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BRIEFING BY THE CLERK OF THE COURSE

Mille Miglia 2011: I’m greeting you “virtually”, welcoming you to the 2011 Historic Revival of the Mille Miglia, an international touring regularity event for historic cars.

As those of you who have already participated in previous events already know, let me remind you that this is a regularity event. Its main feature consists in staying in the time limits assigned to complete the different sectors and the regularity stages, maintaining an average speed that has been set by the organisers.

Therefore, driving very fast is not important!!

I urge you to drive carefully at all times, to scrupulously obey the traffic regulations, and to follow the instructions given by the Race Marshals, the Police and the entire team of the organisation, in order to best experience this fabulous adventure.

I’d like to ask you now to carefully read the following explanatory notes that will give you a complete understanding of the structure and organisation of the event.

Important information about the event:

The 2011 Historic Revival of the Mille Miglia takes place in compliance with the International Sporting Code (and its appendices when applicable), the National Sporting Code (including appendices when applicable) and the attached Supplementary Regulations (RPG).

1) The Clerk of the Course (DG):

The head of my staff, I am responsible for all major decisions. I will be available all along the route of the event and at the end of each leg, ready to help you with all your needs. The Deputy Clerk of the Course will remain in Brescia, at the results centre. Results will be visible at the end of each leg and on the website www.1000miglia.eu .

You can call the staff of the Clerk of the Course on +390303463451 (you will find this number on the back of the ID Card you use for your meals).

2) Competitor Relations Officers:

For information regarding the event, at least one Competitor Relations Officer (recognisable by their red bibs) will be available to answer any questions, at the checks, scrutineering, sealing, at the start and finish of each leg and at the time controls (CO).

3) Race Marshals:

Along the route I would like you to follow the advice and directions provided by post chiefs (in red bibs), road marshals (yellow bibs), timekeepers (orange bibs) and safety officers (green bibs).

In addition, the organisers have provided “support vehicles” (recognisable by their red flashing lights and the fact that they have UFFICIALI DI GARA written on them). There is approximately one for every 40 cars taking part in the event and they will be driven by officials who are there to help you as well as, whenever deemed necessary, providing you with assistance from the Clerk of The Course. These officials will also act as Judges of Fact and will notify the Clerk of The Course or the Stewards of any wrong-doing with respect to the Event Regulations (RPG) or Italian traffic laws.

Any infringement of these rules can result in the Stewards of the Meeting awarding penalty points.

4) Medical Assistance:

As well as the rally doctor, the organisation has arranged for a number of teams made up of one risuscitation doctor supported by expert nursing staff, to be present. These teams will travel in equipped vehicales or ambulances and will be constantly following the cars, ready for any eventualities.

In addition, all the provincial “118” (national emergency service) operational centres along the route will have been alerted, in order to ensure maximum availability if necessary.

5) Traffic Police:

A number of Police officers will follow the event along the entire route to ease traffic.

Please DO NOT take advantage of this fact to flout current Italian traffic laws.

If these officers witness any unsportsmanlike behaviour or violations of traffic laws they will intervene immediately; they can also be called by the Judges of Fact to intervene.

6) Administrative and technical checks:

The checks will be carried out as per the times and places listed in the RPG.

In addition, on Thursday, in Piazza della Loggia, Technical Officers will “seal” all vehicles with a metal cord and its respective lead seal with the Mille Miglia logo.

The start times from Brescia, Bologna and Rome will be given out at the administrative checks.

7) Radio Control and Monitoring of the Position

of the Vehicles:

At the start of every leg, every vehicle will be equipped with a GPS receiver. This is obligatory and will transmit the position of the car to the headquarters of the Clerk of the Course and to the website www.1000miglia.eu .

The device has two buttons, one to request medical assistance and the other to notify the Clerk of the Course of any mechanical problems.

Another of its functions is to interact with special antennae connected to the timekeeping system.

Along with the GPS device, a transponder will be fitted in the car. This will serve to signal the car’s race number and transmit it to the instruments used for timekeeping.

During the scrutineering, technicians will place a strip of velcro in the car and will provide you with all the information you’ll need, along with details on the device.

While you’re lining up in Viale Venezia in Brescia, technicians will fit the transponder into your car. It must remain there for the duration of the event and must be handed back at the final Time Control at the finish line. If, for some reason, the device should remain in the car after the event, it must be returned to the organisation, via express courier, as soon as possible. For your information, the transponder will identify the car and the information transmitted will be used to calculate the results of the event. Incorrect use of the device could, in certain circumstances, constitute fraud.

Removing, tampering with these devices or misusing them will result in action taken by the Clerk of the Course. It is strictly forbidden to remove the devices from where the staff of the organisation decide to position them.

8) Road book (Radar):

The organisers have provided you with a specially drawn up road book containing all the directions you will need to avoid getting lost along the event route. It is designed to be easy to read!

9) Bulletins:

Before and during the event, the organisers, the Clerk of the Course and the Stewards of the Meeting may issue memos (bulletins) to notify entrants of any changes to the route, changes to the programme or any other useful information. These bulletins, which will be posted on the Official Notice Board, will also be hand-delivered at the end of legs or at check points and you will need to sign to show that you have received them.

10) Running of the event:

Crews will have to take their car, or make sure that it is taken to Viale Venezia – Brescia, at least 30 minutes before their start time.

Cars will be given the START SIGNAL on the basis of their event numbers, in increasing order: 3 cars will start every minute.

