Formula One - Sporting Regulations - 2017
Formula One - Sporting Regulations - 2017
The FIA will organise the FIA Formula One World Championship (the Championship) which is the
property of the FIA and comprises two titles of World Champion, one for drivers and one for
constructors. It consists of the Formula One Grand Prix races which are included in the Formula One
calendar and in respect of which the ASNs and organisers have signed organisation agreements with
the FIA. All the participating parties (FIA, ASNs, organisers, competitors and circuits) undertake to
apply as well as observe the rules governing the Championship and must hold FIA Super Licences
which are issued to drivers, competitors, officials, organisers and circuits.
2) GENERAL UNDERTAKING
2.1 All drivers, competitors and officials participating in the Championship undertake, on behalf of
themselves, their employees, agents and suppliers, to observe all the provisions as
supplemented or amended of the International Sporting Code (the Code), the Formula One
Technical Regulations (the Technical Regulations) and the present Sporting Regulations
together referred to as the Regulations.
2.2 The Championship and each of its Events is governed by the FIA in accordance with the
Regulations. Event means any event entered into the FIA Formula One Championship Calendar
for any year commencing at the scheduled time for scrutineering and sporting checks and
including all practice and the race itself and ending at the later of the time for the lodging of a
protest under the terms of the Code and the time when a technical or sporting certification
has been carried out under the terms of the Code.
2.3 Any special national regulations must be submitted to the FIA with the original application for
inclusion of an Event on the international calendar. Only with the approval of the FIA can such
special regulations come into force for an Event.
3) GENERAL CONDITIONS
3.1 It is the competitor's responsibility to ensure that all persons concerned by his entry observe
all the requirements of the Regulations. If a competitor is unable to be present in person at
the Event he must nominate his representative in writing. The person having charge of an
entered car during any part of an Event is responsible jointly and severally with the competitor
for ensuring that the requirements are observed.
3.2 Competitors must ensure that their cars comply with the conditions of eligibility and safety
throughout practice and the race.
3.3 The presentation of a car for scrutineering will be deemed an implicit statement of
conformity.
3.4 All persons concerned in any way with an entered car or present in any other capacity
whatsoever in the paddock, pit lane, or track must wear an appropriate pass at all times.
3.5 No pass may be issued or used other than with the agreement of the FIA. A pass may be used
only by the person and for the purpose for which it was issued.
4) LICENCES
4.1 All drivers, competitors and officials participating in the Championship must hold a FIA Super
Licence. Applications for Super Licences must be made annually to the FIA through the
applicant's ASN.
4.2 In accordance with Articles 31. 5 and 38.3, the stewards may impose penalty points on a
drivers Super Licence. If a driver accrues 12 penalty points his licence will be suspended for
the following Event, following which 12 points will be removed from the licence.
Penalty points will remain on a drivers Super Licence for a period of 12 months after which
they will be respectively removed on the 12 month anniversary of their imposition.
5) CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS
5.1 Events are reserved for Formula One cars as defined in the Technical Regulations.
PART A.
THE APPLICANT
Full Company Name
Country of Incorporation
Registration Number
Date of Incorporation
Country of Residence
Registered Office
Trading Address
Tel
Fax
E-mail
Directors
Team Principal
SIGNED BY (SIGNATURE)
(PRINT NAME OF THE PERSON SIGNING)
Being a person duly authorised to sign for and on behalf of
(PRINT FULL NAME OF APPLICANT)
Date
PODIUM CEREMONY
1. MASTER OF CEREMONIES
A master of ceremonies will be appointed by the FIA to conduct and take responsibility for the
entire podium ceremony.
2. PODIUM
a) ROSTRUM AND DAIS
The dimensions of the dais must follow those found in the FIA graphic design manual.
The distance between the edge of the winner's dais and the retaining barrier of the
podium should be a minimum of 120cm to provide a walkway.
The place where each person presenting a trophy should stand must be marked on the
floor of the podium.
Trophies must be laid out on a single table on one side of the podium. The champagne
must be on the dais.
b) FLAGS
Olympic Games style "flat flags" should be used. There must be a minimum space of
50cm behind the podium structure for the flag men.
c) FLOOR
The podium and steps should be covered in green or dark blue carpet.
3. ANTHEMS
a) The national anthem of the winning driver and winning team will be played. The
Nationalities of the teams and drivers will be notified to the organiser by the FIA and
will accord with Article 9.5.2 of the Code.
b) A suitable sound system should be installed to ensure that national anthems, (initiated
by the master of ceremonies) are clearly heard with an audio link to the TV broadcast.
c) When the champagne shower begins, music should be played. This should not start
until the presenters have left the podium.
d) A commentary of the podium ceremony should be broadcast to the general public from
the platform erected for the TV cameras.
