People's Formula

People's Formula
Narodna formula (Verbizan)

Current season, competition or edition: 2019 People's Formula Championship
Logo of People's Formula
Sport	Motorsports
Founded	1977
Country	Verbiza
Most recent champion(s)	Ivana Valova (2018)

People's Formula (Verbizan: Narodna formula), also known as PF or NF, is a class of single-seater auto racing in the People's Communal Republic of Verbiza. It is the highest class of racing sanctioned by the Communist Party of Verbiza. Like other "formula" motorsports, the word "formula" refers to a set of rules to which all participants' cars must conform. In People's Formula, the rules are determined by the Communist Party's Department of Culture Committee for Sports.

A People's Formula season consists of several races, called Challenges (Predizvikatelstvo) which take place on purpose-built circuits and public roads.

There are two concurrent championships every season: the driver championship and the constructor (team) championship. Each race, points are awarded to drivers based on their finishing position. Points are also awarded to teams based on the cumulative points of their drivers' finishing positions.

Races

Races, called Challenges (Predizvikatelstvo) take place over the course of the weekend. There are typically 10 races in a season. Races consist of the following events on the following days:

• Friday: Free Practice (1 hour). The teams have the opportunity to drive the track and collect data about car performance.
• Saturday: Qualifying (1 hour). Drivers attempt to earn the fastest lap around the race track. The starting race grid is sorted descending by fastest qualifying lap time.
• Sunday: Race (No more than 300 km or 2 hours, whichever comes first). Drivers race in the Challenge for points.

Points

The table below is a breakdown of how points are awarded to drivers/constructors.

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Fastest Lap
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

For example: In a race, Team X might have Driver A, Driver B, and Driver C. Driver A finishes 1st, so Driver A earns 25 points. Driver B finishes 5th, so Driver B earns 10 points. Driver C doesn't finish in the top 10, so doesn't earn any points.

However, Driver C does manage to get the fastest lap of the race, so Driver C actually earns 1 point.

In this example, Team X would earn 36 points in the constructor championship (25 + 10 + 1).

Constructors

Constructors are motorsport teams that have earned government approval to compete in People's Formula. Typically, in order for a team to gain a slot in People's Formula, it must have had significant experience in some form of engineering, motorsport, or automobiles. There are generally two pathways for gaining a slot in People's Formula: government involvement or grassroots efforts.

For example, the Radulov Manufacturing Concern Motorsport Team was granted a slot because it is a state-owned manufacturer of automobiles and heavy machinery. It earned a slot because it directly works with the government, and because there was adequate interest within Radulov to try its hand at motorsport.

In contract, the Nizini Racing Club is a grassroots organization. It slowly competed in smaller racing series, earned community sponsorships, and won over fans. By the time it applied for a slot in People's Formula, it was already well-known throughout the country.

Drivers

Every team must field three drivers, each of which must be approved as a competent driver. There are two documents one must receive in order to race in People's Formula:

• Motorsport License, Class A from the Communist Party of Verbiza. Requires evidence of previous motorsport involvement domestically or internationally.
• Special Machinery Operations Permit from the Ministry of Public Health. Requires evidence of sound mind and body from a Verbizan physician.

Once a driver possesses the necessary permits, they usually sign with a team for a contract term. Contract terms usually last 3 - 5 seasons, but it is not unusual for drivers to be dropped by their team, be traded with another team, etc.

Each driver can choose a number between 2 and 99.