The publication demonstrates the major steps forward that the FIA Institute has made in motor sport safety research and development since it launched.

Professor Sid Watkins, FIA Institute President, commented: “It is the FIA Institute’s commitment to rapid progress which is perhaps the most satisfying. In our first two years we have already commissioned more than 50 projects, the vast majority of which will have a very significant bearing on the way we go racing and rallying.”

The review’s content comprises a look at the work of the FIA Institute’s six research and working groups and an outline of the new Centre of Excellence programme. It also includes endorsements from drivers and senior industry figures, such as Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Loeb and Ford’s Jost Capito, who all concur that the FIA Institute’s work is already bearing fruit.

As Deputy President Professor Gerard Saillant expressed in his introduction to Formula for Safety: “Ever since I was invited to become involved in its work, first as a fellow and now as Deputy President, the FIA Institute has consistently echoed this forward thinking and dynamic vision.”

Richard Woods, FIA Institute’s Director General, added: “The review demonstrates how much we have achieved in our first two years. We look forward to this progress accelerating as we continue to research, educate, campaign and encourage excellence across all levels of motor sport safety.”

Two senior motor sport journalists contributed to the publication, writing in-depth articles about three major research projects. Michael Schmidt, Formula One Editor for German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, looked at the development of a new High Speed Safety Barrier which can protect drivers in high speed impacts, at even the most constricted of circuits. Mark Hughes, Grand Prix Editor for UK magazine Autosport, examined the revolutionary Young Driver’s Helmet project as well as the latest research into the development of a new FIA Safety Seat Standard.

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