5.5. Any Driver or Vehicle which has had all their Practice times disallowed but remains eligible to compete will be required to start from the Pit Lane after all the other Vehicles have taken the start Signal and passed the Pit Lane exit. Where practical drivers should be afforded the opportunity to complete the green flag lap before proceeding to the pit exit. placed behind the rear line of the normal starting grid and will not start when the normal starting signal is given.
a. Such Drivers will be given a starting signal 10 seconds later. b. This delayed start cannot be applied retrospectively. c. For the purpose of calculating times or speed the normal starting signal will be used. d.
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If more than one Driver is subject to this rule then the Pit Lane starting order positions shall be determined by the Clerk of the Course.
For races with a rolling start such Competitors will start from the pit lane after all the other Vehicles have started.
Appendix 6- Competition Regulations
9. Stopping a Race
9.1. Any Race can be stopped at the sole discretion of the Clerk of the Course by ordering the‘ waving’ of the Red Signal at the Start / Finish Lline. Competitors will be warned that the Race has been stopped by the simultaneous‘ waving’ of the Red Signal at all Flag Marshalling Posts.
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Any Race stopped before the leader has completed two laps will be declared a“ No Contest” and available Competitors will restart any re-run race from their original grid positions( Art. 9.2 and 9.3 below also applyies).
Any Race stopped after the leader has completed more than two laps but less than 75 % of its duration will may be considered as the first part of the race and re-run as per Art. 9.1c, or Art. 9.1d.
When a Race is stopped Competitors will be restarted from a grid set out in the finishing order of thise first part which shall be based upon the order of crossing the Ffinish Lline at one lap less than the number of laps completed by the leader at the time of first showing the Red Signal. Only Vehicles which are proceeding under their own power in accordance with App. 8 Art. 1.7. j at the showing of the Red Signal( App. 7 of this Chapter) will be classified in theis first part( Art. 9.1c and Arts. 9.2 – 9.5 below also apply).
When a Race is stopped, except in accordance with Art. 9.1. i below when Vehicles should return to the Pit Lane, Competitors will return to the grid under the direction of marshals and form up in a single line. Competitors are permitted to return to the Pit Lane if necessary. The Race will be restarted either from the usual Championship or Series start procedure or using a Safety Car start. The starting order for the restarted Race will be as per Art. 9.1c. above, unless a Vehicle enters the Pit Lane after the Red Signal, in which case it will start from the Pit Lane after the last Vehicle has taken the start Signal and has passed the pit exit.
If a Safety Car start is used, when the Clerk of the Course is assured that the Vehicles are in the correct starting order, the Safety Car will lead the Vehicles around the Circuit in accordance with App. 8 Art. 2.16. The length of the restarted Race will be determined by the Clerk of the Course and the Race will be deemed to have restarted when the Safety Car leaves the grid and the green Signal is displayed.
Only Vehicles that were proceeding under their own power, in accordance with App. 8 Art. 1.7. j, at the time the Red Signal was shown( as defined in App. 7), will be permitted to take part in the restart, in accordance with Art. 9.2.
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