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RESTRICTIONS DURING RALLY

 

Updated June 19, 2021

 

General guidelines

Wash your hands more often than you regularly, doing so with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or by using alcohol containing hand sanitizer.

Do not touch your face with your hands.

Keep a 2-metre distance from others.

Try to decrease time of contact with others as much as possible.

Crowding is forbidden.

Holding hands, hugging and similar close contact with others can foster the spread of the virus and should be avoided.

Masks should be used in indoors,  high density areas and when in places where people could be gathering and it is not possible to keep a 2-metre distance.

Visiting the areas where rally is taking place is forbidden for people who are under self-isolation, home quarantine or isolation, or people who show signs of respiratory tract infections.

The organizer suggests the championship promoter, teams and rally supervisory institutions to forgo having in-person meetings, instead moving them to a digital environment or, if that is not possible, hosting these meetings outside or in an area that is well-ventilated and large enough to keep a safe distance from each other.

In technical and administrative processes that are crucial to the rally and during which people can come into closer contact than 2 metres from each other, the organizer asks to follow the rule of not being in close proximity for more than 15 minutes and using a face mask.

Body temperature measurement with non-contact thermometers will be done in both the rally centre and the service parks.

For all rally personnel, when entering any of the event zones where accreditation and/or wristband needs to be shown, they have an obligation to do so without waiting for a request from the security guard, in order to decrease communication and physical proximity. Accreditation cards and/or wristbands need to be worn in such a way that they are visible throughout the event.

Everyone involved in the event (competitors, personnel) need to immediately inform the organizer’s designated person if they have reason to believe that someone is ill, or if someone shows symptoms, or if someone gets a positive result in a COVID-19 test.

If, within 14 days of the event taking place, any person involved in the event is falls ill with COVID-19, this person must immediately inform the event organizer or the organizer’s designated person of this fact.

 

Information for the competitors

Accreditation process (including LRC crews from Latvia):

•  competitor fills in the application for the rally;

•  after confirmation of participation, link to two forms will be sent to the team manager / competitor:

ATTENDEE LIST, where information must be filled by the team manager. The form includes questions about each team member who will attend the rally (including crew, team management, technical staff, etc.). The form must be submitted to the organiser by 22.06.2021. The form must include Team’s Covid-19 delegate. Link to the form will be sent to team manager;

INDIVIDUAL FORM, to be filled by each attendee captured on the Attendee list and must be submitted online before 22.06.2021. On arrival after received a negative Covid-19 test the form will have to be signed before accreditation card can be issued.

• if the forms are not filled by every attendee, the rally organiser may not grant rally accreditation (passes) to the specific crew;

• all attendees must have a negative Covid-19 test (PCR) result no older than 96 hours before entering the venue;

• those that cannot present valid EU Digital Covid Certificate for Vaccination or Recovery and are traveling from red or yellow country, traveling through red or yellow country or have visited red or yellow country in last 14 days before arrival to Latvia must have a negative Covid-19 PCR test no older than 72 hours before entering Latvia, another PCR test no later than 24 hours after arriving to Latvia and is staying more than 7 days then 3rd test before then.

 

Before travelling to Latvia covidpass (https://covidpass.lv/en/) should be filled for all travellers.

 

The organizers of Rally Liepāja asks you to be respectful – safety – always first!

In case of questions, please contact Rally Liepāja organiser RA Events – e-mail covid19@raevents.lv.

 

The rally organiser recommends to divide the team by working in groups – so one group does not intersect with another.

Organizer suggests that teams create and follow their own internal sanitary protocol, and that they limit the number of employees coming to Latvia.

Competitors, when travelling to Latvia, need to remain cautious regarding social distancing and following all sanitary protocols while on their way to Liepāja.

Competitors are asked not to use the local stores or catering facilities without a good reason. If local catering facilities are visited, organizers ask that any food is ordered in to-go containers and the meal is had, for example, inside the hotel room and not at the catering facility.

 

Service area in Liepāja

Everyone entering the service area will have their temperature measured. If the temperature is above 37.5C, the person must step aside and wait for around 10 minutes to have the temperature measured again. If the repeated measurement also shows high temperature, the person will not be allowed inside the service area, and this person must immediately contact their team manager and go to medical point (in service park). Medical personal makes the decision for the next steps with this person depending on person’s health.

At the entrance, information about restrictions and the sanitary protocol will be available.

Face mask must be used while in Service park.

Service area employees have access to individual protection equipment (masks, gloves).

Service area has water and soap for washing hands, as well as hand sanitizers.

Restrooms are regularly disinfected, but it is recommended for teams to rent private team restrooms.

Service area contains closed type recycling bins.

It is recommended for teams to set the eating areas in their team tents in a way to maintain social distancing, and it is suggested to limit the number of people in the area at the same time by creating eating area schedules, using disposable tableware and cutlery.

No public allowed, service area will be closed for spectators – entry will be allowed only to competitors, officials, and the priority media.

 

Service area in Talsi

Everyone entering the service area will have their body temperature measured with non-contact thermometer.

If the temperature is above 37.5C, the person must step aside and wait for around 10 minutes to have the temperature measured again. If the repeated measurement also shows high temperature, the person will not be allowed inside the service area, and this person must immediately contact their team manager, which contacts rally medical personnel, which makes the decision about the further steps.

