Developing nationsA Report on the Motor Sport Safety Development Fund

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The Automobile & Touring Club of Mozambique used a grant from the Motor Sport Safety Development Fund to bring in karting safety experts from South Africa to educate young drivers.

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With support from the Fund’s Young Driver Programme, Karters in the US are learning about safety through a series of seminars organised by the RRDC.

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rtP scheMe raises the standard in PakistanThe Motorsport Association of Pakistan gained valuable experience from working with the UK Motor Sport Association as part of the FIA Institute’s Regional Training Provider scheme. 28

The FIA Institute’s Regional Training Provider scheme has helped South Korea prepare for its first Grand Prix and beyond.

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The Mexican ASN is using grants from the Motor Sport Safety Development Fund to help train motor sport officials from across the North, Central and South American region.

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As Finland looks to build its first-ever international race circuit, the Motor Sport Development Fund is helping to ensure the construction stays on course.

Finland Focuses on First high-level race-track

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The Young Driver Safety Programme is helping to improve driver safety and development through funding projects and running a young driver Academy.

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The Officials Safety Training Programme is raising the standard of motor sport training and practice in developing motor sport regions.

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The Facility Improvement Programme is helping new and existing motor sport venues to develop in a safe and sustainable way.

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The Motor Sport Safety Development Fund was set up in 2008 to help progress and improve safety, training and education in motor sport worldwide.

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how to APPlYApplications to the Motor Sport Safety Development Fund take place on an annual basis and all FIA National Sporting Authorities (ASNs) are eligible for grants. 36

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The Motor Sport Safety Development Fund was set up in 2008 to help progress and improve safety, training and education in motor sport worldwide.

The Fund’s resources were donated to the FIA Foundation by the FIA as a result of the fine arising from the dispute between McLaren and Ferrari in the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. The FIA Institute has responsibility for managing the pro-grammes of the Fund on behalf of the FIA Foundation. These programmes cover three areas: young driver safety, facilities improvement and safety training for officials.

Each year, the FIA’s National Sporting Authorities (ASN) are offered the opportunity to apply for funding for safety-related projects in their own countries. To assist with this process the FIA Institute has developed a series of best practice frameworks for ASNs to utilise as guidelines to develop and enhance their programmes.

The applications process is overseen by a Fund Management Committee that ultimately decides on the projects to be awarded funding. Over the last three years, 125 grants have been distributed for important safety and development projects in motor sport around the world.

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71 ASNs have applied for funding

49 ASNs have been successfully awarded one or more grants

125 grants in total have been awarded

25 grants were awarded in 2009

52 grants were awarded in 2010

48 grants were awarded in 2011

€8,804,277 in total has been approved for award to the ASN network

€2,850, 641 approved for the Officials Safety Training Programme

€2,511,203 approved for the Young Driver Safety Programme

€3,317,433 approved for the Facilities Improvement Programme

€125,000 approved for miscellaneous research grants

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Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, China,Chinese Taipei, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Republic of Korea, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uganda, and Uruguay.

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The Young Driver Safety Programme aims to promote driver safety amongst young motor sport competitors and facilitate the development of young drivers from around the world.

To achieve these goals, the FIA Institute is helping National Sporting Authorities (ASNs) around the world to create or improve their own young driver programmes. This is helping to both develop drivers who wish to compete at the pinnacle of the sport as well as aiding those at the entry level.

In 2010, 16 projects put forward by ASNs received funding as part of the Young Driver Safety Programme, with over €1 million distributed in grants.

The largest amount of funding went to the Asia & Oceania region, with five major projects taking place across Australia, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and New Zealand. In Australia, funding will help to integrate a new safety initiative into existing elite development programmes and enhance talent

The Young Driver Safety Programme is helping to improve driver safety and development through funding projects and running a young driver Academy.

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identification capabilities with an overall aim to increase road safety awareness for all participants in elite development programmes.

