48) SAFETY CAR 48.1 The FIA safety car will be driven by an FIA appointed safety car driver and will carry an FIA safety car observer capable of recognising all the competing cars who is in permanent radio contact with race control. 48.2 Fifty minutes before the start of the formation lap Prior to the pit lane opening for a reconnaissance lap, the safety car will leave the pit lane and take up position at the front of the grid and remain there until the five (5) minute signal is given. At this point (except under Article 36.15 42.1c)) it will cover a whole lap of the circuit and take up position. 48.3 The safety car may be brought into operation to neutralise a sprint qualifying session or a race upon the order of the clerk of the course. It will be used only if Competitors or officials are in immediate physical danger on or near the track but the circumstances are not such as to necessitate suspending sprint qualifying session or the race. 48.4 When the order is given to deploy the safety car the message "SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED" will be sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system, all FIA light panels will display “SC” and all marshal's posts will display waved yellow flags and "SC" boards for the duration of the intervention. 48.5 No car may be driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically or in a manner which could be deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers or any other person at any time whilst the safety car is deployed. This will apply whether any such car is being driven on the track, the pit entry or the pit lane. 48.6 The safety car will join the track with its orange lights illuminated and will do so regardless of where the race leader is. 48.7 All competing cars must reduce speed and form up in line behind the safety car no more than ten car lengths apart. In order to ensure that drivers reduce speed sufficiently, from the time at which all Competitors have been sent the “SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED” message via the official messaging system until the time that each car crosses the first safety car line for the second time, drivers must stay above the minimum time set by the FIA ECU at least once in each 2021 Formula 1 Sporting Regulations 50/99 12 JULY 2021 ©2021 Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Issue 11 marshalling sector and at both the first and second safety car lines (a marshalling sector is defined as the section of track between each of the FIA light panels). The stewards may impose either of the penalties under Article 38. 47.3a), b), c) or d) on any driver who fails to stay above the minimum time as required by the above. 48.8 With the exception of the cases listed under a) to h) below, no driver may overtake another car on the track, including the safety car, until he passes the Line (see Article 5.3) for the first time after the safety car has returned to the pits. The exceptions are: a) If a driver is signalled to do so from the safety car. b) Under Articles 36.15 41.1c), or 3948.12, 51.6 and 51.12 below. c) When entering the pits a driver may pass another car remaining on the track, including the safety car, after he has reached the first safety car line. d) When leaving the pits a driver may overtake, or be overtaken by, another car on the track before he reaches the second safety car line. e) When the safety car is returning to the pits it may be overtaken by cars on the track once it has reached the first safety car line. f) Whilst in the pit entry, pit lane or pit exit a driver may overtake another car which is also in one of these three areas. g) Any car stopping in its designated garage area whilst the safety car is using the pit lane (see Article 3948.11 below) may be overtaken. h) If any car slows with an obvious problem. 48.9 When ordered to do so by the clerk of the course the observer in the car will use a green light to signal to any cars between it and the race leader that they should pass. These cars will continue at reduced speed and without overtaking until they reach the line of cars behind the safety car. 48.10 Except under Article 39 48.12 below, the safety car shall be used at least until the leader is behind it and all remaining cars are lined up behind him. Once behind the safety car, the race leader must keep within ten car lengths of it (except under Article 39 48.13 below). 48.11 Under certain circumstances the clerk of the course may ask the cars and the safety car to use the pit lane. In these cases, a signal to use the pit lane will be displayed before the start of the pit entry and all Competitors will be informed via the official messaging system, all cars must then enter the pit lane, drive through it and re-join the track. Any car entering the pit lane under these circumstances may however stop at its designated garage area. A penalty under Article 38. 47.3c) will be imposed on any driver who fails to enter the pit lane when required to do so. Other than when the cars and the safety car are required to use the pit lane, no car may enter the pits whilst the safety car is deployed unless it is for the purpose of changing tyres. 