Following a meeting in Swiss city Geneva on Wednesday, Formula 1 governing body the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) released a statement containing a selection of information ahead of the 2011 season. In a nutshell, it contained the following aspects:
Pirelli replaces Bridgestone
Pirelli will take Bridgestone’s place as F1’s sole tyre provider for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons
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Possible FIA licences for all team personnel
As discussed earlier in the season, the FIA is considering licences for all who work in Formula 1 in order to avoid such situations as the complicated aftermath to the ‘Crashgate’ race-fixing saga; however, no decision is confirmed as yet
Safety Car restarts
Following the Monaco confusion, the FIA states that no passing must take place if the Safety Car is on-track during the final lap, although it will peel into the pit lane before the field takes the chequered flag; at any other point in a Grand Prix, racing may resume after the final Safety Car line has been crossed
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No more slow runners
Drivers will still see a countdown timer in their cockpits when the Safety Car is deployed and must not complete a lap before the timer reaches zero, in order to avoid quick laps in order to make up lost time when the Safety Car is on-track.
However, timers will also now apply for in-laps during qualifying and reconnaissance laps when the pit lane opens (ie. before the race start); in these cases, a maximum time will be established at each track to return to the Safety Car line from the pit exit line - penalties will be applied to those who take longer to complete the lap
107 percent rule returns for qualifying
The 107 percent qualifying rule returns for Q1, meaning any driver who fails to lap within 107 percent of the P1 lap time will not start Sunday’s race
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Driver-adjustable bodywork to aid overtaking
Drivers now have the power to adjust wings in order to aid overtaking; the electronic systems which allow this will be activated two laps into races and will only be usable when a driver is 1 second behind the car in front – the system will then disable automatically when the brakes are applied.
The 1 second margin may be changed following discussions between the FIA and teams/drivers
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F-ducts and other aerodynamic influences officially banned
Any devices which can be adjusted by a driver movement (such as a rear wing-stalling f-duct) to alter aerodynamic performance are banned as of 2011, as already agreed amongst teams
Car weight increases
Car weights increase to 640kg next year in order to allow KERS to be used without forcing drivers to shed body weight to stay within car weight boundaries
Fuel draining
If a fuel sample is required by the FIA after practice or qualifying, the car in question must be able to return to the pits under its own power – putting a stop to such moments as Lewis Hamilton’s in Canadian Grand Prix qualifying
Tung granted Superlicence
Dutch-Chinese GP2 driver Ho-Pin Tung (Renault tester) is granted a Superlicence by the FIA; although the DAMS pilot has not racked up 300 kilometres of test mileage, he is allowed special dispensation in accordance with GP2 results and F1 testing times – however, the Superlicence will be withdrawn if a questionable incident occurs over the course of his first four F1 weekends (a similar situation applied with the inexperienced Kimi Räikkönen back in 2001)
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