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FIA approves stricter separation rules for F1 teams from 2027
The FIA has approved stricter rules for Formula 1 teams, due to take effect in 2027.
They require teams to keep F1 work separate from other activities within their companies, such as product development and other racing programmes.
The rules follow concerns that non-F1 staff may have helped F1 teams while their pay fell outside the spending cap.
F1 and non-F1 staff will have separate work areas and IT systems, with restricted shared facilities such as simulators usable by only one group at a time.
Teams must also keep electronic access logs for restricted areas, which the FIA can check.
The changes are meant to stop teams gaining an unfair advantage by using staff or facilities whose costs are not counted under the cap.
They may also increase teams’ staffing costs and make it harder to share expertise across company projects.
The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council approved stricter rules separating Formula 1 staff and operations from teams’ non-F1 activities.
The measures are intended to prevent teams from using non-F1 staff or resources to get around the F1 cost cap.
The rules take effect in 2027 and require teams to separate staff, facilities and IT systems.
F1 and non-F1 staff will not be allowed to work in the same offices or occupy shared restricted areas at the same time.
The changes are expected to increase staffing and costs and reduce collaboration between teams’ F1 and other divisions.
- Who
- The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council approved the rules, which apply to Formula 1 teams.
- What
- New rules will separate F1 personnel and operations from teams’ non-F1 activities.
- When
- Approved this week and set to apply from 2027.
- Where
- At Formula 1 teams’ facilities and across their operations.
- Why
- To prevent teams from exploiting non-F1 staff and resources to evade the cost cap.
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The FIA introduced TD45, requiring intellectual property transferred from technology divisions to F1 teams to be accounted for under the cost cap.
The FIA approved new operational regulations to separate F1 and non-F1 activities.
The new separation rules are due to take effect.
- Approving body
- FIA World Motor Sport Council
- Implementation
- 2027
- Staff separation
- F1 and non-F1 staff cannot work in the same offices
- Shared restricted areas
- F1 and non-F1 personnel cannot occupy them at the same time
- Access logs
- Must be kept for three years