OSK or its officials and the promoter and /or organizer, as a result of claims (personal injury, damage to property or financial damage) in connection with the motor racing event, training sessions or races shall be settled definitely by an arbitration tribunal to the exclusion of the courts of general jurisdiction. a)the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, namely the umpire and two assessors. The umpire shall be a lawyer or former judge and have experience of liability matters in connection with motor racing. b)each party shall appoint an assessor within two weeks of notification of the intent two initiate arbitral proceedings. Should the dispute be referred by several claimants or be levelled at several defendants, the arbitrator shall be appointed by agreement between the joined parties. The assessors shall elect the umpire. Should the assessors be unable to agree on the person of the umpire within two weeks, the umpire shall be appointed by the president of the Vienna chamber of lawyers upon application by an assessor, with due regard to clause b). the assessors shall however be free at anytime to replace the umpire appointed in this way by another umpire by mutual agreement. 6

7 c) Should a party fail to appoint its assessor within two weeks of receiving the written request from the opposite side, or should several joined parties be unable to agree on an assessor within that period, the assessor shall be appointed by the President of the Vienna Chamber of Lawyers on the motion of the other party. The same shall apply should an assessor withdraw from office and the party concerned not appoint a successor within two weeks. d) Should an arbitrator not assume office, refuse to discharge his duties, cause improper delay or become unfit to act, the aforementioned provisions shall apply according for the appointment of a replacement. The arbitrator concerned shall be dismissed at the same time. e) The arbitration tribunal shall in principle be free to conduct its proceedings as it sees fit, with due regard for the subsidiary legal provisions. The tribunal shall sit in Vienna. The arbitration tribunal may also investigate without petition any circumstances with it seems necessary to clarify the facts of the case, and take evidence. f) The arbitration tribunal shall decide by simple majority. The tribunal shall state the full reason for its award. It shall also decide on cost apportionment for the costs of both the arbitration proceedings and the legal representation. The arbitrators shall be remunerated in accordance with the provisions of the Austrian lawyers` scale of charges. g) The arbitration tribunal shall also be entitled to the exclusion of the courts of general jurisdiction to issue injunctions, provided the opposing party is first given an opportunity to express its views. An injunction may be lifted upon petition in the event of a significant change in circumstances. h) Sports jurisdiction shall remain unaffected by the present Arbitration Agreement. 7