CIK-FIA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FA/S-ICC/ICC – VARENNES [ROUND 2]

THE 2ND RACE OF FORMULA A IS ANNULLED

THE SENSATIONAL MEASURE IS TAKEN FOLLOWING THE MISTAKEN DISPLAY OF THE RED FLAG BY THE REFEREES AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT CHANGE OF MIND.

Sensational measures by Cik in relation to the 2nd race of Formula A held at Varennes. Following Ardigò’s victory in Race 1, the 2nd race actually produced two ‘virtual’ winners: Forè won at the finishing line, whereas Ardigò won following the decision to close off the tables 4 laps from the end. It all happened because of just a few raindrops which, in the final phases of the race, caused quite a few problems among the referees: two laps from the end, the Referee in fact displayed the red flag just when Ardigò, in the lead, was being attacked by the French driver, Kozlinski, and the British, Christosoulou. Forè took advantage of the scrimmage to pass into the lead but then, instead of interrupting the race and making the karts go back to the closed park, the referee signalled one lap to the end; in the next lap, the referee waved the chequered flag in front of Forè, as if the race had ended regularly.
At first, however, Ardigò and not Forè was thought to be the winner as the order of arrival had been considered to be that of the lap preceding the display of the red flag. Then, because of the confusion surrounding the arrival procedure, in which there was total contradiction between the red flag (immediately stopping the race, therefore granting victory to Ardigò) and the chequered flag (signalling victory to Forè) the CIK was obliged to take the sensational decision of annulling the race. As far as the championship’s tables are concerned, therefore, there are only 5 races instead of 6, and the best 4 rather than the best 5 results will be taken into consideration.