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The FIA will organize the FIA Formula One World
Championship (the Championship) which is the property of
the FIA and comprises two titles of World Champion, one
for drivers and one for constructors. It consists of the
Formula One Grand Prix races which are included in the
Formula One calendar and in respect of which the ASNs
and organizers have signed the organization agreement
provided for in the 1998 Concorde Agreement (Events).
All the participating parties (FIA, ASNs, organizers,
competitors and circuits) undertake to apply as well as
observe the rules governing the Championship and must
hold FIA Super Licenses which are issued to drivers,
competitors, officials, organizers and circuits.
REGULATIONS
1) The final text of these Sporting Regulations shall
be the English version which will be used should any
dispute arise as to their interpretation. Headings in
this document are for ease of reference only and do not
form part of these Sporting Regulations.
2) These Sporting Regulations were published on 30
October 1999 and come into force on 1 January 2000 and
replace all previous FIA Formula One World Championship
Sporting Regulations.
GENERAL
UNDERTAKING
3) All drivers, competitors and officials
participating in the Championship undertake, on behalf
of themselves, their employees and agents, to observe
all the provisions as supplemented or amended of the
International Sporting Code (the Code), the Formula One
Technical Regulations (the Technical Regulations) and
the present Sporting Regulations together with all the
provisions of the 1998 Concorde Agreement (the
Agreement) of which they have had due notice.
4) The Championship is governed by the Agreement and
its schedules.
5) Any special national regulations must be submitted
to the FIA with the original application for inclusion
of an Event on the international calendar. Only with the
approval of the FIA can such special regulations come
into force for an Event. The FIA will ensure that all
applicant competitors are informed of such special
regulations before entries close under Article 42.
GENERAL
CONDITIONS
6) It is the competitor's responsibility to ensure
that all persons concerned by his entry observe all the
requirements of the Agreement, the Code, the Technical
Regulations and the Sporting Regulations. If a
competitor is unable to be present in person at the
Event he must nominate his representative in writing.
The person having charge of an entered car during any
part of an Event is responsible jointly and severally
with the competitor for ensuring that the requirements
are observed.
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7) Competitors must ensure that their cars
comply with the conditions of eligibility and
safety throughout practice and the race.
8) The presentation of a car for
scrutineering will be deemed an implicit
statement of conformity.
9) All persons concerned in any way with an
entered car or present in any other capacity
whatsoever in the paddock, pits, pit lane, or
track must wear an appropriate pass at all
times.
LICENCES
10) All drivers, competitors and officials
participating in the Championship must hold a
FIA Super Licence. Applications for Super
Licences must be made to the FIA through the
applicant's ASN.
The driver's name will remain on the list
for Super Licences for one year.
CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS
11) Events are reserved for Formula One
cars as defined in the Technical Regulations.
12) Each Event will have the status of an
international restricted competition.
13) The distance of all races, from the
start signal referred to in Article 141 to the
chequered flag, shall be equal to the least
number of complete laps which exceed a
distance of 305 km. However, should two hours
elapse before the scheduled race distance is
completed, the leader will be shown the
chequered flag when he crosses the control
line (the Line) at the end of the lap during
which the two hour period ended. The Line is a
single line which crosses both the track and
the pit lane. 14) The maximum number of Events
in the Championship is 17, the minimum is 8.
15) The final list of Events is published
by the FIA before 1 January each year.
16) An Event which is cancelled with less
than three months written notice to the FIA
will not be considered for inclusion in the
following year's Championship unless the FIA
judges the cancellation to have been due to
force majeure.
17) An Event may be cancelled if fewer than
12 cars are available for it.
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WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP18) The Formula One World Championship
driver's title will be awarded to the driver
who has scored the highest number of points,
taking into consideration all the results
obtained during the Events which have actually
taken place.
19) Points will not be awarded for the
Championship unless the driver has driven the
same car throughout the race in the Event in
question.
20) The title of Formula One World Champion
Constructor will be awarded to the make which
has scored the highest number of points,
results from both cars being taken into
account.
21) The constructor of an engine or rolling
chassis is the person (including any corporate
or unincorporated body) which owns the
intellectual property rights to such engine or
chassis. The make of an engine or chassis is
the name attributed to it by its constructor.
If the make of the chassis is not the same
as that of the engine, the title will be
awarded to the former which shall always
precede the latter in the name of the car.
22) Points for both titles will be awarded
at each Event according to the following scale
:
1st
10 points
2nd
8 points
3rd
6 points
4th
5 points
5th
4 points
6th
3 points
7th
2 points
8th
1 point
23) If a race is stopped under Articles 155
and 156, and cannot be restarted, no points
will be awarded in case A, half points will be
awarded in case B and full points will be
awarded in case C.
24) The drivers finishing first, second and
third in the Championship must be present at
the annual FIA Prize Giving ceremony.
DEAD HEAT
25) Prizes and points awarded for all the
positions of competitors who tie, will be
added together and shared equally.
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26) If two or more constructors or drivers
finish the season with the same number of
points, the higher place in the Championship
(in either case) shall be awarded to :
a) the holder of the greatest number of first
places,
b) if the number of first places is the same,
the holder of the greatest number of second
places,
c) if the number of second places is the same,
the holder of the greatest number of third
places and so on until a winner emerges.
d) if this procedure fails to produce a
result, the FIA will nominate the winner
according to such criteria as it thinks fit.
PROMOTER
27) An application to promote an Event must
be made to the ASN of the country in which the
Event is to take place, which will apply to
the FIA. It must be accompanied by written
evidence that the promoter has made
arrangements within the terms of the Agreement
to secure the participation of competitors,
which arrangements are conditional only upon
the FIA entering the Event on the Championship
calendar.
ORGANIZATION OF EVENTS
28) An
organizer is a body appointed and/or
approved in accordance with the Agreement with
the powers and responsibilities set out
therein. Upon deciding to grant an application
to hold an Event, the FIA will invite the
relevant ASN to organize it or to nominate an
organizer. If the ASN is not in a position to
do so, the FIA may itself appoint an
organizer. The organizer must be a club or
body acceptable to the FIA and must enter into
the organization agreement set out in schedule
6 of the Agreement when it applies to organize
the Event.
29) Each
organizer shall supply the
information set out in Appendix 1, part A
hereto to the FIA no later than 90 days before
the Event. The FIA, if satisfied with such
information, shall complete part B and forward
both parts to all competitors no later than 60
days before the Event.
INSURANCE
30) The promoter of an Event must procure
that all competitors, their personnel and
drivers are covered by third party insurance
as required by the Agreement and its
schedules.
31) Ninety days before the Event, the
promoter must send the FIA details of the
risks covered by the insurance policy which
must comply with the national laws in force as
well as the Agreement. Sight of the policy
must be available to the competitors on
demand.
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32) Third party insurance arranged by the
promoter shall be in addition and without
prejudice to any personal insurance policy
held by a competitor or any other participant
in the Event.
33) Drivers taking part in the Event are
not third parties with respect to one another.
FIA
DELEGATES
34) For each Event the FIA will nominate
the following delegates:
- safety delegate ;
- medical delegate ;
- technical delegate ;
- press delegate.
and may nominate :
- a representative of the President of the FIA
;
- an observer ;
- a stewards advisor ;
- a safety car driver ;
- a medical car driver.
