Stewards Enquiries:
Drivers can call for an investigation into an incident if they feel another driver has broken the racing etiquette rules. This can range from causing a collision to over-aggressive driving.
It is important for those creating an investigation to give as much detail as possible - what lap did the incident take place? Who were the drivers involved etc?
Stewards enquiries can be made
here, and must be posted within 24 hours of the race having taken place.
Stewards panel incidents:
Stewards will pro-actively look into any notable incidents that is caused on lap 1, regardless of whether it is brought up to the stewards or not. Incidents between just two drivers will not actively be looked at, unless the stewards deem it is happening too often, or it involves the same drivers.
If deemed appropriate, drivers may be awarded penalties as a result of their actions. Potential stewards penalties include; an informal warning for actions that are deemed to have the potential to cause an incident but in this instance did not, a formal warning where a recurring incident of a similar type will result in potentially harsher penalties, a time penalty being applied to the driver's race time, a qualifying ban for the following race, a forced start from the back of the grid of the sprint race, a forced start from the back of both races, a forced pit-lane start for one or both races, a disqualification from the race results, or in rare cases a temporary or permanent ban from the Championship - depending on the severity and volume of the driver's indiscretion.
The Warning System:
In the event of an offending driver retiring from a race that they have caused an incident at, and a higher punishment is deemed unsuitable, a formal warning can be given
This will work with warnings belonging to two categories. There can be warnings for driving mistakes that cause incidents, and also warnings for careless/reckless driving that cause incidents. Formal warnings can also be given to drivers that have received informal warnings and commit a similar type of action again, under one of the two categories.
If a driver collects 2 formal warnings in a particular category, then the stewards reserve the right to punish the offending driver with a penalty.
A driver's formal warning will expire after the driver has participated in 10 rounds from the round where the warning was awarded. Even after the expiry date, drivers that continue to commit similar types of incidents, and gather warnings, will be put under review to a point where harsher penalties can applied without the formal warning, with their position in the league under review.
