Tournament Format – Toyota GR Velocity 2022

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TOURNAMENT FORMAT

TIME-ATTACK

About

Racers will first need to go through a time-trial phase that will be take place online and an Axle Academy with a maximum of 1,200 slots. Participants will race around Willow Springs using the GR Yaris.

Each racer will have 15-minutes of setting up and warm up before beginning 30-minutes of time-trial as they try to set their fastest lap. Once the time is up, our marshals will record each racer’s official fastest time to be included in the master list.

After the four qualifying rounds and all racers have recorded their fastest time, the top 40 racers with the fastest times will then move on to the quarterfinals.

ENTRY CRITERIA

  • Malaysians ages 14 and above.
  • Online registration only. First come first served basis.
  • Owners of a PlayStation®4 and PlayStation 5® console, PSN Network and a copy of ‘Gran Turismo 7’, who have unlocked or purchased the necessary cars in-game.
  • Challenge is open to Racing Simulator Wheel and controllers
  • Players are only allowed to join the Qualifier a maximum of two times.
  • Employees and agents of the Company, its affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies and divisions, participating promotional partners, and their respective employees are not eligible to participate in the tournament and win.

qualifier DATE

Qualifier ONE: 9 July 2022, Saturday
Qualifier TWO: 10 July 2022, Sunday
Qualifier THREE: 11 July 2022, Monday
Qualifier FOUR: 12 July 2022, Tuesday
Qualifier FIVE: 13 July 2022, Wednesday
Qualifier SIX: 14 July 2022, Thursday
Qualifier SEVEN: 15 July 2022, Friday
Qualifier EIGHT: 16 July 2022,Saturday
Qualifier 9: 17 July 2022, Sunday
Location: Online & Axle Academy

OFFICIAL CAR

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OFFICIAL TRACKS

Willow Springs – Big Willow

Sprint Races

About

The top 40 fastest times from the online qualifying Time-Attack will be invited to a race in a two-day online event where they will first be seeded and drawn into four groups of 10, blitzing through Trail Mountain in the Toyota GR86. Only 5 racers from the four groups will move on to the semifinals.

QUARTER-FINALS DATE

Quarter-final 1 23 JULY 2022, SATURDAY
Quarter-final 2 24 JULY 2022, SUNDAY
Location: Online

OFFICIAL CAR

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OFFICIAL TRACKS

Trial Mountain

Sprint Races

About

The top 20 fastest times from the quarterfinals will be invited to race in a thriller where they will be separated into two groups of 10, and race across two tracks using two Toyota cars. Only the top 10 racers will move on to the Grand Final scheduled to take place the following day.

SEMI-FINALS DATE

Semi-final 6 AUGUST 2022, SATURDAY
Location: 1 UTAMA SHOPPING CENTRE GROUND FLOOR CENTRE COURT

OFFICIAL CAR

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OFFICIAL TRACKS

Brands Hatch – GP Layout

Goodwood Motor Circuit

Sprint Races

About

The 10 finalists will go wheel-to-wheel in a thrilling Best-of-Three races, with each race carrying points. While the stakes will be high so will the element of surprise as race formats are announced just minutes before each race. The racer with the highest points will be crowned Toyota GR Velocity’s 2021 champion and represent Malaysia in the GT Supra Cup Asia Pacific Regional Qualifier.

GRAND FINAL DATE

Grand Final: 7 AUGUST 2022, SUNDAY
Location: 1 UTAMA SHOPPING CENTRE GROUND FLOOR CENTRE COURT

OFFICIAL CAR

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OFFICIAL TRACKS

Autodrómo de Interlagos

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

RULES

POINT SYSTEM

PLACEMENT TOTAL POINTS
1 1st Place 25
2 2nd Place 18
3 3rd Place 15
4 4th Place 12
5 5th Place 10
6 6th Place 8
7 7th Place 6
8 8th Place 4
9 9th Place 2
10 10th Place 1
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