35) The role of the FIA delegates is to
help the officials of the Event in their
duties, to see within their fields of
competence that all the regulations governing
the Championship are respected, to make any
comments they judge necessary and to draw up
any necessary reports concerning the Event.
36)
The technical delegate nominated by the FIA
will be responsible for scrutineering and will
have full authority over the national
scrutineers.
OFFICIALS
37) The following officials will be
nominated by the FIA :
- Two stewards, one of whom will be nominated
chairman, from among holders of the FIA Super
License of nationality different to that of
the organizer ;
- A race director ;
- A permanent starter.
38) The following officials will be
nominated by the ASN from among holders of an
FIA Super License, and their names sent to the
FIA at the same time as the application to
organize the Event :
- One steward from among the ASN's nationals.
- The clerk of the course.
39) The clerk of the course shall work in
permanent consultation with the race director.
The race director shall have overriding
authority in the following matters and the
clerk of the course may give orders in respect
of them only with his express agreement :
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a) the control of practice and the race,
adherence to the timetable and, if he deems it
necessary, the making of any proposal to the
stewards to modify the timetable in accordance
with the Code or Sporting Regulations,
b) the stopping of any car in accordance with
the Code or Sporting Regulations,
c) the stopping of practice or the race in
accordance with the Sporting Regulations if he
deems it unsafe to continue and ensuring that
the correct restart procedure is carried out,
d) the starting procedure,
e) the use of the safety car.
40) The race director, the clerk of the
course and the technical delegate must be
present at the Event from 10.00 on the date of
initial scrutineering and the stewards from
15.00 on the same day.
41) The race director must be in radio
contact with the clerk of the course and the
chairman of the stewards at all times when
cars are permitted to run on the track.
Additionally, the clerk of the course must be
in race control and in radio contact with all
marshal's posts during these times.
COMPETITORS APPLICATIONS
42) Applications to compete in the
Championship may be submitted to the FIA at
any time between 1 March two years prior to
the Championship in which the applicant wishes
to compete and 15 November immediately
preceding such Championship, on an entry form
as set out in Appendix 2 hereto accompanied by
the entry fee provided for in the Agreement,
together with the deposit provided for in
Article 45 where applicable.
from Teams not already competing in the
Championship will only be considered where a
place is available, taking into account all
the Teams who are entitled to compete under
the Agreement. Entry forms will be made
available by the FIA who will notify the
applicant of the result of the application
within thirty days of its receipt. Successful
applicants are automatically entered in all
Events of the Championship and will be the
only competitors at Events.
43) Applications shall include :
a) confirmation that the applicant has read
and understood the Agreement (including its
schedules), the Code, the Technical
Regulations and the Sporting Regulations and
agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of
everyone associated with its participation in
the Championship, to observe them,
b) the name of the team (which must include
the name of the chassis),
c) the make of the competing car,
d) the make of the engine,
e) the names of the drivers. A driver may be
nominated subsequent to the application upon
payment of a fee fixed by the FIA,
f) an undertaking by the applicant to
participate in every Event with the number of
cars and drivers entered.
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g) an undertaking that the car does not make
use of any component, system, software or
device which has been (or might reasonably be
suspected to have been) designed, supplied or
constructed by or with the help of anyone who
has been involved on behalf of the FIA with
checking Formula One electronic systems during
the 24 months immediately preceding the
application.
44) A competitor may change the make and/or
type of engine at any time during the
Championship. All points scored with an engine
of different make to that which was first
entered in the Championship will count (and
will be aggregated) for the assessment of
Benefits and for determining team positions
for pre-qualifying purposes, however such
points will not count towards (nor be
aggregated for) the FIA Formula One
Constructors Championship.
45) With the exception of those whose cars
have scored points in the Championship of the
previous year, applicants must supply
information about the size of their company,
their financial position and their ability to
meet their prescribed obligations. Any
applicant which did not take part in the
Championship for the previous year must also
deposit US$48,000,000 (forty-eight million
United States dollars) with the FIA when
submitting its application. This sum will be
returned to it forthwith if its application is
refused or in twelve equal monthly
installments
(including interest) commencing immediately
after the first Event in which it competes,
provided it has met and continues to meet all
the requirements of the Agreement and its
schedules. If the applicant fails to appear
for the Championship for which it has entered,
its deposit will be forfeit save only that the
applicant may delay its participation by one
year, in which case US$12,000,000 (twelve
million United States dollars) will be forfeit
and the balance repaid as set out above.
46) All applications will be studied by the
FIA which will publish the list of cars and
drivers accepted together with their race
numbers on 1 December (or the following Monday
if 1 December falls on a week-end), having
first notified unsuccessful applicants as set
out in Article 42.
47) No more than 24 cars will be admitted
to the Championship, two being entered by each
competitor.
48) If in the opinion of the Formula One
Commission a competitor fails to operate his
team in a manner compatible with the standards
of the Championship or in any way brings the
Championship into disrepute, the FIA may
exclude such competitor from the Championship
forthwith.
PASSES
49) No pass may be issued except in
accordance with the Agreement. A pass may be
used only by the person and for the purpose
for which it was issued.
INSTRUCTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO COMPETITORS
50) In exceptional circumstances, the
stewards may give instructions to competitors
by means of special circulars in accordance
with the Code. These circulars will be
distributed to all competitors who must
acknowledge receipt.
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51) All classifications and results of practice and
the race, as well as all decisions issued by the
officials, will be posted on the official notice
board.
52) Any decision or communication concerning a
particular competitor must be given to him within
twenty five minutes of such decision and receipt must
be acknowledged.
INCIDENTS
53) Incident means any occurrence or series of
occurrences involving one or more drivers, or any
action by any driver, which is reported to the
stewards by the race director (or noted by the
stewards and referred to the race director for
investigation) which :
- necessitated the stopping of a race under Article
155;
- constituted a breach of these Sporting Regulations
or the Code;
- caused a false start by one or more cars;
- caused a collision;
- forced a driver off the track;
- illegitimately prevented a legitimate overtaking
maneuver by a driver;
- illegitimately impeded another driver during
overtaking.
54)
(a) It shall be at the discretion of the stewards to
decide, upon a report or a request by the race
director, if a driver or drivers involved in an
incident shall be penalized.
b) If an incident is under investigation by the
stewards, a message informing all Teams of this will
be displayed on the timing monitors.
c) If a driver is involved in a collision or
Incident (see Article 53), and has been informed of
this by the stewards no later than 30 minutes after
the race has finished, he must not leave the circuit
without their consent.
55) The stewards may impose a 10 second time
penalty on any driver involved in an Incident.
However, should such penalty be imposed during the
last five laps, or after the end of a race, Article
56b) below will not apply and 25 seconds will be added
to the elapsed race time of the driver concerned.
56) Should the stewards decide to impose a time
penalty, the following procedure will be followed :
a) The stewards will give written notification of
the time penalty which has been imposed to an official
of the team concerned and will ensure that this
information is also displayed on the timing monitors.
b) From the time the steward's decision is notified
on the timing monitors the relevant driver may cover
no more than three complete laps before entering the
pits and proceeding to his pit where he shall remain
for the period of the time penalty.
