COVID-19 HEALTH PROTOCOL v5

INTRODUCTION Dear WEC Competitors, Officials, Support and Organisation staff, We are all very happy to be able to be back on track to resume the 2020 WEC season. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 situation is still extremely sensitive, and we must all work together to guarantee a safe event. This will be the responsibility of each and all of us. With the local authorities, the circuit, medical experts, FIA and ACO, we have established a WEC health protocol. It is important that we pay great attention to strictly respect this protocol; our target is to significantly modify the event procedures to ensure limiting of all risks. There is no other option than to follow this protocol and we thank you in advance for helping us to safely deliver this event; we also believe that an individual responsible attitude must be applied. We also thank you for your involvement and full understanding. To conclude, stay safe and healthy and we wish you a great race.

Gérard Neveu C.E.O.

The health and safety of the WEC competitors, associated industries, suppliers and employees has always been a priority since the pandemic began. As part of the fight against the spread of the “COVID-19” coronavirus, specific preventive measures are being rolled out in addition to our Rules and Regulations, with a view to the protection of public health and the personal prevention of risks associated with the epidemic. This plan will constantly be adapted to comply with the current regulatory and health situation in the relevant country in order to minimise the risk of COVID-19 exposure and spread. LMEM reserves the right to change, update or modify this protocol at any time before or during an event. As a reminder, this event will be held behind “closed doors” which means that no spectators will be allowed at the circuit. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19? * The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, dry cough, and tiredness. Other symptoms that are less common and may affect some patients include aches and pains, nasal congestion, headache, conjunctivitis, sore throat, diarrhoea, loss of taste or smell or a rash on skin or discoloration of fingers or toes. These symptoms are usually mild and begin gradually. Some people become infected but only have very mild symptoms.

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HOW TO PROPERLY WEAR A MASK? *

1. Before touching the mask, clean hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or soap

and water

2. Take the mask and inspect it for tears or holes.

3. Orient which side is the top side (where the metal strip is).

4. Ensure the proper side of the mask faces outwards (the coloured side).

5. Place the mask to your face. Pinch the metal strip or stiff edge of the mask so it

moulds to the shape of your nose.

6. Pull down the mask’s bottom so it covers your mouth and your chin.

7. Do not touch the mask while you are wearing it for protection.

8. After use, take off the mask with clean hands; remove the elastic loops from

behind the ears while keeping the mask away from your face and clothes, to

avoid touching potentially contaminated surfaces of the mask.

9. Discard the mask in a closed bin immediately after use. Do not reuse the mask.

10. Perform hand hygiene after touching or discarding the mask – Use alcohol-

based hand rub or, if visibly soiled, wash your hands with soap and water.

In order to guarantee optimal safety and to minimize the risks of virus transmission, wearing a face mask (surgical or washable state homologated) will be mandatory in all areas inside the circuit during the whole event duration.

Remember that masks are not a substitute for other, more effective ways to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 such as frequently washing your hands, covering your cough with the bend of elbow or tissue and maintain a distance of at least 1.5 metres (specific recommendation from the Belgian Authorities) from others.

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It is critical and mandatory that every person allowed to take part in the Event follows the guidelines from this health protocol to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Each Team manager or representative from a company attending the event is responsible for ensuring that their members/employees have familiarised themselves with these rules and guidelines prior to traveling to the Event. PRE-EVENT:

- Each team, industry or supplier will have to declare who will be working for them during the event, fill in the WEC Declaration Form and send it back to covid19@fiawec.com before July 29th at the latest. LMEM reserves the right to refuse or limit access to the Event. In accordance with the country regulation, it will be strictly impossible to allow the access to someone who have not been correctly registered before the above given deadline.

- Each competitor will be limited to 25 credentials per car entered

- Each manufacturer entering the LMP1 or GTE Category will be limited to 10 additional credentials

- Each person travelling from a country where there are travel restrictions in place to come to Europe, will have to undergo one PCR test in the 72 hours prior to arrival at the venue hosting the Event. The result from the PCR test will have to be given/shown in order to be allowed to enter the circuit. In addition, any person coming from a country where there is travel restrictions in place to come to Europe will have to respect the rules imposed by the Belgian government.

