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1. PROMOTER, ORGANISER, ASN

1.1 The Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) for drivers, co-drivers and manufacturers is promoted and organised by EUROSPORT EVENTS Ltd. It is an international series subject to the FIA authorization as defined by article 24b of the FIA International Sporting Code (Code).

1.2 The IRC will follow the Code and its appendix. It will use the FIA Sporting and Technical Regulations that are applicable for each event.

1.3 The IRC is presented to FIA by Auto Sport Suisse Sàrl.

1.4 The series promoter address is:

EUROSPORT EVENTS Ltd,
55 Drury Lane WC2B5SQ London UK
Tel. +44 2074687746     Fax +44 207 468 0023
E-mail: xgavory@eurosport.com

2. EVENTS

The IRC will be contested over the qualifying events in 2011 as follows:

Rounds		Event	Country	Date	Surface
01		Sata Rallye Açores	Açores (POR)	23-25 February 2012	Gravel
02		Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés	Spain	15-17 March 2012	Asphalt
03		Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally	UK/Ireland	6-7 April 2012	Asphalt
04		Tour de Corse	France	11-12 May 2012	Asphalt
05		Canon Mecsek Rallye	Hungary	2-3 June 2012	Asphalt
06		GEKO Ypres Rally	Belgium	21-23 June 2012	Asphalt
7 (**)		Rally San Marino	San Marino	6-7 July 2012	Gravel
08		Sibiu Rally Romania	Romania	20-22 July 2012	Gravel
09		Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Czech Republic	31 Aug-2 Sep 2012	Asphalt
10		Prime Yalta Rally	Ukraine	15-16 September 2012	Asphalt
11		Rally Sliven	Bulgaria	29-30 September 2012	Asphalt
12		Rallye Sanremo	Italy	12-13 October 2012	Asphalt
13		Cyprus Rally	Cyprus	02-03 November 2012	Asphalt / Gravel

(**) Pending from agreement with rally event promoter

3. ELIGIBLE DRIVERS AND MANUFACTURERS

3.1 Four wheel drive (4WD): Any driver entered in an Event with a car produced by a IRC registered manufacturer is eligible to score points subject to complying with the advertising rules as specified in appendix A. Manufacturer enquires concerning the IRC registration and commercial matters should be directed to EUROSPORT EVENTS.

3.2 Two wheel drive (2WD): For the Driver and Co-driver classification: Any driver entered in an Event with any 2WD car, accepted by the Event organisers, is eligible to score points subject to complying with the advertising rules as specified in appendix A. 2WD GT cars are banned from such classification.

3.3 For the Manufacturer classification: only IRC registered manufacturers are eligible to score point.

4. ELIGIBLE CARS

Eligible cars:
Gp N (including S2000 [Appendix J 2010], R2, R3 and R4)
Gp A up to 2000cc

Kit cars will be only accepted if agreed by FIA and IRC

Technical details:

The current FIA Regional Rally Championship Sporting regulations and the Variation 1 – FIA European Rally Championship/Cups sporting regulations will be applied for all IRC participants by all the rallies counting for the IRC. All the IRC drivers of 4WD cars will be considered as Priority Drivers concerning the seal of the mechanical parts.

5. POINTS

5.1 Overall IRC Classification: For each event in the IRC, a classification of the IRC eligible drivers and co-drivers will be drawn-up from the general classification as published and the standard FIA points system will be applied as refered in 5.5. The best 7 results shall count. Ties will be resolved with the standard international FIA procedures.

5.2 2WD Classification: For each event in the IRC, a classification of IRC 2WD eligible drivers and co-drivers will be drawn-up from the general classification as published and the standard FIA points system will be applied as refered in 5.5. The best 7 results shall count. Ties will be resolved with the standard international FIA procedures.

5.3 Production GroupN4: For each event in the IRC, a classification of Production eligible drivers and co-drivers for N4 and R4 categories will be drawn-up from the general classification as published and the standard FIA points system will be applied as refered in 5.5. The best 7 results shall count. Ties will be resolved with the standard international FIA procedures.

5.4 Manufacturer points:The categories listed in 5.1 and 5.2 will be awarded to the best 2 finishing cars of each eligible make, according to 5.5.  All available points will be allocated even if a Manufacturer's car finishes outside of the overall top 10.
Whatever the IRC calendar, 7 results shall count, including a minimum of 6 European events and 1 oversea (if any) within the 7 scoring rounds. For the avoidance of doubt, Cyprus and Ukrain are considered as European Events.

5.5 IRC applies the FIA scoring points system system for all the classifications (Art. 5.1 to 5.4) as follows:

1st:	25 points
2nd:	18 points
3rd:	15 points
4th:	12 points
5th:	10 points
6th:	8 points
7th:	6 points
8th:	4 points
9th:	2 points
10th:	1 point

5.6 Coefficients will be applied to the scoring system of the following events:

14-16 October	RAC MSA Rally of Scotland	Coefficient 1.5
03-05 November	Cyprus Rally	Coefficient 2

6. ON BOARD CAMERA

Any Driver entered in an Event with a car produced by a registered IRC manufacturer could be submitted to host an on-board camera and a Radio Frequency equipment system for TV broadcast.

7. AWARDS

The IRC awards for each Qualifying Event and overall will be provided by EUROSPORT EVENTS as follows:

IRC (Intercontinental Rally Challenge) Overall classification
- Manufacturer: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
- Driver: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
- Co-Driver: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

IRC 2 WD Cup:
- Manufacturer: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
- Driver: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
- Co-Driver: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

IRC Production Group N4, R4:
- Driver: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
- Co-Driver: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Appendix A

The following areas are exclusively reserved for IRC and competitors are not permitted to advertise on:

- windscreen stripe
- rear window stripe upper part
- bumper stickers, front and rear**
- backdrop outside the car side mirrors

** The spaces on the front and rear bumpers of the racing car cannot be used to sport the logo of any tyre manufacturers apart those who have a commercial agreement with EUROSPORT EVENTS