Yellow Card Example
A warning is worth 1 yellow card point. A penalty is worth 2 yellow card points. Each incident is assessed on it's own merits; the severity of previous incidents are not considered when determining whether or not an incident constitutes a warning, a penalty or simply a caution.
Every 2 yellow card points a driver has above 2 will automatically incur an extra lost place on subsequent penalties and warnings.
So to take an example (rather extreme but it illustrates the mechanism):
Race 1.
Offence 1, WARNING given, no penalty
driver has 1 yellow card point
Offence 2, PENALTY given, 2 places lost
driver has 3 yellow card points
Offence 3, WARNING given, no penalty
driver has 4 yellow card points
Race 2.
Offence 1, WARNING given, 1 place lost for previous yellow card points
driver has 5 yellow card points
Offence 2, CAUTION given, no places lost for previous yellow card points
driver has 5 yellow card points
Offence 3, PENALTY given, 2 places lost + 1 extra for the 5 yellow card points = 3 places
driver has 7 yellow card points
Race 3.
Offence 1, WARNING given, 2 places lost for the 7 yellow card points
driver has 8 yellow card points
Offence 2, PENALTY given, 2 places + 3 extra for the 8 yellow card points = 5 places
driver has 10 yellow card points
(Total of 13 places lost)
It may be easier (at least for the footballing fraternity) to think of a red card being equal to 2 yellow cards. Drivers effectively get a yellow card for a warning and a red card for a penalty. Each red card a driver holds amounts to an extra place penalty for subsequent warnings and penalties.
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