The FIA will introduce a brand new part to its Method 1 guidelines from 2026, referred to as the Operational Rules.
The governing physique of motorsport additionally confirmed it’s altering the language of F1’s guidelines to make them gender-neutral all through. The present laws refer solely to male rivals.
F1 groups are already ruled by the Sporting Rules, Technical Rules and Monetary Rules. The latter, launched in 2021, is informally often known as the finances cap. As with all FIA-sanction sequence they need to additionally abide by the Worldwide Sporting Code.
At present’s assembly of the FIA World Motor Sports activities Council accredited the introduction of a brand new part referred to as the Operational Rules. It will “regulate sure F1 staff actions that happen away from the race weekend,” mentioned the FIA in a press release. “For this preliminary model of those laws, sure parts which have traditionally been included within the Sporting Rules have been transferred, akin to limitations to aerodynamic testing, energy unit testing and obligatory shutdown durations.”
The FIA has launched restrictions on these areas lately with a purpose to cut back groups’ spending and to make sure workers have satisfactory break durations between competitions. This was seen as obligatory because the F1 calendar grew to a file 24 rounds this yr.
The FIA changed masculine terminology with gender-neutral language in its rule books for Method 2 and Method 3 final yr. For instance, one passage which beforehand said “the stewards could disqualify him from the race” now reads “the stewards could disqualify the driving force from the race.”
The WMSC confirmed it has now made the identical change for F1’s guidelines. All three competitions are open to each genders, however though ladies have competed in F2 and F3 in current seasons, none have tried to qualify for an F1 race since 1992. The final lady to take part in an F1 race weekend was Susie Wolff in 2015. She is now the CEO of all-female junior racing sequence F1 Academy.
Different modifications had been accredited for subsequent yr’s guidelines together with ‘warmth hazard’ guidelines which would require drivers to put on cooling gear in excessive climate circumstances. The Monetary Rules for 2025 and 2026 have been up to date to exclude sure actions from the finances cap for sustainability causes.
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