4. TROPHIES
Only 4 trophies will be presented during the podium ceremony :
a) Winning driver.
b) A representative of the winning constructor.
c) Second driver.
d) Third driver.
The trophies, which must be in the form of traditional cups, will be provided by the ASN and
must show:
a) The FIA Formula 1 World Championship official logo.
1) Any manufacturer intending to homologate a power unit for use by a team in a Championship
during the 2017-2020 period must submit to the FIA a power unit homologation dossier on or
before 28 February of the relevant year.
2) The homologation dossier must include:
a) Details of all the parts described as INC in the App. 4 Sporting regs. column of
Appendix 2 of the F1 Technical Regulations.
b) All documents required in Article a) of Appendix 9 of these regulations.
3) A power unit will be homologated for the relevant team once a complete homologation
dossier has been submitted by the relevant manufacturer and has been approved by the FIA,
such approval to take place within 14 days from the submission of the homologation dossier.
4) The homologation will be valid for a maximum of one season only, starting on the date of
approval by the FIA and ending on the start of the first Event of the following Championship.
5) Each manufacturer shall submit an homologation dossier for each team it intends to supply.
There may only be one homologation dossier per team. The dossiers for the teams supplied
by a manufacturer shall be identical, at any given time, save for differences in parts agreed by
the FIA at its absolute discretion to be solely associated with power unit installation with
different teams, provided such differences have no significant effect on car performance. The
FIA will grant dispensation from this Article (i) should the difference(s) have no effect on the
power unit price and (ii) should the team refuse such difference(s) proposed by its
manufacturer.
6) A manufacturer may apply to the FIA during the course of the homologation period to carry
out modifications to its homologated power unit.
Any changes to the homologation dossier during the homologation period must be approved
by the FIA before the first use of a new or modified homologated PU at an Event. Applications
must be made to the FIA Technical department with all necessary supporting information.
Wherever practical, the revised homologation dossier must be submitted at least 14 days
before the requested date of homologation.
7) Any new power unit manufacturer, intending to homologate a power unit during the 2017-
2020 period must provide the FIA with preliminary details of the power unit on or before 1
January of the year of the requested homologation in addition to the homologation dossier as
per Articles 1) and 2) above. In order to homologate the submitted power unit, the FIA must
also be satisfied, at its absolute discretion, that such a power unit could fairly and equitably be
allowed to compete with other homologated power units.
8) All power units must be delivered such that the seals required under Article 23.3 can be fitted.
Both the manufacturer and users of a homologated power unit must take whatever steps are
required at any time by the FIA, in its absolute discretion, to demonstrate that a power unit
used at an Event is in conformity with the corresponding power unit homologation dossier.
("Reserved for the exclusive use of competitors entered in the FIA Formula One World
Championship")
1. A competitor shall, in respect of the Listed Parts to be used in its cars in Formula One, only use
Listed Parts which are designed by it.
2. The obligation to design and use Listed Parts shall not prevent a competitor from Outsourcing
the design and/or manufacture of any Listed Parts to a third party (including an Associate of
such competitor) provided that :
a) It retains the exclusive right to use the Listed Parts in Formula One so long as it
competes in Formula One.
b) In the case of the Outsourcing of manufacture such third party shall not be a
competitor.
c) In the case of the Outsourcing of design, such third party shall not be a competitor or a
party that directly or indirectly designs Listed Parts for any competitor.
d) If part of an Outsourcing arrangement involves aerodynamic testing by a third party,
this must be carried out and reported in accordance with Appendix 8 to these Sporting
Regulations. For the avoidance of doubt, any related Restricted Wind Tunnel Testing
and Restricted CFD Simulations must take place in the wind tunnel nominated by the
relevant competitor in accordance with Paragraph 1.5 of Appendix 8 or using the CFD
hardware nominated by the relevant competitor in accordance with Paragraph 2.5 of
Appendix 8. Any such Testing or Simulations will be taken into account when assessing
the relevant competitors compliance with the usage limits defined in Section 3 of
Appendix 8.
3. a) A competitor may use non-Listed Parts designed by another competitor, if this is the
case any aerodynamic testing related to the design of such Parts must be carried out
and reported only by the competitor designing them in accordance with Appendix 8 to
these Sporting Regulations.
b) In the case of a competitor Outsourcing the design of non-Listed Parts to a third party
that is not a competitor, and such arrangement involves aerodynamic testing, this must
be carried out and reported in accordance with Appendix 8 to these Sporting
Regulations. For the avoidance of doubt, any related Restricted Wind Tunnel Testing
and/or Restricted CFD Simulations must take place in the wind tunnel nominated by the
relevant competitor in accordance with Paragraph 1.5 of Appendix 8 or using the CFD
hardware nominated by the relevant competitor in accordance with Paragraph 2.5 of
Appendix 8. Any such Testing or Simulations will be taken into account when assessing
the relevant competitors compliance with the usage limits defined in Section 3 of
Appendix 8.
