Post Silverstone – Bulletin 1
It is extremely disappointing to be having to write this bulletin but it is imperative that solutions are found to prevent the amount of car contact that occurred during the 24hr race at Silverstone this weekend.
We have, over the winter, put a number of rules into place to help remedy these things, one being the mandatory use of cameras. However, we can only act if we have the evidence to use in a disciplinary hearing, where possible we initiate reviews and we spent a lot of time during the race reviewing incidents that we either saw or our attention was brought.
We are now asking you to help us with this situation, your cameras have the evidence that we need to take the culprits to task with anything that occurred during the race. We have already received a number of video clips of incidents which we are now reviewing.
Specifically, within rule 2.22 the following statements are made
- Review of the footage is encouraged and anything that a competitor feels needs review be brought to the C1 Series Organisers attention.
- Where it is necessary for the C1 Series Organisers or Clerk of the Course to review footage after an event that such footage should normally be reviewed within a period of 7 days of the event.
If you need to remind yourselves what is expected from a driving standards point of view please read our Driving Standards Policy here.
We will do everything within our powers to take action and resolve incidents that are brought to our attention. As an example of action that was taken during the race one driver received 3 points on his licence and a £700 fine by the CoC for a totally avoidable collision.
Please be a positive part of the solution, with suitable evidence we can initiate a disciplinary procedure that still has time to be escalated to the CoC and Msuk. We also have the powers within our rules to take internal disciplinary action and apply penalty points onto members records, ultimately this could mean that a driver would no longer be able to compete in the C1 race series.
Any evidence that you send to us will be treated with total confidentiality and anonymity, send your clips to board@c1racing.club and we will take action.
Best regards
The C1 Racing Team
Scrutineering is going to be really busy as BARC have to safety and compliance scrutineer 100 cars, weigh and seal ballast trays on 100 cars and check the clothing, helmets and Hans devices for 425 drivers. It will start at 9am on Friday morning and run throughout the day. Please remember that the scrutineers are there to help you race safely and not to stop you from racing. These notes are to help you get through the process as quickly as possible.
Cars
All cars should be presented to the scrutineering bay full of fuel and in a ‘ready to race’ condition. This includes all series stickers applied in the correct positions. Please make sure the car’s log book is with the car before arriving at Scrutineering. If you don’t have a log book you can apply for one at Club HQ.
Scrutineering starts at 09:00hrs on Friday morning and will be finished by 20:00hrs on Friday evening. If you are testing on Friday, please bring your car to scrutineering after your last testing session.
The following list of items may, among other things, be checked by the scrutineers, so please make sure you are compliant with these safety checks.
- Roll cage
- Fire extinguisher and mounting
- Seat and mounting
- Harness in date
- Windscreen and window film
- Master switch
- Remote operation of master switch and signage
- Remote operation of fire extinguisher and signage
- Towing eyes and signage
- Left, right and interior rear-view mirrors
- Lighting (side lights, rain light, brake lights)
- Race numbers
- General condition
- Transponder present and location
- Central locking disabled
- Petrol tank guard
Things that often catch people out and you might want to check are as follows:
- Fire extinguisher must be in-date. That means that it must have been officially tested within the last 2 years.
- Your race harness must be in-date.
- Make sure both external pulls for the fire extinguisher and electrical cut-out are free and working correctly. They often get corroded in the Bowden cable when left over the winter.
- Check that your rain light (rear fog light) shows on both sides of the car.
The scrutineers may also want to check any other items for compliance with our regulations.
Tuff Jugs
All Tuff Jugs must be presented at scrutineering for checking. If the jug has a vent plug it will be checked and any with holes will be replaced. Every jug will have a seal applied and only sealed jugs can be used during the race.
Weighing and ballast sealing
Once you have passed scrutineering, your car will be weighed and your drivers’ race kit will be checked. It is in your interest for all your drivers to be present for weighing so that your ballast can be wire locked and sealed at this time. If some of your drivers are not present, your ballast will be wire locked and sealed and the missing drivers must present themselves for weighing by 19:00hrs at the very latest. Your car will not receive its scrutineering ticket until all drivers have been weighed and their race kit checked. If your car is subsequently found to be underweight you will have to refill your car with fuel, have it re-weighed, and the ballast adjusted and re-sealed before it will be allowed on track for qualifying.
