So you’ve been involved in a racing incident or asked a question about the stewarding process at Aero League Racing and have been directed here. Welcome to the league! In ALR, we expect our drivers to be clean and respectful both on and off the track. When things don’t go as planned on track we have a team of volunteer impartial stewards who will review incidents and apply penalties when driving standards are not upheld or rules are broken.
How long do I have to report an incident after a race?
Drivers have exactly 48 hours after the scheduled start of the first race of the evening. With very few exceptions, ALR races are scheduled to start at 8pm London time. For example, for the Monday night championship you have until Wednesday at 8pm London time to submit your report(s) (maximum of 5 reports allowed per driver per race location).
To be very clear, even if your tier’s lobby started a bit later than 8pm London time your report is still due before 8pm 48 hours later. This also means if incidents happen in the second race of the evening (feature race for Monday nights) those reports are still due at the same time.
It is every driver’s responsibility to monitor their tier’s steward submission channel for the 48 hour reporting window to see if they need to respond to a report. Drivers have an additional 48 hours from the time the initial report was submitted to provide a response.
Reports that are received after the deadline (even if they are late by only a minute) will not be reviewed by the stewards.
I’ve been involved in an on track incident – What do I do now?
To report a new incident click this link
To respond to an incident click this link
Few points to note:
- Each new report will generate an incident ID
- The report will ping your tier’s discord submissions channel automatically (be patient and don’t hit the submit button again since it can take a few minutes to post)
- The reported driver will need to review the submission and use the incident ID to respond
- It is up to the responding driver to ensure they are responding to the correct incident ID
- Clips can be uploaded directly from your PS to YouTube, Twitch etc. however, stewards will accept any link to your clip such as Google Drive, Dropbox etc
- When reporting an incident involving more than one opponent please file multiple reports, one for each opponent to respond (will not be counted as separate incidents). Including multiple opponents into one report causes issues with the stewards tools – sorry for the inconvenience.
The “Dos and Don’ts” of the ALR Stewards Room
| Do | Don’t |
|---|---|
| Be concise. Your text report or response only needs to be 1-3 sentences. | Personally attack other drivers or speculate on their mindset or intentions on track. |
| Provide a short video clip that clearly shows the incident. One or two angles/views should be enough. | Provide dozens of different angles and replays of the incident + slow motion + sworn testimony from a third party + clips of real life incidents… |
| Provide at least one continuous video clip that shows the few moments before and after the incident. | Repeatedly press pause/play/pause or advance the replay with the single frame option. Stewards have the technology to pause or slow down videos themselves. |
| In your replay clip turn on the race and driver HUD information so stewards can see steering and pedal inputs. | Hide the driver inputs with the playback controls to play/pause etc. |
| In your replay clip use chase or hood (bonnet) cam view (or live capture if you didn’t save a replay) that most clearly shows the incident. | Use cinematic or bumper cam views for replays. |
| Direct your comments to the stewards in your text report/response – they are the ones judging the incident. | Try to convince the other driver that they are guilty or that you are innocent. |
| Admit when you’ve made a mistake on track that resulted in the incident. | Rant about driving standards or past bad behavior of the other drivers. |
| When reporting an incident involving more than one opponent file multiple reports, one for each driver to respond (will still be considered as 1 incident out of the 5 allowed) | Cram multiple opponents into one report (bc the stewards tools can’t handle multiple responses very well, sorry for the inconvenience) |
Report strategies that rarely work
| “I always brake at that point” when trying to rationalize hitting another driver in a braking zone. | You’re admitting that you didn’t take into account the overspeed from slipstream and/or were following too close. |
| “I would have waited and given the position back but… <insert reason here>” | You’re admitting that you were at fault for the incident if you would have given the position back but didn’t. |
| “I was faster than [the other driver]” | Pace is irrelevant when you’ve caused an incident – especially while trying to complete an overtake. |
| “[the other driver] had a track limit penalty, they shouldn’t have been defending so hard” | While it may be smart racecraft to let a faster driver pass to minimize losing time overall every driver has the right to defend their position regardless of pending time penalties. |
| “I had the line” when hitting another car from behind in a corner | For these incidents stewards are looking at whether you were “significantly alongside” – if you were, then you should say that instead. |
| “I think this was a racing incident personally” | Thanks for your opinion, but the stewards will decide that. |
| “I race in [VR / hood cam / cockpit view] and didn’t see [the other driver]” | Regardless of which racing view you prefer you always have to maintain awareness of the cars around you with tools like radar and mirrors. |
| “the damage done to my championship is irreversible” | It doesn’t matter if you were fighting for the win or fighting to not be in last place. Each incident is reviewed independent of championship points or race position. |
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