05/07/2013
NEWS STORY
In the wake of the boycott threat from the GPDA, FIA race director, Charlie Whiting, has issued a directive to teams in terms of tyre pressures, cambers and tyre swapping.
A statement issued ahead of today's opening practice session reads:
"For safety reasons, we have been asked by Pirelli to ensure that the tyres on all cars are run under the conditions listen below. It will be the responsibility of each team to satisfy the FIA technical delegate that their cars comply with the following requirements at all times:
1: Minimum starting pressure front and rear: 16psi
2: Minimum stabilised running pressure front: 20psi
3: Minimum stabilised running pressure rear: 19psi
4: Maximum negative EOS camber front: 4.0 degrees
5: Maximum negative EOS camber rear: 2.5 degrees
6: Front and rear tyre must be used on the side of the car for which they were originally designated (no swapping from side-to-side)
7: The blanket strategies set out in 13RO9NUR Preview 3 must be observed.
For more insight into the practice of tyre swapping, check out technical editor Matt Somerfield's excellent feature