Formula 1's sporting regulations have been tweaked to help the sport’s new owners pursue their plans to organise more demonstration events along the lines of July’s F1 Live event in London. The change will make it easier for teams to run their current cars away from race weekends and official test sessions next year, but only at events organised by the commercial rights holder.  The rules contain tight restrictions on the testing of current cars, or TCC. Such cars are officially defined as those built to the regulations of the previous season, the current season, and the following season. Hitherto in addition to races, official testing and “promotional events” (or filming days),...
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