Of rules to limit working time in Formula 1!

To control the possible expenditures stables of Formula 1, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) establishes mandatory holiday periods. This is the case in August, or FIA inspectors visit the workshops of teams to ensure that nobody works there!

What is less known than anything is a rule prohibiting work applies during weekends Grand Prix has the effect that the personal combines the operations of each ecurie not the right to enter the paddock more than 3 hours before the start of the first tests. FIA control it using the electronic chip that is in the accreditation of any person entering an F1 paddock.

Last weekend in Singapore, head of the stable Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost has violated this rule. Despite everything, there was no penalty for each team is entitled to four exemptions per season. Usually, they are used by mechanics who need additional time to repair a damaged car.

In Singapore, it is probably unusual hours a night race that few people rout since members of Red Bull, Renault and HRT were also taken to work outside permitted hours.

F1 is decidedly a particular environment: Do you know many other areas or must establish the rules to prevent the employees to arrive at work too early?