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2014 Kyoto 500: Practice Session Protests and Penalties
Please file any protests you have regarding the practice sessions here. INDICATE WHICH SESSION!

Protests must be submitted prior to the posted deadline.

Please provide:

Session of Incident (eg. Practice 3 Race)
Lap and timecode of incident from YOUR car
Other Cars Involved
Brief Description of incident


Protest Deadlines:
Practice Session 1: 12:00 UTC 16 June 2014
Practice Session 2: 12:00 UTC 16 June 2014
Practice Session 3: 12:00 UTC 17 June 2014
Practice Session 4: 12:00 UTC 17 June 2014
Practice Session 5: 10:00 UTC 18 June 2014
Practice Session 6: 08:00 UTC 18 June 2014

Penalty Log:
Session of Incident Practice 4
Lap and timecode of incident from YOUR car post race in lap
Other Cars Involved 61 21
Brief Description of incident
61 post race wrecks 21 on cool down

Session of Incident Practice 4
Lap and timecode of incident from YOUR car post race in lap 22 to 23 laps
Other Cars Involved entire field + 30
Brief Description of incident
blocking by 30 leads to him slowing, and then him wrecking the entire field
All the incidents in this post are from Practice Session 4 RACE:

Quote :Pace Lap #2, 2:10
Cars 9, 27, 606, 999
Description: Car 999 moving into position as ordered by race control, makes contact with Car 9 who by way of not being in TS has no idea to expect 999 to make that move. Car 9 spins and is collected by Car 27, who is collected by Car 606.

Warning to Car 999 to assure clear room when moving in the formation laps.
Car 9 is ordered to figure out a way to be in TeamSpeak during the session - the driver should have been prohibited from taking part, but I waived that regulation for this case.
No action against Cars 27 and 606.

Quote :Race Start (5/42), 7:25
Cars 6, 8, 9, 21, 87, 96
Description: On Start; Car 21 moves into the path of Car 87, causing both to spin. Others are collected throughout the course of the accident.

Car 21 - Warning for causing an avoidable incident with car 87.
Car 8 - Warning for failure to react to a visible incident ahead.
Cars 6, 9, 87, 96: No action.

Quote :Lap 22-23/42, 20:30-21:00
Cars 8, 21, 30, 87, 96, 420
Description: In Turn 3, Car 30 understeers in the middle of a four-car pack into Car 420, causing Car 30 to slide. Car 30 catches the slide, and begins to accelerate up to pace. The following group including Cars 8, 21, 87, and 96 catch Car 30 approaching the kink. Car 30 takes the racing line while being 30-40 kph slower than the appoaching cars, causing a heavy avoidable incident. None of the approaching cars had time or cause to react to this slow car.

In-Race, Car 30 was issued a stop-go for causing an avoidable incident, and retired in pitlane when his damage wasn't repaired, prior to serving the penalty. The driver will instead be assessed a 1-session deduction.
Cars 8, 21, 87, 96, 420: No action.

Quote :Lap 27/42, 26:35
Cars 8, 9, 606
Description: Car 8 overtakes Cars 9 and 606 prior to the green flag

Drive-Through Penalty for overtaking before the green flag. While you may hear me call it before the message, the in-game text messages with the track status are the official point where the track status changes. The driver was issued a stop-go for speeding in the pitlane while serving the DT. Due to cautions preventing him being able to serve the SG; all penalties relating to this incident are considered served.


Quote :Lap 32/42, 29:30
Cars 21, 61, 999
Description: Car 61 and 21 get together in Turn 2 while in an overtake situation, and Car 21 loses control after catching the apron. Car 999 unfortunate victim.

Car 61 - Warning - Make sure room is left for car(s) on the inside. Car 21 was leaving extra room due to the car to his inside.
Cars 21 and 999: No action.

Quote :Lap 38/42, 36:15
Cars 9, 18, 21, 24, 420
Description: Car 420 moves to the inside of a low-lining Car 18 entering Turn 3. Car 420 ends up on the apron, and understeers up into 18. Midway through Turn 3, more contact is made, causing both drivers to spin. Cars 9, 21, and 24 are incidentally involved.

