16. Incidents And Sanctions¶
16.1. NA¶
Race Director may report any on-track incident or suspected breach of these Sporting Regulations or the Code (an "Incident") to the Stewards. After review, it shall be at the discretion of the Stewards to decide whether or not to proceed with an investigation.
The Stewards may also investigate an Incident noted by themselves.
16.2.¶
Any Incidents involving more than one car may be investigated immediately or reviewed after the relevant session or race. Any such Incident which results in at least one of the cars being unable to continue will be automatically placed under investigation.
16.3.¶
a) It shall be at the discretion of the Stewards of the Meeting to decide, upon a report or a request by the Race Director, if drivers and/or Team members involved in an Incident shall be penalised.
b) If an Incident is under investigation by the Stewards of the Meeting, a message informing all Teams which driver or drivers are involved will be displayed on the timing monitors (if the facilities on the circuit so permit). However, failure to display notification that an Incident has been placed under investigation will not invalidate that investigation or any subsequent decision and/or penalty.
c) If a driver is involved in a collision or Incident (see Article 16.1), and has been informed of this by the Stewards of the Meeting no later than 30 minutes after the race has finished, he must not leave the circuit without the consent of the Stewards of the Meeting.
16.4.¶
The Stewards of the Meeting may impose one or more of the following six penalties, simultaneously if applicable and/or in substitution or in addition to other available penalties, on any driver involved in an Incident:
a. A time penalty to be served at the next pit stop
b. A drive-through penalty. The driver must enter the pit lane and re-join the race without stopping.
c. A Stop & Go time penalty. The driver must enter the pit lane, stop in the penalty zone for the given time and then re-join the race.
d. A Stop & Go penalty to be taken at the start of a subsequent session, in which case the car concerned is not allowed to leave its pit lane working area at the start of the session until the specified penalty time has elapsed.
e. A drop of grid positions at the driver's next race.
f. Disqualification of the driver from the next race or Competition of the Series.
16.5.¶
Should any of the penalties under Article 16.4 a), b) or c) above be imposed and notified after the end of the race, or, for duration races, during the last 10 minutes, at the discretion of the Stewards of the Meeting, Article 16.6 below shall not apply and an additional time penalty of a minimum of 30 seconds in case a) and a minimum of 35 seconds + the penalty time in case b) shall be added to the elapsed time of the car concerned.
Fines will normally be imposed for items relating solely to the conduct of a driver or a Team member having no direct sporting application. These include missing a drivers' briefing or press conference without force majeure or prior agreement, speeding in the pit lane during Official Practice or qualifying, or other items considered by the Stewards of the Meeting to fall under this category. Any sums paid as fines will be payable to the Motorsport Association of Malaysia further to Article 12.8.3 of the International Sporting Code. Fines may be accompanied or replaced by an obligation to accomplish some work of public interest in accordance with article 12.4.1.c of the International Sporting Code.
Incidents occurring during Official Practice may result in a Stop & Go penalty during that session or the next session of this nature, of a length to be determined by the Stewards. Should Incidents occur during Official Practice without the possibility for the penalty to be served, the penalty may be converted into a fine.
Incidents occurring during qualifying may result in either the cancellation of lap times by the Race Director or Stewards, or a drop of positions on the starting grid, the number of positions to be decided by the Stewards.
In Incidents involving cars from different categories or drivers from different categorisations, the more professional driver will be deemed to be at fault unless evidence suggests otherwise.
In cases of contact between cars of different categories, the Stewards may impose any penalty they consider appropriate to the circumstances.
16.6.¶
Should the Stewards of the Meeting decide to impose one of the penalties provided for in Article 16.4 b or c, the following procedure shall be applied:
a. From the time the decision of the Stewards of the Meeting is notified on the timing monitors, the relevant car may cross the Line on the track no more than twice before entering the pit lane and, in the case of a penalty under Article 16.4 b., proceeding to the penalty zone where it shall remain for the period of the time penalty. Unless specified otherwise by the Stewards of the Meeting, Stop-and-Go and Stop-and-Go time penalties are to be served in front of the respective Team's pit box. Teams are responsible for ensuring that the car stops for the period notified.
b. However, unless the car was already in the pit entry for the purpose of serving its penalty, it may not carry out the penalty after the Safety Car or Full Course Yellow procedures have been deployed. The number of times the driver crosses the Line behind the Safety Car or during a Full Course Yellow procedure will be added to the maximum number of times he may cross the Line on the track.
Whilst a car is stationary in the pit lane as a result of incurring a time penalty, it may not be worked on.
