F1 is planning to abandon its planned new sporting regulations format

Formula One is planning to abandon a 2022 change to a brand new set of FIA racing regulations.

Instead, the championship will follow an updated version of the current format, which will include any necessary changes.

The current sporting regulations developed organically during the last few decades, originally under the supervision of the late FIA race director Charlie Whiting.

While they generally follow the order of events that occur over the course of a race weekend – from practice to race – not everything is always in the same order.

It was decided to rewrite the sporting regulations with a fresh eye as part of the build-up to the introduction of the new technical regulations, which have been postponed from 2021 to 2022.

The general idea was to match the layout and style of the technical regulations more closely.

With advice from single-seater technical boss and rules specialist Nikolas Tombazis and F1’s sporting director Steve Nielsen, the FIA completed this mission.

The first version was made available on the FIA website in October of last year, and the most current update was made public in April of this year. Despite the new layout, the content remained substantially the same, with a few specific updates for the new era.

Further adjustments for 2022 have been discussed in talks between team managers and the FIA.

However, in recent weeks, there has been an agreement that it may be better to stick with the current regulation format, with any required updates for 2022 added.

In essence, the teams and the FIA are familiar with the current regulations and know exactly where to find relevant articles and paragraphs at short notice, so there was little appetite for a complete change that would involve everyone having to learn the new article numbers and layout.

Furthermore, prior to the British Grand Prix, a significant amount of work was required to include all of the sprint weekend regulations into the existing document. It would have taken significantly more effort to include them in the 2022 version.

A final decision to remain with the current regulation format is expected to be made during a meeting next week, according to reports. If that happens, specific changes for 2022 will have to be made, such as changes to the weekend schedule and curfew hours.

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