FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations

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The clerk of the course shall work in permanent consultation with the Race Director. The Race Director shall have overriding authority in the following matters and the clerk of the course may give orders in respect of them only with his express agreement:

Referencing norms: OverridingAuthorityOverSafetyCarUse, RaceDirectorHasOverridingAuthorityOverSafetyCarUse

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e) The use of the safety car.

Referencing norms: OverridingAuthorityOverSafetyCarUse, RaceDirectorHasOverridingAuthorityOverSafetyCarUse

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Except under Article 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.

Referencing norms: FloorBarsReturnWhileFieldIsNotLinedUp, SafetyCarUsedUntilFieldIsLinedUp, SafetyCarUsedUntilFieldIsLinedUp/unless/0

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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.

Referencing norms: LappedCarWithinTheProcedure

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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.

Referencing norms: LappedCarMustPassLeadLapCarsAndSafetyCar, PassLeadLapCarsAndSafetyCar, ReleaseProcedureInvoked, ReleasedCarsRequiredToPass

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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.

Referencing norms: DeferralExcludesReturnAtEndOfThisLap, DeferredReturnFallsOnTheFollowingLap, ReleaseProcedureCompletedOn, ReleaseProcedureCompletedOn/unless/0, ReleaseProcedureCompletedOn/unless/0/priority/0, ReleaseProcedureCompletedOn/unless/1, ReleaseProcedureCompletedOn/unless/1/priority/0, SafetyCarReturnIsDeferred, SafetyCarReturnIsDeferred/unless/0

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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.

Referencing norms: SafetyCarEntersPitLaneAtEndOfThatLap

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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.

Referencing norms: NoOvertakingOnTheLastLapBehindTheSafetyCar, SafetyCarStillOutOnTheLastLap, TakeEndOfRaceSignalWithoutOvertaking

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55.13 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 using the official messaging system, all cars that have been lapped by the leader will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and the safety car.

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Unless the clerk of the course considers the presence of the safety car is still necessary, once the message “LAPPED CARS MAY NOW OVERTAKE” has been sent to all Competitors using the official messaging system, the safety car will return to the pits at the end of the following lap.

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55.14 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 using 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.