Technical regulations
Wheels and tyres
Formula 1 car must have four uncovered wheels and all must be made of the same metal material that has to be one of the two…
Weight
Cars must weigh at least 743 kg at all times during an event (including the driver and safety equipment, but not fuel). The …
Gearbox
Formula 1 cars use semi-automatic gearboxes which must have eight forward ratios and one reverse gear all made from steel …
TV cameras and timing transponders
During the Grand Prix weekend all cars must have at least four camera housings on specific location …
Suspension and steering systems
Bolidi Formule 1 moraju imati konvencionalni ovjes. Zabranjen je bilo koji sustav, poput aktivnog ovjesa, koji mijenja ovjes…
Static load tests
Formula 1 cars and its survival cell must pass several strict static load tests …
Safety equipment
All cars must be equipped with a fire extinguisher which operates in the cockpit and engine compartment, as well as many oth…
Roll structure testing
All Formula 1 cars must pass roll structure tests before they're allowed to take to the track …
Power unit and ERS
Power unit formula was introduced in 2014. and consists of six separate elements and four of each are avalaible to each driv…
Oil and cooling systems
The design and location of the oil tanks on F1 cars are strictly controlled in order to minimize the risk of oil leakage …
Sporting regulations
2019 F1 season rules changes explained
Formula 1 enters the jubilee 70th season in its history with a number of changes in the sporting and technical regulations -…
All technical and sporting 2018 F1 changes
Overview of F1 2018 rules changes …
2017 F1 season changes
Overview of the most important 2017 F1 season changes …
Tyres
Since 2007, Formula 1 has a single tyre supplier (Bridgestone 2007 - 2010, Pirelli since 2011). Today, all teams must use id…
Testing
To reduce costs, FIA limited number of testing kilometers to 15 000 in 2009., but promotional and demonstration events (two …
Suspending and resuming a race
If competitors or officials are placed in immediate physical danger by cars running on the track the race will be suspended …
Spare cars
Every Formula 1 team may not use more than two racs at any one time during an Event …
Weighing and scrutineering
FIA appointed scrutineers have the power to check all cars at any point during an Event to ensure their legality and safety …
Safety car
In the event of an accident or extremly poor conditions, FIA has two main methods of neutralising a practice session or race…
Starting procedure
At each Grand Prix, teams and drivers must comply with very strict starting procedure which begins 30 minutes before the for…