FIA Formula 1 Sporting Regulation 74.a
Unless a precautionary tyre change is necessary for clear saftey reasons, only
a punctured or damanged tyre may be changed during the race. No refueling will
be permitted whilst a car is in the pits for the purpose of changing a tyre.
>From that rule I would say the only penalty would be that you have to make 4
stops instead of 2, 2 for tyres and 2 for fuel. But you couple probably argue
that you could change tyres and fuel the car when the tyre change is
precautionary for safety reasons.
Other than that I think the penalty is exclusion if you change a tyre and it's
not punctured or safety related. Didn't someone get excluded this year
because they used a tyre with the wrong serial number.
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All the best
Aaron Johnson
#87 HP Spitfire 1500
Southern Illinois Region SCCA
home.insightbb.com/~fpspitfire
> Does anyone know the penalty under the rules for changing the tires? Either
> during the race or before?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@cox.net]
> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 1:32 PM
> To: Bill Babcock; KLynch7589@aol.com; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: F1's Cluster
>
> According to what I heard on SPEED, if they had installed the chicane, the
> FIA said that the race would be run without sanction and therefore the
> points would not count.
>
> Joe C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Babcock [mailto:BillB@bnj.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 1:30 PM
> To: 'Joe Curry'; KLynch7589@aol.com; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: F1's Cluster
>
> I watched the whole debacle. I bet Rubens wants to shoot Michael--what a
> loon. I'm sure the blame will be pointed in every possible direction, but
> I'd vote for Michelin. Of course who really can understand what's going on
> with the Indy surface, but they should have at least understood they were
> going to need something more durable.
>
> If they'd stuck the chicane in then they'd be racing in a configuration that
> no one had practiced or qualified on--lot's of room for protest and pointing
> fingers, especially if a Bridgestone-shod car crashed there. If they let
> Michelin replace the tires then they'd give a huge advantage to the
> Michelin-shod cars, at a time when Bridgestone has had to struggle against
> tire restrictions.
>
> Probably no good answers. The tire rule needs fixing.
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