Regulation of the Formula 1 1999

This page presents the most important points of the sporting and technical payments of season 1999 of Formule 1.

Sporting payment (innovations in bold characters)

the attribution of the points is carried out according to scale 10 (1st), 6 (2nd), 4 (3rd), 3 (4th), 2 (5th), 1 (6th) and all the results count.
the GP must last 2 hours to the maximum and to have a distance ranging between 305 and 320 km.
More meeting of préqualifications.
free Tests limited to 30 turns in the course of the day: Friday of 11:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 14:00.
free Tests limited to 30 turns on the whole of the two meetings of the morning: Saturday of 09:00 to 09:45 and 10:15 to 11:00.
Tests qualifiers limited to 12 turns: Saturday of 13:00 to 14:00.
a meeting of rolling test in configuration of race (warm-up) is organized Sunday morning, of 10:00 to 10:30.
a second warm-up of fifteen minutes can be organized if the weather conditions planned for the race change drastiquement compared to the conditions met at the time of the first warm-up.
Tout pilot whose time of qualification exceeds of 7% the time of the pole-position will not be authorized to take the departure (except on decision of the sporting police chiefs taken because of exceptional conditions having prevented the competitor from defending its chances).
In the event of problem on its single-seater of race, a pilot has the right to use a " mulet" during the tests qualifiers.
speed in the stands is limited to 80 km/h during the tests and 120 km/h in race (except with the GP of Monaco, 80 km/h).
Two qualities of gums " sec" and three qualities of " pluie" are available to each GP.
Each pilot must choose before the beginning of the qualifications the quality of the tires which it will use at the same time in qualification then in race.
Quota of tires allocated per weekend: 32 tires " sec" (instead of 40), 10 " pluie".
Limitation of the tests deprived at 50 days except weekend of race enters the first and the last GP of the season.
25 of these 50 days will be collective and on the same circuit, the 25 other days will be used with discretion on a circuit with the choice approved by TRUSTED.
If a pilot bails out of a 10 second old stop-and-go in the 5 last turns of race, it does not have to carry out any more the sorrow which will be converted into a 25 seconds penalty coming to be added to its time of total travel.

Technical payment (innovations in bold characters)

Engine

Driving atmospheric 4 times of 12 cylinders maximum and 3.000 cm ³ of cubic capacity.
Engine supercharged prohibited.
Pistons of circular section obligatory.
5 valves per cylinder to the maximum.

Transmission

obligatory Gear box from 4 to 7 reports/ratios.
obligatory Step back.
semi-automatic System of authorized change.
Transmission with the aft wheels exclusively.
Prohibition of the control systems of traction.
Prohibition of the systems of antipatinage.
Prohibition of the systems of anti-locking of the wheels.

Fuel and fluids

Fuel worked out starting from the basic components of the fuel commercial.
Reduction of the rate of sulfur and benzene of the fuel compared to 1998.
obligatory System of oil overflow in the air inlet (and either with the free air).
flexible, puncture-proof Tank fuel with car-sealing drains.

Structure of the single-seater

minimum of the single-seater, pilot Weight included/understood: 600 kg.
interior minimal Height and width of the hull: 300 mm at the level of the nose gear wheels.
more severe Crash landing-test.
minimal Distance enters the top of the helmet of the pilot and the top of the arch carried to 70 mm (against 50 mm).
Bucket interdependent of the pilot (the pilot can be extracted the car strapped to its seat).
Overall width of the single-seater: 1,80 Mr.
maximum Width on the level of the aileron before: 140 cm.
maximum Width on the level of the aft wheels: 100 cm.
Height of the back aileron: 100 cm maximum.
Length of the car behind of the axis of the aft wheels: 50 cm.
Length of the car in front of the axis of the nose gear wheels: 120 cm.
No maximum or minimal length imposed single-seater.

Brakes

Double obligatory brake system.
Clamps of aluminum brakes with 6 pistons to the maximum.
Thickness of the discs limited to 28 mm, diameter limited to 278 Misters

Wheels

maximum Width of the complete wheel: 380 mm with the back and 255 mm with the front one.
Diameter of the complete wheel: 660 Misters
System restraint of the wheels by cable to avoid their take-off at the time of pile-up.
obligatory Slotting of the tires: 4 scratches with before as with the back (3 only with before in 1998).
Scratches of 2,5 mm depth, 14 mm of width on the surface and 10 mm at the bottom of the throat.

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