Each car will be weighed full of fuel, to enable us to calculate the minimum weight of the car. It is in your interest to make sure the car is completely fuel of fuel, if it is not, you will need to carry more ballast to meet the minimum weight. Any car arriving at scrutineering not full of fuel may be turned away. Each driver will then be weighed with their race suit, gloves, boots, helmet and Hans device. The weight of the lightest driver will be added to the weight of the car and 28.4kg will be deducted. The resulting weight must be more than 910kg. If it isn’t, you will be told how much ballast you need to fit and you’ll need to go back to your garage to fit the ballast. You will not be allowed to work on your car in the scrutineering area. You can then return to the scrutineering area to have your car re-weighed and sealed.
If you do not need any ballast, a seal will be applied to a drilled cap screw that will be fitted to the rear near-side seat mount. You do not have to use a ballast tray if all your drivers take your car over the weight limit.
A ballast tray and its fasteners weigh 3kg. If you don’t need any ballast on the ballast tray, the drilled bolt supplied with the ballast tray must be fitted to the hole nearest to the B-pillar with the bolt shank uppermost, so that the lock wire hole is easy for the scrutineers to get at.
If you intend to run with alloy wheels, you must present the car with alloy wheels for weighing and scrutineering. BARC will identify cars so presented with a sticker and any cars running alloys during qualifying or the race without the identifying sticker will be subject to further scrutiny.
Should you need to remove your windscreen (and therefore the rear glass hatch) you must ensure your car still conforms to the minimum weight rules.
Clothing
The scrutineers will be checking that your helmet, race suit, gloves and boots are all in-date. They will also check the specification of your balaclava and socks.
If you haven’t raced before (or if you’ve bought a new helmet or Hans device) they will need to check the approvals on both. They will then place an MSUK sticker on the outside of your helmet and Hans device, for which you will have to pay a total of £5, so please bring some cash with you if your helmet or Hans device aren’t already stickered.
Parc Fermé
The pit lane will be used as Parc Fermé. At the end of qualifying and the race all cars will be held at the pit lane entrance. The pit lane will be cleared of all personnel and all garages doors must be shut. Please assist the marshals in getting the pit lane clear. Cars will then be released into the pit lane, where they should park on the left side of the pit lane next to the pit wall and as directed by the marshals. Some cars will be selected for more detailed scrutineering and they should carry on down the pit lane into the scrutineering bay.
Important note: When you finish qualifying or the race do not touch anything in the car. Just get out of the car and congregate as directed by the marshals. Do not put the safety pin back in the fire extinguisher.
We hope you all have a fantastic weekend and if you have any questions please come and see us in the Club HQ.
C1 Racing Club Board
Quite how all four of us could manage not to have noticed the typo in the summary timetable, none of us can now work out, but many apologies.
Here is the correct summary timetable, with one-and-a-half hours available for qualifying, which is still tight, but at least possible!
The correct important bits for us are:
| Start | End | Activity |
| Friday | ||
| 09:00 | 17:00 | Paid testing |
| 14:00 | Onwards | Signing on |
| 14:00 | Onwards | Scrutineering |
| 21:00 | 22:30 | Qualifying |
| Saturday | ||
| 17:15 | 17:20 | Pitlane open |
| 17:30 | Race Start | |
| Sunday | ||
| 17:30 | Race Ends | |
| 18:00 | Prizegiving |
Many apologies and kind regards.
The C1 Racing Team
Silverstone 24hr Essential Information
Here is some essential information and the timetable for the upcoming 24-hour at Silverstone. This will be the largest grid ever to start a race in the United Kingdom.
Timetable
BARC have published the timetable, which can be found here. The important bits for us are:
| Start | End | Activity |
| Friday | ||
| 09:00 | 17:00 | Paid testing |
| 14:00 | Onwards | Signing on |
| 14:00 | Onwards | Scrutineering |
| 21:00 | 21:30 | Qualifying |
| Saturday | ||
| 17:15 | 17:20 | Pitlane open |
| 17:30 | Race Start | |
| Sunday | ||
| 17:30 | Race Ends | |
| 18:00 | Prizegiving |
Location
If you haven’t been to Silverstone before, the circuit has an excellent set of maps and instructions that can be found here.
Don’t forget the speed camera on the A43 just before you get there.
Access
Access to the circuit will be available from 1900 hrs on Thursday 25th April. Tickets will be required to gain access to the circuit at all times, including Thursday evening.
4 tickets will be issued to each driver directly from BARC. Tickets will not be required for support vehicles or motorhomes. If your team needs more tickets these can be purchased from the Silverstone ticket office.