In China, the fund will help to enhance an existing entry-level development programme for young karting competitors, with particular focus on stimulating participation for entry-level karting events. Hong Kong is creating a new road safety programme for young drivers interested in entering motor sport, which aims to both increase motor sport participation and improve road safety skills for young drivers.

In South Korea, a new entry-level development programme for young karting competitors is being created in a bid to stimulate increase participation at grass-roots level. Similarly, New Zealand is creating a new entry and elite-level development programme for young motor sport competitors to help stimulate participation, to nurture talented young motor sport competitors and increase the competency levels relating to driver and road safety for all programme participants.

In the Americas region, grants were provided for projects in the US, Costa Rica and Mexico. Two projects helping young driver safety and development are currently in progress in the US. The first is an elite programme called the Skip Barber Karting Scholarship, which is focused on assisting the transition of elite karting competitors to circuit racing. The second is a new entry-level annual symposium for karting and circuit competitors, which aims to educate young karting and circuit competitors on the essential elements of successful and safe competition (see p26-27 for more details).

In Costa Rica, a grant is helping to create a new entry-level and elite development programme for karting, circuit and rally competitors, aimed at stimulating participation at entry-level and to nurturing talented young competitors. Similarly, Mexico is creating a new entry-level development programme for circuit competitors called the Roger Peart Driving School, which

aims to stimulate participation in entry-level circuit competition.

In the Western and Northern Europe region, funding was approved for projects in the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Norway and the UK. In the Netherlands, the funding will help to create a new elite development programme for karting competitors. In Belgium the grant will be used to nurture more senior elite circuit competitors and help with their transition to top categories of motor sport such as the FIA Formula One World Championship and the US Indy Racing League.

In Sweden, Norway and the UK, the grants will be used to enhance existing elite development programmes for young circuit and rally competitors with an overriding aim to nurture and support young talent.

In the Middle East and Africa region, grants were provided for projects in Mozambique and Syria. In Mozambique the funding will help to enhance an existing entry-level development programme for young karting competitors and help increase participation. In Syria, a new entry-level training course for circuit competitors will be created with a goal to raise the awareness of entry-level circuit competitors on the essential elements of successful and safe competition.

Another major project that forms part of the Young Driver Safety Programme is the new FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy.

The participation and support of ASNs helped to ensure that the most talented drivers across had access to this initiative. Each ASN was asked to nominate a maximum of two drivers for consideration. Over 70 young drivers from more than 45 different countries were put forward to participate in the inaugural Academy.

This figure was whittled down to 18 drivers who were put through their paces at a three-day selection event in Melk, Austria. Over the first two days the drivers were split into three groups and put through a series of driving and non-driving assessments, including fitness, team-building and media skills as well

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as a range of tests on the track. The final day featured a Race of Champions-style knockout competition.

The judges - former Formula One star and Le Mans 24-Hour winner Alex Wurz, 2001 World Rally Champion co-driver Robert Reid, FIA Institute Director General Richard Woods and FIA Institute Director of Programmes Quentin Crombie - looked at the performances of the drivers over the three days and chose 12 participants for the first FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy.

They are Kevin Abbring (Netherlands), Paul-Loup Chatin (France), Albert Costa (Spain), Alon Day (Israel), Philipp Eng (Austria), Robin Frijns (Netherlands), Timmy Hansen (Sweden), Egon Kaur (Estonia), Andreas Mikkelsen (Norway), Alexander Rossi (US), Richie Stanaway (New Zealand), and Stoffel Vandoorne (Belgium). At least one driver was selected from each of the FIA Institute’s five funding regions: North, Central and South America; Western and Northern Europe; Central and Eastern Europe; Middle East and Africa and Asia and Oceania.

Richard Woods commented: “The selection event has been an incredible story for the FIA Institute. We started out with a process that was open to drivers across the world. After an exceptional response from the ASNs, we chose 18 drivers who arrived in Austria for the selection process. From those 18 we have the 12 who are participating in the Academy this season.

