After a meeting of the Formula One Commission in Austria, the FIA has defined that the new metric for limiting kicks will take effect in Belgium - no longer in France
The FIA (International Automobile Federation) announced on Friday (8), via social networks, that the technical directive it intends to implement to limit the torque of Formula 1 cars has been postponed to the Belgian GP, and no longer to Paul Ricard, as previously planned.
In an official statement released ahead of qualifying for the sprint race to be held at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, the organization chaired by Mohamed bin Sulayem announced that, thanks to feedback and consultations with the car manufacturers, the directive has been postponed to Paul Ricard.As a result of feedback and consultation with the teams, it has given the organization the notion of changing the idea of the directive, announced last June 16, until more information is obtained.
"On the technical directive that addresses safety concerns related to vertical oscillations of cars - also called poring, after feedback and consultation with the teams to allow them to make necessary updates to the parts of the car floor that will allow an application of the metric used in the directive," said the chairman.After feedback and consultation with the teams to allow them to make necessary updates to those parts of the car floor that will allow an application of the metric used to measure the wobble of all cars, the implementation of the draft technical directive given to the teams before the British GP will come into effect for the Belgian GP," said the joint FIA and F1 statement.
The document also points out that the FIA's increased scrutiny, which began at the Canadian GP, remained in effect. "Several actions were proposed to address this issue in the 2023 Technical Regulations and were discussed, with clear directions to be taken by the Technical Consultation Committee," it ended.
Regarding the other technical issue, the finalization of guidelines for F1's next generation of engines, the statement said only that a settlement "is close."
What is AOM, the metric that the FIA intends to implement in the next stages?
The so-called Aerodynamic Oscillation Metric (AOM) can force a team to raise the height of the car if it is proven that excessive pitching will be harmful to the drivers - and risk being excluded from the GP if it does not comply.
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