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Mercedes have revealed the new look of their numbers and driver names as mandate by the FIA in the wake of last month’s Formula 1 strategy meeting requiring numbers and driver identification to be more prominent on cars starting at the Spanish Grand Prix.
FIA Formula 1 Race Director wrote to teams before the Russian Grand Prix, setting out the new requirements: “We require each car number to be clearly visible from the front of the car (Article 9.2). We feel that to be clearly visible the numbers should be no less than 230mm high, have a minimum stroke thickness of 40mm and be of a clearly contrasting colour to their background.”
“Each driver’s name (or TLA) is to be clearly legible on the external bodywork (Article 9.3).” he continued, the TLA referring to the official timing screen abbreviation for each drivers such as HAM (Hamilton), BOT (Bottas) and RIC (Ricciardo).”
“We feel that to be clearly legible the names should be no less than 150mm high, have a minimum stroke thickness of 30mm and be of a clearly contrasting colour to their background.”
“In order to fully comply with the F1 Sporting Regulations, we expect all cars to be presented in Barcelona with this new, much clearer, identification. A report will be made to the stewards concerning any car that does not comply with the above minimum requirements,” warned Whiting.
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