The FIA has revealed further details of its plans for a Remote Operations Centre to support its race control team, similar to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) used in football.
The governing body has also confirmed it will appoint a new F1 sporting director to oversee the new officiating structure which has been put in place for 2022.
Both changes came about in reaction to the controversial conclusion to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in which the FIA’s F1 race director Michael Masi incorrectly applied the rules when organising a final-lap restart, which swung the outcome of the 2021 world championship.
While the new Remote Operations Centre has been likened to VAR, the FIA says it will handle data “comparable to that of more than ten simultaneous football matches, including over 140 video and audio sources.”
The FIA confirmed the first phase of the centre is online at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. It will function as a supporting resource, handling matters referred to it…