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D.12.8.1 The Driver Change will be performed in this sequence:
a. Vehicle will stop in Driver Change Area
b. First Driver turns off the engine / Tractive System. Driver Change time starts.
c. First Driver exits the vehicle
d. Any necessary adjustments may be made to the vehicle to fit the Second Driver (harness, seat, pedals, head restraint) as allowed by IN.14.2.2
e. Second Driver is secured in the vehicle.
f. Second Driver is ready to start the engine / enable the Tractive System. Driver Change time stops.
g. Second Driver receives permission to continue
h. The vehicle engine is started or Tractive System enabled. See D.12.4
i. The vehicle stages to go back onto course, at the direction of the event officials
D.12.8.2 Three minutes are allowed for the team to complete the Driver Change
a. Any additional time for inspection of the vehicle and the Driver Equipment is not included in the Driver Change time
b. Time in excess of the allowed will be added to the team Endurance time
D.12.8.3 The Driver Change Area will be placed such that the timing system will see the Driver Change as a long lap which will be deleted from the total time.