We will have to vacate the area behind the garages by 2300 hrs on Sunday 28th April as Silverstone have another event on Monday. You will be able to camp at the circuit on Sunday night, but will have to move to the Centre 1 Car Park behind the motorhome park. Please remember that the electric hook-up in this area is 3-phase, so you’ll need a splitter.
Paddock
The paddock is going to be very busy with 100 cars sharing it. Here is a link to a map setting out what you can park where. Please be considerate of other teams, it is not a land grab and everyone has to fit in somewhere.
Car parking for all drivers, mechanics and team members will be in the area marked A on the map
Trailers must be parked in the trailer park marked on the map. Trailers will NOT be allowed into the area behind the garages. If you are towing a trailer, you must drive to the trailer park, unload your car and drive the car to your garage, leaving your trailer neatly parked in the trailer park.
Motorhomes. Each garage (not team) has been allocated an area behind their garage and garages 1A to 9C a bay in the motorhome park. Garages 10A to 12E have an extra area for motorhome parking behind their garages. Each bay in the Motorhome Park can accommodate up to 6 motorhomes/campers depending on their size and the space needs to be shared with up to 3 teams. Please be considerate to the other teams in your garage if you’re the first to park your motorhome.
Electrical hook-up is available from the garages for those parked immediately behind the garage. Those parked beyond the service road behind the garages will have access to the 16-Amp blue round-pin single phase sockets and 32-Amp red round 5-pin 3-phase sockets on the side walls of the ‘pods’. Those parked in the motorhome park will have access to one 32-Amp red round 5-pin socket that is available for each bay. This means that a splitter will be required to go from a 32-Amp 3-phase plug to 3 x 16-Amp single-phase sockets so that everyone from the garage can hook-up. Teams sharing a garage will have to liaise to decide who will bring the splitter.
Garages & Facilities
The garage & Paddock plan has already been sent out separately to each team.
Each garage has the following electrical supplies:
2 x 13 Amp square pin sockets on the back wall
2 x 10 Amp round pin European sockets on the back wall
3 x 16 Amp blue round pin sockets on the back wall
1 x 32 Amp 3 phase red 5 pin sockets on the back wall
1 x TV socket for live timing on the back wall
1 x 16 Amp blue round pin socket on the front wall
1 x TV socket for live timing on the pit wall
1 x 16 Amp blue round pin socket on the pit wall
There is no compressed air available in the garages
Other Facilities
Loos and showers (both male & female) are marked as WC on the map. Behind the garages there are 14 ‘pods’ which have a shower, loo and wash basin. There are 4 male and 2 female showers in the main paddock toilet block.
The café is shown on the map. The opening hours are as follows:
Friday 0700 – 1900 hrs
Saturday 0700 – 2100 hrs
Sunday 0700 – 1900 hrs
Testing
Testing is available on Friday. It can be booked directly with Silverstone circuit here.
Fuel
The fuel station is shown on the map. It is unmanned and is open 24/7. You will need to pay for your fuel each time you use the pumps using a credit or debit card. The only fuel that will be available during the race will be 97 RON. The other pumps (99 and 102 RON) will not be available.
HuTags
The C1 Series runs with HuTags, which are a second transponder worn by every driver on his / her right wrist, in addition to that fitted to the car. The purpose is that we have a constant record of who is in each car at all times. TSL can then publish this on the timing screens and there is no need for teams to fill out driver change and pit stop forms, hand them to marshals etc etc. If you are not familiar with HuTags, please attend the New Drivers’ Briefing, where their operation will be explained in detail.
Signing On
Signing-on will be in the first-floor office in the Race Control building shown on the map. You will need to have your Club membership card, race licence, HuTag and one driver from each car must have their BARC membership card. You will be breathalysed before signing on, anyone failing the breathalyser test will not be allowed to sign on until they pass the test. Remember the limit is zero.
We will be breathalysing drivers and pit crew throughout the weekend. If you have finished the race and want to have a drink, please feel free, but hand in your HuTag to Club HQ first, and collect it at the end of the race. Anyone found or photographed with drink in their hand wearing a HuTag will lead to their team being disqualified.
If you haven’t got your Club membership card or HuTag yet you will be able to collect them from the signing-on office above Race Control before being breathalysed, after 1400 hrs on Friday.
Scrutineering
Scrutineering will be very busy. BARC have 100 cars to scrutineer, check for safety and weigh in a relatively short period. Please do not assume that you will be able to turn up at the last minute.
