Hi All,

Next season in Australia there will be a new competition, dubbed Formula 1.0 as it is a Grand Prix style contest that revolves around the current Australian Club Class handicap point of 1.0, but also includes a bracket in either direction. The following sailplanes are eligible :

Jantar Standard 3
Jantar Standard 2
Jantar Standard (SZD-41A)
LS-1 (A,B,C,D,F)
Marianne
Standard Cirrus
DG-100
Hornet
Open Libelle
ASW-15B
Standard Libelle
Cobra
Astir CS
Astir CS 77
HP-14

There are a large number of gliders in Australia of these type (over 200).

Our contest is being held at Leeton, NSW from the 28th of December 2017 to the 5th of January 2018. Both aerotow and winch will be available.

As there is a slight handicap difference (3%), handicapping will be done by applying a formula to a fixed task that varies the size of the turnpoint circles based on handicap - for example, a Standard Libelle may only have to go within 3 kilometres of a turnpoint, but a Jantar Std 3 may have to go within 500 metres. As with all GP events, pending some simple verification, first across the finish line wins. To minimise risk of pre-start & on task gaggling, we are splitting the pilots into 2 groups based on overall score, updated daily. Winning Group A will give the winning pilot 10 points - winning Group B will be a lesser amount (likely somewhere between 5 and 7).

The purpose is not to get the maximum distance possible from each day, but to set tasks that use the best part of the weather. The focus is on racing, and fun.

As it is a grand prix style event, for safety reasons numbers are strictly limited. In just over 24 hours we have had 24 entries, of a maximum 30.

A custom web application has been written that makes the contest very simple to run. If anyone is interested in finding out more, or possibly holding your own event, please contact us on the 'contact' page on the below website.

The website is available at :

http://f1gp.com.au/

Facebook :

https://www.facebook.com/formula1point0/

Cheers,
Nick.