Post Race Procedure

2023 LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX

16 - 18 November 2023

From The FIA Formula One Media Delegate Document 48

To All Teams, All Officials Date 18 November 2023

Time 03:52

Title Post-Race Procedure

Description Post-Race Procedure

Enclosed LAS DOC 48 - Post-Race Procedures.pdf

Tom Wood

The FIA Formula One Media Delegate

2023 L V G P AS EGAS RAND RIX

16 – 18 November 2023

From The FIA Formula One Media Delegate Document 48

To All Officials, All Teams Date 18 November 2023

Time 03:52

NOTE TO TEAMS: POST RACE INTERVIEW & PODIUM CEREMONY PROCEDURE

In addition to the provisions of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations – Appendix 5 Podium Ceremony,

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 positions will be required to proceed carefully to the Pit

Entry where they will find the boards showing positions from 1, 2, 3 in the fast lane ahead of the FIA

Garages. All other finishing drivers must proceed carefully to the Pit Entry and park along the wall

behind the top three.

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

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

area at this time (no team PR personnel. Driver physios must wait inside the FIA Safety Car

Garage until the podium ceremony has concluded following the instructions given to all

teams by the Media Delegate). 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. All other

photographers must remain outside of the designated area for the duration of the Parc Fermé and

Podium procedure.

• Competitors are reminded of Article 63.2 of the Sporting Regulations – “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.”

• Drivers will be weighed by the FIA. Each Driver must be fully attired while they are weighed (e.g.:

Helmet, Gloves, etc.). Water will be available in the parc fermé area after the driver has been

weighed.

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

• Drivers will then be escorted to the grid, where a car will be waiting to transport them to the

Bellagio where the post-race interviews will take place. The interviewer will be selected by the

Commercial Rights Holder.

• Once the interviews have been completed, the Drivers will be immediately escorted back to

the grid, where the podium is located. There is no cool down room at this event.

• Each Driver will be given their Pirelli Cap.

• The drivers will then be escorted onto the podium structure on the grid.

• 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 and move to their position on the Podium. 1

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

• Dignitaries will present the trophies on the podium as arranged by the Master of Ceremonies.

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

o Winning Driver (On the Podium)

o FIA Medal for the Winning Driver (On the Podium)

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

o 2nd Place Driver (On the Podium)

o 3rd Place Driver (On the Podium)

• Following the Podium Ceremony, the top three (3) drivers will be escorted by the FIA Media Delegate

to the TV pen, located at the Pit Entry end of the paddock, where they may be accompanied by their

press officers who must wait at the TV Pen entrance.

• At the end of the TV pen, the top three (3) drivers will go to the FIA Press Conference, located in the

paddock.

• Drivers from 4th and beyond must proceed directly to the TV pen after they have been weighed in

the Parc Fermé. Each Driver must remain fully attired until after they have been weighed (e.g.:

Helmet, Gloves, etc.).

• Any Driver from 4th and beyond who does not have a session for the written media organised 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 retire during the race are required to go to the TV pen (and written media pen if they do

not have a session for the written media organised after the race) as soon as they have come back

into the paddock.

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

Tom Wood

The FIA Formula One Media Delegate

2

Extracted image from page 4