“During the first season of the FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy, the drivers have spent a lot of time with Alex and Robert, learning more about

car control, fitness, psychology and, of course road safety.”

Over nine months, the drivers are attending six separate workshops of between three and five days at different locations in Europe. The driving elements of the course include the development of technical skills, safety training, attitudes and awareness. The human performance aspect will feature physiology, psychology, nutrition, media skills and career management.

Wurz is running the on-track activities through his Test and Training International (TTI) company. TTI has schooled more than 2.8 million road users in safety and track training. Robert Reid is leading the off-track activities via his company Elite Sports Performance (ESP). ESP has been a training service provider to the FIA, working most recently on the Pirelli Star Driver scheme.

The primary goals of the Academy are to prepare young drivers to compete at the pinnacle of the sport; to increase skills in the area of driver and road safety; and to actively promote the principles of safety, fairness and responsibility both on and off the track. The Academy will also connect future stars with an important road safety message.

A further step in developing grass roots motor sport is a project that has been approved for the FIA-CIK Driver Training to develop training for competitors in the new FIA-CIK world championship. The primary goal is to actively promote the principles of safety, fairness and responsibility both on and off the track for young drivers.

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The Officials Safety Training Programme is raising the standard of motor sport training and practice in developing motor sport regions.

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The Officials Safety Training Programme aims to help increase the competency levels of motor sport officials from around the world. To help achieve this, the FIA Institute has accredited a number of Regional Training Providers (RTPs) and is supporting knowledge sharing activities.

The development and rollout of training infrastructure is largely focussed on ‘train the trainer’ programmes in developing motor sport regions. These activities complement the work undertaken by the RTPs. The FIA Institute is also developing a central electronic repository to help foster the sharing of knowledge between ASNs and other relevant stakeholders.

Grants are being provided to National Sporting Authorities (ASNs) from the Fund to support these activities. In 2010, 27 projects received funding as part of the Officials Safety Training Programme, with over €1 million distributed in grants.

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Quentin Crombie, FIA Institute Director of Programmes, said: “This programme is proving important for helping motor sport clubs understand what constitutes best practice for the training and development of officials. To assist clubs in their pursuit of best practice, the Institute has developed a unique international accreditation scheme and is also helping to foster a market for the training of officials through the certification of regional training providers.”

In the Americas region, grants were approved for projects in Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay and the US.

Two initiatives were approved in Mexico. The first activity is to conduct national safety training for circuit officials (intervention and rescue) and trainers. The aim is to improve the capabilities of race officials across the country and to develop a network of trainers that can be used to continue this progress. A second project in the country seeks to conduct regional safety training for rally officials and trainers and aims to improve to improve competency levels of rally officials.Similar projects were approved in Nicaragua and Uruguay. Both seek to conduct basic safety training for motor sport officials in a bid to raise the standard of motor sport events in those countries.

In the US, a training initiative is focussed on karting, with the development of a certification programme for karting officials. The goal is to develop standards for karting and event management officials.

In the Western and Northern Europe region, grants were approved for projects in Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, and the UK.

In Belgium, an initiative seeks to conduct national training for pit lane officials to help develop standards in this area. In Ireland, a nationwide training course is being developed specifically to improve standards for rally fire officials. In the Netherlands, a grant is helping to enhance an existing officials safety training programme with an aim to create and deploy new training infrastructure and to improve levels of all motor sport officials.

In Spain, funding will contribute to a national official’s safety training seminar, which aims to refresh and update the knowledge and skills of motor sport officials around the country. In the UK, a grant is helping with a project to update accreditation for all officials training courses, a move that will ensure full alignment to the FIA Institute’s best practice framework on training.

In the Central and Eastern Europe region, grants were approved for projects in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. In Austria, a project is underway to conduct a safety training seminar for flag and track officials. In Croatia, a training seminar is being developed for motor sport officials and competitors that will aim to raise awareness of

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the latest safety regulations and provide a forum to share knowledge.

