Formula 1’s technical regulations for 2019 have been handed its first tweak after a meeting between the F1 Strategy Group as well as the F1 Commission at the FIA headquarters in Paris, while the 2021 rules begin to take shape. Both FIA President Jean Todt and F1 CEO Chase Carey were present to confirm three key alterations to next year’s rules which sees a 5kg increase in race fuel allowance, making a driver’s weight separate from the car to stop bigger drivers being unfairly penalised plus the mandatory use of biometric gloves by all drivers. The fuel load boost has been installed to allow F1 cars to stay on full power for the full race rather than having to go into fuel-saving...
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