F1 rules

Current rules and regulations

• Chassis-An F1 car can be no more than 180 cm wide and 95 cm tall.
• The car must only have four wheels mounted externally of the body work with only the front two steered and only the back two driven. There are minimum distances allowed between the wheels and the rear and front body work.
• Engine Formula One engines must be of presribed type.Each driver is allowed to use up to eight engines during a season
• From 2010, refuelling is no longer permitted during the race meaning every car starts with a full fuel load. The 2010 season cars are about 22 cm longer than 2009 cars to accommodate the enlarged fuel tank this necessitates.
• Competitors are allowed only a limited number of tire sets during a race event: eleven dry, four intermediate, three wet, total of 18.
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  F1 Start Lights
  The pit lane opens thirty minutes before the start of a race, during which time drivers may drive around the track as .
• Two green lights signify the start of the formation lap, also known as the parade lap, during which drivers must remain in the same order (no passing) except if a car ahead has stopped due to a technical problem, or has had an accident
• The race is started by five red lights, controlled by FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting. The lights illuminate one at a time, left to right, in one-second intervals, and then go out simultaneously after an interval of between four and seven seconds. When the lights go out, the race begins. Should the start need to be aborted for any reason, all five red lights will come on as normal, but instead of going out, the three orange lights will flash. All engines are stopped and the start resumes from the five minute point.
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  Driver completed 90% of winner's race distance
  1st place	25 points
  2nd place	18 points
  3rd place	15 points
  4th place	12 points
  5th place	10 points
  6th place	8 points
  7th place	6 points
  8th place	4 points
  9th place	2 points
  10th place	1 point
  11th place onwards	No points

  
  For scoring systems prior to 2010, refer to the Drivers finishing lower than tenth place receive no points.
  If the race had for some reason to be abandoned before 75% of the planned distance (rounded up to the nearest lap) had been completed, then the points awarded are halved: 12.5, 9, 7.5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.5.