Scrutineering will start at 1400hrs on Friday afternoon in the scrutineering bay which is marked on the map. Cars will be weighed at the same time they are scrutineered at the circuit weighbridge.
Please present your car full of fuel, with all the drivers together with their race gear; and with the lock wire post facing upwards located in the corner of the ballast tray nearest the B pillar.
Drivers’ Briefings
The time and location of the Drivers’ Briefing will be posted outside Signing On and distributed on the Club’s WhatsApp broadcast.
The new driver’s briefing will be outside Race Control or in the garages under Race Control if it’s raining. Timing will be posted outside Signing On and distributed on the Club’s WhatsApp broadcast.
Pit Lane Etiquette
The pit lane can be very busy with 100 cars on circuit; as they tend to come in for driver changes and fuel at broadly the same time. The Club therefore operates a 40 kph speed limit in the pit lane at all times and enforces it rigorously with the Club’s two speed guns. The penalties for breaking the speed limit are deliberately harsh; as it is there for your own safety and the safety of the other teams. The penalties for speed limit infringements and other misdemeanours are set out here.
A maximum of 2 people per car can be on the pit wall at a time and must be wearing a high visibility vest.
Pit perches may be used, but they must not cover any access holes in the pit wall safety fencing.
WhatsApp broadcast group
We will be using the WhatsApp broadcast group for a variety of updates and messages over the weekend. At the very least, your team manager should have provided their telephone number to the Club. We would suggest that all Team Managers and Drivers should join it.
If you’ve not joined, or if you would like additional numbers added so that you can receive information over the course of the weekend, then please let Nick know by sending a WhatsApp message to the C1 Racing Club phone (+44 7586 460197). In that message please include: team name, car number, and your name. To receive notifications from us on WhatsApp, you will also need to have the C1 Racing Club phone number in your WhatsApp contacts, or you will not receive the broadcast messages.
Cameras / Driving Standards
New for this season is the requirement to have a forward-facing camera in every car. The principal purpose of this is so that there is evidence of any driving-standards indiscretions. However, if you don’t tell us about it, we won’t be able to do anything about it for you.
If your car is involved in, or behind, an incident, please can you tell us about it, with the time, point on the track and as much other information as you can. We will watch it and, if appropriate, bring it to the attention of the Clerk of the Course.
Club HQ
Club HQ will be behind the garages, opposite the burger bar as shown on the map. It will be manned 24/7 during the race weekend. We will have our usual welcome for you including tea, coffee, soft drinks and biscuits throughout the weekend. Please come and say hello!
You can contact any of the club directors as follows:
| Caryl Wills | caryl@c1racing.club | +44 7919 260 223 |
| Meyrick Cox | meyrick@c1racing.club | +44 7768 392 962 |
| Nick Paton | nick@c1racing.club | +44 7771 123 899 |
| Philip Myatt | philip@c1racing.club | +44 7736 906 090 |
Spares
We will be taking a small quantity of spares to the circuit. Drive shafts, wishbones, light brackets, lights, 1144 and F4R brake pads and Tuff Jug spouts will be available from the Club HQ. Small Cars R Us (www.smallcarsrus.co.uk) will also have their usual cornucopia of parts at the meeting including wings, struts, engines and so on. They will be in bay 1 in the Motorhome Park.
Tyres
You will need to bring all the tyres you will need for the race; you will not be able to buy them at the circuit. Tyre fitting services will be available from Amigo Motorsport in garage 6C and RAW Motorsport in garage 6B.
Journalists
Peter Scherer has been doing race reports for us during the season and these help us promote the series. Peter may well be contacting teams and drivers to get their impressions of race preparation and the race. He is acting on behalf of the Club, so please help him to write an amazing report on this iconic race.
Dan Trent and Matt Prior will both be driving one of the Club cars, and may want to interview you during the weekend. Dan will be writing for the Goodwood and Jalopnik websites; Matt for Autocar and Pistonheads. Please support them, since we all like reading about our series.
Finally, we’d like to thank you all for your support this season and especially for this race. It’s pretty amazing to have 100 cars going to a 24-hour race at one of the greatest circuits on the planet; and breaking records in so doing. Thank you all and look forward to racing with you.
Good luck to you all and we look forward to meeting you at Silverstone. If you have any questions or need more information please give one of us a call.
The C1 Racing Team
Stop Press – Silverstone 24hr
Today we secured agreement with Motorsport UK and Silverstone that 100 cars can compete at our 24hr race, April 26th-28th.
