TRACK FACTS
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
FLAGS & LIGHTS
Green Flag : the track is clear .
Blue Flag : indicates to a rider that he is about to be overtaken .
Yellow Flag : waved at each row of the starting grid , this flag indicates that the start of the race is delayed .
A single Yellow Flag waved at the flag marshal post indicates that there is danger ahead besides the track .
Two Yellow Flags waved together at the flag marshal post indicates that there is a hazard wholly or partly blocking the track . The riders must slow down and be prepared to stop . Overtaking is forbidden under yellow flags .
Yellow and Red Striped Flag : the adhesion on this section of the track could be affected by any reason other than rain .
White Flag with Diagonal Red Cross : drops of rain on this section of the track .
White Flag with Diagonal Red Cross and Yellow and Red Striped Flag : rain on this section of the track .
White Flag : it is raining at some parts of the circuit .
Red Flag and Red Lights : when the race or practice is being interrupted , the red flag will be waved at each flag marshal post and the red lights around the track will be switched on . Riders must return slowly to the pits .
Black Flag : this flag is used to convey instructions to one rider only and is waved at each flag marshal post together with the rider ’ s number . The rider must stop at pits at the end of the current lap and cannot restart . This flag will be waved after the rider ’ s team has been notified .
Black Flag with Orange Disk : this flag is used to convey instructions to one rider only and is waved at each flag marshal post together with the rider ’ s number . This flag informs the rider that his motorcycle has mechanical problems likely to endanger himself or others , and that he must immediately leave the track .
Chequered Flag : indicates the finish of race or practice session .
AWARDS
The Tissot-Superpole Awards are given out at the end of the season to the riders from the WorldSBK , WorldSSP and WorldSSP300 classes who score the greatest number of points in the Tissot-Superpole qualifying sessions . The award is thus given to the riders who perform best over the whole season in the very particular discipline of going faster than their peers to secure pole position . There is one important exception . For the headline WorldSBK category only there are also points awarded based on results of the tenlap Tissot-Superpole sprint races , which take place on Sunday mornings . Tissot-Superpole qualifying sessions are not the first points scoring opportunities of each race weekend , but they are the first big awards that a rider can earn for their pre-race efforts .
The Pirelli Best Lap Awards are earned by the riders in the WorldSBK , WorldSSP and WorldSSP300 categories who are the most successful at securing the fastest laps in their respective classes , and given out after a full season of racing . Should two riders share the same total of fastest laps after the final round , the rider with the most Lap Records that year will be adjudged the winner . In the WorldSBK category itself , which features three races in total at each round , only the fulldistance Race 1 and Race 2 results will be considered when adding to each rider ’ s total in their efforts to win the coveted Pirelli Best Lap Award outright .
SCORING RULES
Through all WorldSBK classes the points awarded for each finishing position inside the top 15 of a full race are the same . A much shortened ‘ long ’ race can also be deemed finished by the authorities , but if less than 2 / 3rds of the planned distance has been completed then only half-points will be scored . For a full race the points awarded are 25 for a win , 20 for second , 16 for third , 13 for fourth , 11 for fifth and ten for sixth . One point less is then earned for each subsequent finishing place down to 15th - which scores a single point . In the ten-lap WorldSBK-only Tissot-Superpole race points are awarded in the range of 12 for a win , 9 for second , 7 for third , 6 for fourth and then one point less for each subsequent classification , down to one point for ninth place .
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