Timer starts when your front tires cross the start line after the light goes green. If your front tires cross the line before the light goes green your time is void.
Yea and the reaction time doesn't matter when the one car is much faster than the other. Watch the second race the 458 got the jump and was passed by second or third gear and was 3-4 lengths back at the 1/4.
boosted v8 > boosted v6 > na v8 > boosted 4 > na v6 > na 4
between the end and start of the next stage.*
yes its a rally car they must drive on public roads between the start and end of stages.