DEFINITION
An incident is the formal label for any on-track event that needs review: contact, a spin into a barrier, debris on the racing line, a driver leaving the car, or an external interference.
An incident triggers a marshal response (yellow flag, debris flag, red flag) and often a stewards' review for fault attribution.
HISTORY & ORIGIN
Standard motorsport terminology, identical to F1 and rally usage. Drift adopted the FIA Appendix H wording wholesale.
TECHNIQUE BREAKDOWN
Marshal at the affected post raises the appropriate flag. Race control freezes any in-progress run, dispatches recovery if needed, and clears debris before re-greening the course.
PRO TIPS & COMMON MISTAKES
• On a yellow, lift immediately. Drifting through a yellow zone is an automatic penalty.
• Common mistake: trying to finish a run that's already been red-flagged. The result won't count.
The session was paused for ten minutes after an incident involving two cars at the entry.