CAMS Stewards Summary: Albert Park
24 Mar 2017
Stewards Summary Update #1: issued Friday 24th March 2017 at 1930hrs
Matters from Practice:
Car # 34, James Moffat, had a lap time deleted for shortcutting the circuit at Turn 12.
Matters from Qualifying – Race 1:
Following the session the DRD conducted an investigation into a suspected breach of Schedule B2 Rule 2.1 (Careless Driving) by the Drivers of Car # 2, Scott Pye, and of Car # 888, Craig Lowndes, specifically blocking Car #78, Simona de Silvestro. The DRD determined that the matter did not warrant referral to the Stewards.
Matters from Qualifying – Race 2:
The following had their lap time deleted for shortcutting the circuit at Turn 12:
Car # 22, James Courtney;
Car #3, Taz Douglas.
Matters from Qualifying – Race 3:
The following had their lap time deleted for shortcutting the circuit at Turn 12:
Car # 78, Simona de Silvestro;
Car #62, Alex Rullo.
Matters from Qualifying – Race 4:
The following had their lap time deleted for shortcutting the circuit at Turn 12:
Car # 17, Scott McLaughlin;
Car #888, Craig Lowndes.
Matters from Race 1:
After the Race the DRD conducted an investigation into a suspected breach of Schedule B2 Rule 3.3.2 (Leaving the Track) by the Driver of Car # 12, Fabian Coulthard, specifically shortcutting the circuit at Turn 4. The DRD determined that the matter did not warrant referral to the Stewards.
Following an Investigation and an admission of Careless Driving by Car #2 Scott Pye, causing contact with Car #6 Cameron Waters at the exit of Turn 4, the Stewards imposed the Penalty of the addition of 15 seconds to the Race Time of Car #2, Scott Pye for Race 1.
Matters from Race 2:
The Stewards imposed a Pit Lane Penalty on Car # 55 Chaz Mostert for a driving infringement (Careless Driving, causing contact with Car #97 Shane van Gisbergen at Turn 15 on Lap 3).
After the Race the DRD conducted an investigation into a suspected breach of the Start Procedure (Jump Start) by the Driver of Car # 5, Mark Winterbottom. The DRD determined that the matter did not warrant referral to the Stewards.
After the Race the DRD conducted an investigation into a suspected breach of Schedule B2 Rule 2.1 (Careless Driving) by the Driver of Car # 6 Cameron Waters, specifically causing contact with Car #14 Tim Slade at Turn 15 under Safety Car conditions. The DRD determined that the matter did not warrant referral to the Stewards.
