Post Race Procedure
United States Grand Prix · 2023 · 22 October 2023 · Doc 53
2023 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX
20 - 22 October 2023
From The FIA Formula One Media Delegate Document 53
To All Teams, All Officials Date 22 October 2023
Time 12:25
Title Post-Race Procedure
Description Post-Race Procedure
Enclosed USA DOC 53 - Post-Race Procedures.pdf
Tom Wood
The FIA Formula One Media Delegate
2023 U S G P NITED TATES RAND RIX
20 – 22 October 2023
From The FIA Formula One Media Delegate Document 53
To All Officials, All Teams Date 22 October 2023
Time 12:25
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 return to the Pit Entry, where
they will find the boards showing positions from 1, 2, 3 in front of the Race Control building.
- Other than the team mechanics (with cooling fans if necessary), officials and FIA pre-approved TV
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 outside the cool down room 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. There will be two designated areas where
the approved TV crews and photographers must remain for the duration of the Parc Fermé
procedure. 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.
- Once weighed, the Drivers will be called for their post-race interviews. 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
room on the first floor of the Pit Garage Complex.
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. 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 in front of the media centre building 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
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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