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Motor Sports
1–2 players
outdoor
car, track
10 essential rules
The FIA Formula 1 Technical Regulations (Section C of the 2026 FIA Formula 1 Regulations) define what teams may build: fundamental dimensions, mass, bodywork and adjustable aerodynamics, the power unit and its energy flows, fuel, tyres, electronics, and safety structures. Formula 1 cars must comp...
Front wing flap adjustment is driven by up to two actuators and must complete the switch between Corner Mode and Straight Mode within 400 ms; on failure the system must return to Corner Mode (Article C3.10.10); The rear wing flap is driven by a single actuator, with the same 400 ms transition lim...
The Survival Cell and its impact structures must pass the frontal impact, roll structure, survival cell load, side impact, front impact and rear impact tests (Articles C13.2 to C13.7); All materials used must be commercially available (Article C15.1.3)
Only the engine and the ERS-K may propel the car and/or Recharge energy (Article C5.2.1), and the energy of the Turbo Charger's rotating parts may not be transferred to any other component (Article C5.3.1), so there is no MGU-H; Fuel energy flow must not exceed 3000 MJ/h, with no cylinder exceedi...
Chassis: single-seat car built around a Survival Cell, with a Secondary Roll Structure (Halo) made to FIA standard 8869-2018 and supplied by an FIA designated manufacturer (Article C12.4.2); Minimum mass: 724 kg plus the Nominal Tyre Mass, or 726 kg plus the Nominal Tyre Mass during Sprint Qualif...
Circuit standards, the calendar and pit lane speed limits are not set by Section C, which regulates the car; they are covered by circuit homologation and the Sporting Regulations; No refuelling during a race: fuel may not be added to nor removed from a car during a Race (Article C6.4.4); A cover ...
Each Competitor must satisfy the FIA and the stewards that its car complies with these regulations at all times during a Competition; for power units the duty extends to the PU Manufacturer (Article C1.5); The FIA technical delegate establishes the driver's reference mass (Article C4.5.1) and sel...
Only the engine and the ERS-K may propel the car and/or Recharge energy (Article C5.2.1), and the energy of the Turbo Charger's rotating parts may not be transferred to any other component (Article C5.3.1), so there is no MGU-H; Fuel energy flow must not exceed 3000 MJ/h, with no cylinder exceedi...
Section C awards no points; championship scoring is set out in the Sporting Regulations. Technically, compliance is binary: a car must comply with these regulations in their entirety at all times during a Competition (Article C1.3).
Underweight: at all times during the Competition, Car Mass must not be less than the Minimum Mass (Article C4.1); Unapproved fuel: no fuel may be used in a Competition or for Pre-Season Public Collective Testing without the prior written approval of the FIA (Article C16.4.2); Dangerous constructi...
The Halo (Secondary Roll Structure) must be made to FIA standard 8869-2018 (Article C12.4.2), and its attachments are load-tested, the centreline test applying 130.1 kN vertically downward and 51.6 kN rearward (Article C13.3.2).
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