The finding of the court and what Armstrong needs to do to have the ban suspended

The National Court sat on October 3, with David Munro, Peter Riches and John Felix on the panel. While the incident was referred to the court by the MSA, the ruling is made by the independent court.

The ruling read: “The court views this type of behaviour as highly detrimental to the interests of motorsport and regards it as creating a real risk of danger. “It cannot be excused. “Mr Armstrong was acting as a marshal at the time and was under a duty to promote safety rather than to cause any risk to anyone.

“Offences of this type must incur substantial penalties, and accordingly the court suspends Mr Armstrong’s competition licence for a period of six months and orders that he makes a £1000 contribution towards costs.”

Armstrong’s only hope for competing in the SRC’S opening two rounds next year is if his ban is suspended. He can ask the National Court to suspend his penalty under the following criteria set out in the MSA blue book: “The National Court has the right to remit any unexpired term of a suspension or disqualification, as it may think fit. Requests for remission of sentence must be submitted in writing to the National Court, accompanied by a non-returnable fee as detailed in Part 3, Appendix 1 [which for Armstrong would be £460]. Where possible, the same court which applied the penalty will deal with the application and entirely in writing, with no right to an oral hearing.”