TO:☒ Teams☒ Manufacturers

CATEGORY:☒ Hypercar☒ LMGT3

DECISION N°: WEC_2024_D02_All_Virtual_Safety_Car

DATE:

14/11/2023

FROM: The WEC Committee

SUBJECT:Article 14.7 – Virtual Safety Car procedures

APPLICABLE REGULATION
Article 14.7

☒ 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship Sporting Regulations

DECISION
As per Article 14.6.1 of the FIA WEC Sporting Regulations, the WEC Committee will complement the neutralisations
procedures with the VSC procedures as follows:
14.6 Neutralising the race: Safety Car procedure[…]
14.7 Neutralising the race: Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
14.7.1 Placing the race under VSC
The Race Director may declare a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) period if he deems it necessary for safety reasons. Each VSC
period will be systematically followed by a Safety Car procedure.
The Virtual Safety Car is a tool intended to secure interventions around the track in the event of an accident. It can be usedfor an approximate duration of 2 laps before deployment of the Safety Car (SC). It will be deployed immediately by the RaceDirector.
At the discretion of the Race Director, if the nature of the incident on track is incompatible with its deployment or when thecars are grouped together, the Safety Car may be deployed directly without prior deployment of the VSC.
Once “VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR” is displayed on the monitors, the cars must slow down to 80.00kph, in a single line, andmaintain the distance that separates them from the car in front and the one behind.
Overtaking under VSC is strictly prohibited unless a car slows down due to an obvious problem.
When the VSC procedure is deployed, all marshal positions will display waving yellow flags and VSC signs for the durationof the procedure.
The marshal positions preceding the incident(s) will have double yellow flags waved. Drivers must therefore comply with
the instructions of the Race Director or, where applicable, the track marshals in the area(s) concerned.
Any car driven in an unnecessarily slow, erratic manner or deemed potentially dangerous to other Drivers at any time when
VSC is used, will be reported to the Stewards. This will apply whether the car is driven on the track, into the pit entrance orinto the pit exit lane.
14.7.2 Access to the pit lane under VSC
Access to the pit lane will remain open for the duration of the VSC.
The pit lane exit will remain open.
Cars entering the pit lane may pass cars on the track once they have crossed Safety Car Line 1.
Cars exiting the pit lane may overtake other cars until they reach Safety Car Line 2.
In the pit entry and exit lanes, the maximum speed is also limited to 80.00kph.
Any decision taken by the WEC Committee is not subject to appeal.
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14.7.3 End of the VSC
When the Race Director deems it appropriate, he will terminate the VSC procedure by deploying the SC procedure,
described in article 14.6.
At this stage, all marshal posts replace the VSC panels with SC panels. The Safety Car will be deployed in front of theleading car of the race and the limit of 80.00kph will be lifted.

PERIOD OF VALIDITY/APPLICATION OF THE DECISION
This decision comes into effect:☒ with immediate application☐ from:And is applicable:☒ until further notice☐ for the mentioned event(s) only

Any decision taken by the WEC Committee is not subject to appeal.
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