ACCESS:

- Race by race accreditations will be available for collection at the nominated accreditation centre (located at SPA RACING SHOP - Rue Saint-Laurent 1, 4970 STAVELOT - Exit 11 Malmedy). Precise schedule will be communicated via Team Information.

- All competitors, industries, suppliers, support races,….wishing to enter the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-francorchamps circuit must fill in a ‘consent and liability release and indemnification agreement’ and bring it individually to the accreditation centre. Once this has been done and once the WEC organisation has collected the corresponding signed waiver, you will be able to collect the WEC event-specific sticker/wristband. Accreditation Centre location SPA RACING SHOP Rue Saint-Laurent 1 4970 STAVELOT Exit 11 Malmedy.

- Should any one person have symptoms during the event, it will be the responsibility of the individual to stay at the hotel and contact the COVID-19 coordinator (+33 6 79 88 81 20).

- Early identification of infected or potentially infected people, to enable initiation of

relevant quarantine or isolation measures, is vital in mitigating the spread of COVID-19.

- If possible, it is recommended that people of over 60 years of age, people in the class III categorisation for obesity or any vulnerable persons (as define below) do not attend the event.

Vulnerable person who have any of the following conditions: o cancer o diabetes o a weakened immune system due to an illness or treatment o high blood pressure o cardiovascular diseases o chronic respiratory diseases

- Each team will receive instructions concerning how to access the circuit to avoid traffic at the entrance. Only declared and accredited people with the correct stickers/ wristbands will be allowed to access the circuit.

- To access and exit the circuit, it will be mandatory to respect the indicated routes/direction of travel.

- From Thursday morning to Saturday, temperature checks will be carried out at the Circuit entry gates. Should a person have a fever (>38°C), he/she and the people they

have been in contact with will be directed to the specific Covid-19 area located close to the Ster entrance.

- Due to the specific COVID-19 checking process in place at the Circuit entry gates between Thursday to Saturday, it will take more time than usual to access the circuit so we recommend that you take this into account to ensure you will not be late.

- If any person had been in contact with an infected individual within 14 days before the beginning of the event, they should NOT attend the event.

LIFE IN THE PADDOCK:

- It is recommended that any person allowed and accredited to take part in the event promotes the use of regular and effective core transmission mitigation measures.

- In order to guarantee optimal safety and to minimise the risks of virus transmission, wearing a face mask (surgical or washable state homologated) will be mandatory in all areas inside the circuit (pit building, Race Control, Organisation office, briefing room, paddock, pit lane, pit garage, media centre …).

- Within the team catering in the paddock, specific rules and guidelines will be applied as shown in the “catering protocol” document.

- Each team will be permitted to use its own hospitality and caterer (no awning sharing between different Groups)

- Guidelines will be provided that act as a reference point for relevant information and facilitate a consistent, workable approach for motorsport competitions in a COVID-19 operating environment.

- All circuit facilities and toilets will be cleaned regularly daily. It is highly recommended

to teams that they clean all touch surfaces as often as possible (minimum 3 times a day) to reduce the transmission of the virus which may be present upon them.

- Each team/manufacturer/supplier will be identified as one “Group”. The idea is to avoid as much as possible interactions between different Groups. For example, each team will be allocated a garage and will be not be allowed to visit another team in its garage.

- In addition, it is strongly recommended that individual Groups be further divided into smaller Sub-Groups to improve operational resilience. As with Groups, the number of interactions between Sub-Groups should be minimised, and where interactions between Sub-Groups must occur, social distancing must be respected, or additional personal protective equipment should be used.

- Social distancing will not be mandatory inside each Sub-Groups. However, it’s highly recommended that the transmission mitigation measures are fully respected.

- Outside its allocated space, each member of a group will have to respect the transmission mitigation measures (i.e. in the paddock, organisation office, race control, scrutineering area, stewards’ office …).

- Inside the circuit facilities, everybody will have to respect the indicated routes/direction of travel.

- Each team will have to facilitate the visits of officials, suppliers, manufacturers in their garage with increased transmission mitigation measures.

