Post Race Procedure

2023 SPANISH GRAND PRIX

02 - 04 June 2023

From The FIA Formula One Media Delegate Document 40

To All Teams, All Officials Date 04 June 2023

Time 10:35

Title Post-Race Procedure

Description Post-Race Procedure

Enclosed ESP DOC 40 - Post-Race Procedures V3.pdf

Tom Wood

The FIA Formula One Media Delegate

2023 S G P PANISH RAND RIX

02 – 04 June 2023

From The FIA Formula One Media Delegate Document 40

To All Officials, All Teams Date 04 June 2023

Time 10:35

NOTE TO TEAMS: POST RACE INTERVIEW & PODIUM CEREMONY PROCEDURE

In addition to the provisions of the 2023 Formula 1 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 enter the pit lane and stop at

pit entry. The winning driver must park in front of the screen underneath the podium where he will

find the 1 board. The second and third placed drivers must park in the pit lane adjacent to the FIA

Scales where they will find the 2 and 3 boards.

• Team mechanics are not permitted to move from their garages to the Parc Fermé with cooling fans

in anticipation of their cars stopping at the end of the Race until after the last car has taken the

chequered flag.

• Any other personnel or VIPs are not permitted to enter the pit lane until after the last car has taken

the chequered flag. Any infringement will result in the removal of passes from the team(s) in question

from subsequent events, and potential reporting of the infringing team(s) to the Stewards.

• 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 once the cars are in the Parc Fermé area (no team PR personnel. Driver physios must wait

outside the cool down room behind the podium 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 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.

• The post-race interviews will take place in the designated area in Parc Fermé, and the interviewer

will be selected by the Commercial Rights Holder.

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

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

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• Each Driver will be given their Pirelli Cap.

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

located.

• 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.

• 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 in the paddock behind the race control tower, 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 on

the first floor of the Media Centre building.

• 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

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