The FIA have announced they will be adopting a ‘zero tolerance’ approach when it comes to track extending at Turns 4 and 11 of the Hungaroring.

Timing loops have been placed on the exit kerbs of the two corners to monitor whether cars are going over the white line by over 20cm.

In qualifying, a drivers time will be deleted immediately if they are guilty whilst in the race, if it happens on three occasions, they will be warned by race control, however on the fourth, the driver guilty will be awarded a drive-through penalty.

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“We will be adopting a “zero tolerance” approach to cars leaving the track at Turns 4 and 11 during qualifying,” the FIA said in a statement. “Please note that this will be judged by the use of timing loops in the kerbs and, to ensure that we see no false crossings, we would like to make it clear that the loops are set up to register a crossing when a car is approximately 20cm beyond the white line. Every lap time achieved by leaving the track will be deleted in accordance with Article 12.3.1.d of the Sporting Code.

“During the race, and in accordance with Article 27.4 of the Sporting Regulations, any driver who is judged to have left the track three times at these corners (when counted cumulatively) will be shown a black and white flag, one further crossing will result in a report being made to the stewards for not having made every reasonable effort to use the track. As discussed, this is likely to result in a drive-through penalty for any driver concerned.

“However, if we are satisfied that a driver left the track at these points for reasons beyond his control, having been forced off the track for example, lap times will not be deleted during qualifying nor will such a crossing be counted towards a drivers total in the race.”