STEWARD DECISIONS

Forcing a car off-track under braking into Turn 3

Driver attempted a late-braking move into Turn 3 on Lap 4, making contact with the car on the inside. The stewards reviewed telemetry and video evidence and determined the driver had moved under braking, leaving insufficient room for a car that was fully alongside.

Ignoring blue flags — failure to yield to a lapping car

Driver was shown three consecutive blue flag signals over two corners and failed to yield position. The lapping car was forced to back out of a committed overtake manoeuvre, costing significant time. The stewards found a clear breach of the blue flag regulation.

Contact at race start — Turn 1 pile-up

Contact at race start involving three cars at Turn 1. After reviewing footage from multiple angles, the stewards determined the incident was a racing incident. No single driver bore primary responsibility. No further action was taken.

Appeal against 5-second time penalty (originally TDZ-S1-ARL-001)

Driver appealed a time penalty issued during the League S1 Round 1 for a track limits infringement on Lap 8. After reviewing the on-board footage and comparing against the track limits definitions published for the event, the stewards found the original penalty was issued incorrectly — the car was fully within limits at the exit kerb.

Unsafe re-entry to track after running wide — near-miss with following car

After running wide at the exit of the fast chicane, the driver re-entered the track without checking mirrors, creating a near-miss with a car running at racing speed. The stewards considered this a serious breach of safe driving protocols.

Excessive celebrating — blocking the pit lane exit

After finishing the session, the driver stopped in the pit lane exit to celebrate, blocking other cars from exiting. While the stewards acknowledged this was not intentional, the obstruction created a hazard.