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Whilst a car is stationary in the pits as a
result of incurring a time penalty it may not
be worked on. However, if the engine stops it
may be started after the time penalty period
has elapsed.
c) When the time penalty period has elapsed
the driver may rejoin the race.
d) Any breach or failure to comply with
Articles 56 b) or 56 c) may result in the car
being excluded.
57) Any determination made or any penalty
imposed pursuant to Article 55 shall be
without prejudice to the operation of Articles
160 or 161 of the Code.
PROTESTS
58) Protests shall be made in accordance
with the Code and accompanied by a fee of
2500.00 Swiss Francs or its equivalent in US
Dollars or local currency.
SANCTIONS
59) The stewards may inflict the penalties
specifically set out in these Sporting
Regulations in addition to or instead of any
other penalties available to them under the
Code.
CHANGES OF DRIVER
60) During a season, each team will be
permitted one driver change for their first
car and will be permitted to have three
drivers for their second car who may be
changed at any time provided that any driver
change is made in accordance with the Code and
before the start of qualifying practice
After 16.00 on the day of scrutineering, a
driver change may only take place with the
consent of the stewards.
DRIVING
61) The driver must drive the car alone and
unaided.
CAR
LIVERY
62) The provisions of the Code relating to
national colours shall not apply to the
Championship.
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Both cars entered by a competitor must be
presented in substantially the same livery at
each Event, any change to this livery during a
Championship season may only be made with the
agreement of the Formula One Commission.
63) Each car will carry the race number of
its driver (or his replacement) as published
by the FIA at the beginning of the season.
When a car is shown on a 25 cm television
monitor in such a way as substantially to fill
the screen in at least one dimension, its race
number must be clearly visible from the front
and from either side of the car.
64) The name or the emblem of the make of
the car must appear on the front of the nose
of the car and in either case be at least 25mm
in its largest dimension. The name of the
driver must also appear on the bodywork, on
the outside of the cockpit, or on the driver's
helmet and be clearly legible.
TESTING
65) No testing is permitted :
a) on any circuit outside Europe except
general testing organised by the Commercial
Rights Holder ;
b) on any circuit during the seven days
preceding race day at each Event except for a
shakedown test not exceeding 50km which must
be supervised by the relevant ASN ;
c) on any circuit between the last Event of
the Championship and 1 December ;
d) on any circuit which has hosted, or will
host, an Event during the Championship year
other than those hosting the British, French,
Italian and Spanish Grands Prix. e) at sites
which are not currently approved for Formula
1.
If any test is to be attended by more than
one Team, it is the responsibility of the
Teams concerned to inform the FIA. A
representative will then be appointed by the
FIA to attend the test and ensure that track
safety standards are maintained and normal
running procedures respected at all times.
PIT
LANE
66)
(a) For the avoidance of doubt and for
description purposes, the pit lane shall be
divided into two lanes. The lane closest to
the pit wall is designated the "fast lane",
and the lane closest to the garages is
designated the "inner lane", and is the only
area where any work can be carried out on a
car.
b) Competitors must not paint lines on any
part of the pit lane.
c) No equipment may be left in the fast lane.
A car may enter or remain in the fast lane
only with the driver sitting in the car behind
the steering wheel in his normal position,
even when the car is being pushed.
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d) Team personnel are only allowed in the pit
lane immediately before they are required to
work on a car and must withdraw as soon as the
work is complete. e) It is the responsibility
of the Competitor to release his car after a
pit stop only when it is safe to do so.
SPORTING CHECKS
67) Each competitor must have all relevant
Super Licenses available for inspection at any
time during the Event.
68) At the first Event of each
Championship, the FIA will check all licenses.
69) No competitor, driver or other person
concerned with a car can be required to sign
any waiver or other document save as provided
by the Agreement.
SCRUTINEERING
70) Initial scrutineering of the car will
take place three days (Monaco : four days)
before the race between 10.00 and 16.00 in the
garage assigned to each team.
71) Unless a waiver is granted by the
stewards, competitors who do not keep to these
time limits will not be allowed to take part
in the Event.
72) No car may take part in the Event until
it has been passed by the scrutineers.
73) The scrutineers may :
a) check the eligibility of a car or of a
competitor at any time during an Event,
b) require a car to be dismantled by the
competitor to make sure that the conditions of
eligibility or conformity are fully satisfied,
c) require a competitor to pay the reasonable
expenses which exercise of the powers
mentioned in this Article may entail,
d) require a competitor to supply them with
such parts or samples as they may deem
necessary.
74) Any car which, after being passed by
the scrutineers, is dismantled or modified in
a way which might affect its safety or call
into question its eligibility, or which is
involved in an accident with similar
consequences, must be re-presented for
scrutineering approval.
75) The race director or the clerk of the
course may require that any car involved in an
accident be stopped and checked.
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76) Checks and scrutineering shall be carried
out by duly appointed officials who shall also
be responsible for the operation of the parc
fermé and who alone are authorized to give
instructions to the competitors.
77) The stewards will publish the findings
of the scrutineers each time cars are checked
during the Event. These results will not
include any specific figure except when a car
is found to be in breach of the Technical
Regulations.
SUPPLY OF TYRES IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND TYRE
LIMITATION DURING THE EVENT
78) Supply of tyres :
a) Any tyre company wishing to supply tyres
to Formula One Teams must notify the FIA of
its intention to do so no later than 1 January
preceding the year during which such tyres
will be supplied.
Any tyre company wishing to cease the supply
of tyres to Formula One Teams must notify the
FIA of its intention to do so no later than 1
January of the year preceding that in which
such tyres were to be supplied.
b) No tyre may be used in the Championship
unless the company supplying such tyre accepts
and adheres to the following conditions :
- one tyre supplier present in the
Championship : this company must equip 100% of
the entered teams on ordinary commercial terms
;
- two tyre suppliers present : each of them
must, if called upon to do so, be prepared to
equip up to 60% of the entered teams on
ordinary commercial terms ;
- three or more tyre suppliers present :
each of them must, if called upon to do so, be
prepared to equip up to 40% of the entered
teams on ordinary commercial terms ;
- each tyre supplier must undertake to provide
only two specifications of dry-weather tyre
and three specifications of wet-weather tyre
at each Event, each of which must be of one
homogenous compound only;
- if, in the interests of maintaining current
levels of circuit safety, the FIA deems it
necessary to reduce tyre grip, it shall
introduce such rules as the tyre suppliers may
advise or, in the absence of advice which
achieves the FIA's objectives, specify the
maximum permissible contact areas for front
and rear tyres.
79) Quantity and type of tyres :
a) The same driver may not use more than a
total of thirty two dry-weather tyres and
twenty eight wet-weather tyres throughout the
entire duration of the Event.
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Prior to the qualifying practice each driver
may use two specifications of dry-weather
tyres but must, before qualifying practice
begins, nominate which specification of tyre
he will use for the remainder of the Event.
For qualifying practice, Warm Up and the race
each driver may use no more than twenty eight
tyres (fourteen front and fourteen rear).
b) All dry-weather tyres must incorporate
circumferential grooves square to the wheel
axis and around the entire circumference of
the contact surface of each tyre.
c) Each front dry-weather tyre, when new,
must incorporate 4 grooves which are :
- arranged symmetrically about the centre of
the tyre tread ;
- at least 14mm wide at the contact surface
and which taper uniformly to a minimum of 10mm
at the lower surface ;
- at least 2.5mm deep across the whole lower
surface ;
- 50mm (+/- 1.0mm) between centres.
