The FIA enforces compliance with the recommendations made by Pirelli
Pirelli managed to convince the FIA that its camber recommendations must be scrupulously followed by all teams on the grid.
Pirelli has decided to review the camber limits for its tires for the Italian Grand Prix, following the issues encountered at Spa-Francorchamps. However, the Italian manufacturer didn’t intend to stop there and has hinted in recent days that it would bring the matter before the FIA to ensure that teams are required to comply with its recommendations. The governing body confirmed today that any non-compliant single-seater could face penalties up to exclusion.
Following discussions with team directors on Thursday, we can confirm that we will be checking the camber settings after the qualifying session to ensure that the recommendations made by Pirelli are followed, states an FIA press release.
« Any single-seater whose settings are outside these limits will be reported to the stewards as a breach of Article 2.3 of the F1 technical regulations (Dangerous Construction). To assist this procedure, and to serve as a reference if the suspension components are dismantled during Parc Fermé, we request teams to provide Jo Bauer (the FIA technical delegate) with a sheet of the settings for the qualifying session in a sealed envelope before the start of the third practice session », adds the statement.
The article 2.3 invoked by the statement stipulates that a single-seater may be excluded from a race weekend if its construction is considered dangerous.
At Spa-Francorchamps, two weeks ago, several teams had some concerns about tire longevity because they had little running on dry conditions. But Pirelli realized that certain teams, especially the leading ones, were not following its recommendations on camber limits. Red Bull in particular, the team having experienced some durability issues with its tires in Belgium.
And since Pirelli’s recommendations are only limits that should be avoided, teams were not required to adhere to them, but this will no longer be the case as the FIA has decided that this matter could jeopardize driver safety, and teams will now have to comply with Pirelli’s recommendations.