4. No competitor shall be entitled :
a) To pass on or receive any information on Listed Parts (including but not limited to data,
designs or drawings) directly to or from another competitor or via an external entity or
third party.
b) To receive or supply consultancy or any other kind of services from or to another
competitor directly or via an external entity or third party in relation to Listed Parts.
5. Any information on non-Listed Parts passed on or received by a competitor or any consultancy
or any other kind of services involving a competitor in relation to non-Listed Parts shall be
strictly limited to the designs or drawings necessary for the integration of the non-Listed Parts
into the design of the car and/or the data necessary for the correct operation of the non-
Listed Parts on the car.
Survival cell as defined in Article 1.14 of the F1 Technical Regulations (with the exception of a closing
panel for the purpose of accessing the ES)
Bodywork as defined in Article 1.4 of the F1 Technical Regulations and regulated by Article 3 of the
F1 Technical Regulations with the exception of airboxes, engine exhausts and any prescribed
bodywork geometries
ENTRY FEES FOR THE 2017 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
i) The winner of the 2016 World Championship for Constructors will be required to pay a basic
fee of US$516,1281 plus US$61941 for each point gained in the 2016 World Championship for
Constructors.
ii) Every other competitor will be required to pay a basic fee of US$516,1281 plus US$51611 for
each point that competitor gained in the 2016 World Championship for Constructors.
In both cases the basic fee is due at the time of the application and the remainder by 30 November
of the year prior to the year to which this application relates.
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Indexed by US CPI
The ATR, and the definitions and rules which will apply to aerodynamic testing, are as follows:
1. Restricted Wind Tunnel Testing (RWTT)
1.1 In the context of this Appendix the words bodywork, sprung suspension and brake system air
ducts will have the same definition as those provided by Articles 1.4, 1.13 and 11.4 of the F1
Technical Regulations respectively.
1.2 RWTT is the testing by a competitor or any Associate of a competitor (as defined in Section 8
of Appendix 6) and/or by any contracted party of a competitor or of any Associate of a
competitor or any external entity working on behalf of a competitor or for its own purposes
and subsequently providing the results of its work to a competitor in a test environment of a
representation of an F1 car or sub-component in order to measure, observe or infer any
forces, displacements, pressures or air flow direction resulting directly or indirectly from the
incident air flow. The only allowable exceptions from this definition are as follows:
a) Wind tunnel testing which aims to develop components associated with cooling, or the
running of the power unit from a boundary commencing at the power unit air intake
ducts, passing through the power unit and finishing at the exit of the exhaust system,
provided that there is no direct or indirect measurement of aerodynamic force during
the test. In this context, pressure and flow measurements within a duct shall not be
considered to be measurements of aerodynamic force.
For the avoidance of doubt, any wind tunnel testing to develop bodywork parts other
than as referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above even without aerodynamic force
measurement is within the definition of RWTT.
In some cases a testing rig which was devised to develop components associated with
cooling or the running of the power unit could have the potential to offer secondary
benefits for bodywork development. Specific examples of such rigs and the additional
restrictions that apply to them are provided in Section 5.
b) Any aerodynamic test conducted by an F1 car at any Event.
c) Any aerodynamic test conducted by an F1 car during and at track testing as defined in
Article 10 of the F1 Sporting Regulations.
1.3 No RWTT may be carried out using a scale model which is greater than 60% of full size.
1.4 No RWTT may be carried out at a wind tunnel air speed exceeding 50m/s measured relative to
the scale model referred to in Paragraph 1.3.
1.5 RWTT may only be carried out in wind tunnels which have been nominated by the competitor
to the FIA. Each competitor may nominate only one wind tunnel for use in any one twelve
month period and declare it to the FIA in writing.
For the avoidance of doubt, any RWTT carried out on behalf of or for the benefit of the
competitor by an Associate (as defined in Section 8 of Appendix 6), a contracted party of the
competitor or of any Associate of the competitor or any external entity working on behalf of
the competitor or for its own purposes and subsequently providing the results of its work to a
competitor must take place in the wind tunnel nominated by the competitor, with the
exception of RWTT performed to collect the data necessary for the correct operation of non-
Listed Parts supplied by another competitor as defined in Paragraph 3 of Appendix 6 and
declared by that competitor.
For a new entrant, the nomination must be made no later than 7 days after the date on which
it officially becomes a competitor. No re-nominations may be made for at least 12 months.