We would like to thank Motorsport UK for allowing us to run the largest ever grid at a UK circuit race.
The effect of this is that all previous reserve entries can be elevated to fully accepted entries, and we now have one space available for this epic race.
If you would like the last available space, please contact Philip (philip@c1racing.club).
The C1 Racing Team
Entries Update
The first C1 race of the 2019 season was last weekend, despite the worst weather possible it provided two very close races and throughly tested the skill’s of all the drivers, one event completed nine to go.
The entry for our next event at Silverstone on 26-28 April is full. If you aren’t racing try and come along to see the biggest grid ever for a race in the UK.
The entries for the next 4 events are already open and receiving entries, these are as follows
25-26 May Anglesey 4hrs
8-9 June Pembrey 2 x 6hrs
28 July Mallory 3 x 20mins
11 August Snetterton 3hrs
A few spaces are currently available, visit our calendar page here to fill in the entry form and secure your place on the grid.
Anglesey 24hr entries are opening this weekend
Entries will open this Sunday 24 March at 8pm for our second 24hr race of the year, this is at the demanding Anglesey Circuit on 6-8 September and will prove to be a spectacular race.
Follow this link after 8pm on Sunday to get a place in the race.
Thank you to everyone for your support in making our series so special
Croft 16th March
The journey begins…
We are all just about to head off for the long journey up to Croft, so a few final points.
Everyone is welcome at Croft
We have Croft to ourselves for the weekend, so everyone, friends and family, is most welcome. There are no tickets needed, so please just come and join us.
Many are testing there on Friday, so there will be plenty of C1s around before the weekend as well.
Don’t forget your membership card for signing on!
You will need your C1 Racing Club membership card in order to sign on with BARC on Saturday morning, so please make sure you collect and sign it, from Nick at the C1 Club HQ on Friday evening.
WhatsApp broadcast group
The WhatsApp broadcast group has already started. If you would like additional numbers added so that you can receive information over the course of the weekend then please send a WhatsApp message to the C1 Racing Club phone number (+44 7586 460197). In that message please include: team name, car number, and your name.
Timetable, final instructions and entry list
BARC have published the final instructions, which can be found here, and the entry list, although there are bound to be some last-minute additions, which can be found here.
Checking your car
Caryl and Philip will be at Croft all day on Friday. If you want your car checked for compliance with regulations, or weighed prior to scrutineering on Saturday morning, please see them.
If your ECU has not been read, we can read it at Croft to add to our database; and also so that you can check that it has not been tampered with. It would not be the first one that has been. Be warned that we will be checking ECUs over the weekend as well.
Pitlane Speed limit
Don’t forget that our regulations now include a full-time pit lane speed limit of 40 kph, which will be rigorously enforced by BARC with the Club’s two radar guns throughout the season.
Come and say hello on Friday evening
We will all be at Croft for Friday evening, so please come and say hello. See you then.
The C1 Racing Team
Croft Update
The season opener
We hope that you are as excited as we are; that the first race of the season is nearly upon us.
We had such a nice time at Croft last year, that we thought that we would open the season with a double-header of two three-hour races there. Time to head to “The North” again. Hopefully they won’t have closed quite as many roads as last year; and the traffic will be a little kinder to us all.
We have the circuit to ourselves for the day, so no other cars racing; however, since it’s the first race of the season, its going to be very busy with new cars, new members and all our usual scrutineering to get through.
Just remember, you can’t win an enduro on the first corner, but you can wreck your whole team’s race….
WhatsApp broadcast group
We will be using the WhatsApp broadcast group to the team managers that have provided their telephone numbers to the Club. If you would like additional numbers added so that you can receive information over the course of the weekend then please send a WhatsApp message to the C1 Racing Club phone number (+44 7586 460197). In that message please include: team name, car number, and your name. To receive notifications from us on WhatsApp, you will need to have the C1 Racing Club phone number in your WhatsApp contacts, or you will not receive the broadcast messages.
Cameras /Driving Standards
New for this season is the requirement to have a forward-facing camera in every car. The principal purpose of this is so that there is evidence of any driving-standards indiscretions. However, if you don’t tell us about it; we won’t be able to do anything about it for you.
If your car is involved in, or behind, an incident, please can you tell us about it, with the time, point on the track and as much other information as you can. We will watch it and, if appropriate, bring it to the attention of the Clerk of the Course.
