Post Race Procedure

2024 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX

25 - 27 October 2024

From The FIA Formula One Media Delegate Document 37

To All Teams, All Officials Date 27 October 2024

Time 09:42

Title Post-Race Procedure

Description Post-Race Procedure

Enclosed 2024 Mexico City Grand Prix - Post-Race Procedure.pdf

Cameron Kelleher

The FIA Formula One Media Delegate

2024 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX

25 – 27 October 2024

From The FIA Formula One Media Delegate

To All Officials, All Teams Date 27 October 2024

NOTE TO TEAMS: POST-RACE INTERVIEWS & 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.

• After taking the chequered flag the top three (3) drivers should stop at the exit of Turn 13 where

they will find the boards showing positions from 1, 2, 3. Drivers from 4th and beyond must proceed

directly to pit entry in front of FIA garages.

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

crews and 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 photographer of the winning driver may also be permitted in the

designated area.

• Mechanics for the top three (3) cars must be in position in the zone marked ‘Authorised

Personnel’ on the attached map no later than two (2) laps before the end of the race.

• Mechanics for teams who could potentially score a podium position must also be on standby

in the ‘Authorised Personnel’ area should the positions change during the last three (3) laps.

• Teams of the top three (3) finishing cars need to bring the necessary equipment should a car

not to be safe in this Parc Fermé location (orange or red ES status light) and also to be able

to remove the front wing / nose assembly.

• Team personnel must be position in the zone marked ‘Team Personnel Holding Area’ On the

attached map after chequered flag. They will then be escorted in front of the podium area.

• 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 same area, 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. 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.

• Each driver or representative must accept their trophy and presentations will take place in the

following order:

Winning Driver o FIA Medal for the Winning Driver o A representative of the Winning Constructor o 2nd Place Driver o 3rd Place Driver o • Following the Podium Ceremony, the top three (3) drivers will be escorted by the FIA Media Delegate

to the TV pen.

• At the end of the TV pen, the top three (3) drivers will be escorted to the FIA Press Conference.

• 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.

Cameron Kelleher

The FIA Formula One Media Delegate

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