2020 SAKHIR GRAND PRIX 3 - 6 December 2020 From The FIA Formula One Race Director Document 2 To All Teams, All Officials Date 03 December 2020 Time 13:23 Title Race Directors' Event Notes Description Event Notes Enclosed 2020 Sakhir F1 Grand Prix Event Notes Doc 02 031220.pdf Michael Masi The FIA Formula One Race Director 2020 S G P AKHIR RAND RIX 3 - 6 December 2020 From The FIA Formula One Race Director Document 2 To All Teams, All Officials Date 3 December 2020 Time 13:30 EVENT NOTES General Instructions 1) Pit lane map 1.1 Safety Car lines. 1.2 The location of the pit entry and the pit exit. 1.3 Designated garage areas. 1.4 Safety Car position for first lap and rest of race. 1.5 Blue flag marshal at the pit exit. 1.6 Track light panels displaying pit entry status. 2) Pirelli Event Preview 2.1 With reference to Article 24.4(a) of the Sporting Regulations see the attached document provided by the official tyre supplier. 3) Red zones for photographers in the pit lane during practice sessions 3.1 See the attached drawing. 4) Track light panels 4.1 The FIA track light panels have been installed in the positions shown on the circuit map. In accordance with Appendix H to the ISC the light signals have the same meaning as flag signals. 5) Track light panel displaying pit entry status 5.1 The light panels indicated on the pit lane map will display a flashing yellow arrow if cars are required to use the pit lane once the Safety Car has been deployed during the race. 5.2 The light panel indicated on the pit lane map will display a flashing red cross if the pit lane is closed at any point during the race. 6) Drivers leaving their pit stop position in the pit lane 6.1 For safety reasons, no car should be driven from its pit stop position at any time unless: a) It has first been driven into the pit stop position having just entered the pit lane from the track, and; b) It is then driven immediately back onto the track from the pit stop position. 1/5 7) Observing yellow flags during free practice and qualifying 7.1 Double waved: Any driver passing through a double waved yellow marshalling sector must reduce speed significantly and be prepared to change direction or stop. In order for the stewards to be satisfied that any such driver has complied with these requirements it must be clear that he has not attempted to set a meaningful lap time, for practical purposes this means the driver should abandon the lap (this does not necessarily mean he has to pit as the track could well be clear the following lap). 7.2 Single waved: Drivers should reduce their speed and be prepared to change direction. It must be clear that a driver has reduced speed and, in order for this to be clear, a driver would be expected to have braked earlier and/or discernibly reduced speed in the relevant marshalling sector. Drivers should not overtake any car in a single waved yellow marshalling sector unless it is clear that a car is slowing with a completely obvious problem, e.g. obvious accident damage or a deflated tyre. 8) In laps during qualifying and reconnaissance laps 8.1 In order to ensure that cars are not driven unnecessarily slowly on in laps during and after the end of qualifying or during reconnaissance laps when the pit exit is opened for the race, drivers must stay below the maximum time set by the FIA between the Safety Car lines shown on the pit lane map. You will be informed of the maximum time after the first day of practice. 9) Parc Fermé Cameras 9.1 To assist with the revised FIA Event procedures, the Parc Fermé cameras must be uncovered and operational at all times during the Event. 10) Operational personnel curfew 10.1 Boards warning anyone attempting to enter the paddock that the curfew is in operation will be placed immediately before the turnstiles at the appropriate times. 10.2 At this Event, Personnel will be permitted to enter the Paddock 30 minutes prior to the curfew to assist social distancing. No work is permitted to be undertaken until the curfew has ended. 11) Tyre Blanket Usage during Pit Stops in the Race 11.1 For reasons of safety, tyre blankets are not permitted in the Pit Lane at any time during the race. 12) Lapping during the race 12.1 The ISC requires drivers who are caught by another car about to lap him to allow the faster driver past at the first available opportunity. The F1 Marshalling System has been developed in order to ensure that the point at which a driver is shown blue flags is consistent, rather than trusting the ability of marshals to identify situations that require blue flags. As it was at the end of last season the system will be set to give a pre-warning when the faster car is within 3.0s of the car about to be lapped, this should be used by the team of the slower car to warn their driver he is soon going to be lapped and that allowing the faster car through should be considered a priority. When the faster car is within 1.2s of the car about to be lapped blue flags will be shown to the slower car (in addition to blue light panels, blue cockpit lights and a message on the timing monitors) and the driver must allow the following driver to overtake at the first available opportunity. It should be noted that the aim of using F1MS is ensure consistent application of the rules, additional instructions may also be given by race control when necessary. 2/5 Event Specific Instructions 13) Formula 1 Sporting Regulations Article 21.6 13.1 In accordance with the provisions of Article 21.6a) i), this Event is a Closed Event. 14) Changes to the circuit 14.1 A tyre barrier has been installed in front of the guardrail on the right-hand side at Turn 3. 14.2 The remainder of the layout is classified as a new circuit for the purposes of this article. 15) Specific Technical Procedures for Closed Events 15.1 The provisions of Technical Directive Ref: TD/039-20 C and the “Pirelli HSE procedures” must be complied with at all times during the Event. 15.2 Any tyres that are removed from a car and could be re-used during a session should be presented for scanning before being rewrapped and reheated. If time constraints do not permit this then all tyres used during a session must be presented to the tyre checker at the front of the garage the end of any session. This applies to dry, wet and intermediate tyres. 