Repechages

Modified on Fri, 24 Oct at 10:38 AM

Repechages, also known as second-chance or last-chance sessions, are used when the results of two sessions can be counted together, when competitors are progressing to their next round.

In the Timing app, a repechage is used to link sessions' results together. Typically this is used to split large grids of competitors into two parts. This could be two qualifying sessions where there results are then split into a faster and slower group, or a set of heats or prefinals that decide the grid for the Finals.

For example, in an event where there are 60 competitors, but the maximum grid size for a race is 34 competitors, a repechage can be used to guarantee entry into the final while also giving other competitors a second chance to qualify. The A Final is usually the highest scoring session and typically the feature race, so will normally include the highest proportion of automatically qualifying competitors i.e. 34 leaving the other 26 drivers in the B Final.

By using a repechage however, you can make give those who just missed out making the A final (the highest qualifiers in the B final) the chance to make the grid of the A final. The rules for this type of repechage are explained here, based on points from the previous sessions:

The top 30 points scoring competitors automatically qualify for the A Final
The lowest 30 point scoring competitors (the rest of the field) will race in a B Final.
The top 4 placed competitors after the completion of the B Final, will progress into the last 4 places of the A Final grid

Grid	B Final	A Final
Pole	31^st from heats	1^st from heats
2	32^nd from heats	2^nd from heats
3	33^rd from heats	3^rd from heats
4	34^th from heats	4^th from heats
5	35^th from heats	5^th from heats
6	36^th from heats	6^th from heats
7	37^th from heats	7^th from heats
8	38^th from heats	8^th from heats
9	39^th from heats	9^th from heats
10	40^th from heats	10^th from heats
11	41^st from heats	11^th from heats
12	42^nd from heats	12^th from heats
13	43^rd from heats	13^th from heats
14	44^th from heats	14^th from heats
15	45^th from heats	15^th from heats
16	46^th from heats	16^th from heats
17	47^th from heats	17^th from heats
18	48^th from heats	18^th from heats
19	49^th from heats	19^th from heats
20	50^th from heats	20^th from heats
21	51^st from heats	21^st from heats
22	52^nd from heats	22^nd from heats
23	53^rd from heats	23^rd from heats
24	54^th from heats	24^th from heats
25	55^th from heats	25^th from heats
26	56^th from heats	26^th from heats
27	57^th from heats	27^th from heats
28	58^th from heats	28^th from heats
29	59^th from heats	29^th from heats
30	60^th from heats	30^th from heats
31	-	Winner of B Final
32	-	2^nd in B Final
33	-	3^rd in B Final
34	-	4^th in B Final

Setting a Repecharge in the Grid Options

The settings needed to replicate the above are shown below with the grid options of these two sessions.

The Grid Options for the B Final in this example have the Grid type as Points with the selected sessions to count. Make sure that it is set to "All competitors Qualify" (A).

For the A Final set the Grid type as Points and the sessions to match the same conditions as the B Final, including the tiebreak. This time make sure "Select qualifying competitors" (B) is selected and

set the Auto qualifiers (C) to the number of competitors who automatically qualify for the A final i.e. not racing in the B Final.

Set the Repercharge slider to the ON position (D) and set how many competitors from the repechaged session can be promoted to this A Final i.e. 4, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed competitors in the B final.

You can repechage multiple sessions i.e. to include a C final that is repechaged by the B Final and you can use any of the grid options including laptimes and merges. For example if you want to have Heats or Races where the grids are based on the result of qualifying, you can use best laptimes to rank by times, or create a merge to rank competitors in your preferred way.

You do not need to promote any competitors from the B Final to the A Final. If you simply want to make the grid calculation rank across two or more sessions, set the Repercharge slider to the ON position and set the number of competitors to be promoted to zero.