The FIA did not completely cancel the notorious Technical Directive 39/22, but simply suspended it with a communication sent to the teams, the F1 promoter and to Pirelli, Formula 1’s sole tire supplier, before the start of the 2023 season.
According to Motorsport Italy, the International Federation informed through a spokesperson that the matter now seems under control and it has been made official that the FIA will no longer apply a limit, at least for the next period:
“We have also communicated to the teams that if the issues reappears later, we will reintroduce it at very short notice. Since everything is already in place, we could restart the data rollout relatively quickly.”
It is therefore correct to make this clarification following the news that we have published a few days ago, although the substance does not change in the end. But the most interesting aspect of the note is that the FIA seems to have accepted the general criticism on the need not to keep the Technical Directives confidential:
“We aim to make all Technical Directives public very soon. This will improve the level of access and understanding of the technical rules for both the media and the fans in the future”.
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Let’s expect a positive change in the coming months and realize that it is not easy to change an approach that is the result of a past which no longer has a reason to exist. Let’s hope that this positive plan will soon be implemented, which would allow for greater transparency of the rules.
