DEFINITION
A hazard is a specific physical thing that creates risk: a damaged barrier, a wet patch, a piece of debris, a kerb that's lifted at the edge. Where 'danger' is the general condition, 'hazard' is the named cause.
Marshals catalogue hazards on a course inspection sheet and either remove them, mark them with a flag, or change the prescribed line to avoid them.
HISTORY & ORIGIN
Standard FIA Appendix H terminology.
TECHNIQUE BREAKDOWN
There is no driving technique. Driver must drive the line as briefed, accounting for any flagged hazards.
PRO TIPS & COMMON MISTAKES
• Note flagged hazards on the sight lap. The brief usually adjusts the line around them.
• Common mistake: driving the line you remember from last year and hitting a new hazard that wasn't there before.
A loose chunk of kerb was flagged as a hazard for the rest of Saturday.