Race Directors Note Post Race Procedure

2021 SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX

2 - 5 December 2021

From The FIA Formula One Race Director Document 33

To All Teams, All Officials Date 05 December 2021

Time 18:13

Title Race Directors Note - Post Race Procedure

Description Post Race Procedure

Enclosed 2021 Saudi Arabian F1 Grand Prix Post Race Procedure Doc 33.pdf

Michael Masi

The FIA Formula One Race Director

2021 S A G P AUDI RABIAN RAND RIX

2 – 5 December 2021

From The FIA Formula One Race Director Document 33

To All Teams, All Officials Date 5 December 2021

Time 18:05

NOTE TO TEAMS: POST RACE INTERVIEW & PODIUM CEREMONY PROCEDURE

In addition to the provisions of the 2021 Formula One Sporting Regulations – Appendix 3 Podium

Ceremony, as this is a Closed Event the Podium Ceremony procedure detailed below must be followed.

Post Race Interview and Podium Ceremony Procedure:

• The master of ceremonies will be appointed by the FIA to conduct and take responsibility for the

entire podium ceremony.

• Drivers who finish the race in the top three (3) positions will be required to enter the pit lane and

proceed directly to the area beneath podium structure at pit exit where they will find the boards

showing positions from 1, 2, 3.

• All other cars that finished the race are required to return to the Pit Lane and stop in the Parc Fermé

area in front of the FIA Garages.

• Other than the team mechanics (with cooling fans if necessary), officials and FIA pre-approved

television crews and the four FIA approved photographers, no one else will be allowed in the

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 winning driver may also be permitted

in the designated area.

• Once out of their cars, the top three Drivers will be escorted to the interview area located underneath

the podium structure where they will be weighed by the FIA. Each Driver must remain fully attired

until after they have been weighed (e.g.: Helmet, Gloves, etc.).

• For the duration of the Post Race Interviews and Podium Ceremony Procedure, the Drivers finishing

in race in positions 1, 2, 3 must remain attired only in their Driving Suits, 'done up' to the neck, not

opened to the waist. Face masks may be removed during the Post Race Interviews and Podium

Ceremony.

• After the Drivers have been weighed, the post-race interviews will take place in this designated area,

and the interviewer will be David Coulthard.

• Drivers must not interfere with Parc Fermé protocols in any way.

• During this time, team members of the top three (3) drivers will be permitted to access their allocated

areas in the Pit Lane.

• If the World Drivers’ Championship is decided during this race and the Champion does not finish in

the top 3, he must go to the Parc Fermé area for a TV interview following the interviews of the top 3

finishers. The Champion must then complete the TV pen and go to the Press Conference Room for

a Champions’ Press Conference that will follow the top 3 Press Conference.

• Once the interviews have been completed, the cool down area, where water and towels will be

positioned for each Driver, will be located within the podium structure. No other drinks are permitted

in the Parc Fermé area.

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• Each Driver will be given their Pirelli Caps which will also contain a Face Mask both of which must

be worn during the Podium Ceremony.

• The drivers will then be escorted to the Podium area where the 1, 2, 3 Rostrum and Dias will be

located.

• During this time, the winning car will be pushed by team mechanics directly in front of the

podium.

• When the Drivers are ready, an announcement for the Podium Ceremony will take place with the 3rd

and 2nd placed Drivers introduced to move to their respective Podium Dias steps.

• The Winning Driver will then be announced who will move to his position on the Podium.

• Once the driver has taken their position on the podium step, the Face Mask can be removed.

• The National Anthems will then take place and flags will be displayed.

• Four (4) dignitaries will present all 4 trophies on the podium.

• The Trophy Presentations will take place in the following order:

o 3rd Place Driver (On the Podium)

o 2nd Place Driver (On the Podium)

o A representative of the Winning Constructor (On the Podium)

o Winning Driver (On the Podium)

• The Podium Celebrations will then take place.

• For the duration of the TV pen interviews and FIA Post Race Press Conference, all Drivers finishing

must remain attired in their respective teams’ uniform only. For the avoidance of doubt this includes

a Medical Face Mask or Team Branded Face Mask in the Press Conference Room.

• Following the Podium Ceremony, the top three (3) drivers will be escorted through the pit lane by

the FIA Media Delegate to the TV pen located at the Pit Entry end of the Formula 1 Paddock where

they may be accompanied by their press officers.

• At the end of the TV pen, the top three (3) drivers (and World Drivers’ Champion if decided and not

in the top 3) will then be escorted by the FIA Media Delegate via shuttle bus to the FIA Press

Conference, located on Media Island.

• Drivers classified from 4th and beyond must proceed directly to the TV pen immediately after they

have been weighed in the Parc Fermé, located in the FIA garage. Each Driver must remain fully

attired until after they have been weighed (e.g.: Helmet, Gloves, etc.).

• Any Driver classified from 4th and beyond who does not have a virtual session for the written media

organized after the race must be available for interview at the written media zone adjacent to the TV

pen once their TV interviews have concluded.

• Drivers who retired during the race are required to go to the TV pen as soon as they have come back

into the paddock.

Please see the attached Post Race Podium Ceremony and Parc Fermé Diagram.

Michael Masi

FIA Formula One Race Director

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