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2018 Draft Regulations Published

TurkMotorspor 23 January 2018, 12:51 Updated: 10 March 2018, 15:47 3 min read

The draft national and local regulations that will apply across all disciplines in the 2018 season were published on the official website of the Turkish Motorsport Federation (TOSFED) on 23 January.
2018 Draft Regulations Published It was announced that the draft regulations will remain open for comment until 17:00 on Monday 5 February 2017, with feedback and suggestions to be sent to sportif@tosfed.org.tr.
In the Turkish Rally Championship, the first points of note are that the coefficient for the Istanbul Rally and the Yeşil Bursa Rally drops to 0.8, and that the first day of Rally Turkey, a round of the World Rally Championship, will award points towards the championship. The requirement to run a spectator special stage on rallies has also been scrapped. In addition, the regulations now specify that Turkish Rally Championship drivers, Historic Rally Championship drivers and Ali Sipahi Rally Cup drivers will appear together on event start lists.
2018 Draft Regulations Published In the Turkish Off-road Championship, the four-class system used until now has been expanded to five, with the new SSV class opening the way for four-wheeled 4x4 quads and UTV-type vehicles to compete. Classes 1-2-3-4 continue with the same engine capacities, while Class 5 SSV will be classified separately.
2018 Draft Regulations Published The DENDOFF-organised Denizli event, new to the off-road calendar this season, will carry a coefficient of 0.9, while the VEZİROFF-organised Vezirköprü event, voted last year's best off-road event, will award points at a coefficient of 1.1. The other events, Ankara ANDOFF, Sinop SİNOFF, Sakarya 54 SPOR, Istanbul İPSK and Karabük KARDOFF, will be rated at a coefficient of 1.
2018 Draft Regulations Published For rallycross, where the 2017 championship was cancelled after two postponements due to insufficient entries, the series returns to the Turkish Championship final format used in the 1990s. Under this system, the drivers who finish in the top five of their categories in regional autocross cups made up of at least three events will earn the right to compete in the Turkish Rallycross Championship final, organised by TOSFED on 1-2 December. The champions in all three categories will be decided at the end of the final. 2018 Draft Regulations Published In trial, where teams of two vehicles and four competitors take part, the Turkish Championship continues in the same format, while the single-entry X-Trial format will be tried at local level. A two- or three-event cup between clubs is even being considered for the 2018 season... 2018 Draft Regulations Published Beyond all this, there are no major changes in hill climb, karting, drifting and classic car disciplines apart from some penalty and safety updates, while the regulations for the circuit racing championship, which is confirmed to return to the TCR class in 2018, will be announced at a later date.