One more question about IRC: It will be tolerated when we change our drivers and in that time (2 laps) there will be no team member on the IRC channel?
One major rule change made for Round 5 and onward:
Rule K2.3 formerly read:
In response to complaints from several teams regarding lapped cars being mixed in among the leaders, we have developed the following rule change (adapted from Formula 1 and NASCAR rules with similar effect):
In essence, this means that all cars between the leader and the last car on the lead lap will get a free lap back. These cars will be called out by number and ordered to pass the SC, go around the track at speed, and re-join the end of the queue. It also means that the lead-lap cars (the ones that were on the lead lap at the time of the SC) will line up nose-to-tail for any SC restart, with lapped cars and waved-around cars behind them. This may extend the length of SC periods by about one lap.
If anyone has questions regarding this change, I encourage you to voice them. In order for this to work smoothly, we need all drivers to fully understand the rules.