51) RESUMING A SPRINT QUALIFYING SESSION OR A RACE
51.8 The sprint qualifying session or the race will be resumed behind the safety car when the green
lights are illuminated and the safety car leaves the pit lane. Drivers must follow the safety car
no more than ten car lengths apart.
51.9 Either of the penalties under Article 47.3c) or d) will be imposed on any driver who, in the
opinion of the stewards, unnecessarily overtook another car during the lap (or laps).
51.10 The safety car will enter the pits after one lap unless:
a) The sprint qualifying session or the race is being resumed in wet conditions and the Race
Director deems more than one lap necessary, in which case see Article 24.4o).
b) All cars are not yet in a line behind the safety car.
c) A further incident occurs necessitating another intervention.
51.11 When the clerk of the course decides it is safe to call in the safety car a message “STANDING
START” will be sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system, all FIA light panels will
display “SS” and the car's orange lights will be extinguished. This will be the signal to the
Competitors and drivers that it will be entering the pit lane at the end of that lap.
At this point the first car in line behind the safety car may dictate the pace and, if necessary, fall
more than ten car lengths behind it.
Once the safety car has entered the pit lane all cars, with the exception of those that were in
their garage at the time the sprint qualifying session or the race was suspended (see Article
40.3), must return to the grid, take up their grid positions and follow the procedures set out in
Articles 36.10 to 36.15.
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