Formula 1 cars and its survival cell must pass several strict static load tests. The tests must be carried in presence of an FIA technical delegate.
Many other parts of F1 car must pass static load tests – fuel tank floor, the cockpit floor, the cockpit rim, the cockpit sides, the side impact structurem the nose and the rear impact structure
All those parts must pass static load tests, as well as impact and roll tests, before car is allowed to take to the track.
2022 FIA F1 Technical Regulations
13.3.1 The principal roll structure must be subjected to the following static test:
a. Rubber 3mm thick may be used between the load pads and the roll structure.
b. The peak load must be applied in less than three minutes and be maintained for 10 seconds.
c. Under the load, deformation must be less than 25mm when measured along the loading axis and any structural failure limited to 100mm below the top of the roll structure when measured vertically.
d. A load equivalent to 60kN laterally, 70kN longitudinally in a rearward direction and 105kN vertically, must be applied to the top of the structure through a rigid flat pad which is 200mm in diameter and perpendicular to the loading axis.
e. During the test, the roll structure must be attached to the survival cell which is supported on its underside on a flat plate, fixed to it through its engine mounting points and wedged laterally by any of the static load test pads described in Article 13.4.2.
13.3.2 The secondary roll structure attachments must be subjected to the following two static tests. For each test:
a. Rubber 3mm thick may be used between the load pads and the roll structure.
b. A secondary roll structure as prescribed by 12.4.2 must be fitted.
c. The loads shall be applied using a 150mm diameter flat, rigid pad whose centre lies in the specified loading position. The pad shall have only one translational degree of freedom, this being along the axis of load application.
d. For each test, peak loads must be applied in less than three minutes and be maintained for five seconds.
e. After five seconds of application, there must be no failure of any part of the survival cell or of any attachment between the structure and the survival cell.