“THE STARTING LIST” will be published on the Official Notice Board – Brescia – Fiera Brixia Expo. Other Official Notice Boards will be located near the leg finish in Bologna (Michelino Car Park) and Rome (in Castel Sant’Angelo)

In the event of WITHDRAWAL, the competitor MUST IMMEDIATELY INFORM the Clerk of the Course

11) Route:

The itinerary is 1,491.15 kilometres long, divided into three legs, and includes:

54 Regularity Stages (PC), 11 Time Controls (CO), 23 Passage Controls (CT).

  • First leg: Thursday May 12th 2011, departure from Brescia, Viale Venezia, from 7.00 pm and arrival in Bologna, Piazza 8 Agosto, from 12.30 am.

  • Second leg: Friday May 13th 2011, departure from Bologna, area Fiera, from 8.00 am and arrival in Rome, Olympic Stadium, from 8.30 pm.

  • Third leg: Saturday May 14th 2011, departure from Rome, Castel Sant’Angelo, from 6.30 am and arrival in Brescia, Viale Venezia, from 10.30 pm

The checkpoints (CO, PC, CT) will be active from one hour before the theoretical transit time of the first competitor to 15 minutes after the theoretical transit time of the last competitor.

Two lunch stops are planned in the second and third legs, in Sansepolcro on Friday and in Buonconvento on Saturday.

a) Check procedure

The event is divided into sectors, with the word “sector” indicating a part included between two time controls. The target time for each sector is listed in the Time and Distance Table and the Time Card, which will be handed out to drivers at each starting point of each leg and at every time control.

Cars must transit the time controls at their given time. The estimated transit time is obtained by adding the actual transit time at the previous CO to the target time allowed for that sector (listed on the time table). The actual transit time will be measured by pneumatic tube pressure switches as the cars cross the check line. The line will be marked by a red sign showing a clock.

To avoid picking up penalty points at check points, competitors have one minute from their estimated transit time in which to drive over the pressure sensors. For example, for the 14.45.00 transit time, passing through between 14.45.00 and 14.45.59 will not incur in penalisation.

To ensure a smoothly-run event, entrants must follow the following procedure:

  1. crews that reach a CO before their estimated transit time must stop their car before the yellow time control sign, placed 25 metres before the CO, wait until their estimated time, lined up according the race marshals’ instructions.

  2. cars are permitted to enter control areas (the area extending from the yellow sign to the beige one with black stripes) during their minute.

  3. check points will be marked by a red sign with a clock.

  4. the transit time will be recorded where the red sign with a clock is. Here you’ll be asked to hand over your Time Card, which will be handed back to you by a race marshal or a competitor relations officer. Crews must then immediately leave the check point

  5. late crews can enter control areas and complete their checks but must try not to obstruct the area for other competitors who are running on time.

b) Regularity Stages (PC)

A number of Regularity Stages are present in each sector.

The length of each Regularity Stage and the given target time are listed on the Time and Distance Table attached to the RPG and on the Time Card. The regularity stages will be open during the times indicated on the Time Card.

The Regularity Stages are situated in the following locations:

1st leg: Brescia 4PC

Sirmione 3PC

San Martino 3PC
2nd leg: M.te Carpegna PieveS.Stefano 7PC 5PC

Forca di Cerro 6PC

Terminillo 5PC
3rd leg: Vallelunga 3PC
  Radicofani 4PC

Pieve a Salti 6PC

Monghidoro 3PC

Loiano 3PC

Fiorano 1PC

The regularity stages in each group are “interlinked”, meaning the end of one is the beginning of the next. Measuring lines, marked on the ground, have a pneumatic tube pressure switch connected to a printing chronometer. Time will be measured in hundredths of a second. To the right of the sensor will be a red sign showing a drooping flag and to the left, a rubber traffic cone. 25 metres before the measuring line you will see a yellow sign with a drooping flag, and 25 metres after the line there will be a beige sign with three black diagonal stripes. The measuring line at the end of the last stage of a group of Regularity Stages will be marked with signs showing a chequered flag. Vehicles are not permitted to stop between the yellow sign and the beige sign. At the end of regularity stages shorter than 300 metres there is no yellow warning sign.

For the Regularity Stages, we request compliance with the following procedure:

  1. vehicles are to line up before the yellow sign, in rough order of their competition numbers;

  2. crews are to gather at the yellow sign, which marks the beginning of the first stage of a group of Regularity Stages. They then must follow the instructions of the road marshal or timekeeper. Nothing will be written on their time card at this point;

  3. Within five seconds of the “VIA” (“GO”) called by a marshal or timekeeper, cars will start, passing over the first pressure tube switch. This establishes the initial time of the first regularity stage. The car is then to proceed in carrying out the rest of the series of stages, trying to keep to the target times that have been given. Anyone who is forced to stop - for whatever reason - is kindly asked to avoid blocking the passage of other competitors and to follow the directions given by marshals;

  4. Having finished the series of Regularity Stages, crews are to continue on without any more stops for time entries or for anything else.

c) Passage controls (CT)

Along the route there will be 23 Passage controls (CT) to ascertain that the pre-established itinerary is being respected.

The approach to the checkpoint is indicated first by a yellow sign on the right hand side of the road, showing the symbol of an old-fashioned ink stamp, located 25 metres before arrival. The check itself is marked with a red sign with the same symbol, and is then followed by a beige sign with three black diagonal stripes 25 metres past it.

At these check points drivers must not get out of their cars. A marshal will stamp your time card.

Passage controls will remain open during the times indicated on the Time Card.

Failure to have a time card stamped at a CT will result in the penalisation stated in the RPG.

For all other organisational details, please refer to the RPG, future Bulletins and the rules listed in the CSAI Yearbook (NS 23).

I hope you all have a wonderful time. Together with the organising team, I am at your service for any further explanations.


Brescia 12th May 2011

The Clerk of the Course
Francesco Alberti

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