2022年 F1の赤旗による『セッションの中断と再開』の手順

2022/2/18発行版

57) SUSPENDING A SPRINT SESSION OR A RACE

57.1 If Competitors or officials are placed in immediate physical danger by cars running on the track, and the clerk of the course deems circumstances are such that the track cannot be negotiated safely, even behind the safety car, the sprint session or the race will be suspended.

Should it become necessary to suspend the sprint session or the race, the clerk of the course will order red flags to be shown at all marshal posts and the abort lights to be shown at the Line.

57.2 When the signal is given overtaking is forbidden, the pit exit will be closed and all cars must proceed slowly into the pit lane. The first car to arrive in the pit lane should proceed directly to the pit exit staying in the fast lane, all the other cars should form up in a line behind the first car.

57.3 Any cars unable to return to the pit lane as a result of the track being blocked will be brought back when the track is cleared and will be arranged in the order they occupied before the sprint session or the race was suspended.

Additionally, any cars in the pit lane or pit entry at the time the sprint session or the race was suspended will be arranged in the order they occupied before the sprint session or the race was suspended. Any cars in their garage at the time the sprint session or the race was suspended will be arranged at the back of the line of cars in the fast lane in the order they got there. Any such cars will be permitted to leave the pit lane when the sprint session or the race is resumed but must re-enter the pit lane when the safety car returns and may join the sprint session or the race once the last car has passed the pit exit after the re-start (also see Article 51.11).

In all cases the order will be taken at the last point at which it was possible to determine the position of all cars. All such cars will then be permitted to resume the sprint session or the race.

The Safety Car will then be driven to the front of the line of cars in the fast lane.

57.4 Whilst the sprint session or the race is suspended:

a) The sprint session, the race nor the timekeeping system will stop, however, in accordance with Article 5.3 the length of the sprint session or the race suspension will be added to the maximum time period.

b) Cars may be worked on once they have stopped in the fast lane but any such work is restricted to that listed in Article 57.4i) to ix) and must not impede the resumption of the sprint session or the race.

i) Starting the engine and any directly associated preparation.

ii) The addition of compressed gases (see Article 4.5 of the Technical Regulations).

iii) The fitting or removal of permitted cooling and heating devices.

iv) Changes to the air ducts around the front and rear brakes during the race only.

v) Changes to the radiator ducts during the race only.

vi) Changes made for driver comfort.

vii) Changing wheels and tyres.

viii) Repair of genuine accident damage, including the replacement of assemblies containing such damaged parts.

ix) The aerodynamic set up of the front wing may be adjusted using the existing parts. No parts may be added, removed or replaced.

c) Only team members, officials and duly accredited television cameramen will be permitted in the pit lane.

57.5 Unless asked to do so by the FIA, cars may not be moved from the fast lane whilst the sprint session or the race is suspended. A penalty in accordance with Article 54.3c) will be imposed on any driver whose car is moved from the fast lane to any other part of the pit lane.

At all times drivers must follow the directions of the marshals.

 

58) RESUMING A sprint session OR A RACE

58.1 The delay will be kept as short as possible and as soon as a resumption time is known all Competitors will be informed via the official messaging system, in all cases at least ten minutes warning will be given.

58.2 Signals will be shown ten minutes, five minutes, three minutes, one minute and fifteen seconds before the resumption and each of these will be accompanied by an audible warning.

58.3 When the five (5) minute signal is shown all cars must have their wheels fitted. Tyre blankets must also be disconnected from any power supply at this time and must not be reconnected during the start procedure, unless the delayed start signal is shown.

After this signal wheels may only be removed if the car has been moved out of the fast lane or during a further suspension.

A penalty in accordance with Article 54.3d) will be imposed on any driver whose car did not have all its wheels fully fitted at the five (5) minute signal or has any of its wheels changed before it leaves the pit lane after the sprint session or the race has been resumed.

58.4 At the two (2) minute point any cars between the safety car and the leader, in addition to any cars that had been lapped by the leader at the time the sprint session or the race was suspended, will be allowed to leave the pit lane and complete a further lap, without overtaking, enter the pit lane and then join the line of cars behind the safety car.

58.5 When the one (1) minute signal is shown, engines should be started and all team personnel must leave the fast lane by the time the 15 second signal is given taking all equipment with them. 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 pit lane, marshals will be instructed to push the car into the slow lane. In this case, marshals with yellow flags will stand beside any car concerned to warn drivers behind. Drivers may leave the fast lane in order to pass any car unable to leave the pit lane.

58.6 Overtaking behind the safety car is only permitted in the following cases:

a) Any driver who is delayed when leaving his position in the fast lane or during the lap(s) behind the safety car may overtake to re-establish his original starting position provided he does so before he crosses the first safety car line on the lap the safety car returns to the pits. Should he fail to do so he must re-enter the pit lane and may only re-join the race once the whole field has passed the end of the pit lane after the sprint session or the race has been resumed.

A penalty in accordance with Article 54.3d) will be imposed on any driver who fails to re-enter the pit lane if he has not re-established the original starting order before he reaches the first safety car line on the lap the safety car returns to the pits.

b) Drivers may leave the fast lane in order to overtake any car delayed when leaving its position in the fast lane.

58.7 Any driver whose car has been pushed from the fast lane, in accordance with Article 51.5 above, may not overtake in order to re-establish the order before the sprint session or the race was suspended.

58.8 The sprint session or the race will be resumed behind the safety car when the green lights are illuminated and the safety car leaves the pit lane. Drivers must follow the safety car no more than ten car lengths apart.

58.9 Either of the penalties prescribed in Article 54.3c) or d) will be imposed on any driver who, in the opinion of the stewards, unnecessarily overtook another car during the lap (or laps).

58.10 The safety car will enter the pits after one lap unless:

a) The sprint session or the race is being resumed in wet conditions and the Race Director deems more than one lap necessary, in which case see Article 24.4o).

b) All cars are not yet in a line behind the safety car.

c) A further incident occurs necessitating another intervention.

58.11 When the clerk of the course decides it is safe to call in the safety car a message “STANDING START” will be sent to all Competitors using the official messaging system, all FIA light panels will display “SS” and the car’s orange lights will be extinguished. This will be the signal to the Competitors and 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 ten car lengths behind it.

Once the safety car has entered the pit lane all cars, with the exception of those that were in their garage at the time the sprint session or the race was suspended (see Article 50.3), should return to the grid, take up their grid positions and follow the procedures set out in Articles 38.10, 38.11, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43.

58.12 If track conditions are considered unsuitable to start the sprint session or the race from a standing start, the message “ROLLING START” will be sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system, all FIA light panels will display “RS” and the car’s orange lights will be extinguished. This will be the signal to the Competitors and 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 ten car lengths behind it.

As the safety car is approaching the pit entry the FIA light panels will be extinguished and a green flag and/or green light panel will be displayed at the Line.

No driver may overtake another car on the track until he passes the Line (see Article 5.3) for the first time after the safety car has returned to the pits.

Each lap completed while the safety car is deployed will be counted as a sprint session lap or a race lap as appropriate.

58.13 If, after several laps behind the safety car, track conditions are considered unsuitable to resume competition at all, the message “RE-START PROCEDURE SUSPENDED” will be sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system and all cars must enter the pit lane behind the safety car. The procedures set out in Article 50 and Articles 51.1-51.9 must then be followed and there will be no standing start.

58.14 If the sprint session or the race cannot be resumed the results will be taken at the end of the penultimate lap before the lap during which the signal to suspend the sprint session or the race was given.