Copa Truck: the Brazilian championship and successor to Fórmula Truck. The sporting authority is the Brazilian motorsport federation CBA (Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo). The information on this page reflects the rules as of 2022.
Each round has two races. Race 1 is worth more points than race 2.
Points are awarded to the top 15 in each race.
Dropped results: before the final round, each driver’s two worst results are dropped. A round that a driver did not take part in can also count as a dropped result.
Categories
There are two categories: Copa Truck and Super Truck. They qualify separately.
Only newcomers and drivers who have contested no more than three events in other truck championships may race in the Super Truck category.
Qualifying
Session 1: 15 minutes, all trucks, split by category.
Followed by a 15-minute break.
Session 2 (Top Qualifying): 10 minutes for the top eight in the overall qualifying classification.
If it rains, there is only one 31-minute session (15 minutes Copa Truck, 16 minutes Super Truck).
Starting grid and start
Race 1: based on qualifying.
Race 2: the top eight are reversed (reversed grid).
It is a rolling start at a steady speed of no more than 80 km/h. A jump start is punished with a drive-through penalty.
The pit lane speed limit is 50 km/h.
Speed
Speed limit: 160 km/h, checked by radar, with a tolerance of up to 160.9 km/h.
If a driver exceeds it in practice, the current lap and the following lap do not count. In the race, it means a drive-through penalty.
Exhaust
Since 2021, sensors on every exhaust have measured the smoke. Race control sees the readings in real time.
More than five warnings mean the driver has to come into the pits to have the engine adjusted, and loses all his times. If this happens in qualifying, he then starts from last place.
Changes since 2021
Valves limit the boost pressure from 4.5 to 2.8 bar, and the turbos have air restrictors. The organisers estimated the loss of power at around 100 hp.
All trucks use the same standard brake pads from Fras-le.
Goodyear took over as tyre supplier from Bridgestone, which had supplied the tyres until 2020.
Licence and scoring
Only drivers who hold a PGC B competition licence are allowed to race.
Points go to drivers from countries belonging to the South American motorsport confederation Codasur. Drivers from other federations, Europeans for example, do not score points.
Driver changes
If a driver is unable to race, he may be replaced.
If the change is made after qualifying, the replacement driver starts from last place.
Sources: Copa Truck (2022 rules summary), report on the 2021 rule changes. Rules as of: 2022. Information provided without guarantee; the official regulations are binding.
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