CHAPTER III - DRIVERS’ EQUIPMENT

1.   Helmets
1.1 Standards

All drivers competing in circuit events, hill-climbs or rally special stages, entered on the FIA Calendar, must wear crash helmets which meet one of the standards listed in technical list N° 25 of Appendix J.

Drivers of open cockpit cars must wear full face helmets, of which the chin bar is an integral part of the helmet structure and is tested to an FIA approved standard. This measure is recommended for historic open cockpit cars and Autocross Division 3/3A.

Drivers in the Formula One World Championship must wear helmets which meet the FIA Standard 8860-2004 - Advanced Helmet Test Specification. (1)

It is strongly recommended that drivers in GT FIA and international series for which the technical regulations include crash structure requirements from the FIA Formula One or F3000 technical regulations wear helmets which meet the FIA Standard 8860-2004.

(1) Helmets certified to the FIA 8860 Standard will be mandatory in the FIA Formula 2, WTCC and in the International series for GP2 and F3, from 1.1.2009.