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9. Officials

9.1.

The following Officials will be appointed for the Fanatec GT Challenge Europe powered by AWS Series:

  • A Race Director

  • A Technical Delegate

  • A Series Scrutineer

  • A Chairman of the Stewards

  • An International Steward

  • A Deputy and/or Assistant Race Director

  • A Driver Advisor

  • A Technical Director for the Series

  • A Sporting Manager for the Series

  • A Sporting Secretary

  • A minimum of one Pit Lane Official(s)

  • A Chief Timekeeper

  • A Press Delegate

  • A Safety Car Driver

  • A Leading Car Driver

  • The SRO Sporting Board representatives for each Event

9.2.

The role of the nominated Delegates is to help the Officials of the Event in their duties, to see within their fields of competence that all the regulations governing the Series are respected, to make any comments they judge necessary and to draw up any necessary reports concerning the Event.

Further to Article 11.10.4 of the Code, in addition to his other duties and responsibilities, the Race Director will have authority to impose certain penalties, these being deletion of lap times and issuing of stop-and-go penalties for track limit infringements during Free Practice, Pre-Qualifying and Qualifying and deletion of lap times in accordance with Article 42.2 below.

The role of the Driver Advisor is to assist the Stewards and/or the Race Director in their decisions by providing advice on all questions pertaining to motorsport in general and in particular those relating to the behaviour of the drivers and Competitor on the track. As such, he should attend all sessions in race control. The Advisor may attend the meetings of the Panel of Stewards without having the right to vote.

The role of the Pit Lane Official is to assist the Stewards and the Race Director in terms of behaviour in the pit lane. He will report either to the Race Director or directly to the Stewards.

The nominated Technical Delegate is responsible for scrutineering. In this respect he may carry out, or have carried out by scrutineers, at his discretion, any checks to verify the compliance of the cars entered in the Event without prior request from the Stewards or Clerk of the Course. The Technical Delegate has full authority over the national scrutineers.