The FIA technical regulations and publishes the official sports for 2012

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We collect the most relevant changes for next season

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has officially published the sporting and technical regulations for next season 2012 of Formula 1. Destacablesa Among the most technical level, opening items chassis and aerodynamics have changed, as well as slight modifications in matters of weight, size, gearbox and exhaust. In the sports section, it rewrites the rules in the defense of the position in the race. Aspects of tests, use of tires and advancement of the safety car bent on track have also been revised.


CHANGES IN THE REGULATIONS SPORTS

- Article 20.2: A pilot may not deliberately leave the court without a justifiable reason.


- Article 20.3: No more than a change of address to defend the position. A pilot who wants to enter defended his position having drawn out of it, you should leave at least the width of a car between his own and the curb to get to the curve.


- Article 22.4: No tests can be performed:

As a Grand Prix is ​​underway
During the month of August
Between the beginning of the first week before the first date of the Championship and 31 December of that year with one exception: three days of testing at a location approved by the FIA ​​for F1 cars.

- Article 25.2: Number of tires during an event (Grand Prix): Following a recommendation from tire supplier to the FIA, all drivers will have available an extra set of 'prime' or 'option'. Teams will be informed of this additional set at least one week before the event.


a) The FIA ​​technical delegate assigned eleven sets of dry tires to each pilot, six of the harder compound and five of the softer compound.


c) Of the remaining dry tires, return to the supplier (Pirelli) one set of each compound before the start of the qualifying session.


g) be penalized under Article 16.3 (b) the pilot uitilice no rain tires when the safety car is on track under these conditions.


- Article 38.11 a) Starting from the grid to complete the formation lap must be made to the speed limit in the pit lane until it exceeds the position of the Pole.


- Section 40.12: If the race director thinks it is safe to do so and the message 'The cars can be folded forward now' shown in the timing monitors, any car that has been dubbed by the race leader must overtake cars the head and the safety car.


This only applies to cars that have been bent when they had crossed the line at the end of the lap during which he had crossed the first safety car line for the second time, once the safety car was out on track.


Once developed the cars of the head and the safety car, these cars must be on the track with an appropriate speed, without overtaking, and take the position at the end of the line of cars behind the safety car. While forward (stop regain their position), and in order to ensure that it can be done safely, turn the cars must be kept in the drawn deviate from it unless unavoidable.


If the commissioner believes that the race track conditions are not adequate to advance the message 'Overtaking is not allowed' is displayed on the monitors of times.


CHANGES IN THE TECHNICAL REGULATIONS

- Section 3.7.9: No part of the chassis located 1960mm (1.9 meters) in front of the rear of the cockpit may be more than 550mm above the reference plane.


- Section 3.8.5: Once the surface of the chassis complies with Rule 3.8.4, the openings in the chassis only be used for the following function:

Openings on both sides of the car to the exhaust system. Together, these openings must not exceed an area of ​​50,000 square millimeters. The openings may be located no less than 350mm from each other.

- Article 4.2, weight distribution: Only 2012 and 2013, the weight applied to the front and rear tires should not be less than 291 and 342 kilograms respectively, during the entire qualifying session. If when necessary for testing, the car is not equipped with dry tires, weighed with a set of dry tires selected by the FIA ​​technical delegate.


- Section 5.8.1: With the exception of accidental leaks may not emerge or enter the exhaust system all liquids except those that emerge from the engine itself.


- Section 5.8.2: The exhaust system may not have more than two outputs. Both should be directed backwards and all gases must pass through them. The last 100mm exhaust outlets shall be staggered chassis.


- Section 9.8.1: The automatic shifter is considered an aid to the pilot and is not allowed. When changing gears, clutch and throttle need not be under the control of the pilot.


- Section 9.8.2: Changing gears is restrictive in the following period:

Start of the race: Only allowed to make a change in the output gear before the car has exceeded 100km / h. Thus, any gear should be able to accelerate from 0-100km / h to 18,000 revolutions per minute.