The FIA has clarified the restrictions it will impose on driver aids in 2016 relating to radio and pit board communications.
Article 20.1 of the sporting regulations states 'The driver must drive the car alone and unaided', with the regulation set to be enforced more strictly next season. In preparation for the change, the FIA sent a technical directive to all of the F1 teams last weekend, giving a list of specific messages which will be permitted in 2016.
The majority of the allowed messages relate to the state of the car, pit decisions and competitor information, with the main focus of the restrictions designed to prevent teams from telling drivers which changes to make to the car to optimise its performance. Messages relating to fuel saving are also banned.
The full list of permitted messages is as follows:
*These are the only messages that may be passed to the driver, whilst he is in the car and on the track, from the time the car leaves the garage for the first time after the pit lane is open on the day of the race until the start of the race
New regulations relating to the start procedure are already being introduced at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix, with the clutch bite point having to have been fixed by the time drivers leave the pits to head to the grid. Teams are also limited in the information they can give to their drivers over the radio ahead of the start of the race.
At present, drivers have two clutch paddles with which to engage the clutch bite point and launch the car. From 2016, the FIA's technical directive states "only a single clutch operating device may be used for the start". The plan is then to move to a standardised clutch in 2017.
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