Drinking / Alcohol
The Club breathalyzers will be in action in the trusty hands of BARC officials. We will be breathalyzing drivers and pit crew throughout the weekend: if you are finished and want to have a drink, please feel free, but hand in your HuTag to Club HQ first, and collect it at the end of the race.
Anyone found or photographed with drink in their hand wearing a HuTag will lead to their team’s being disqualified.
Timetable & final instructions – be in the right place at the right time
BARC, with admirable efficiency, have now published the full weekend timetable, which can be found on:
https://barc.blob.core.windows.net/barcnet/hq01-cr-1603-v2-9yjyk.pdf
but here are the most relevant bits:
Paddock access will be from 1800hrs on Friday; and we have been asked, a little ambitiously, to vacate by 1900hrs on Saturday; at which point the gates will be locked until Monday morning (which is a pretty good incentive to leave on time!).
| Start | End | |
| 0730 | Signing on | |
| 0735 | Scrutineering | |
| 0930 | 1030 | Qualifying |
| 1100 1500 | 1400 1800 | Race 1 Race 2 |
Paddock parking etc
We will publish a garage plan shortly. We have all garages fronting the track, but please be considerate of the other competitors, as Croft is not over endowed with space.
Club HQ & Signing on
Club headquarters will be in our new race centre awning for the entire weekend. Membership cards will be available from Club HQ on Friday evening: you will need them for BARC signing on. Club HQ is also where breathalyzing and Club signing-on will be; if you already have a HuTag, you will need to bring with you, those that do not have one will need to purchase one (£10) from the Club. HuTags need to be worn on the right wrist all weekend.
BARC signing on will be in Race Administration. At least one driver in every car (not team) needs to be a member of BARC, so please ensure that you have joined before the day.
Drivers’ briefings
The main driver briefing will be at 08:30hrs in the room to the left of signing on.
There will be a briefing for any driver who has not raced at Croft at 0900hrs on Saturday outside the rear of Race Administration.
Weighing & scrutineering
BARC are now responsible for all weighing and scrutineering at our races. We believe very strongly that the regulations are there to be enforced tightly in order to ensure equal racing; and BARC have our full support in so doing. They will be checking all manner of areas of compliance: you have been warned!
We only have two hours to check and weigh all the cars before qualifying, so we are going to need you all to be very organized. Please present your car full of fuel with all the drivers (in their kit with helmets and HANS devices) present, so that we can manage this efficiently. Please also ensure that, if your car has not already got a yellow weight tag, the drilled bolt is oriented with the hole at the top, and ideally in the rear outer corner of the ballast tray. Each car will be allowed a test and a check weigh only, so you will need to bring with you any ballast that you need, as the club does not supply it.
ECUs
You should by now have sent your ECU to us for reading. If you have not, we will read it at Croft. We now have a database of around 110 ECU software / maps; so will be in an excellent position post Croft to select and install the Club map in time for Silverstone.
It is a slightly frustrating process, but Citroen (understandably) will not provide us with a full suite of software / maps fitted to all ECUs; hence we have had to run a two-stage process of collecting the data, selecting the best software / map combination and then installing it on all C1 race cars. The advantage of this process is that we will all be running a standard Citroen OEM software / map combination, so there should be no compromise in reliability, driveability or economy.
Penalties & Pitlane Speed limit – stick to it!
Our regulations now include a full time pit lane speed limit of 40 kmh, which will be rigorously enforced with the Club’s two radar guns throughout the season. If any of you saw the accident in the pit lane at Croft last year, you’ll understand why we have a low pit lane speed limit: for those that didn’t see it, we run with full grids at most circuits, so the pit lane is very busy with a lot of people in it. We don’t want anyone getting hurt.
For those of you who haven’t read the Club’s fixed penalties, they can be found here:
https://c1racing.club/wp-content/uploads/documents/Citroen%20C1%20Event%20Penalties.pdf
New wheels and tyres
We have had plenty of questions on when the new Club alloy wheels and C1 Club tyres will be available. Nankang have a few of last year’s buffed tyres remaining, but they are going fast; as soon as they are all gone, the new ones will go on sale.
The Club alloy wheels are now available direct from Citroen; and remember that you will also need the matching wheel bolts, since they have a flat washer; and the steel wheel bolts won’t work with the alloy wheels. The alloy wheels are approximately 1kg lighter per wheel than the steel wheels, so if you intend to run alloy wheels, you will need to be scrutineered and weighed with the car sporting them. Cars weighed with alloy wheels will be identified with a sticker; and you will not be able to run alloy wheels without that sticker.
