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  • 2019 F1 Calendar Confirmed and Other Rules Changes from the FIA World Motorsport Council

    2019 F1 Calendar Confirmed and Other Rules Changes from the FIA World Motorsport Council

    The third FIA World Motorsport Council of 2018 was held today in Paris where a number of decisions regarding sporting and technical regulations were taken.

    The 2019 F1 Calendar was approved. Not much will change from this year except there will not be any triple header next year. The United Stated Grand Prix is subject to approval but should be confirmed for 2019.

    In addition to the calendar being confirmed, technical and sporting regulations were confirmed for the 2019 season.

    Sporting Regulations confirmed for 2019:

    • Changes to the Safety Car regulations to ensure there is a consistent point at which drivers may overtake when the Safety Car returns to the pits. This will now be the same in all three types of restart
    • The teams will now be responsible for initial scrutineering of their cars. Before the cars go on track for the first time, teams must declare conformity with all safety related matters
    • The official end-of-race signal will now be a chequered light panel, although the chequered flag will still be shown
    • The team personnel curfew will increase from eight to nine hours

    Technical Regulations confirmed for 2019:

    • Changes to the mirror regulations and also associated rear wing changes (height) for rear view visibility and safety (Articles 3.6 and 14.3)
    • The on-board camera regulations will be modified to improve the TV spectacle (Article 21)
    • Rear endplate lights are to be added for safety (Article 14.5)
    • Minor modifications to the halo fairing (Article 15.2.6) are to be made for safety reasons during a potential driver extraction

    2019 F1 Calendar:

    2019 Calendar

  • FIA Tweaks Rules for 2017

    FIA Tweaks Rules for 2017

    At the World Motorsport Council meeting which took place today, the FIA approved a few sporting regulation changes to F1 for the 2017 season.

    Standing Wet Starts

    Wet starts behind the safety car robbed the spectators and fans of the excitement off the start. From next year, after the first few laps behind the safety car at the start of a race, the drivers will line up on the grid for a standing start in the wet conditions.

    “From 2017, if a safety car is deemed to be required for the beginning of a race due to wet weather, a normal standing start will occur once the track is deemed safe to race,” said the FIA in a statement. “The process will see the safety car return to the pit lane and the cars assemble on the grid for the start.”

    No More Pooling of Engine Components

    The loophole that allowed drivers to pool engine components over a race weekend has been closed.

    “During any single event, if a driver introduces more than one of a power unit element that is subject to penalty, only the last element fitted may be used at subsequent events without further penalty,” read the statement by the FIA.

    “This is to prevent the stockpiling of spare power unit elements.”

    Fixed Tyre Choices for first 5-races of 2017

    The teams will all receive the same tyre allocations for the first 5-events of the season. This, the FIA says, is due to the fact that the deadline to submit the tyre choices occurs before pre-season testing. Pirelli will offer two sets of the hardest compound, four sets of the middle compound specification tyre and 7 of the softest compound specification tyre for the weekend.to each driver.

    One Helmet Livery Change Allowed

    Drivers will not be able to alter the liveries on their helmets once again in 2017. The FIA have given all drivers one wildcard for the season where a driver will be allowed to completely change the livery on his helmet. Drivers will also be allowed to change helmet liveries when moving between teams during a season.

     

  • FIA Confirms 21-Race Calendar for 2017

    FIA Confirms 21-Race Calendar for 2017

    The FIA approved a 21-race calendar for the 2017 season at the World Motorsport Council (WMSC) meeting which took place on Wednesday 28 Septermber 2016.

    The season will get under way on 26 March 2017 and it will end 8-months later on 26 Novemeber 2017.

    Most of the races have kept their sports apart from Malaysia and Singapore which have swapped places and 2017 will once again see a clash between the Le Mans 24 Hour and the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.

    Canada, Germany and Brazil are races, according to the calendar, subject to confirmation.

    Round Date City Country
    1 26 March Melbourne Australia
    2 9 April Shanghai China
    3 16 April Bahrain Bahrain
    4 30 April Sochi Russia
    5 14 May Barcelona Spain
    6 28 May Monte Carlo Monaco
    7 11 June Montreal Canada*
    8 18 June Baku Azerbaijan
    9 2 July Spielberg Austria
    10 9 July Silverstone United Kingdom
    11 23 July Budapest Hungary
    12 30 July Hockenheim Germany*
    13 27 August Spa-Francorchamps Belgium
    14 3 September Monza Italy
    15 17 September Sepang Malaysia
    16 1 October Singapore Singapore
    17 8 October Suzuka Japan
    18 22 October Austin USA
    19 5 November Mexico City Mexico
    20 12 November Sao Paulo Brazil*
    21 26 November Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
  • World Motor Sport Council confirms FIA’s F1 pit lane safety clampdown

    World Motor Sport Council confirms FIA’s F1 pit lane safety clampdown

    The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council have confirmed regulation changes for Formula One pit lanes, after the council voted in favour of the changes in order to increase safety in F1 pit lanes.

    In response to an incident where FOM cameraman, Paul Allen, was hit by Mark Webber’s loose wheel, the FIA announced that it wanted to make immediate changes to the regulations and pit lane rules. These changes were set to only be made in 2014 but the WMSC has voted that the changes will be made with immediate effect.

    Starting from the Hungarian Grand Prix, the pit lane speed limit will be reduced from 100 kph to 80 kph.

    Furthermore, a rule has been introduced that stipulates that all F1 team members who work on a car during pit stops must now wear helmets.

    This is stated in Article 23.11 of the revised F1 Sporting Regulations: “All team personnel carrying out any work on a car during a race pit stop must be wearing head protection.”