The World Motorsport Council, which met today in Paris, took important decisions on the WRC technical and sporting regulations in order to improve the working conditions of the teams, the driving conditions for the drivers, but also to further improve the sustainability of the World Championship.
The first measure, perhaps the most important one, is linked to the time available to the teams to get the retired cars back on track and restart them the following day.
Until now, the time available to the teams to fix the cars was 3 hours. With the introduction of the new hybrid vehicles, the Rally1, which took place at the beginning of the year, the Council decided to increase the hours available to mechanics to 4.
That’s not all, because this time can be – optionally – split into a maximum of two time sections in order to improve the workload of the teams before and after the evening services at the end of the stage.
Anti heat modifications approved
From the Rally of Portugal onwards, the crews who are driving hybrid Rally1 cars have had to deal with very high temperatures due not only to the hot climate, but also to the presence of the electric package behind them (positioned between the cockpit and the rear axle and the different design and positioning of the exhaust terminal (which now passes under the navigator’s seat).
The Council approved the proposals relating to the opening of the rear window and the air intake on the roof of Rally1 cars. These require the support of the Homologation Commission to address the interior temperature problems that have been encountered in recent rallies.
Road book by mail
The FIA has been pursuing the path of sustainability for several years and the WRC is also heading in that direction. The World Council has in fact decided that the road book will no longer be sent by post in paper format, but will arrive by email before the event.
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