14. Instructions And Communications To Competitors¶
14.1.¶
The SRO Sporting Board, Stewards, Race Director or Sporting Director/Sporting Manager may give instructions to Competitors by means of special circulars in accordance with the Code. These circulars will be distributed to all the Competitors, who must acknowledge receipt when requested, in which case the signature of the Competitor or of his designated representative is mandatory.
The Stewards and/or Race Director may issue Bulletins and/or communications which will be posted on the Digital Notice Board without requiring individual signature by Competitors. These will be valid immediately on posting and Competitors will be responsible for monitoring such communications throughout each Event.
14.2.¶
All classifications, starting grids, and results of practice and the race, as well as all decisions issued by the Officials, are posted on the Digital Notice Board for the Fanatec GT Challenge Europe powered by AWS.
14.3.¶
All Teams must be connected and are required to monitor the Fanatec GT Challenge Europe powered by AWS Team Messaging System at all times during each Event.
14.3.1.¶
In any session that a Competitor is participating in, they must monitor the Race Control Team Messaging System from 10 minutes before the session until the end of the session.
Race Control will not respond to enquiries about other Competitors. If a Team's car is directly involved in an incident, a 'request' form can be filled in and sent via the Team Messaging Application. No such requests will be accepted after all cars have returned to the pit lane at the chequered flag for any session or race
As much detail as possible is required for the request form to be looked at by the Race Director and, if necessary, to help with any investigation carried out by the Stewards. A request form must be fully completed or it will not be considered.
Request forms regarding on-track issues must relate to clearly identifiable incidents involving the competitor’s own car, such as a collision involving the competitor’s car, or the overtaking of the competitor’s car under yellow flags. Requests relating to issues such as alleged impeding or requests for blue flags will not be considered. Request forms which do not directly involve the competitor’s own car will not be considered.
Examples of permitted reports to Race Control are:
a) Any information requested by Race Control or the Race Director
b) Reports of on-track issues, e.g. contact between cars, passes under yellow. These reports need time, location on track and the specific concern. Vague reports may receive lower priority.
c) Requests for cars to be released from Parc Fermé conditions (after an incident)
d) Driver ID transponder issues
Examples that are not allowed include :
a) Reports of blocking/impeding b) Requests for blue flags c) Reports of any incident in which the Team’s car is not directly involved
These Examples may be amended or completed by Sporting Note or Briefing Notes.
14.4.¶
Any decision or communication concerning a particular Competitor must be given to him as soon as possible and receipt must be acknowledged. The Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS Team Messaging system may be used to send summons and documents and for Teams to confirm receipt.
14.5.¶
All Teams must have a digital radio tuned into the Race Control frequency, which will be used for communication from the Race Director to the Teams. Please see Appendix 8 for the provisional 2024 frequencies and additional information. A radio check will take place at the start of each day and Teams must reply using the Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS Team Messaging system. Teams must be listening to the frequency from 15 minutes before the start of each session to the end of the session or the opening of Parc Fermé for qualifying and races. Teams are not allowed to use this frequency for any other information. Information given on the Race Director's radio frequency is in addition to messages given on the timing screen. All such messages, whether written or oral, must be adhered to.
14.6.¶
Radio Communications between Team and Car: if so requested, each Team must provide the Promoter with the radio frequency and access codes used for the communication between the Team and the driver in each car. Each Team will authorise the Official TV production company to use selected recordings of radio conversation between the Team and drivers. Such material may be used without limitation for the television coverage of the Event. If necessary, for safety or judicial reasons, the Officials of the Event may also listen to the conversations.