Face mask must be used while in Service park.

Service area employees have access to individual protection equipment (masks, gloves).

There are hand sanitizers available in this service zone.

Information about restrictions and the sanitary protocol will be available onsite.

Service area contains closed type recycling bins.

No public allowed, service area will be closed for spectators – entry will be allowed only to competitors, officials, and the priority media.

 

Tests before the event

Team members must wear face masks while working.

Hand sanitizers should be used.

 

Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance takes place with the crew being in one car.

Only the two members of the crew can be in the car, the exception is the Junior crews with 3 persons allowed.

During recce, it is recommended that competitors do not use local catering facilities if they have a large number of visitors.

It is recommended that competitors take their meals with them, or buy them, in disposable tableware, instead of having meals in local catering facilities.

When visiting local stores or catering facilities wear a face mask.

 

Administrative checks / receiving documentation / GPS tracking devices

Before entering the room, every visitor will have their temperature measured with a non-contact thermometer.

Competitors can only enter the room with a face mask.

All visitors and competitors must maintain a 2 metre distance.

Organiser can limit each team (crew) number of representatives inside the administrative checking to three persons.

Hand sanitizer must be used by anyone entering the rally centre.

Crews are recommended to provide the organiser with as much information as possible beforehand, so that the administrative check time is as short as possible.

Moving in and out of the room and checking of the number of people in the room is done by a security guard and/or an administrative checks or rally centre employee.

In case there is a need of showing documentation (driver’s licences and racing licences), they are not given to the official, but are shown to them upon request.

Physical distancing between competitors will be aided with markings on the floor.

It is forbidden to have unauthorized persons in the room.

 

Qualifying stage before the event

Competitors are asked to maintain 2 meters social distancing before the start and after the finish.

 

Technical (car, equipment) scrutineering

No more than two crew representatives can be in the scrutineering area.

Crew members, when entering the area, must be wearing face masks.

When entering the area, crew members must use the hand-sanitizer.

Scrutineering area is closed for spectators, entrance is only allowed for competitors.

Media is not allowed in the scrutineering area.

No more than four cars can be in the area at the same time.

All people inside the area must maintain a 2 metre distance from each other.

 

Time controls / Marshals

For ERC crews time cards must be shown to rally officials. For LRC crews time cards must be handed to the officials by maintaining social distancing as much as possible.

If competitors exit their vehicle in time control points – the balaclava must be used to cover mouth/ nose or face mask must be used, the same rules are a must for other team members in those zones.

 

Opening ceremony

There will be no opening ceremony.

 

Starting position selection

TBA. Teams will receive more info at later stage.

 

Press conferences

Pre-event press conference will take place together with start position selection.

After event press conferences will be held online.

 

Days of the event / gravel stages

Competitors are allowed to be outside of the car (while maintaining a 2 metre distance from other crews) in the pre-start area and the zone after STOP (if they stop and step out of the vehicle there).

 

City special stages

TBA.

 

Additional refuel and refuel area

Closed for spectators, entry allowed only for competitors.

Area is fenced in.

If competitors exit their vehicle in time refuelling zones – the balaclava must be used to cover mouth/ nose, the same rules are a must for other team members in those zones.

 

Car wash – in Talsi and Liepāja

Car wash area is closed for spectators.

Entry is only allowed to competitors.

Lavatories – not provided.

 

Returning GPS devices after the event

GPS devices must be placed in a specified location on the first floor of the rally centre.

It is forbidden to hand the GPS devices to rally personnel.

 

Finish podium

There will be no finish podium organised.

A separate podium ceremony will be organised only for the ERC crews.

In this place the photo and video moments are fixed only, no people gathering.

Trophies will be cleaned with a disinfectant before being handed to crews.

People on this area are using face masks.

It is forbidden for competitors to shake each other’s hands or congratulate each other (outside of their own crew).

No team groups photos allowed!

 

Awards ceremony, LRC only

Similar to ERC Podium Ceremony, but crews will receive the prizes one by one not all together.

 

FIA delegate room / Stewards room

If visitors come to the room, they must maintain a 2 metre distance, and it is recommended to keep all meetings no longer than 15 minutes.

 

Actions in case of a possible illness

Medical personnel can will be reached via phone: TBA in case if any illness symptoms appear.

All information will be gathered and coordinated by ARS medical personnel, located in the service area in Liepāja.

From this medical area, the coordination of all ill persons, or persons suspected of illness, will take place.

 

Official notice board

Official notice board available online.

Digital Notice Board will be accessible in Sportity application in phones and tablets.

The Sportity app can be downloaded from Google Play or AppStore and password "LIEPAJA21ERC" must be entered.

Download for Apple from AppStore:                     https://apps.apple.com

Download for Android from Google Play:             https://play.google.com

 

ERC team managers briefing

The team managers' briefing will take place online.

 

Rally HQ canteen Lotte caffe

For those not being able to present a valid EU digital Covid Certificate for Vaccination or Recovery the rally organiser does not recommend eating at the on-site Lotte caffe in RHQ, but suggest to pre-order food from the canteen.

For food ordering call +371 26523227 or +371 2926931.