- We recommend that every competitor has hydroalcoholic gel dispensers in their pit garages, team catering or motorhome to ensure their staff can easily sanitise their hands at any time

- In order to fully respect the Belgian authorities’ health regulations, for the whole duration of the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps event it will be forbidden to publish any photograph in the media, including on social media platforms, that shows anyone not wearing a mask.

- All showers at the circuit will remain closed for the whole duration of the event.

- Each person must clean/wash hands before & after going to the restrooms.

- One person maximum will be permitted in the elevator at the same time for the whole

duration of the event.

- Inside the circuit, everyone must follow the indications signs which can be either on the ground or on the walls in order to allow social distancing.

- The COVID-19 Unit will use the dedicated communication device of each championship to exchange information concerning COVID-19. To contact the COVID-19 Unit please use the following this number: +33 6 79 88 81 20.

SPORTING ORGANISATION AND PROCEDURES: - Team Manager Administrative checks will be held in a specific office dedicated for this

purpose, at specific scheduled slots. Wearing a mask and respecting social distancing will be mandatory.

- Drivers Administrative checks will be completed digitally. The organisation will send the Drivers’ form by email. Drivers will have to fill in and sign their document under the responsibility of the Team Manager. Once it’s done, Team Managers will have to send the Drivers’ forms and Drivers’ licences (front and back) by email to c.macedo@fiawec.com before August 6th.

- The Drivers’ equipment must be declared online, on the ACO Tech Online platform. At any time, if any doubt, drivers will be allowed to go to the scrutineering area to get assistance or any further explanation.

- For scrutineering: Teams will have to certify the conformity of their cars on the ACO Tech Online platform before each event (deadline will be announced in due course). Should teams need to use the scales or scrutineers’ tools, scrutineering will be available in accordance with the timetable.

- Track walk will be held at a scheduled time. Each group will have to pay attention to not interact with other groups’ members.

- The organisation and details of the Team Managers’ and Drivers’ briefing will be confirmed closer to the event.

- Race Direction, Stewards, Scrutineers and timekeeping will remain available during the whole event, but it’s highly recommended to use the digital devices to communicate (WEC dedicated device, email, phone). Wearing a mask and respecting social distancing will be mandatory if you visit one of these locations during the event.

- FIA WEC organisation office will remain open for all, nevertheless we will be asking all competitors to limit their visits to the office and wearing a mask and respecting social distancing will be mandatory.

- Stewards: all notifications and calls to hearings will be made through the WEC dedicated device. When conducting a face-to-face hearing, all participants must wear an appropriate face mask (surgical or washable state homologated) and respect social distancing. Additionally, any hard surfaces should be suitably cleaned prior to a hearing with a different participant.

- To change the starting driver, the team manager will need to send an email before the given deadline to stewards@fiawec.com.

- No autograph session and no pit walk will be organised.

- The starting grid procedure will be defined later and provided to you the week before the Event.

- The podium ceremony will be organised for only the winning line-up of each category. The pre-podium (organised in the pit lane) will replace the traditional podium ceremony

- Gatherings in front of the pre-podium area will be forbidden. Trophies for 2nd and 3rd positions will be individually given to teams by the organisation staff. Further details will be confirmed closer to the event.

- The post-qualifying and post-race press conference will be held in the Media Centre with only the winning line-up of each category, one category at a time. The press conference will be conducted by the WEC media delegate and filmed. The video will be available on the official website and other dedicated platforms. There will be no pre-event press conference at the circuit and no media mixed zone

BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ADVISORY NOTICE FOR ALL VISITORS/ NATIONALS - Outside of the circuit area, since 25th July anyone over the 12 must cover their mouth and nose with a mask or any other fabric alternative in the following places:

o shops and shopping centres o cinemas o performance venues, concert halls or conference centres o as a member of an audience o places of worship o museums o libraries o casinos and amusement arcades/gaming centres o streets containing shops and any very busy private or public place, determined

by the municipal body responsible for the area o public buildings (for those areas accessible to the public) o markets, including flea markets and car-boot or jumble sales, funfairs and trade

fairs, including exhibitions