Grand Prix Commision change red-flagged race result rules

Sporting Laws Race Classification in an Interrupted Race

Beforehand, if a race was red-flagged and a closing consequence declared, the consequence was taken from the lap on which all riders had final crossed the end line. If a rider or a number of riders had been half a lap or extra behind the race chief, this brought on the race classification to be taken from the earlier lap, even when the race chief and the vast majority of the sector had accomplished the subsequent lap. In these circumstances, any place adjustments or crashes on the race chief’s closing lap had been rendered moot.

Efficient instantly, the results of a red-flagged race will now be taken from the final time the race chief crosses the end line earlier than the crimson flag is proven. All riders who cross the end line on the identical lap because the chief earlier than the crimson flag might be categorized in that order, as a partial classification. Any riders who don’t cross the end line on the identical lap because the chief earlier than the crimson flag is proven might be categorized based mostly on the place they crossed the end line on the earlier lap. These two partial classifications might be mixed to offer the ultimate race consequence.

This technique beforehand utilized to races that had been red-flagged after the race chief had taken the chequered flag, and can now apply to all red-flagged races for which a closing result’s declared.