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1. PROMOTER, ORGANISER, ASN

1.1 The Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) for drivers, co-drivers, teams and manufacturers is promoted and organised by SRW 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:

SRW Events, 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 2010 as follows:

Rounds		Event	Country	Date	Surface
01		Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monaco	19-23 January	Asphalt
02		Rally Internacional de Curitiba	Brazil	04-06 March	Gravel
03		Rally Argentina	Argentina	19-21 March	Gravel
04		Rally d´Italia Sardegna	Italy	04-06 June	Gravel
05		Geko Ypres Rally	Belgium	24-26 June	Asphalt
06		Sata Rally Açores	Açores (PT)	15-17 July	Gravel
07		Rali Vinho Madeira	Madeira (PT)	05-07 August	Asphalt
08		Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Czech Republic	27-29 August	Asphalt
09		Rally Principe de Asturias	Spain	09-11 September	Asphalt
10		Rallye Sanremo	Italy	23-25 September	Asphalt / Gravel
11		RAC MSA Rally of Scotland	United Kingdom	15-17 October	Gravel
12		FxPro Cyprus Rally	Cyprus	04-06 November	Asphalt / Gravel

3. ELIGIBLE DRIVERS

Any driver entered in an Event with a car produced by a registered IRC manufacturer is eligible to score points subject to complying with the advertising rules as specified in appendix A. Manufacturer enquires concerning the Challenge registration and commercial matters should be directed to SRW Events.

4. ELIGIBLE CARS

Eligible cars:
Gp N (including S2000, R2 and R3)
Gp A up to 2000cc

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

Technical details:

A series Technical delegate will be appointed for the IRC for every round of the IRC.
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 will be considered as Priority Drivers concerning the seal of the mechanical parts.

5. POINTS

5.1 For each event in the Challenge, 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.

5.2 For each event in the Challenge, 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.

5.3 Manufacturer points will be awarded to the best 2 finishing cars of each make. Non-scoring cars will be not taken into account for the purpose of the Challenge.

5.4 For drivers, co-drivers awards, the best 7 results shall count. Ties will be resolved with the standard international FIA procedures. For manufacturer awards the best 7 results shall count, a maximum of 6 European events within the 7 scoring rounds.

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 SRW as follows:

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

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

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 SRW