Having spent many weeks brewing behind the scenes, the revised 21.1 article of the sporting regulations now reads ‘In order for drivers to be easily distinguished from one another whilst they are on the track, the crash helmet of each driver must be presented in substantially the same livery at every event during a Championship season’.
In addition to the change on helmet designs the FIA have also revised article 21.2 of the regulations covering driver numbers, which now ensures that drivers will only lose their chosen numbers should they ‘not participate in an (F1) event for two entire consecutive Championship seasons’. Thus, this means that drivers who competed at any point during the 2014 campaign will keep their numbers until the start of the 2017 season.