crew must then follow the instructions of any Marshals and / or stage safety personnel and maintain a reduced non-competitive speed until leaving the Special Stage. Failure to comply with this rule may result in Disqualification following a Judicial Hearing and reported to the ASN in accordance with but pursuant to the Judicial procedures provided by Chapter 2.
7.33. Competitors must not continue until advised to do so by an Official. 7.34. Competitors may only attempt a Special Stage once. 7.35. Re-runs are not Permitted.
7.36. When manual timing is to be used for a Special Stage and following the Stage Start Marshal’ s instruction that the Competitor is next to start the starting procedure is as follows:
a.
b.
The Marshal should give a loud verbal indication of 30 seconds 15 seconds 10 seconds and 5 seconds to go and then count down orally each second 5-4-3-2-1-GO.
Upon the signal GO a visual starting signal must be given which will normally be the raising of a flag from the bonnet( not the windscreen). Any other visual Signal to be used must be described in the Event Official Documents.
7.37. When automatic timing is used the Official Documents must detail the precise method which will be in operation with a clear description of the countdown method and the Signal to GO.
7.38. Making a false start will be penalised as per App. 8 Art. e or App. 14 Art. f.
7.39. If an automatic method of recording a false start is to be used the false start detector should be placed between 30cm and 40cm in front of the actual Start Line and the method of use and implementation must be described in the Event Official Documents. The timing system must be capable of recording the time that the car passes through the false start detector. These times must be made available to the Organisers with any Competitors recording a false start reported to the Clerk of the Course will be penalised as per App. 8 Art. e or App. 14 Art. f.
7.40. Stages where Competitors are required to start at intervals of less than one minute may dispense with the 30 seconds to go advance warning and this revised procedure must be advised in the Official Documents.
7.41. Any crew refusing to start a Special Stage at the time and in the position allocated will be penalised as per App. 8 Art. e or App. 8 Art. d which may be extended as far as Disqualification on the discretion of the Clerk of the Course in accordance with but pursuant to the Judicial procedures provided by Chapter 2. whether the Special Stage is run or not.
7.42. Unless specifically allowed by the Official Documents the use of or possession of Pace Notes or any other means of giving a Competitor advice relating to the traversing of a Special Stage on a Multi-Venue Stage Rally that has not been provided by the Organisers is forbidden. Minor annotations to supplied Subjective Route Notes are permitted but must not be rewritten into any other format. Contravention will be penalised in accordance with App. 14 Art. r or App. 8 Art. r.
7.43. On any Single Venue Stage Rally taking place on a Venue that is currently or was previously a licensed Race Speed or Kart Circuit or any airfield type Venue( disused or not) the use provision or possession of such information is prohibited and cannot be varied by the Official Documents except that:
a.
b.
This does not however preclude a crew from recording or annotating information during an Event on the route instructions issued by the Organisers for use later on in the same Event and
Neither does it preclude the use of Ordnance Survey maps of 1:25000 or 1:50000 scale along with others that are specified in the Official Documents as being necessary to complete the route but the only supplementary information that may be shown on the maps is information given by the Organisers( including route details).
7.44. Contravention of Art. 7.42 above will be penalised in accordance with App. 14 Art. r or App. 8 Art. r.
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