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15 December 2003, 13:56
Please find below for your information the rule changes for WRC 2004.
WRC rule changes confirmed
15/12/2003 12:06:56
The FIA’s recent World Motor Sport Council meeting has clarified a number of issues regarding the 2004 World Rally Championship technical and sporting regulations.
Gravel Cars:
These will only be allowed upon application to the FIA by an event organiser, and then only for reasons of safety, agreed as such by the Safety Commission.
Mille Pistes:
The Council reaffirmed that the Mille Pistes system of recceing the route on the morning of that day’s competitive stages would be required by all events in the championship after the 2004 Swedish Rally, except when a waiver is sought and agreed to in order to assist an organiser who has particular difficulties in 2004. Also, crews must use either their own rally car or a standard car during the recce.
Flexi-service:
The Council agreed the rules applying to Flexi-service for 2004. Two-car teams will serviced one after the other rather than at the same time. This will require fewer personnel and therefore reduce on-event costs.
Testing:
For teams registered in the Championship in the current year, testing is prohibited outside Europe, in Cyprus and Turkey, in the country of a rally from start of reconnaissance until the end of the rally, on any road which is, or might be, used as a special stage of any current Championship rally, throughout the months of August and November.
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WRC rule changes confirmed
15/12/2003 12:06:56
The FIA’s recent World Motor Sport Council meeting has clarified a number of issues regarding the 2004 World Rally Championship technical and sporting regulations.
Gravel Cars:
These will only be allowed upon application to the FIA by an event organiser, and then only for reasons of safety, agreed as such by the Safety Commission.
Mille Pistes:
The Council reaffirmed that the Mille Pistes system of recceing the route on the morning of that day’s competitive stages would be required by all events in the championship after the 2004 Swedish Rally, except when a waiver is sought and agreed to in order to assist an organiser who has particular difficulties in 2004. Also, crews must use either their own rally car or a standard car during the recce.
Flexi-service:
The Council agreed the rules applying to Flexi-service for 2004. Two-car teams will serviced one after the other rather than at the same time. This will require fewer personnel and therefore reduce on-event costs.
Testing:
For teams registered in the Championship in the current year, testing is prohibited outside Europe, in Cyprus and Turkey, in the country of a rally from start of reconnaissance until the end of the rally, on any road which is, or might be, used as a special stage of any current Championship rally, throughout the months of August and November.
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