First round of Qatar National Sprint on January 14 on Karting Lusail Circuit

 

First round of Qatar National Sprint on January 14 on Karting Lusail Circuit

 Doha, Qatar 8 January: The first round of the Qatar National Sprint championship 2023 organised by Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) will be held on Saturday January 14 on Karting Lusail Circuit, it was announced on Sunday.

 The second round will be held on 4th February followed by third round on 4th March 2023 while the fourth round will take place on 14th October.

The penultimate round of the championship will take place on 25th November followed by the last round on 2nd December. Each round of the sprint will count towards the 2023 Qatar National Sprint Championship

 Every round will be held in accordance with the National Sporting Code (and its appendices), the FIA International Sporting Code and its appendices, & the present supplementary regulations specific to the 2023 Qatar National Sprint.

 All drivers/ competitors participating in the 2023 QATAR NATIONAL SPRINT undertake, on behalf of themselves, their employees, agents and team members to observe all the provisions, as supplemented or amended, of the FIA International with each 2023 Qatar National Sprint event will have the status of a restricted national event.

 A maximum number of 40 entrants is permitted for the 2023 Qatar National Sprint Championship. If the round exceeds 40 participants, the Organizing Committee has the right to decrease the number of official runs.

A round of the 2023 Qatar National Sprint Championship may be cancelled if there are less than 10 entries.

 

Vehicles will be designated into classes based on engine displacement and degree of modification. For a class to be classified as such in a round there must be a minimum of 3 entries.

 If there are less than 3 entrants within a class for an event, then these entrants will be classified as being in the next class above them until the minimum number is attained.

 A registered car maybe used by different drivers as long as each driver registered separately. A driver is allowed to enter with more than one car, if those cars are registered in different classes.

 Qatar National Sprint Winning Driver – Points

The 2023 Qatar National Sprint Champion driver’s title will be awarded to the driver who has scored the highest number of points in 5 rounds out of the 6 rounds, taking into consideration all the results obtained during the Events which have taken place.

 For entrants in the 2023 Qatar National Sprint Championship points awarded will be to the following FIA scale taking into consideration all the results obtained during the events which have taken place:

1st place: 25, 2nd place: 18, 3rd place: 15, 4th place: 12, 5th place: 10, 6th place:  8, 7th place: 6, 8th place: 4,9th place: 2 and 10th place: 1

 If two or more drivers finish the 2023 Qatar National Sprint with the same number of points, the highest place in this Championship shall be awarded to:

a) the holder of the greatest number of first places,

b) if the number of first places is the same, the holder of the greatest number

of second places,

c) if the number of second places is the same, the holder of the greatest number

of third places, and so on until a winner emerges,

 

WHAT IS A SPRINT?

A sprint is a speed event that is normally run on an asphalt surface. These events can be run on racing circuits or other asphalt venues, for example an airfield. The course will be marked out by temporary markers, namely cones. Each cone will have a time value and when moved or touched by the vehicle, the vehicle will incur a time penalty equivalent to the value of the cone. Cars normally run singly and results are determined by the fastest” official run” for each competitor. On leaving the starting line, each contestant activates a timer which is in turn stopped when the same vehicle reaches the finish line. The start-to-finish clocking is the vehicles E.T. (elapsed time) which serves to measure performance and is used in conjunction with the addition of any time penalties incurred.