Furthermore, the tread width of the front
tyres must not exceed 270mm.
d) Each rear dry-weather tyre, when new,
must incorporate 4 grooves which are:
- disposées symétriquement par rapport au
milieu de la bande de roulement ;
- arranged symmetrically about the centre of
the tyre tread ;
- at least 14mm wide at the contact surface
and which taper uniformly to a minimum of 10mm
at the lower surface ;
- at least 2.5mm deep across the whole lower
surface ;
- 50mm (+/- 1.0mm) between centres.
The measurements referred to in c) and d)
above will be taken when the tyre is fitted to
a wheel and inflated to 20psi.
e) A wet-weather tyre is one which has been
designed for use on a wet or damp track.
All wet-weather tyres must, when new, have
a contact area which does not exceed 300cm²
when fitted to the front of the car and 475cm²
when fitted to the rear. Contact areas will be
measured over any square section of the tyre
which is normal to and symmetrical about the
tyre centre line and which measures 200mm x
200mm when fitted to the front of the car and
250mm x 250mm when fitted to the rear. For the
purposes of establishing conformity, only void
areas which are greater than 2.5mm in depth
will be considered.
Prior to use at an Event, each tyre
manufacturer must provide the technical
delegate with a full scale drawing of each
type of wet-weather tyre intended for use.
With the exception of race day, wet-weather
tyres may only be used after the track has
been declared wet by the race director and,
during the remainder of the relevant session,
the choice of tyres is free.
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f) Tyre specifications will be determined by the FIA
no later than 1 September of the previous season. Once
determined in this way, the specification of the tyres
will not be changed during the Championship season
without the agreement of the Formula One Commission.
80) Control of tyres :
a) All tyres which are to be used at an Event will
be marked with a unique identification.
b) At any time during an Event, and at his absolute
discretion, the FIA technical delegate may select the
dry-weather tyres to be used by any Team from among
the total stock of tyres which such Team's designated
supplier has present at the Event.
c) During initial scrutineering, each competitor
may have up to forty four dry-weather tyres and thirty
six wet-weather tyres for each of his drivers ready
for marking in his garage. Tyres not marked during
initial scrutineering can be marked at other times by
arrangement with the FIA technical delegate.
d) From among the twenty-eight dry-weather tyres
chosen for each car for qualifying practice, Warm Up
and the race, the FIA technical delegate will choose
at random sixteen tyres (eight front and eight rear)
which are the only dry-weather tyres which such car
may use in qualifying practice.
e) A competitor wishing to replace an already
marked unused tyre by another unused one must present
both tyres to the FIA technical delegate.
f) The use of tyres without appropriate
identification is strictly forbidden.
81) Wear of tyres :
The Championship will be contested on grooved tyres.
The FIA reserve the right to introduce at any time a
method of measuring remaining groove depth if
performance appears to be enhanced by high wear or by
the use of tyres which are worn so that the grooves
are no longer visible.
WEIGHING
82 (a) During qualifying practice cars will be
weighed as follows :
1) the FIA will install weighing equipment in an
area as close to the first pit as possible, this area
will be used for the weighing procedure ;
2) cars will be selected at random to undergo the
weighing procedure. The FIA technical delegate will
inform the driver by means of a red light at the pit
entrance that his car has been selected for weighing ;
3) having been signaled (by means of a red light),
that his car has been selected for weighing, the
driver will proceed directly to the weighing area and
stop his engine ;
4) the car will then be weighed and the result
given to the driver in writing ;
5) if the car is unable to reach the weighing area
under its own power it will be placed under the
exclusive control of the marshals who will take the
car to be weighed ;
6) a car or driver may not leave the weighing area
without the consent of the FIA technical delegate.
7) if a car stops on the circuit and the driver
leaves the car, he must go to the weighing area
immediately on his return to the pits in order for his
weight to be established.
b) After the race each car crossing the Line will
be weighed. If a driver wishes to leave his car before
it is weighed he must ask the technical delegate to
weigh him in order that this weight may be added to
that of the car.
c) Should the weight of the car be less than that
specified in Article 4.1 of the Technical Regulations
when weighed under a) or b) above, the car and the
driver will be excluded from the Event save where the
deficiency in weight results from the accidental loss
of a component of the car due to force majeure.
d) No solid, liquid, gas or other substance or
matter of whatsoever nature may be added to, placed
on, or removed from a car after it has been selected
for weighing or has finished the race or during the
weighing procedure. (Except by a scrutineer when
acting in his official capacity).
e) Only scrutineers and officials may enter the
weighing area. No intervention of any kind is allowed
there unless authorised by such officials.
83) Any breach of these provisions for the weighing
of cars may result in the exclusion of the relevant
car.
GENERAL CAR
REQUIREMENTS
84) No signal of any kind may pass between a moving
car and anyone connected with the car's entrant or
driver save for the following:
a) Legible messages on a pit board.
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b) Body movement by the driver.
c) Telemetry signals from the car to the
pits.
d) Lap trigger signals from the pits to the
car. Lap marker transmitters shall be battery
powered and once operating must be
free-standing (not attached to any other pit
equipment by means of wires or optical fibres)
and incapable of receiving external
information.
Such lap triggers shall use a transmitter
operating with a carrier frequency above 10GHz
(radio or optical) and a beam half angle of no
more than 36° when measured at the 3dB point,
and shall not be used for the transmission of
any data from pit to the car other than the
lap mark. Lap mark data must be transmitted
repeatedly and must be demonstrably
consistent.
e) Verbal communication between a driver
and his team by radio.
f) Electromagnetic radiation between 2.0
and 2.7GHz is forbidden save with the written
consent of the FIA.
85) Accident data recording :
a) Each car must be fitted with an FIA
accident data recorder during each Event and
all tests which are attended by more than one
Team. The sole purpose of these units is to
monitor and record data relevant to an
accident or incident.
b) The recorder and any related sensors
must be fitted and operated in accordance with
the instructions of the FIA.
c) At any time following an accident or
incident competitors must make the data
recorder available and accessible to the FIA.
A representative of the Team concerned must be
present when data relevant to an accident or
incident is being uploaded from the recorder.
A copy of the data will be made available to
the Team.
d) Any conclusions as to the cause of an
accident, or any data relevant to an accident,
may only be published in the form of a report
which has been agreed between the Team
concerned and the FIA.
SPARE CAR
86) A competitor may use several cars for
practice and the race provided that :
a) he uses no more than two cars for free
practice sessions on each of the two practice
days held under Article 115 a) and b) ;
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b) he uses no more than three cars during
qualifying practice;
c) they are all of the same make and were
entered in the Championship by the same
competitor,
d) they have been scrutineered in
accordance with these Sporting Regulations,
e) each car carries its driver's race
number.
87) Changes of car may only take place in
the pits under supervision of the marshals.
88) No change of car is permitted after the
commencement of the formation lap unless the
start is delayed or the race stopped before
the leader has completed two laps. In these
cases, no change of car is permitted after the
commencement of the new formation lap which
immediately precedes the start.
