Organisers of Austin’s United States Grand Prix have been summoned by the FIA for an early monitor invasion by spectators.
On the finish of the race on the Circuit of the Americas, a number of spectators entered the monitor on the start-finish straight whereas vehicles have been nonetheless circulating on their in-laps after the tip of the race.
Representatives from US Race Administration and COTA have been required to report back to the FIA’s race stewards at 18:15 native Austin time to offer a proof.
Untimely monitor invasions are thought of a severe incident and and breach of the FIA’s security protocols, and it has beforehand pulled up different grands prix for the same offence.
In 2023, monitor invasion points marred the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, with the organisers requested to current an in depth report on what occurred and any steps they’d take to stop a repeat incident.
The Melbourne organisers ended up deciding to ban their conventional monitor invasion for this 12 months’s race at Albert Park.
The issues in Australia final 12 months weren’t distinctive, with an analogous state of affairs taking place on the Brazilian Grand Prix when followers spilled out onto the Interlagos circuit at Flip 1 because the vehicles took the chequered flag.
Race organisers in Brazil have additionally been requested to give you an motion plan that satisfies the FIA earlier than this 12 months’s race.