Platinum Endurance Championship

Introduction

The Platinum Endurance Championship is a fun racing series, with talented and competitive drivers. Your primary goal, as a Team and a Driver, should always be to drive cleanly and safely while on track. All participants should strive to act professionally and demonstrate good sportsmanship at all times. We consider this to be mitigating misconduct on track, in chat, in the Discord Server or anywhere else. Derogatory, offensive or otherwise inappropriate language is prohibited in all communication forums; Race Control reserves the right to evaluate potential problems on a contextual basis.

Series Organizers reserve the right to change the regulations before and during the season. These changes will be communicated in the Discord Server.

Basics

Min. Number of Drivers – 2 Max. Number of Drivers – 6

Min. Grid Size – 35 Max. Grid Size – 50

Inc Limit : depends on the track and length of the race. (check the calendar for the max. Inc limit)

Penalty every 10x after the first limit is reached No Tyre Limit

Voice Chat

Voice chat in game is not allowed, no unnecessary and/or hateful messages to any other team. This is reportable and will result in a Drive through. If hateful enough, the penalty may be more severe – up to the decision of Race control / Admins.

We prefer that you will use the team chat in discord during the race.

Calendar

6 Hours of Spa
4 Hours of Interlagos 8 Hours of Sebring
10 Hours of Le Mans 6 Hours of Silverstone 12 Hours of Daytona

5 February 2022 5 March 2022
2 April 2022
7 May 2022

28 May 2022 25 June 2022

Standings

Team standings (made of max. 1 car per team)
There will be no points differences in the AM and PRO classes. All points will be the same for both classes

Format

Races are being held on saturday
Practice: 120 min
Qualifying: 60 min, Open Qualifying, 25 min per class (GTE and GT3 will qualify together)

Race: 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12 hour races, depending on the calendar

Information

During all times make sure you check the Platinum Endurance Championship discord channel for updates or changes.

Free Practice Sessions

We will host 5 Free Practices during the race week. It’s mandatory for teams to have at least 10 laps driven in one of the free practices. Teams will be given a Drive Through if teams fail to do so. Every free practice lasts 5 hours.

Times of the free practices

All times are in CET, will change to CEST at 28 of march: Monday: 16:00 – 21:00
Tuesday: 18:00 – 23:00
Wednesday: 12:00 – 17:00

Thursday: 20:00 – 01:00
Friday: 15:00 – 20:00
Saturday (raceday): Session opens at 12:00 (CET)

If we note that the attendance of the Free Practice is low we might cut 1 or 2 free practices or we can cut the length of each free practice.

Sim Time and Conditions
Sim time will be the same as irl date. We will schedule all races at the beginning of the season so everyone can copy the settings for personal testing,

Dynamic Weather

Starting Track State for all Sessions Mirrors actual time and day of event

Car Classes

The GT3 class will have a BOP of 95% power Our Series will be multiclass races.
LMP2 Car class (max 15 teams)
Number between #2 and #99)

GTE: Max 20 Teams
GTE PRO: Number between #100 and #199 GTE AM : Number between #200 and #299

GT3: Max 20 Teams
GT3 PRO: Number between #300 and #399 GT3 AM : Number between #400 and #499

iRating & Safety Rating

iRating: All drivers must have an iRating of 1500 or higher

Safety Rating: All drivers must have at least D 4.0 to be able to participate.

GTE PRO or AM and GT3

In GTE/GT3 AM category average team irating will be 2500ir or lower. In GTE/GT3 Pro category average team irating will be 2500ir or higher

Stewarding

There will be live stewarding in the race

Incident Reporting

A report form will be made available at the start of the week.
The form will require the timeslot in iRacing which Admin will then review during the race or post-race. People can report incidents during practice sessions as well but we do not save the replay file nor live steward the practice sessions and therefore only video’s or clips will be used as evidence.

This system will be primarily used to identify intentional and/or malicious incidents, however there is a list of penalties that can be applied, which you can find below. The report form for an incident has to be filled in 20 minutes after the incident.

Steward Penalties

Custom rules/penalties:
• Incorrect Car Number or Team ID
• Incorrect Driver Rated Lineup
These custom penalties will lead into a drive-through penalty. 3 Warnings for a team in the same race will automatically result in a Drive-Through Penalty

iRacing’s Sporting Code is in effect and will cover any other issues. We hope this will be enough to keep racing mostly sensible.

Penalty Points

The penalty points received will follow up Into the next race, and following race a quali ban when u reach 10 penalty points.
So for example, when you reach 5 penalty points In race 1, and 5 points In race 2 u will receive a quali ban for race 3. Stewards can still decide to disqualify when severe reckless driving Is determined.

Warning

Each team’s Penalty Points will be updated as incidents are reported and analyzed in Discord.

Starting procedure

The start of every class will be held in a starting zone/box. • The order of the grid places is LMP2>GTE>GT3
• The slower car classes leave a gap of 5-10 seconds before they start.
• The leader of each class needs to hold a steady pace to start the race.

• The class leader can accelerate where they want in the green zone to start the race.

Its important that driver ignore the green light given by iracing

• The race does not start for the slower classes when iRacing gives green. The class leader holds a steady pace until they are in the green starting zone and choose in the zone where they start the race.
• Pro and AM classes will start at the same time. (AM and Pro drivers can be mixed together on the grid, depending what the result of the quali is)

• The driver who sets the fastest time in Qualifying will be the driver to start the race. If a team fail to do so they’ll be given a DT

Entry Fee

The entry fee for each team will be €25,- that can be payed via PayPal. The entry fee will be used to host the sessions, pay the Broadcast fee and prize money. Payment link can be found in the Discord channel or send to the following adres:
Marnixjurgen@gmail.com

Sign up form

https://forms.gle/BBeGPdgcfBWiuFgz8

Live Broadcasts

The race will be broadcasted by: .
It’s a possibility for drivers to have an interview during and after the race. People can wait in the waiting room and will be dragged to the commentators when ready.
We’ll broadcast the race on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5S6UVleDdL8jyrG98JtMyQ

livery

All car liveries must have the PEC license on the car. The license stickers/liveries will be provided by PRC. Not having the PRL License will lead to a warning. Not having the license for the second time will lead to a pit lane start!
Liveries must comply with the following:

• –  No political statements
• –  No Racism
• –  No Sexism
• –  No Homophobia

  This rule counts for the practices, qualifications and races.
  If a driver fails to require the right livery during the practice a warning will be given.
  If a driver fails to require the livery during the Qualification the first time a warning will be given. After a second time a pit lane start penalty will be given. Logos and brands which a team does not have permission to use are not allowed.