The Federation International de l’Automobile (FIA) is re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic yet again. This time bringing in legislation that the drivers cannot change their helmet design during the course of the 2015 season.
It must be wonderful knowing that everything else is hunky-dory, so they can now look at the final major problems like helmet design. Very shortly I expect a bulletin detailing what color socks may be worn on GP weekends.
A good friend (who can remain nameless just in case the FIA starts a witch hunt) gave me a copy of Scrutineer Technical Documents. Just simply amazing! There is even a formula to show how high the sides of the racing boot must be to remain legal. And for those of you waiting with bated breath, it is 0.15 x length + 7.5 in centimeters.
And if you ever wondered at the number of officials in the pits, they are made up of the following:
Tyre allocation team 2
Initial scrutineering team 6
Garage scrutineers 6
Tyre checkers 10
Weighing platform scrutineers 5
Pushing car marshals 6
Fire Marshals 2
Chief scrutineer 1
I’ll add them up for you – that’s 38!
Now what the scrutineers check for includes seeing the car number on the driver’s helmet and that leg padding is 25 mm thick. Wow!