Come and join us for a drink on Friday evening
We will be arriving on the Friday, traffic and weather permitting, so please come and join us for a drink – although bear in mind that the club breathalyzers will be in action again for drivers, pit crew and team managers throughout Saturday until racing is over. See you then.
The C1 Racing Team
2019 Regulations update.
Following consultation with MSUK and input from a number of competitors, we have changed the wording of clause 2.22.1 which used to say:
Competitors must fit cameras that shall capture an image that provides a view of the circuit ahead with a field of vision at least 160 degrees. The camera shall be mounted to the windscreen. The camera power must be fed from a plug or adaptor plugged into the original 12v socket.
It now says:
Competitors must fit cameras that shall capture an image that provides a view of the circuit ahead with a diagonal field of vision at least 149 degrees. The camera shall be either mounted to the windscreen using a permanent adhesive mount (if double sided tape is used it must be VHB type) or bolted to the top of the dashboard above the radio. If windscreen mounted, the camera and mount must be tethered to the cage or bodyshell using a suitable wire or strap and must not allow the camera to hit the driver in the event it becomes detached from the windscreen. The camera power must be fed from a plug or adaptor plugged into the original 12v socket.
The reason for this change is to allow GoPro cameras to be used, to qualify the field of vision, to allow the camera to be mounted on the top of the dashboard as an option and to specify how the camera is to be mounted to the windscreen. We hope this gives you more flexibility in terms of the equipment you can use.
A number of people have asked for advice on an appropriate camera to buy and there are some good suggestions on the Citroen C1 Racing Unofficial Drivers And Fans Groups on Facebook.
The C1 Racing Club Team
We have been working hard over the winter on many things for you, one of which is to deal with a lingering concern that many of you have expressed to us, that other people are tinkering with their ECUs and gaining an advantage. We are determined that the Series will have a level playing field for all competitors and that, through rigorous scrutineering, all competitors will have confidence that the field is genuinely level.
We are therefore going to require all cars use the same C1 Club-supplied map. We aim to create a map that maintains reliability at the same time making the car more fun to drive, with a slightly increased rev limit, a little more power and improved throttle response.
Having solved the riddle of how to access the ECU we have asked the owners of all cars to help us work through this 2-stage process. The first being to analyse everyone’s ECU software and to uniquely tag each ECU for future identification purposes. We would like to complete this stage by the 18th March.
The second stage will be to upload the club ECU map that pertains to the software version installed in each ECU, we are determined to complete this stage before the Silverstone 24hr race at the end of April, to achieve this target we still need your help in supplying as many ECU’s as possible for data collection. There will be a charge of £80 plus VAT per ECU to cover the cost of map development, engineering time and shipping. It is intended that all cars racing in C1 Racing Club races from Silverstone 24hr onwards will be required to use a tagged ECU with the Club map installed.
You are reminded that the Club Regulations state the following about ECUs:
“No modifications or additions to the standard ignition system are allowed whatsoever. The electrical and physical attributes of the Engine Management Systems (ECU) must be totally standard. The C1 Series Organisers reserve the right to download data from a competitors ECU and to upload C1 Series Organiser’s data to the ECU. The C1 Series Organisers reserve the right to require competitors to submit their ECUs for compliance checking at any time”
We will be checking compliance with the Club map and software at each race meeting to ensure that all competitors are running the correct map and software.
The C1 Racing Team
The 2019 season rapidly approaches and the C1 Calendar is confirmed as follows.
| Event | Date | Circuit | Duration | Entry fee | Entries |
| £ | open | ||||
| 1 | 16th March | Croft | 2x3hr | 890 | open |
| 2 | 26-28 April | Silverstone | 24hr | 3500 | open |
| 3 | 25/26 May | Anglesey | 4hr | 690 | open |
| 4 | 7-9 June | Pembrey | 2x6hr | 1170 | 27th Jan |
| 5 | 27/28 July | Mallory | sprints | 450 | 10th Feb |
| 6 | 10/11 Aug | Snetterton 300 | 3hr | 800 | 10th Mar |
| 7 | 6-8 Sept | Anglesey | 24hr | 2700 | 24th Mar |
| 8 | 21/22 Sept | Croft | 4hr | 760 | 7th Apr |
| 9 | 25-27 Oct | Spa | 24hr | tbc | 2nd Jun |
| 10 | 9/10 Nov | Brands Hatch | 2hr | 700 | 14th Apr |
The first three events are now open for entries with the fourth opening this coming Sunday at 8pm.