GENERAL SAFETY
89) Official instructions will be given to
drivers by means of the signals laid out in
the Code. Competitors must not use flags
similar in any way whatsoever to these.
90) Drivers are strictly forbidden to drive
their car in the opposite direction to the
race unless this is absolutely necessary in
order to move the car from a dangerous
position. A car may only be pushed to remove
it from a dangerous position as directed by
the marshals.
91) Any driver intending to leave the track
or to go to his pit or the paddock area must
signal his intention to do so in good time
making sure that he can do this without
danger.
92) During practice and the race, drivers
may use only the track and must at all times
observe the provisions of the Code relating to
driving behavior on circuits.
93) A driver who abandons a car must leave
it in neutral or with the clutch disengaged
and with the steering wheel in place.
94) Repairs to a car may be carried out
only in the paddock, pits and on the grid.
95) The
organizer must make at least two
fire extinguishers of 5 kg capacity available
at each such pit and ensure that they work
properly.
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96) Save as provided in Article 138,
Refueling is allowed only in the pits.
97) The driver may remain in his car
throughout refueling but, unless an FIA
approved race refueling system is used, the
engine must be stopped.
Race
refueling systems may not be used
during, or immediately after, any practice
session. Whilst being used in the race all
team personnel working on the car must wear
clothing which will protect all parts of their
body from fire. The competitor must ensure
that an assistant with an extinguisher
(minimum capacity, 25kg.) ready to work is
beside the car throughout all refueling
operations.
98) Oil replenishment is forbidden during
the race. All orifices for oil filling must be
designed in such a way that the scrutineers
can seal them.
99) Save as specifically
authorized by the
Code or these Sporting Regulations, no one
except the driver may touch a stopped car
unless it is in the pits or on the starting
grid.
100) At no time may a car be reversed in
the pit lane under its own power.
101) During the periods commencing 15
minutes prior to and ending 5 minutes after
every practice session and the period between
the commencement of the formation lap which
immediately precedes the race and the time
when the last car enters the parc fermé, no
one is allowed on the track with the exception
of :
a) marshals or other
authorized personnel
in the execution of their duty ;
b) drivers when driving or on foot, having
first received permission to do so from a
marshal ;
c) team personnel clearing equipment from
the grid after all cars have left the grid on
the formation lap ;
d) mechanics under Article 140 only.
102) During a race, the engine may only be
started with the starter except :
a) in the pit lane where the use of an
external starting device is allowed, or ;
b) under Article 145c) or d).
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103) Drivers taking part in practice and the
race must always wear the clothes and helmets
specified in the Code.
104) A speed limit of 60 km/h
in practice and
80 km/h during the Warm Up and the race (60 km/h in
Monaco), or such other speed limits as the
Permanent Bureau of the Formula One Commission
may decide, will be enforced in the pit lane.
Except in the race, any driver who exceeds
the limit will be fined US$250 for each km/h
above the limit (this may be increased in the
case of a second offence in the same
Championship season). During the race, the
stewards may impose a time penalty on any
driver who exceeds the limit.
105) If a driver has serious mechanical
difficulties during practice or the race he
must leave the track as soon as it is safe to
do so.
106) The car's rear light must be
illuminated at all times when it is running on
wet-weather tyres. It shall be at the
discretion of the race director to decide if a
driver should be stopped because his rear
light is not working. Should a car be stopped
in this way it may re-join when the fault has
been remedied.
107) Only six team members per
participating car (all of whom shall have been
issued with and wearing special
identification) are allowed in the signalling
area during practice and the race.
People under 16 years of age are not
allowed in the pit area.
108) Animals, except those which may have
been expressly authorised by the FIA for use
by security services, are forbidden in the pit
area and on the track and in any spectator
area.
109) The race director, the clerk of the
course or the FIA medical delegate can require
a driver to have a medical examination at any
time during an Event.
110) Failure to comply with the general
safety requirements of the Code or these
Sporting Regulations may result in the
exclusion of the car and driver concerned from
the Event.
FREE
PRACTICE, QUALIFYING PRACTICE AND WARM UP
111) Save where these Sporting Regulations
require otherwise, pit and track discipline
and safety measures will be the same for all
practice sessions as for the race.
112) No driver may start in the race
without taking part in qualifying practice.
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113) During all practices there will be a
green and a red light at the pit exit. Cars
may only leave the pit lane when the green
light is on. Additionally, a blue flag and/or
a flashing blue light will be shown at the pit
exit to warn drivers leaving the pits if cars
are approaching on the track.
114) During the Event, the circuit shall
not be used for any purpose other than the
Event except after all practice has finished
on each day and during the period beginning
after the free practice on race day and ending
60 minutes before the pit lane is opened or at
other times with the written consent of the
FIA.
115) Free practice sessions will take place
:
a) Two days (Monaco : three days) before
the race from 11.00 to 12.00 and from 13.00 to
14.00.
b) The day before the race from 09.00 to
09.45 and from 10.15 to 11.00.
116) Qualifying practice will take place :
a) The day before the race from 13.00 to
14.00.
b) Each driver is allowed a maximum of 12
laps qualifying practice. Should a driver
complete more than 12 laps all times recorded
by the driver will be cancelled.
117) Warm Up : a free practice session will
take place on race day; it will last 30
minutes and start 4 hours and 30 minutes
before the starting time of the race.
118) The interval between the free and
qualifying practice session may never be less
than 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Only in the most exceptional circumstances
can a delay in free practice or other
difficulty on race morning result in a change
to the starting time of the race.
119) If a car stops during practice it must
be removed from the track as quickly as
possible so that its presence does not
constitute a danger or hinder other
competitors. If the driver is unable to drive
the car from a dangerous position, it shall be
the duty of the marshals to assist him.
If any such assistance results in the car
being driven or pushed back to the pits the
following penalties will be imposed :
a) during a free practice session the car
may not be used again in that session and, if
it is used again, the driver's fastest
qualifying lap time will be deleted ;
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b) during the qualifying practice session the
driver's fastest lap time from that session
will be deleted.
Neither of the above penalties will be
imposed if a driver leaves the car under the
control of the technical delegate in the parc
fermé.
In the event of a driving infringement
during practice, the Stewards may delete any
number of qualifying times from the driver
concerned. In this case, a Team will not be
able to appeal against the steward's decision.
120) The clerk of the course may interrupt
practice as often and for as long as he thinks
necessary to clear the track or to allow the
recovery of a car. In the case of free
practice only, the clerk of the course with
the agreement of the stewards may decline to
prolong the practice period after an
interruption of this kind.
Furthermore if, in the opinion of the
stewards, a stoppage is caused deliberately,
the driver concerned may have his times from
that session cancelled and may not be
permitted to take part in any other practice
session that day.
121) Pendant les deux jours d'essais,
toutes les voitures abandonnées sur le circuit
pendant la première séance d'essais libres
seront ramenées aux stands et pourront être
utilisées lors de la seconde séance d'essais
libres.
122) Should one or more sessions be thus
interrupted, no protest can be accepted as to
the possible effects of the interruption on
the qualification of drivers admitted to
start.
123) All laps covered during qualifying
practice will be timed to determine the
driver's position at the start in accordance
with Article 129.
With the exception of a lap on which a red
flag is shown (see Article 155), each time a
car crosses the Line it will be deemed to have
completed one lap.