Car 420 - Warning (Would be a DT penalty in the race proper) for causing an avoidable incident. Car 18 selects the low-line exiting Turn two, as he is entitled to do, then moves up about one car-width to take Turn 3, which is also allowed - neither move is sudden or unsafe. Car 420 tries to slip in this gap which isn't really a gap. It is advised to all drivers to be judicious for most of the laps, and not try for gaps that "may" exist.

Quote :Lap 41/42, 40:10
Car 18
Description: Car 18 massive run on restart - Is Jump Start?

Yes, is Jump Start. Car 18 lays several car lengths back, and begins the process of overtaking a car before green flag. Warning to Car 18.

Quote :Lap and timecode of incident from YOUR car post race in lap (43/42, from 41:10)
Other Cars Involved 61 21
Brief Description of incident
61 post race wrecks 21 on cool down

Car 61 punts Car 21, probably through not paying attention. Accidents on the cool-down lap are unprofessional and not tolerated. Car 61 excluded from session for causing this incident.

Also on the cool down lap: Car 87 excluded from session for causing avoidable contact with Cars 6, 18, 36. NOTE: Some contact when turning into a garage is allowed, but frowned heavily upon.
From Practice Session 5 Race:

Quote :L36/62, 29:35
Cars 27, 32, 77
Car 77 overtakes Cars 32 and 77 before green flag

Missed during session, so Car 77 will only be warned for this occurence of the infraction.

On the same restart; several cars (including but not limited to 37, 73, 420 - in that area of the queue) seemed to try to time the start and nearly caused a significant accident. Just remember that you need to be careful with that sort, and I'd rather you commit the overtake and get a DT than slam on the brakes to avoid it and risk a massive shunt.


Quote :Cool Down Lap, starting fom 46:00
Cars 19, 27, 73, 420
Incidents during cool-down lap

Car 19 - Excluded from session - Avoidable contact with Car 420 during cool-down lap
Car 27 - Excluded from session - Avoidable contact with Car 73 during cool-down lap.

All drivers are reminded that the cool-down lap is to be taken at reduced pace, and contact is to be avoided. Please consider yourself under caution once you've finished the race - contact is unnecessary and always avoidable on the cool-down lap.
Session of Incident (eg. Practice 3 Race) Prac 11
Lap and timecode of incident from YOUR car lap 56 39:00:00
Other Cars Involved 36
Brief Description of incident 36 pushing me off, leaving nowhere near enough room for me, causing me to spin out and lose the race
Quote from CodeLyoko1 :Session of Incident (eg. Practice 3 Race) Prac 11
Lap and timecode of incident from YOUR car lap 56 39:00:00
Other Cars Involved 36
Brief Description of incident 36 pushing me off, leaving nowhere near enough room for me, causing me to spin out and lose the race

Warning to Car 36 for failure to assure clear distance to competitor.



A compliment to all behind the race start incident in Session 11 - great avoidance for those who were able to - those caught were just unlucky. Not severe enough to issue a penalty for the cause, but a reminder that on the start you're close and need to be ready to lift just enough to avoid contact - people react to the green at different rates!

All cars made the required pitstops, excepting Car 64 who did not change all tyres on the second stop. Deduction of one credit from the total awarded to him for the session.
Session 14 Race:

Quote :Lap 10/47, 7:35
Cars 19, 77
Cars 19 and 77 make heavy contact with T1 wall

Car 19 does not leave sufficient room for Car 77 on T1 entry, creating an avoidable incident. No session credit for Car 19.

Quote :Lap 22/47, 17:15
Cars 61, 999
Incident exiting Turn 1

Lag. Car 999 exhibiting high latency all session; unforunate accident causing heavy damage to Car 61. No action.

Quote :Lap 31/47, 24:50
Cars 41, 46, 77
Collision and crash at start/finish

Cars 46 and 77 make contact crossing the start/finish line, and 41 gets caught up, and slides, and in turning the wheel to the right (if not to recover a slide the turn to the right is inexplicable) makes contact with the T1 wall, and rolls. Car 46 warned for failure to leave clear room for a car on the inside.

Quote :Lap 40/47, 32:30
Cars 6, 14, 19, 67, 68, 999
Collisions at start/finish

Car 999 latency-related incident. The other cars involved were largely unfortunate, although they are all reminded to begin slowing from full pace as soon as the caution is called.

Excellent reaction and response to the incident by Car 76.

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