From The FIA Formula One Race Director

To All Teams, All Officials Document 9

Date 10 September 2021

Time 15:42 2021 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX 9 - 12 September 2021 The FIA Formula One Race Director Title Race Directors Note - Post Qualifying Procedure

Description Post Qualifying Procedure Enclosed 2021 Italian F1 Grand Prix Post Qualifying Procedure Doc 9.pdf

Michael Masi

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2021 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX

9 – 12 September 2021

From The FIA Formula One Race Director Document 9

To All Teams, All Officials Date 10 September 2021 Time 15:40

NOTE TO TEAMS: POST QUALIFYING PROCEDURE

The Post-Qualifying interview procedure requires the top three (3) drivers to be interviewed in the Pit Lane in front of the FIA Garages once they have got out of their cars. Should either of your drivers be among the top three (3) at the end of qualifying we would like to ask for your co-operation in following the procedure below:

• If they take the chequered flag at the end of Q3, the fastest three (3) drivers should proceed directly to the Pit Lane where the 1, 2, 3 boards which will be located at the pit lane entry in front of Race Control.
• Other than the team mechanics (with cooling fans if necessary), officials and FIA pre-approved television crews and the four (4) FIA approved photographers, no one else will be allowed in this designated area at this time (no driver physios nor team PR personnel). At the sole discretion of the FIA Media Delegate, the team-embedded photographer of the pole position driver may also be permitted in the Parc Fermé area at this time.
• Once out of their cars, the top three (3) Drivers will be weighed by the FIA. Each Driver must remain fully attired until after they have been weighed (e.g: Helmet, Gloves, etc).
• After the Drivers have been weighed, the Post-Qualifying interviews will take place in this designated
• area. The interviewer will be Felipe Massa.
• If one (1) of the top three (3) drivers is already in the Pit Lane at the end of the session, the team should ensure that he goes directly to the designated area once the other drivers have arrived there.
• At the end of the live interviews the pole position driver will be led to the backdrop in front of the FIA Garages for the AfRS and Pirelli Award photo opportunity.
• Drivers eliminated in Q1 and Q2, drivers classified from 4th to 10th in Q3 and drivers who did not participate to Q1 but are eligible to race must attend the TV interview session in the paddock behind the FIA garages after they have been weighed by the FIA at the end of the last part of qualifying in which they participated. The top three drivers must also attend the TV interview session after they have completed their parc fermé interviews.

Please see the attached Qualifying - Parc Fermé Diagram.

Michael Masi FIA Formula One Race Director

TV RF

Cameraman Version 1 – 10 September 2021

Fence

Fence Podium Fence

Pit Wall

Fence Fence 3rd 2nd 1st Parc Ferme - Qualifying 2021 Italian Grand Prix

F1 Backdrop

(Garage 5) AFRS