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The FIA's new Appendix J regulations for 1966 listed a category for "Group 9 two-seater racing cars" in its draft versions, but this was amended to "Group 7 two-seater racing cars" by the time of publication of the 1966 FIA Yearbook. [1] The new Group 7 regulations specified that cars must be fitted with fenders, windshield, two seats, two ...
This is a list of FIA member organisations. [1] These are the clubs, local authorities and governing bodies that work on a more localized level to help the global Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) organise racing events, among other pursuits. There are hundreds of different groups all around the world.
The FIA identifies a championship in its International Sporting Code as either a series of competitions or a single competition. The sporting regulations for each championship declares the specific titles to be awarded to participants within, thus differentiating for example, the World Endurance Championship with a specific title World ...
The Toyota 7 was a series of racing cars developed by Toyota Motor Company in cooperation with Yamaha Motor Corporation. [2] Designed primarily for use in FIA Group 7 competition, it was Toyota's first purpose-built racing car project.
The 2E was a defining design, and the 2G was a development of that basic design. The FIA banned movable aerodynamic devices and Chaparral responded with the 2H 1969. The 2H broke new ground, seeking to reduce drag but did not achieve much success. The 2J that followed was perhaps the ultimate example of what Group 7 rules could allow in a ...
In 2012, he was among the founding members and chairman of FIA sub-region of Arab Council of Touring and Automobile Clubs. [7] In June 2013, he was appointed as the chairman of the new Motor Sport Development Task Force set up by the FIA to build a ten-year plan for the sport's global development. [9]
Ahead of the 1994 season, the FIA banned electronic driver aids such as active suspension and traction control. [12] [13] The speed of the change (the FIA was so eager to implement the ban that it initially suggested imposing the ban in the middle of the 1993 season [13]) was criticised by several drivers, who believed that it would lead to unsafe design flaws in the 1994 cars.
Hulme showed versatility by dominating the Canadian-American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) for Group 7 sports cars. As a member of the McLaren team that won five straight titles between 1967 and 1971, he won the individual Drivers' Championship twice and was runner-up on four other occasions.