In Czech Republic, a grant is helping to provide practical extrication training for rally officials, an initiative that aims to both train new personnel and to improve competency levels of extrication officials. In Slovakia, a safety training course is underway for rally and circuit officials, whilst in Slovenia a similar course is being conducted for both motor sport officials and drivers.

In the Middle East and Africa region, grants are being provided for projects in Mozambique, Namibia, Syria and Tanzania. These grants will help fund safety training programmes from motor sport officials in Mozambique, Namibia and Syria. In Tanzania, funding will help to create a training course specifically for rally officials.

In the Asia and Oceania region, grants were provided for projects in Australia, Chinese Taipei/Taiwan, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea and Sri Lanka. In Australia, a grant will be used to help upgrade an e-Learning system to support ongoing training and development of officials, an initiative that will improve access to training for all motor sport officials. In Chinese Taipei / Taiwan, funding will be used to conduct training for motor sport fire officials, with an aim to improve fire safety at the track. India is conducting multiple training sessions for circuit and rally officials to help raise standards across the board.

New Zealand is enhancing its existing official’s safety training programme by creating and deploying new training infrastructure. In Pakistan, a grant is helping to create and conduct training for trainers with an aim to establish a network of trainers who can improve the competency levels of other motor sport officials (see p28-29 for more details). Singapore is utilising funding to help recruit new circuit officials, conduct a training programme for Formula One officials and to create training infrastructure.

South Korea is creating a new official’s safety training programme and conducting a series of training courses, with a goal to create and deploy new training infrastructure, to recruit and train new officials and to improve competency levels for existing circuit officials for the Formula One Grands Prix in 2010 and 2011 (see p30-31 for more details). In Sri Lanka, a grant is helping to recruit and train new motor sport officials to create a network of officials for events across the country.

A number of these projects are being supported by the FIA Institute’s Regional Training Providers (RTPs). In 2010, they commenced working with a number of ASNs to help enhance their officials training programmes. There are currently two accredited RTPs – the UK Motor Sports Association (MSA) and

the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) – but the FIA Institute is looking to help more ASNs achieve RTP status in 2011.

In 2010, in their capacity as an RTP, the MSA worked with the ASN in Pakistan and CAMS worked with ASNs in Singapore, Korea, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

Colin Hilton, the MSA’s Chief Executive said: “We recognise the significant responsibility that comes with helping other ASNs and we are committed to carry out this work in line with the Institute’s framework. Our work with the Pakistan ASN is helping them to develop sustainable infrastructure so that they can be self sufficient in the longer term.”

CAMS’s engagement with the ASNs in Singapore and Korea was primarily focused on training officials for their respective Formula One grand prix events. The work in Singapore has been a continuation of work which began in 2008 and has involved the training of over 1,000 officials including a core group of trainers. The ultimate goal is to help establish the necessary infrastructure so that the local authorities can manage the programme without the assistance of other external organisations.

The work with the Korean ASN followed a similar approach to that applied to the project in Singapore, with emphasis on rapidly developing the expertise of the local officials and trainers, as well as providing significant levels of support for the 2010 Korean Formula One Grand Prix.

The work with the ASNs in New Zealand and Sri Lanka was not event specific. CAMS has been working with the ASN in Sri Lanka to develop and deliver training to officials across both the rally and race disciplines, and will also to establish a ‘train the trainer’ initiative. The work with the New Zealand ASN has been seeking to establish common standards between both ASNs in relation to competency profiling and their licensing system.

Quentin Crombie, the Institute’s Director of Programmes, said “Other ASNs are also embracing this new initiative, with the ASN in Turkey and Ireland achieving silver accreditation, and the ASN in Taiwan achieving bronze accreditation. The Institute is expecting to receive further accreditation applications in the months ahead, with approximately 40 ASNs stating that they are intending to submit an accreditation application.”

Outside of the ASN-specific programmes a project was approved for the FIA to develop training for rally officials, rally competitors and rally extrication personnel. The primary goal is to increase competency levels relating to safety for officials, competitors and extrication personnel involved in the FIA World Rally Championship as well as regional and national rally events.