48.12 If the clerk of the course considers it safe to do so, and the message "LAPPED CARS MAY NOW OVERTAKE" has been sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system, any cars that have been lapped by the leader will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and the safety car. 2021 Formula 1 Sporting Regulations 51/99 12 JULY 2021 ©2021 Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Issue 11 This will only apply to cars that were lapped at the time they crossed the Line at the end of the lap during which they crossed the first Safety Car line for the second time after the safety car was deployed. Having overtaken the cars on the lead lap and the safety car these cars should then proceed around the track at an appropriate speed, without overtaking, and make every effort to take up position at the back of the line of cars behind the safety car. Whilst they are overtaking, and in order to ensure this may be carried out safely, the cars on the lead lap must always stay on the racing line unless deviating from it is unavoidable. Unless the clerk of the course considers the presence of the safety car is still necessary, once the last lapped car has passed the leader the safety car will return to the pits at the end of the following lap. If the clerk of the course considers track conditions are unsuitable for overtaking the message "OVERTAKING WILL NOT BE PERMITTED" will be sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system. 48.13 When the clerk of the course decides it is safe to call in the safety car the message "SAFETY CAR IN THIS LAP" will be sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system and the car's orange lights will be extinguished. This will be the signal to the Competitors and drivers that it will be entering the pit lane at the end of that lap. At this point the first car in line behind the safety car may dictate the pace and, if necessary, fall more than ten car lengths behind it. In order to avoid the likelihood of accidents before the safety car returns to the pits, from the point at which the lights on the car are turned out drivers must proceed at a pace which involves no erratic acceleration or braking nor any other manoeuvre which is likely to endanger other drivers or impede the restart. As the safety car is approaching the pit entry the SC boards will be withdrawn and, other than on the last lap of the sprint qualifying session or the race, as the leader approaches the Line the yellow flags will be withdrawn and a green flag and/or green light panel will be displayed at the Line. 48.14 Each lap completed while the safety car is deployed will be counted as a sprint qualifying session lap or race lap. However, if the procedure set out in Article 36.15 41.1c) is followed, Article 5.3a)ii) or Article 5.43c) as appropriate will apply. 48.15 If the safety car is still deployed at the beginning of the last lap, or is deployed during the last lap, it will enter the pit lane at the end of the lap and the cars will take the end-of-race signal as normal without overtaking.
48.8
Ad eccezione dei casi di cui alle seguenti lettere da a) ad h), nessun conducente può sorpassare un'altra vettura
in pista, inclusa la safety car, fino a quando non supera la Linea (vedi articolo 5.3) per la prima volta
dopo che la safety car è rientrata ai box.
Le eccezioni sono:
a) Se un conducente viene segnalato dalla safety car.
b) Ai sensi degli articoli 36.15 41.1c), o 3948.12, 51.6 e 51.12 seguenti.
c) Entrando ai box un pilota può sorpassare un'altra vettura rimasta in pista, incluso
la safety car, dopo aver raggiunto la prima linea di safety car.
d) All'uscita dai box un pilota può sorpassare o essere superato da un'altra vettura in pista
prima che raggiunga la seconda linea di safety car.
e) Quando la safety car sta rientrando ai box può essere superata una volta dalle vetture in pista
ha raggiunto la prima linea di safety car.
f) Durante l'ingresso ai box, la corsia dei box o l'uscita dei box un pilota può sorpassare anche un'altra vettura
in una di queste tre aree.
g) Qualsiasi vettura che si fermi nell'area designata del garage mentre la safety car sta utilizzando la corsia dei box
(vedi articolo 3948.11 sotto) possono essere sorpassati.
h) Se un'auto rallenta con un problema evidente.
48.12
Se il direttore del corso lo ritiene sicuro farlo, e il messaggio "LE AUTO LAPPATE POSSONO ORA
SOGGIORNO" è stato inviato a tutti i Concorrenti tramite il sistema di messaggistica ufficiale, a tutte le vetture che
sono stati doppiati dal leader sarà tenuto a superare le vetture nel giro di testa e la safety
macchina.
Ciò si applicherà solo alle auto che sono state doppiate nel momento in cui hanno attraversato la linea alla fine del
giro durante il quale hanno tagliato per la seconda volta la prima linea di Safety Car dopo la safety car
è stato schierato.
Dopo aver superato le vetture nel giro di testa e la safety car queste vetture dovrebbero quindi procedere
percorrere la pista ad una velocità adeguata, senza sorpassi, e fare ogni sforzo per riprendere
posizione in fondo alla fila di vetture dietro la safety car. Mentre stanno sorpassando, e dentro
affinché ciò possa avvenire in sicurezza, le vetture del giro di testa devono sempre rimanere in pista
linea di regata a meno che non sia inevitabile deviare da essa. A meno che il direttore del corso non consideri il
la presenza della safety car è comunque necessaria, una volta che l'ultima vettura doppiata ha superato la leader la
la safety car tornerà ai box al termine del giro successivo.
Se il Direttore di Gara ritiene che le condizioni della pista non siano idonee al sorpasso il messaggio
"NON SARANNO CONSENTITI SORPASSO" sarà inviato a tutti i Concorrenti tramite la messaggistica ufficiale
sistema.
