iRacing Details FF1600 Festival Special Event at Brands Hatch

iRacing has published the schedule and competition details for the upcoming FF1600 Festival Special Event Presented by CONSPIT, scheduled to run from 30 October to 1 November. Emulating the real-world Formula Ford Festival, the virtual competition will take place on the Brands Hatch Indy layout using the open-wheel Ray FF1600.

The competition features an open setup format with dynamic weather enabled, scheduled in the sim for 25 October at 10:00 AM. Driver entry requires a Class D Formula license or higher, or a Rookie license holding at least a 4.0 Safety Rating. Each session begins with a 30-minute warmup followed by an eight-minute, two-lap qualifying session. The heat racing structure divides fields into two 10-lap heats of up to 28 competitors, with the top 13 drivers from each heat advancing straight to the final. Remaining participants battle in a 10-lap Last Chance Qualifier fielding up to 30 drivers, where the top four finishers transfer to complete the 30-car grid for the 20-lap main event.

Five race timeslots are scheduled across the weekend: Friday at 22:00 GMT, Saturday at 07:00 GMT, Saturday at 12:00 GMT, Saturday at 16:00 GMT, and Sunday at 00:00 GMT. The Saturday 12:00 GMT top split will be streamed live via iRacing.com/live with commentary by RaceSpot. Incident rules dictate an initial drive-through penalty at 17 incident points, additional drive-through penalties every 8 points thereafter, and disqualification at 35 incident points.