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The Facility Improvement Programme aims to improve the safety standards and the economic and environmental sustainability of motor sport venues around the world, especially in developing motor sport regions.

To help with this, the FIA Institute has partnered with Apex Circuit Design to develop a best practice framework to help the new and existing facilities to be safe and sustainable. Since 2010, Apex has been working with National Sporting Authorities (ASNs), or associated motor sport organisations to help with these developments.

In 2010, eight projects received funding as part of the Facility Improvement Programme, with over €1.5 million distributed in grants, and Apex has been helping to ensure these projects are delivered both safely and sustainably.

A number of projects are developing new circuit facilities in countries across the world. In Finland, a project is underway to develop a Master Plan for the construction of a multi-purpose FIA category 2 facility, including a kart circuit and driver training infrastructure (see p34-35 for more details).

In the UK, a project aims to develop a Master Plan for the construction of a multi-purpose FIA category 2 facility, for two- and four-wheel motor sport events, in the Isle of Mann. In Poland, a project aims to develop a Master Plan for the construction of a multi-purpose FIA category 2 facility, including a kart circuit and driver training infrastructure, in Gmina Baranow, one hour south west of Warsaw.

In Slovakia a Master Plan has been completed for the construction of a multi-purpose FIA category 2 facility,

The Facility Improvement Programme is helping new and existing motor sport venues to develop in a safe and sustainable way.

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including a kart circuit and driver training infrastructure, in Horna Streda, one hour north east of Bratislava. In Australia, a project aims to develop a Master Plan for the construction of a multi-purpose FIA category 1 or 2 facility near Melbourne, including a kart circuit and driver training infrastructure.

Other projects seek to refurbish and improve existing motor sport facilities. In Barbados, a project aims to develop a Master Plan for the refurbishment of the Bushy Park circuit to create a commercially and environmentally sustainable facility. The plans include an integrated kart circuit, drag strip and additional driver training area.

In India a project aims to develop a Master Plan for the redevelopment of a multi-purpose FIA category 2 facility in Chennai in South India, which will complement other motor sport developments in the country. In Malaysia, a Master plan has been completed to refurbish the Sepang International Circuit in order to create a commercially and environmentally sustainable facility with additional driver training infrastructure and facilities for a technical college.

Outside of the facility-specific programmes, a project was approved to develop a certifiable environmental sustainability standard and assessment tool for motor racing circuits around the world. The primary goal is to develop infrastructure that can be adopted by the industry to improve environmental credentials and reduce the environmental footprint of motor sport. Another project, which is being led by the FIA Foundation and FIA Institute, is investigating the development of a model for establishing multi-purpose facilities with a focus on road safety and karting.

The Motor Sport Development Fund also approved one project that falls outside of the three programme areas but does seek to make important improvements in motor sport safety. This is a project in the US to undertake research to determine how to reduce the speeds of ‘Funny Cars’ in drag racing by reducing engine power. This would reduce engine failures, which have been causing loss of control and accidents in recent years. The primary goal is to improve safety by reducing the number of accidents.

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The Automobile & Touring Club of Mozambique used a grant from the Motor Sport Safety Development Fund to bring in karting safety experts from South Africa to educate young drivers.

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As a recipient of a Motor Sport Safety Development Fund grant, the Automobile & Touring Club of Mozambique (ATCM) invested the money in its young racing drivers. The ATCM invited South African instructors to the country to train these young drivers about safe karting practices and help them develop their skills.

The safety workshops, aimed at drivers aged 15 to 20 years old, sought to improve overall awareness of health and safety issues both on the track and on ordinary roads. The courses took place in 2009 and 2010 in the city of Maputo.

The grant was offered under the Young Driver Safety Programme, which is geared towards young drivers demonstrating exceptional talent to help support their understanding of safety and human performance issues. During the courses, special emphasis was placed on the role model position that young racing drivers should try to adopt in their career in the sport.