STOP THE
PRACTICE
124) Should it become necessary to stop the
practice because the circuit is blocked by an
accident or because weather or other
conditions make it dangerous to continue, the
clerk of the course shall order a red flag and
the abort lights to be shown at the Line.
Simultaneously, red flags will be shown at all
marshal posts.
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If the start is delayed as a result, a marshal
with a yellow flag will stand in front of the
car concerned to prevent it from moving until
the whole field has left the grid on the new
formation lap. The driver concerned may then
start the race from the back of the grid and
any vacant positions will not be filled.
PRESS CONFERENCES AND DRIVERS PARADE
125) The FIA press delegate will choose a
maximum of five drivers who must attend a
press conference in the media centre for a
period of one hour at 15.00 on the day before
first practice. These driver's Teams will be
notified no less than 48 hours before the
conference. In addition, a maximum of two Team
personalities may be chosen by the FIA press
delegate to attend this press conference.
On the first day of practice, a minimum of
three and a maximum of six drivers and/or team
personalities, (other than those who attended
the press conference on the previous day and
subject to the consent of the team principal)
will be chosen by ballot or rota by the FIA
press delegate during the Event and must make
themselves available to the media for a press
conference in the media centre for a period of
one hour at 15.30.
No driver may
enter into a contract, which restricts his
right to talk to any representative of the
media during an Event. It shall be the duty of
each Team to ensure that their drivers do not
unreasonably refuse to speak to any
representative of the media during the Event.
126) Immediately after qualifying practice
the first three drivers in qualifying will be
required to make themselves available for
television interviews in the unilateral room
and then attend a press conference in the
media centre for a maximum period of 30
minutes.
127) One hour and fifteen minutes after the
end of Warm Up all drivers must attend a
drivers parade, Competitors will be given
details of the parade by the Press Delegate.
THE
GRID
128) At the end of qualifying practice, the
fastest time achieved by each driver will be
officially published (see Article 51).
129) The grid will be drawn up in the order
of the fastest time achieved by each driver.
Should two or more drivers have set identical
times, priority will be given to the one who
set it first.
130) The fastest driver will start the race
from the position on the grid which was the
pole position in the previous year or, on a
new circuit, has been designated as such by
the FIA safety delegate.
131) Any driver whose best qualifying lap
exceeds 107% of the pole position time will
not be allowed to take part in the Warm Up or
race. Under exceptional circumstances however,
which may include setting a suitable lap time
in a previous free practice session, the
stewards may permit the car to start the race.
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Should there be more than one driver accepted
in this manner, their order will be determined
by the stewards.
In either case, a Team will not be able to
appeal against the stewards' decision.
132) The starting grid will be published
after the Warm Up on race day. Any competitor
whose car(s) is (are) unable to start for any
reason whatsoever (or who has good reason to
believe that their car(s) will not be ready to
start) must inform the clerk of the course
accordingly at the earliest opportunity and,
in any event, no later than 45 minutes before
the start of the race. If one or more cars are
withdrawn the grid will be closed up
accordingly. The final starting grid will be
published 45 minutes before the start of the
race.
133) The grid will be in a staggered 1 x 1
formation and the rows on the grid will be
separated by 8 metres.
134) Any car which has not taken up its
position on the grid by the time the ten
minute signal is shown will not be permitted
to do so and must start from the pits in
accordance with Article 137.
MEETINGS
135) Meetings, chaired by the race
director, will take place at 10.00 and 17.00
on the first day of practice. The first must
be attended by all Team Managers and the
second by all drivers.
Should the race director consider another
meeting necessary it will take place one hour
after the end of Warm Up, Competitors will be
informed no later than three hours after the
end of qualifying practice. All drivers and
Team Managers must attend.
STARTING PROCEDURE
136) 30 minutes before the time for the
start of the race, the cars will leave the
pits to cover a reconnaissance lap. At the end
of this lap they will stop on the grid in
starting order with their engines stopped.
Should they wish to cover more than one
reconnaissance lap, this must be done by
driving down the pit lane at greatly reduced
speed between each of the laps.
137) 17 minutes before the starting time, a
warning signal announcing the closing of the
pit exit in 2 minutes will be given.
15 minutes before the starting time, the
pit exit will be closed and a second warning
signal will be given. Any car which is still
in the pits can start from the pits, but only
under the direction of the marshals. It may be
moved to the pit exit only with the driver in
position.
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Where the pit exit is immediately after the
Line, cars will join the race when the whole
field has passed the pit exit on its first
racing lap. Where the pit exit is immediately
before the Line, cars will join the race as
soon as the whole field has crossed the Line
after the start.
138)
Refueling on the starting grid may
only be carried out prior to the 5 minute
signal and by using one unpressurized
container with a maximum capacity of 12
liters. Any such container may not be refilled
during the starting procedure and must be
fitted with one or more dry break couplings
connecting it to the car.
139) The approach of the start will be
announced by signals shown ten minutes, five
minutes, three minutes, one minute and fifteen
seconds before the start of the formation lap,
each of which will be accompanied by an
audible warning.
When the ten minute signal is shown,
everybody except drivers, officials and team
technical staff must leave the grid.
When the five minute signal is shown all
cars must have their wheels fitted. After this
signal wheels may only be removed in the pits.
Any car which does not have all its wheels
fitted at the five minute signal must start
the race from the back of the grid or the pit
lane.
When the one minute signal is shown,
engines should be started and all team
personnel must leave the grid by the time the
15 second signal is given. If any driver needs
assistance after the 15 second signal he must
raise his arm and, when the remainder of the
cars able to do so have left the grid, his
team may attempt to rectify the problem. In
this case, marshals with yellow flags will
stand behind any car (or cars) concerned to
warn drivers behind.
When the green lights are illuminated, the
cars will begin the formation lap with the
pole position driver leading. When leaving the
grid, all drivers must proceed at a greatly
reduced speed until clear of any Team
personnel standing beside the track.
During the formation lap practice starts
are forbidden and the formation must be kept
as tight as possible.
Overtaking during the formation lap is only
permitted if a car is delayed when leaving its
grid position and cars behind cannot avoid
passing it without unduly delaying the
remainder of the field. In this case, drivers
may only overtake to re-establish the original
starting order.
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Any driver who is delayed leaving the grid may
not overtake another moving car if he was
stationary after the remainder of the cars had
crossed the Line, and must start the race from
the back of the grid. If more than one driver
is affected, they must form up at the back of
the grid in the order they left to complete
the formation lap. If the Line is not situated
in front of pole position, for the purposes of
this Article only, it will be deemed to be a
white line one metre in front of pole
position.
A time penalty will be imposed on any
driver who, in the opinion of the Stewards,
unnecessarily overtook another car during the
formation lap.
140) Any driver who is unable to start the
formation lap must raise his arm and, after
the remainder of the cars have crossed the
Line, his mechanics may attempt to rectify the
problem under the supervision of the marshals.
If the car is still unable to start the
formation lap it will be pushed into the pit
lane by the shortest route and the mechanics
may work on the car again.
141) When the cars come back to the grid at
the end of the formation lap, they will stop
on their respective grid positions, keeping
their engines running. Once all the cars have
come to a halt the five second signal will
appear followed by the four, three, two and
one second signals. At any time after the one
second signal appears, the race will be
started by extinguishing all red lights.
