Some news came out of the FIA headquarters today regarding next season. So here are some key notes that stuck out to me...
Rules:
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- Further to a request from Mercedes, it will be permitted to supply engines to a maximum of four Formula 1 teams in 2014.
- A penalty point system for drivers will be introduced. If a driver
accumulates more than 12 points he will be banned from the next race.
Points will stay on the driver’s licence for 12 months. The amount of
points a driver may be given for infringements will vary from one to
three depending upon the severity of the offence.
- Track testing will now also be permitted in January 2014 in order to allow earlier testing of the new power units.
- No manufacturer will be allowed to homologate more than one power unit
during the homologation period from 2014-2020. Changes to the
homologated unit will continue to be permitted for installation,
reliability or cost saving reasons.
- The pit lane speed limit, which is currently set at 60km/h for the free
practice sessions and 100km/h for the qualifying practice and race
(60km/h for the whole event in Melbourne, Monaco and Singapore), has
been amended so it is set at 80km/h for the whole event (except the
three races mentioned which would stay at 60km/h for the whole event).
This is for safety reasons, as most accidents happen during the race
when the speed limit is higher; drivers also have very little chance to
practice stopping from 100km/h until the race.
Tech:
- Personal favorite.... Measures have been put in place to ensure that the cars do not
incorporate a step in the chassis behind the nose. These changes will
also ensure that a genuine low nose, introduced for safety reasons, is
always used. (basically, the Platypus nose is DEAD!!!)
- The minimum weight limit has been raised by 5kg, as the power unit is now likely to weigh more than originally expected.
- In order to ensure that the cockpit rims either side of the driver’s head
are stronger, the amount of deflection during the static load tests has
been reduced from 20mm to 5mm.
Oh happy day! the platypus has been put out to pasture but we all knew that the cars were going to have some changes, the penalty phase... Honestly, I didn't see this coming but considering repeat offenders such as Roman Grosjean & Pastor Maldanado would get hit the hardest with this rule. The only other rule I didn't see was about the engine freeze but it wouldn't surprise me if it happens.
This also kind of bothered me, but then again it could be the language...
The FIA President and the Commercial Rights Holder advised that
negotiations regarding the Concorde Agreement were close to conclusion
with the intention the contract between the FIA and FOM will be signed
in the near future.
In all honesty... Shouldn't this have been done I dunno months ago?
Last but not least as a final treat, Renault has released the sound of their v6 engines which would power the F1 cars but also could power possible LeMans cars as well, only time will tell. IMO, the sound is fantastic & going in the right direction.
http://www.renaultsport.com/Come-on-feel-the-noise,2630.html?lang=en
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