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The FIA Sporting Regulations Explained (Article 1)

November 21, 2010
Filed under: FIA by Alianora_La_Canta — 0 Comments

This is the second of a long series of entries attempting to explain the FIA Sporting Regulations. Here, I explain the things in Article 1 - which makes this a relatively short entry. Quote: 1.1 The final text of these Sporting Regulations shall be the English version which will be used should any dispute arise as to their interpretation. The FIA is based in France and its International Sporting Code is primarily in French. However most of the teams, the FOM and the locus of power in F1 are all English, which is reflected in the Sporting Regulations' language. Quote: Headings in this document are for ease of reference only and do not form part of these Sporting Regulations. This is the sort of extremely obvious thing that is only necessary because the main targets for this document are nit-picking lawyer and racer types who have learned to look for the slightest of loopholes. So if properly written, the Sporting Regulations can't provide any. Quote: These Sporting Regulations will only be amended in accordance with the provisions of The 2009 Concorde Agreement. I have never seen the 2009 Concorde Agreement - hardly surprising, since it's a secret document - but it does mean that the Sporting Regulations can't be changed on a whim. Somewhere there's a procedure which must be followed, but I don't know what that procedure is yet. Quote: 1/2 These Sporting Regulations were published on the date written below This is vitally important, especially in previous years when the regulations were frequently changed mid-season. Ironically it is only now that we have a president who makes changes far less frequently (at least on the small sample that we've seen) that the wording of Article 1.2 changed so that it didn't need to be rewritten every single revision. "Below" refers to the footer of each page of the Sporting Regulations, which has featured the date of publication for as long as I can remember. Quote: and shall apply in accordance with the provisions of The 2009 Concorde Agreement. This clause demonstrates that the Sporting Regulations are not the final word on how F1 is regulated. The Concorde Agreement doubtless has some clause which allows the FIA to apply its own Statutes and the International Sporting Code to the series, but it will have other principles that prevent the FIA from doing what it likes.

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