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Explained: F1’s track limits rules and how the FIA enforces themFormula 1 imposes ‘track limits’ rules upon its drivers at every racetrack. What are track limits, and how are they enforced?
While this isn’t an issue at most corners as grass or gravel outside the tarmac means the drivers have no desire to ever touch off these surfaces, problems arise when a circuit has too much kerbing or, worse, more tarmac to make up an escape area. “Drivers must make every reasonable effort to use the track at all times and may not leave the track without a justifiable reason,” states Article 33.3 of the FIA F1 Sporting Regulations.
Following Masi’s axing, new race director Niels Wittich has taken a more ruthless approach of enforcing the wording of the Sporting Regulations. While his pre-event notes for the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix define the white lines as the circuit edge, a review of Masi’s event notes from the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix show that a driver was only regarded as leaving the track if they go behind the kerbing.
How the violation is dealt with varies from session to session. In a practice session, the laptime is deleted. It simply doesn’t count, but the driver won’t get in trouble beyond that deletion, no matter how many times they do it during the session. During a Grand Prix, drivers are only permitted two track limits violations without incident. Of course, drivers can’t just break the limits as they wish in order to make an overtaking move happen or to gain position – this would be covered under the rules ofby leaving the track – but they won’t get in trouble for simply running out beyond the white lines on these two occasions.
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