142) There will be a standing start. The
starting signal will be given by means of
starting lights activated by the permanent
starter. During the start of a race, the pit
wall must be kept free of all persons with the
exception of properly authorised officials and
fire marshals all of whom shall have been
issued with and shall be wearing the
appropriate pass.
143) Any car which is unable to maintain
starting order during the entire formation lap
or is moving when the one second light comes
on must enter the pit lane and start from the
pits as specified in Article 137.
This will not apply to any car which is
temporarily delayed during the lap and which
is able to regain its position, without
endangering itself or any other car, before
the leading car has taken up its position on
the grid.
144) If, after returning to the starting
grid at the end of the formation lap, a car
develops a problem that could endanger the
start, the driver must immediately raise his
hands above his head and the marshal
responsible for that row must immediately wave
a yellow flag.
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If the start is delayed as a result, a marshal
with a yellow flag will stand in front of the
car concerned to prevent it from moving until
the whole field has left the grid on the new
formation lap. The driver concerned may then
start the race from the back of the grid and
any vacant positions will not be filled.
Should there be more than one car involved,
their new positions at the back of the grid
will be determined in accordance with their
respective final grid positions.
If a problem cannot be rectified before the
commencement of the new formation lap the car
must be pushed into the pit lane by the
shortest route. The Team may then attempt to
rectify the problem and, if successful, the
car may then start from the pit lane. Should
there be more than one car involved their
starting order from the pit lane will be
determined by the order in which they reached
the pit exit under their own power.
145) If a problem arises when the cars
reach the starting grid at the end of the
formation lap the following procedure shall
apply :
a) If the race has not been started, the
abort lights will be switched on, all engines
will be stopped and the new formation lap will
start 5 minutes later with the race distance
reduced by one lap. The next signal will be
the three minute signal.
b) If the race has been started the
marshals alongside the grid will wave their
yellow flags to inform the drivers that a car
is stationary on the grid.
c) If, after the start, a car is
immobilized on the starting grid, it shall be
the duty of the marshals to push it into the
pit lane by the fastest route. If the driver
is able to re-start the car whilst it is being
pushed he may rejoin the race.
d) If the driver is unable to start the car
whilst it is being pushed his mechanics may
attempt to start it in the pit lane. If the
car then starts it may rejoin the race. The
driver and mechanics must follow the
instructions of the track marshals at all
times during such a procedure.
146) Should Article 145 apply, the race
will nevertheless count for the Championship
no matter how often the procedure is repeated,
or how much the race is shortened as a result.
147) No
refueling will be allowed on the
grid if more than one start procedure proves
necessary under Article 145.
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148) A time penalty will be imposed for a false start
judged using an FIA supplied transponder which must be
fitted to the car as specified.
149) Only in the following cases will any variation
in the start procedure be allowed :
a) If the track is dry throughout all practice
sessions but becomes wet (or vice-versa) after the end
of the Warm Up and at least 60 minutes before the
starting time, a 15 minute free practice may be allowed.
b) If it starts to rain after the five minute signal
but before the race is started and, in the opinion of
the race director Teams should be given the opportunity
to change tyres, the abort lights will be shown on the
Line and the starting procedure will begin again at the
15 minute point. If necessary the procedure set out in
Article 145 will be followed.
c) If the start of the race is imminent and, in the
opinion of the race director, the volume of water on the
track is such that it cannot be negotiated safely even
on wet-weather tyres, the abort lights will be shown on
the Line simultaneously with a "10" board with a red
background.
This "10" board with a red background will mean that
there is to be a delay of ten minutes before the
starting procedure can be resumed. If weather conditions
have improved at the end of that ten minute period, a
"10" board with a green background will be shown. The
"10" board with a green background will mean that the
green light will be shown in ten minutes.
If however, the weather conditions have not improved
within ten minutes after the "10" board with the red
background was shown, the abort lights will be shown on
the Line and the "10" board with the red background will
be shown again which will mean a further delay of ten
minutes before the starting procedure can be resumed.
This procedure may be repeated several times.
At any time when a "10" board (with either a red or
green background) is shown, it will be accompanied by an
audible warning.
d) If the race is started behind the safety car,
Article 154n) will apply.
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150) The stewards may use any video or
electronic means to assist them in reaching a
decision. The stewards may overrule judges of
fact. A breach of the provisions of the Code
or these Sporting Regulations relating to
starting procedure, may result in the
exclusion of the car and driver concerned from
the Event.
THE
RACE
151) A race will not be stopped in the
event of rain unless the circuit is blocked or
it is dangerous to continue (see Article 155).
152) If a car stops during the race (except
under Article 145c and d), it must be removed
from the track as quickly as possible so that
its presence does not constitute a danger or
hinder other competitors. If the driver is
unable to drive the car from a dangerous
position, it shall be the duty of the marshals
to assist him. If any such assistance results
in the engine starting and the driver
rejoining the race, the car will be excluded
from the results of the race.
153) During the race, drivers leaving the
pit lane may only do so when the pit exit
light is green and on their own
responsibility, a marshal with a blue flag, or
a flashing blue light, will also warn the
driver if cars are approaching on the track.
SAFETY CAR
154)
a) The FIA approved safety car will be driven
by an experienced circuit driver. It will
carry an FIA approved observer capable of
recognizing all the competing cars, who is in
permanent radio contact with race control.
b) 30 minutes before the race start time
the safety car will take up position at the
front of the grid and remain there until the
five minute signal is given. At this point
(except under n) below) it will cover a whole
lap of the circuit and enter the pit lane. If
Article 149a) applies, the safety car will
take up its position at the front of the grid
as soon as the 15 minute practice session has
finished.
c) The safety car may be brought into
operation to neutralize a race upon the
decision of the clerk of the course.
It will be used only if competitors or
officials are in immediate physical danger but
the circumstances are not such as to
necessitate stopping the race.
d) When the order is given to deploy the
safety car, all observer's posts will display
waved yellow flags and a board "SC" which
shall be maintained until the intervention is
over.
e) During the race, the safety car with its
revolving lights on, will start from the pit
lane and will join the track regardless of
where the race leader is.
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f) All the competing cars will form up in line
behind the safety car no more than 5 car
lengths apart. All overtaking is forbidden
(except under n) below), unless a car is
signaled to do so from the safety car.
g) When ordered to do so by the clerk of
the course the observer in the car will use a
green light to signal to any cars between it
and the race leader that they should pass.
These cars will continue at reduced speed and
without overtaking until they reach the line
of cars behind the safety car.
h) The safety car shall be used at least
until the leader is behind it and all
remaining cars are lined up behind him.
Once behind the safety car, the race leader
must keep within 5 car lengths of it (except
under j) below) and all remaining cars must
keep the formation as tight as possible.
i) While the safety car is in operation,
competing cars may stop at their pit, but may
only rejoin the track when the green light at
the pit exit is on. It will be on at all times
except when the safety car and the line of
cars following it are about to pass or are
passing the pit exit. A car rejoining the
track must proceed at reduced speed until it
reaches the end of the line of cars behind the
safety car.
j) When the clerk of the course calls in
the safety car, it must extinguish all the
revolving lights, this will be the signal to
the drivers that it will be entering the pit
lane at the end of that lap.