15.3 Both TD/039-20 C and the “Pirelli HSE procedures” will be amended after the Event to reflect any additional operational requirements as required. 16) Weighing and weighing platform 16.1 The FIA weighing platform will be available for teams to use at the following times, however, no more than 8 team personnel may be present during any visit. Each visit should last no more than 10 minutes unless no other team is waiting in the pit lane: a) From 16:30 on Thursday until 15:30 on Friday. b) From 18:00 on Friday until 19:30 on Saturday (between 18:00 and 19:30 each visit will be restricted to five minutes). c) From when the cars are returned to the teams after qualifying until 00:30 on Sunday. d) From 15:00 until 16:00 and 18:00 until 19:30 on Sunday. Any team found to be abusing the time limits set out above, which we will be enforced by FIA security personnel and our own CCTV, will not be permitted to use the weighbridge again during the Event. 17) Support Races 17.1 Team Barrier placement a) Team barrier placement prior to and during all support category practice sessions and races: No more than four metres from the garages. b) It is not permitted to push cars to the weighing area at any time a support category is in pit lane. 17.2 Support Category Movements – Formula 2 and Porsche a) Support Crews and Trolleys will be released into Pit Lane no earlier than 20 minutes prior to the opening of Pit Exit for their respective sessions. b) Support Category competition vehicles will be release from the marshalling area no earlier than 15 minutes prior to the opening of Pit Exit for their respective sessions. 18) Practice starts 18.1 Practice starts may only be carried out on the right-hand side after the pit exit lights but before the end of the pit signalling wall. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes any time the pit exit is open for the race. Drivers must leave adequate room on their left for another driver to pass. 3/5 18.2 For reasons of safety and sporting equity, cars may not stop in the fast lane at any time the pit exit is open without a justifiable reason (a practice start is not considered a justifiable reason). 19) Lines or bollards at the Pit Entry and Pit Exit 19.1 In accordance with Chapter 4 (Section 5) of Appendix L to the ISC drivers must keep to the right of the solid white line at the pit exit when leaving the pits. 19.2 For safety reasons drivers must keep to the right of the bollard at the pit entry when they are entering the pits. 19.3 Except in the cases of force majeure (accepted as such by the Stewards), the crossing by any part of the car, in any direction, of the red and white painted area, between the pit entry and the track, by a driver who, in the opinion of the Stewards, had committed to entering the pit lane is prohibited. 19.4 The dotted white line across the pit exit is the track edge line. 20) DRS 20.1 DRS Detection will be automatically disabled in each individual zone if any of the light panels in that particular zone are displaying yellow. The zone and corresponding light panels are as follows: a) Zone 1: Panels 3, 4 b) Zone 2: Panels 11, 1, 2 21) Track Limits 21.1 Drivers are reminded of the provisions of Article 27.3 of the Sporting Regulations. 22) Driving Unnecessarily Slowly – Turns 4-9 22.1 During any practice session, any driver intending to create a gap in front of him in order to get a clear lap or on a cool down/in between lap should not attempt to do this from Turn 4 through to Turn 9. Any driver seen to have done this will be reported to the Stewards as being in breach of Article 27.4 of the Sporting Regulations. 23) Fire extinguishers around the circuit 23.1 Indicated by small orange boards with a white letter ‘F’ on the barriers and debris fences. 24) Places to remove cars from the track 24.1 Indicated by fluorescent orange panels on the barriers. 24.2 Should a car stop on the track during a session, the driver must keep all of their protective clothing (Helmet, Gloves, etc) on until they have returned to their garage. 25) Sporting Regulations Article 36.4 and Article 42.3 25.1 In addition to the provisions of Article 36.4 and Article 42.3, and for reasons of safety, tyre blankets must be disconnected from any power supply at the five-minute signal and must not be reconnected during the start procedure, unless the delayed start signal is shown. 26) Access to the grid prior to the Start Procedure 26.1 To assist social distancing in accessing the grid prior to the commencement of the start procedure, Team personnel and equipment will be granted access to the grid from 1910hrs on Sunday 6th December. 27) Removing cars from the grid 27.1 Through the two gates in the pit wall, the first located adjacent to grid position 2 and the 2nd located adjacent to grid position 18. 4/5 28) Car number light panels for the start 28.1 On the right-hand side of the grid. 29) Sporting Regulation Article 42.3 29.1 For reasons of safety, Article 42.3 is amended as follows with the additions displayed with double underline: 42.3 When the five minute signal is shown all cars must have their wheels fitted, after this signal wheels may only be removed if the car has been moved out of the fast lane or during a further race suspension. A penalty under Article 38.3(d) will be imposed on any driver whose car did not have all its wheels fully fitted at the five minute signal or has any of its wheels changed before it leaves the pit lane after the race has been resumed. At the two minute point any cars between the safety car and the leader, in addition to any cars that had been lapped by the leader at the time the race was suspended, will be allowed to leave the pit lane and complete a further lap, without overtaking, enter the pit lane and then join the line of cars behind the safety car which left the pit lane when the race was resumed. 30) Post-race parc fermé 30.1 All cars must enter the pit lane and, with the exception of the first three, should be driven directly to the weighing area at the pit entry. 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