A wide range of safety skills were taught in the course including injury prevention and safety management. Many of the skills were practiced hands-on inside the karts, with the main focus on appropriate speed and safety on the track to protect the driver and all those around them.

“The Motor Sport Safety Development Fund has an important role in Mozambique because motor sport is not a priority for our government,” says ATCM president Antonio

Marques. “That is why all money that comes from a reputable institution and from sponsors is welcome and well managed.”

Currently, there are 20 young drivers trained by the ATCM who compete in the Maputo Karting Championship. The ones who performed the best in the championship were selected to participate in the safety workshops.

But this is not be the first time the club has offered safety training for karting. From 2004 to 2008, the ATCM organised six theory and practice karting courses in Maputo with over 100 drivers participating. During these courses, ATCM participants received copies of rules, instructions and other information concerning safe practices in karting.

These documents were also sent to Inhambane, a city 800 kilometres from Maputo, to assist with their karting endeavours.

But Marques says the course offered through the MSDF grant was different from the ones offered previously because the calibre and qualifications of the instructors was much higher. The teachers were specially selected from South Africa because of their years of experience and broad knowledge of karting safety that they shared with drivers.

Inspiration for the project came partly from the success of a 2007 initiative when 140 marshals were trained in a course taught by marshals from South Africa.

To achieve this, Marques met with

senior representatives from Motorsport South Africa (MSA) to exchange ideas and strategies for best organising the karting safety courses. Marques says: “Motor sport was not always so demanding in terms of safety as it is today. There used to be no trackside marshals and safety practices were very basic. As a result, the races witnessed numerous injuries and even deaths. In recent years, education and training has become of significant importance to the ATCM.”

Founded in 1949, the ATCM has 788 members and became a full FIA member club in 2007 the club boasts a karting track that is 1,200 metres long and seven metres wide and a main track of nearly 4,000 metres in length. ATCM tracks have hosted karting races, drag racing, off-road for bikes and cars, rallies and international races.

But there is a historic appetite for motor sport in Mozambique. In 1970, a Formula one Grand Prix took place in Maputo, which was then called Lourenço Marques city. But having motor sport banned by the government in 1975 following national independence, Mozambique did not regain its legal right to practice the sport until 1987 when the government authorised the reactivation of the club.

Recent years have seen increases in the ATCM’s activities and improvements to the racetracks. In July 2006, the ATCM began its race track construction and rehabilitation process. This major project included work

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on the main track, karting track, motor cross track and a platform for defensive driver training.

In 2007, the ATCM opened up its motorcycle academy, which has become heavily involved in the national motorcycle championship. The ATCM is has established a partnership with the National Institute for the Automobile to use the club’s defensive training platform located in the practice track to hold exams for new drivers, instead of continuing to hold practices and exams on the city streets.

Meanwhile, the club has also applied for grants from the Motor Sport Safety development fund to host a facility safety improvement programme and an officials skills training programme. In terms of facility improvement, the ATCM is working to continue the development of safe and viable motor sports venues throughout the country.

The official training programme aims to improve organisational and safety procedures for ATCM events. “Today, motor sport is incompatible with incompetent trackside marshals,” says Marques. “The ATCM is in an expansion period and it is therefore extremely important to upgrade officials’ skills in a number of areas. These include a wide range of safety-related organisational activities at motor sport events and the development of a training system for officials at the international level.”

With support from the Fund’s Young Driver Programme, Karters in the US are learning about safety through a series of seminars organised by the RRDC.

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The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC), an American organisation of champions and racing industry professionals, has launched a number of initiatives to teach safety to young drivers. The Motor Sport Safety Development Fund has provided the RRDC with important resources to help implement this project.

The RRDC first applied to the Fund at the end of 2009, though the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States. The proposal was to help organise three symposiums for karting-level drivers, entitled ‘S.A.F.E is Fast’. The acronym S.A.F.E. stands for: Skilled, Assured, