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Each new Formula One season sees a raft of major and minor regulation updates, aimed at achieving a range of different objectives - and 2008 is no different. Some have been well publicized, such as the ban on traction control, others less so, such as the loss of qualifying’s ‘fuel burn’ phase.

The Renault team provides an analysis of the major updates as well as the impact to the teams in part 1 of a 2 part article at The Official Formula 1 Website

Included in the updates being discussed in part 1 are:

• the widening of the engine homologation perimeter
• the Microsoft-MES SECU (Standard Electronic Control Unit)
• increased lateral driver head protection by revising the cockpit entry template
• the list of approved materials from which a car can be built

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Part 2 of the Regulations Update focuses on some important revisions to the sporting regulations - revisions that could have a major effect on the outcome of races this season.

Included in this part are:

• a redefinition of testing which results in exempting young driver evaluations from the annual limit on testing
• further limiting the number of cars a team may have at any event to 2
• the “long-life principle” has now been extended to include gearboxes
• refueling no longer allowed between the end of qualifying and the race
• move to the 20/15/10 format for knockout qualifying

Read the full article here.