



“For the avoidance of doubt this means a total of three occasions combined not three at each corner.” “On the third occasion of a driver failing to negotiate by using the track during the race, he will be shown a black and white flag, any further cutting will then be reported to the stewards. “A driver will be judged to have left the track if no part of the car remains in contact with the track. “A lap time achieved during any practice session or the race by leaving the track will result in that lap time being invalidated by the stewards,” they read. quote the pre-event notes that were issues to the drivers by Masi on Friday morning. The first area where track limits will be strictly enforced is at the exit of the left-hander of Piratella and then the Variante Alta chicane.įormula 1 returns to Imola for the first time since 2006 this weekend to host the first ever Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, though it will be a slightly different track that greets the drivers with the Variante Bassa chicane now no longer in use, meaning it’s a straight blast down to Turn 2, also known as Tamburello. FIA race director Michael Masi has warned drivers that their Imola lap times will be deleted if they abuse track limits at two specific corners.
