Here's the full list of rules:
- The series is run as the direct feeder series of ARWS (formerly F1RWRS) which means that the top 5 drivers of the series will contribute towards their ARWS team's budget (if they sign for one) as outlined in the ARWS rules.
- A team can be run by any registered user of the GPRejects.com forum, and each team can consist of one or two cars. Apart from short-term agreements where a user controls someone else's team for the duration of his/her abscence from the forum, each user can only control one team at any given time.
- Single engine model (3.5L V8) to make driver talent more important.
- The weekend consists of two semifinal heats with 21 cars each (42 entries per race weekend in total), with the top 14 of each heat continuing into the feature final (28 total). Cars with uneven numbers are in Heat 1, and cars with even numbers are in Heat 2. If less than 14 cars finish in a heat race, then more cars from the other heat are accepted into the final. If the combined total is still less than 28, then the cars that completed the farthest distance without actually finishing qualify as well.
- Points system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the seminfinal heats, with one extra point each for the pole position and fastest lap. 20-14-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the feature final, with two extra points each for pole position and fastest lap.
- Driver changes limited to five per team per season, with one additional change only given in case of injuries and exclusions. So be careful to not overrun your limit with voluntary driver changes. One-car teams have more freedom in this to encourage users to run them and thus hopefully open more team spots. Exceeding the limit will lead to a team penalty ranging from reduced performance (through ballast) to exclusions, with each case reviewed separatedly.
- Full-time AR 3.5 drivers are not permitted to run in another series, apart from very temporary replacements. In other words, double-dutying is banned. This is to prevent possible retconning due to incidents taking place in other series.
- Driver age limit of 16 to 30 years, i.e. drivers born earlier than 1989 and later than 2003 cannot take part in the 2019 season. For this purpose the DOB of every driver must be entered during the entry process, or alternatively a link to their wiki page which lists the date.
- Drivers are ineligible for AutoReject 3.5 if they've entered more than 24 or started more than 16 F1RWRS/ARWS races, or started more than 20 F1 races. Any combination of these three that exceeds 24 also makes a driver ineligible.
- A champion of the series may not return for another season. This also concerns champions from the previous two incarnations of the series (RoLFS and IFRC). This is to prevent one driver dominating too much.
- To help reduce the length of the waiting list, team activity checks will be conducted once every three weekends with a warning given to all inactive team owners, and if the team owner has shown no interest towards the series within five weekends from the start of the season the team will be immediatedly booted out unless the team owner has specified a very good reason for his/her absence elsewhere on the forum or on IRC.
The entry process will be in two parts. First, I'm taking in entries for the Middle Eastern Cup and preliminary entries for the regular season. By default every 2018 team will continue, but after the deadline of 5th March 18:00 UTC any inactive teams are permanently removed from the entry list and the affected users can only rejoin through the waiting list. Then a second round of entry confirmations will run until 12th March 20:00 UTC to determine wheter or not the people drafted in from the waiting list are still active.
Entry list for the 2019 AutoReject 3.5 season
Any teams that didn't participate in the final race of the 2018 season have been removed. All drivers are currently listed as TBA, as while some of you may have made contracts with drivers earlier, your plans may have changed. Race numbers will be confirmed after both deadlines when I know how many cars are still hanging about.
Teams coloured in red are unconfirmed.
Écurie Prenois (FRA, pi314159)
#1: Aimée Gauthier (FRA)
#2: Roger Ibe (PHI)
RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport (GER, CaptainGetz12)
#3: Anu Võsu (EST)
#4: Eduardo Armando (PAN)
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Nebula Grand Prix (FRA, Ataxia)
#5: Jorge Álvarez Torrente (ESP)
#6: Marjolein Postma (NED)
Falik Arrows (NGR, SuperAguri)
#7: Sølvy Ødegård (NOR)
#8: Thomas Wren (GBR)
Renault Academy Voeckler (FRA, Biscione)
#9: Mineiro (BRA)
#10: Fotis Iordanou (GRE)
RonDen Racing Engineering (BEL, This)
#11: Tommi Hämäläinen (FIN)
#12: Yaël de Bock (BEL)
Simpson Motorsports (AUS, MinardiFan95)
#13: Rick Simpson (AUS)
#14: Daniela Anger (SUI)
Peak Aeroracing Engineering (GBR, V8fan12)
#15: Matt Grove (AUS)
#16: Thomas Yorke (GBR)
ICE-3 Melkus Racing (GER, Rated)
#17: Katie May (IRL)
#18: Lukas Zaugg (AUT)
National Jones Ford Juniors (GBR, AndreaModa)
#19: James Jones (GBR)
#20: Stan Frankham (GBR)
Chris Short Nismo Academy (GBR, RonDenisDeletraz)
#21: Volker Scrattenheim (GER)
#22: Kyösti Pykalistö (FIN)
Takagi Racing Enterprises (JPN, FMecha)
#23: Ricardo Velázquez (VEN)
#24: Jari Lappalainen (FIN)
Euromotor International (EUR, FantometteBR)
#25: Darko Kuzmanovic (MNE)
#26: "Isaac Richards" (RRB-GP/VP) (RUS)
Underhill Motorsports with Tarantino Autosport (USA, Normal32)
#27: Manon Blanchett (FRA)
#28: Hobson Tarantino (USA)
Definitely Maybe Racing (GBR, East Londoner)
#29: Thomas Butler (GBR)
#30: Guadalupe Alvarez Reina (ARG)
FXS Racing (ESP, AdrianBelmonte_)
#31: Marisa Carrera (BRA)
#32: Pietronella Addiks (ARU)
Lotto Junior (BEL, Miguel98)
#33: Ryan McReynolds (CAN)
#34: Emilio Boni (ITA)
Avanti Grand Prix (IRL, Pinkd56)
#35: Rafael Martins (POR)
#36: Emma Kickert (NED)
Mótorar Sigurðardóttir (ISL, peteroli34)
#37: Iakopo Fuamatu (SAM)
#38: Verna Klien (AUT)
Plus One Racing Engineering (GBR, pasta_maldonado)
#39: Joe Harmsky (RUS)
#40: Naas Botha (RSA)
North Star Racing (GBR, Pilot8)
#41: Sandy Grey (USA)
#42: Ryan Zimmer (AUS)
Calendar: http://formularejects.com/wiki/2019_Aut ... n#Calendar (may still change)
Livery and helmet templates.
Waiting list (last updated 30th January 2018)
1. CarloSpace (applied on 3rd March 2017)
2. Gonzalez (applied on 5th March 2017)
3. TomDilain (applied on 25th November 2017)
4. Gertrand Bachot (applied on 30th January 2018)
5. aggi (applied on 31st January 2018)
x. Simtek (will enter when there's no-one else left on the list)