Technical Regulations:
- The two rear win plates will be bridged to prevent flexing
- Minimum weight is now 605 kgs at all times
- Any device used to step up or increase the primary regulated voltage is prohibited
- A red, blue and yellow warning system must be installed in every car
- Practice sessions 1 and 2 will be extended by 30 minutes each
- Each team will be allowed to run additional drivers during those sessions provided that only one additional driver is used in any one session
- The colour of the on board camera of the second car must be predominantly fluorescent yellow
- The sole tyre supplier will make available identical quantities and specifications of tyres to all teams
- Fourteen sets of dry-weather tyres, four sets of wet weather tyres and three sets of extreme-weather tyres will be available to each driver for the event. However, no driver may use more than a total of four sets of dry-weather tyres during P1 and P2, no more than two sets being of one specification
- Each team will be allocated eight sets of dry-weather tyres, four of each specification, for use during P1 and P2. These are the only dry-weather tyres which may be used during these sessions and must be returned to the tyre supplier before the start of P3
- Each driver will be allocated ten further sets of dry-weather tyres, five of each specification, for use during the remainder of the Event. However, one set of each specification must be returned to the tyre supplier before the start of the qualifying practice session and may not be used during the remainder of the Event
- Unless he has used wet or extreme-weather tyres during the race, each driver must use at least one set of each specification of dry-weather tyres during the race
- For the purpose of the 2 event engine rule, an event comprises the 3rd practice session, qualifying and the race
- Only homologated engines may be used at an event during 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
- In the event of a driving infringement during any practice session the Stewards may drop the driver such number of grid positions as they consider appropriate. Unless it is completely clear that a driver committed a driving infringement any such incident will normally be investigated after the relevant session, any penalty imposed shall not be subject to appeal
- With the exception of the qualifying session, practice time will not be extended as a result of an interruption
- From the time at which the "SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED" message is displayed no car may enter the pit lane until all cars on the track have formed up in a line behind the safety car and the message "PIT LANE OPEN" is shown on the timing monitors. A ten second time penalty will be imposed on any driver who enters the pit lane before the second message is shown on the timing monitors. However, any car which was in the pit entry or pit lane when the safety car was deployed will not incur a penalty.
If it is deemed necessary for the safety car to use the pit lane cars following it will not incur a penalty but may not stop in their designated garage areas until the message "PIT LANE OPEN" is shown on the timing monitors. A ten second time penalty will be imposed on any driver who stops in his designated garage area before the second message is shown on the timing monitors.
In both the above cases no penalty will be imposed if a driver enters the pits or stops in his designated garage area for the sole purpose of changing from dry-weather to wet or extreme-weather tyres or from wet to extreme-weather tyres without refuelling or carrying out any further work on the car
- When the clerk of the course considers it safe to do so, and the message "LAPPED CARS MAY NOW OVERTAKE" is shown on the timing monitors, any lapped cars between the cars running on the lead lap will be permitted to pass the cars on the lead lap and the safety car and then proceed around the track at an appropriate speed, without overtaking, and take up position at the back of the line of cars behind the safety car.
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