At this point the first car in line behind
the safety car may dictate the pace and, if
necessary, fall more than five car lengths
behind it. As the safety car is approaching
the pit entrance the yellow flags and SC
boards at the observer's posts will be
withdrawn and waved green flags will be
displayed for one lap.
l) Each lap completed while the safety car
is deployed will be counted as a race lap.
m) If the race is stopped under Article 156
Case C, the safety car will take the chequered
flag and all cars able to do so must follow it
into the pit lane and into the parc fermé.
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n) In exceptional circumstances the race may
be started behind the safety car. In this
case, at any time before the one minute signal
its revolving yellow lights will be turned on.
This is the signal to the drivers that the
race will be started behind the safety car.
When the green lights are illuminated the
safety car will leave the grid with all cars
following in grid order no more than 5 car
lengths apart. There will be no formation lap
and race will start when the leading car
crosses the line for the first time.
Overtaking, during the first lap only, is
permitted if a car is delayed when leaving its
grid position and cars behind cannot avoid
passing it without unduly delaying the
remainder of the field. In this case, drivers
may only overtake to re-establish the original
starting order.
Any driver who is delayed leaving the grid
may not overtake another moving car if he was
stationary after the remainder of the cars had
crossed the Line, and must form up at the back
of the line of cars behind the safety car. If
more than one driver is affected, they must
form up at the back of the field in the order
they left the grid.
A time penalty will be imposed on any
driver who, in the opinion of the Stewards,
unnecessarily overtook another car during the
first lap.
STOPPING A RACE
155) Should it become necessary to stop the
race because the circuit is blocked by an
accident or because weather or other
conditions make it dangerous to continue, the
clerk of the course shall order a red flag and
the abort lights to be shown at the Line.
Simultaneously, red flags will be shown at all
marshal posts.
- When the signal is given to stop all cars
shall immediately reduce speed in the
knowledge that :
- the race classification will be that at the
end of the penultimate lap before the lap in
which the signal to stop the race was given,
- race and service vehicles may be on the
track,
- the circuit may be totally blocked because
of an accident,
- weather conditions may have made the circuit
undriveable at racing speed,
- the pit lane will be open.
156) The procedure to be followed varies
according to the number of laps completed by
the race leader before the signal to stop the
race was given :
Case A. Less than two full laps. If the
race can be restarted, Article 157 will apply.
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Case B. Two or more full laps but less than
75% of the race distance (rounded up to the
nearest whole number of laps). If the race can
be restarted, Article 158 will apply.
Case C. 75% or more of the race distance
(rounded up to the nearest whole number of
laps). The cars will be sent directly to the
parc fermé and the race will be deemed to have
finished when the leading car crossed the Line
at the end of the lap prior to that during
which the signal to stop was given.
RESTARTING A RACE
157) Case A.
a) The original start shall be deemed null
and void.
b) La longueur de la nouvelle course sera
la distance intégrale prévue.
c) The drivers who are eligible to take
part in the race shall be eligible for the
restart either in their original car or in a
spare car.
d) Any driver who was forced to start from
the back of the grid or the pit lane during
the original start may start from his original
grid position ;
e) After the signal to stop the race has
been given, all cars able to do so will
proceed directly but slowly to either :
- the pit lane or ;
- if the grid is clear, to their original grid
position or ;
- if the grid is not clear, to a position
behind the last grid position as directed by
the marshals.
f) All Cars may be worked on in the pits or
on the grid. If work is carried out on the
grid, this must be done in the car's correct
grid position and must in no way impede the
re-start.
g)
Refueling will be allowed until the
five minute signal is shown.
158) Case B.
a) Other than the race order at the end of
the lap prior to that during which the signal
to stop was given and the number of laps
covered by each driver, the original race will
be deemed null and void.
b) The length of the re-started race will
be three laps less than the original race
distance less the number of laps completed by
the leader before the signal to stop was
given.
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c) The grid for the re-started race will be
arranged in the race order at the end of the
lap prior to that during which the signal to
stop was given.
d) Only cars which took part in the
original start will be eligible for the
re-start and then only if they returned under
their own power by an authorized route to
either :
- the pit lane or ;
- to a position behind the last grid position
as directed by the marshals.
e) No spare car will be eligible.
f) Cars may be worked on in the pits or on
the grid. If work is carried out on the grid,
this must be done in the car's correct grid
position and must in no way impede the
re-start.
g)
Refueling is only permitted in the
pits. If a car is refueled it must take the
re-start from the back of the grid and, if
more than one car is involved, their positions
will be determined by their race order at the
end of the lap prior to that during which the
signal to stop was given. In this case their
original grid positions will be left vacant.
au terme du tour précedant celui au cours
duquel le signal d'arrêt a été donné. En ce
cas, leurs positions de grille initiales
resteront vacantes.
159) In both Case A and Case B :
a) 10 minutes after the stop signal, the
pit exit will close.
b) 15 minutes after the stop signal, the
five minute signal will be shown, the grid
will close and the normal start procedure will
recommence.
c) Any car which is unable to take up its
position on the grid before the five minute
signal will be directed to the pits. It may
then start from the pits as specified in
Article 137.
The
organizer must have sufficient
personnel and equipment available to enable
the foregoing timetable to be adhered to even
in the most difficult circumstances.
FINISH
160) The end-of-race signal will be given
at the Line as soon as the leading car has
covered the full race distance in accordance
with Article 13. Should two hours elapse
before the full distance has been covered, the
end-of-race signal will be given to the
leading car the first time it crosses the Line
after such time has elapsed.
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161) Should for any reason (other than under
Article 155) the end-of-race signal be given
before the leading car completes the scheduled
number of laps, or the prescribed time has
been completed, the race will be deemed to
have finished when the leading car last
crossed the Line before the signal was given.
Should the end-of- race signal be delayed
for any reason, the race will be deemed to
have finished when it should have finished.
162) After receiving the end-of-race signal
all cars must proceed on the circuit directly
to the parc fermé without stopping, without
receiving any object whatsoever and without
any assistance (except that of the marshals if
necessary).
Any classified car which cannot reach the
parc fermé under its own power will be placed
under the exclusive control of the marshals
who will take the car to the parc fermé.
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CLASSIFICATION
166) The car placed first will be the one
having covered the scheduled distance in the
shortest time, or, where appropriate, passed
the Line in the lead at the end of two hours.
All cars will be classified taking into
account the number of complete laps they have
covered, and for those which have completed
the same number of laps, the order in which
they crossed the Line.
167) If a car takes more than twice the
time of the winner's fastest lap to cover its
last lap this last lap will not be taken into
account when calculating the total distance
covered by such car.
168) Cars having covered less than 90% of
the number of laps covered by the winner
(rounded down to the nearest whole number of
laps), will not be classified.
169) The official classification will be
published after the race. It will be the only
valid result subject to any amendments which
may be made under the Code and these Sporting
Regulations.
PODIUM CEREMONY
170) The drivers finishing the race in 1st,
2nd and 3rd positions and a representative of
the winning constructor must attend the
prize-giving ceremony on the podium and abide
by the podium procedure set out in Appendix 3
(except Monaco); and immediately thereafter
make themselves available for a period of 90
minutes for the purpose of television
unilateral interviews and the press conference
in the media centre.
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