Preamble : The FIA and the Commercial Rights Holder remain entitled to decide jointly that this
Appendix being withdrawn at any time if the number of Power Unit Manufacturers supplying power
units in a Championship season is less than 3 (three).
a) As part of the homologation procedure of Appendix 4 of the Sporting Regulations, any Power
Unit Manufacturer wishing to supply power units to a team must :
i) notify in writing the FIA of its intention to do so no later than 6 May (or such other date
as agreed in writing between all of the Power Unit Manufacturers and the FIA) [Note: 1
January in 2017] preceding the year during which such power units will be supplied ;
ii) agree to be bound by the provisions of the Code, the Technical Regulations, the
Sporting Regulations, the Judicial and Disciplinary Rules and all other relevant and
applicable FIA rules and/or regulations (as supplemented or amended from time to
time) and further to observe them ; and
iii) agree to be subject to the jurisdiction of the internal judicial and disciplinary bodies of
the FIA.
b) No power unit may be used in a given Championship season unless the Power Unit
Manufacturer supplying such power unit accepts and adheres to the following conditions.
Each of the Power Unit Manufacturers of an homologated power unit must :
i) provide the FIA, before 15 May (or such other date as agreed in writing between all the
Power Unit Manufacturers and the FIA) of the season preceding that in which such
power units are to be supplied, with the list of teams (clearly identifying the appointed
works/factory team, if any) to which a supply agreement has been concluded for the
given Championship season ;
ii) if called upon to do so by the FIA before 1 June (or such other date as agreed in writing
between all the Power Unit Manufacturers and the FIA) of the season preceding that in
which such power units were to be supplied, supply at least a number of teams (T)
equal to the following equation :
T = 111-A/B-C
- A = Total number of teams (including works/factory teams) having a supply
agreement concluded for the given Championship season with a New Power Unit
Manufacturer.
- B = Total number of manufacturers of homologated Power Units for the given
Championship season.
- C = Total number of New Power Unit Manufacturers for the given Championship
season.
provided that if the result contains a fraction then the fraction shall count as a full team
(e.g. 11 teams divided by 4 manufacturers = 2.75, each manufacturer must, if called
upon to do so by the FIA, supply at least 3 teams).
1 This figure will be reviewed each year as the total number of entered teams will not be known
until November preceding the Championship season. The figure of 11 covers supply of 12 teams or
less in compliance with the calculation rule.
Price :
In 2017 :
- For a New Customer Team already supplied by the same Power Unit Manufacturer in 2016:
equal to one million euros less than the price charged in 2016 all other things being equal ;
- For a New Customer Team which was not supplied by the Power Unit Manufacturer in 2016:
equal to one million euros less than the lowest price charged by that Power Unit Manufacturer
to an Existing Customer Team in 2016 all other things being equal; and
As from 2018 :
- Twelve million euros (unless agreed otherwise between the Power Unit Manufacturer and the
New Customer Team).
Regarding the amount of Price in 2017 season, in case certain Power Unit Manufacturer did not
supply power unit to any team in 2016 other than factory/works team, the Price shall be equal to
one million euros less than the price designated by Power Unit Manufacturer decided based on the
usages and practices generally recognised and respected in the market for the supply of power units
in the Championship.
Notwithstanding the above, the Price shall not be applicable to any customer team who is at any
time in breach of its payment obligations to the Power Unit Manufacturer under any supply
agreement.
The above-mentioned prices will be reviewed by the Power Unit Manufacturers and the FIA in good
faith and amended accordingly should the F1 governing bodies decide, after the 26th of April 2016,
any change to the Power Unit Technical and Sporting Regulations1 that would materially affect the
financial conditions concerning the supply of power units (except if the change is supported by at
least 75% of the Power Unit Manufacturers which, at the date of the consultation, are supplying
power units in the corresponding Championship season and have not officially announced their
intention to stop supplying power units to teams in any subsequent Championship season).
The Power Unit Technical and Sporting Regulations (based on the current 2016 F1 Technical and Sporting Regulations)
comprise :
- F1 Technical Regulations : Articles 1.10 to 1.11 and 1.19 to 1.29, Article 5, Article 19, Appendices 2 to 4.
- F1 Sporting Regulations : Articles 10.1 to 10.2 and 23.3 to 23.4, Appendix 4.
A PU and spares for all events in F1 World Championship plus 5000 km testing.
Minimum number of PUs per team to be (1 + number of PUs per driver per season
according to Sporting Regulations) x 2.
INCLUDED
Additional PUs or spares required to replace units out of service due to accident damage
or other cause induced by team will be outside the supply perimeter and will incur
additional charges
B Demo event Power Units EXCLUDED
C Transport of Power Units and support equipment from Manufacturers factory to event EXCLUDED
D Personnel to support Power Unit (5 people) at test and race events INCLUDED
E Travel, accommodation & reasonable expenses for support personnel EXCLUDED
F Quantity of manufacturer specified fuel and oil EXCLUDED
G Garage equipment defined as compulsory by Manufacturer (e.g. battery management) INCLUDED
H Garage IT equipment, connection to factory, servers, telemetry, radio, team clothing EXCLUDED
I Dyno testing of installation components (Y hours or km ) EXCLUDED