However, if the engine stops, it may be started after the penalty period has elapsed, respecting Article 33.11 c) and 36.8. If the car is stopped in a penalty zone and the driver is unable to start his car by himself, it may be evacuated to its pit garage by its mechanics.
c. When the time penalty period has elapsed, the driver may re-join the track.
d. No penalty can be taken by a Team until it has been notified in writing, either on the timing monitors or by document issued by the Stewards of the Meeting.
e. Should the Stewards decide to impose a time penalty as provided for in Article 16.4 a. the following procedure shall be applied:
At the driver's next pit stop, the driver must enter the pit lane and stop in his pit stop position under Parc Fermé conditions for the given penalty time. No-one from the Team may touch the car during this period, and the driver is not allowed to open the door. Once the time has elapsed, the pit stop according to Articles 36-39 may begin. This includes any stop the driver makes whilst a Safety Car or Full Course Yellow procedure is in operation.
Should the car concerned not make another pit stop after such a penalty be imposed, the penalty time will be added to the elapsed race time of the car concerned.
Should the time penalty to be applied after a race be longer than the time of a lap, this may be converted to a penalty of deleting a number of whole laps, as determined by the Stewards, with any remaining balance of time then applied as a time penalty.
In the case that a race is red-flagged and cannot be resumed before a penalty has been served, the penalty time will be added to the elapsed race time of the car concerned.
16.7.¶
The penalties given in these regulations are guidelines only. The Stewards of the Meeting may impose any penalty of combination of penalties specifically set out in these Sporting Regulations or available to them under the Code which they deem to be appropriate in the event of any breach of regulations. In addition, the Stewards of the Meeting may issue suspended penalties at their discretion.
Nothing in these regulations shall preclude the Stewards of the Meeting from referring any matter to the appropriate ASN for consideration of further penalty in accordance with the Code should the Stewards consider that a penalty beyond their powers may be merited in any instance.
Any case not provided for in the regulations will be studies by the Stewards, who have the authority to settle any matter which might arise during an Event (Article 11.9.2 a of the Code).
16.8. COMPENSATION TIME PENALTIES¶
Compensation Time Penalties will be allocated to cars and drivers finishing in the top three places in GT3 Fanatec Asia in each race and GT3, GT4 & CTC in Japan Cup in each race. These compensation time penalties will be added to the minimum pit stop duration for that competitor at the next Series round in which that competitor competes. [Time penalties may be changed/adjusted in different classes subject to organiser's discretion.]{.underline}
| Pos | 1-Hour races |
|---|---|
| 1st | 15 seconds |
| 2nd | 10 seconds |
| 3rd | 5 seconds |
Time penalties will correspond to that allocated to either driver entered in the car, whichever is greater. When a driver moves category, he does not carry the compensation time to the new category but retains the compensation time for execution at the next race he partakes in the category that the penalty was received in. The organizer reserves the right to adjust compensation times, in any classes.
Should for any reason the Race Director decide that the pit stops cannot take place, eg in case of a red flag during the pit window, the compensation time will added to the elapsed time at the end of the race for the applicable cars. This does not apply should a car fail to perform their mandatory pit stop.
Should, for any reason, the results of the previous Round remain provisional due to any unresolved judicial matters (such as an outstanding appeal) then the compensation time penalties above will not be applied to the pitstop during the subsequent Round(s) and shall only be allocated to the elapsed race time of the provisional results for the subsequent Round(s) when the judicial matters have been resolved and when the final top three places for that previous round have been determined.
16.9 ADDITIONAL TIME PENALTIES¶
The following additional time penalties will be added to the Mandatory Pit Stop Time as per article 10.1.
| Reason | Penalty |
|---|---|
| Silver category driver, driving solo | Up to 20 seconds. |
| Bronze category driver, driving solo | Up to 20 seconds for GT3, Up to 20 seconds for GT4 Driver to step out of the car during pit stop |
| Silver/Silver pairings | Silver category driver, driving together with Silver category driver. Silver Cup Classification will carry an adjustment defined by the SRO Sporting Board to balance Silver Cup cars. Silver* graded drivers may receive additional adjustment Typically 15 – 85 kg and/or time as defined by Bulletin Alternative weight penalty and/or time penalty may be imposed to specific entries or any other means of adjustment. |
| Silver-Am pairings GT4 | Longer pit stop or other combined alternative may be added |
| Race-by-Race entry, first race penalty | May receive Up to 20 seconds adjustment |
| Complete driver crew changes | Up to 7 seconds adjustment |
All of the above penalties can be amended via a Bulletin