Visit the calendar page on our website here to fill in the entry forms.
The C1 Racing Team
We did say mostly….. We were conscious, when we announced the provisional calendar, that the closure of Rockingham had taken quite a bit of track capacity out of the market, so we hadn’t got as much as we’d wanted. We’ve been working away at that with BARC, and have managed to secure three more race dates; and you can rest assured that we are working on getting hold of more for you.
| Date | Circuit | Format |
| 16 March | Croft | 2x3hr |
| 25/26 May | Anglesey | 4hr |
| 21/22 Sept. | Croft | 4hr |
The updated calendar remains provisional for now. We’ll keep you posted.
The overall 2019 Calendar for all the C1 Racing Club organized events now looks like this:
| Date | Circuit | Format |
| 16 March 27/28 April 25/26 May 8/9 June 28 July 10/11 August 6/7/8 Sept. 21/22 Sept. 26/27 Oct. 16/17 Nov. |
Croft Silverstone Anglesey Pembrey Mallory Snetterton 300 Anglesey Croft Spa Brands Hatch |
2x3hr 24hr 4hr Double-six hour Sprints 3hr 24hr 4hr 24hr 2hr |
We will accord the deepest respect to anyone who manages all the races!
The C1 Racing Team
The news that you’ve all been waiting for is at last here. Well mostly. The calendar remains provisional for now, but this is next year as we know it today. We don’t have prices yet and these are still a couple of weeks away, but at least this will allow you to put some dates in your diary.
As soon as we have firm prices agreed with BARC, we will start to open the entries to the races using our time-honoured system on the website. We will email you a week before entries open and the forms become available, so you’ll have some notice. As per Silverstone 24hr, you will need to enter the drivers for your race entry to be valid; and those drivers will have to be members of the club.
| Date | Circuit | Format |
| 27th/28th April | Silverstone | 24 hour |
| 8th/9th June | Pembrey | Double-six hour |
| 28th July | Mallory | Sprints |
| 10th/11th August | Snetterton 300 | 3 hour |
| 6th/7th/8th Sept | Anglesey | 24 hour |
| 26th/27th Oct | Spa | 24 hour |
| 16th/17th Nov | Brands Hatch | 2 hour |
As you may know, we have now launched in Portugal, as well has having a sister series in Belgium; and the Citybug series in Holland, so in total we are invited to the following races:
| Date | Circuit | Format |
| 30th/31st March | Zolder, Holland | 8 hour |
| 7th April | Braga, Portugal | 6 hour |
| 20th/21st April | Magny Cours, France | 6 hour |
| 22nd/23rd June | Anneau du Rhin | 6 hour |
| 23rd June | Portimao, Portugal | 6 hour |
| 1st Sept | Estoril, Portugal | 6 hour |
| 14th/15th Sept | Zandvoort, Holland | 5 hour |
| 8th/9th/10th Nov | Anglesey, RoR | 12 hour |
| 9th/10th Nov | Mettet, France | 6 hour |
We’ll be distinctly impressed by anyone that manages to do all the races, especially as some of the international ones clash; but there’s enough to keep us all busy in 2019. We look forward to seeing you there.
The C1 Racing Team
We are ridiculously excited to announce that we have agreed with BARC and Silverstone that our first UK 2019 24-hour race will be held on the Silverstone GP circuit on the 26th, 27th and 28th April, 2019.
That’s right: the same circuit that the Formula One race takes place on. With 110 C1s, which means two start groups. We are of course inviting our Belgian, Portuguese and Scottish friends to join us, but also expect teams from Germany, Hong Kong and the Unites States of America too.
Outline timetable is:
Qualification Friday 26th April 2030-2200hrs
Race start Saturday 27th April 1700hrs
We have elected for the old Formula One garages, because they have more space, especially in the paddock behind the garages; they are next to the showers and other amenities; and because we just prefer the pit lane entry there.
The entry fee is £3,500, payable 50% on booking; and 50% before 28th February, 2019. Entries will open, as usual on the C1 Racing Club website, at 1700hrs on Sunday 28th October. Please remember that to book, you and your drivers need to be current Club members.
The balance of the 2019 season calendar will be announced shortly, once it has been finalized with BARC and the circuits; but rest assured that we have reflected what you all asked for in the survey.
Excited? Its going to be a long winter.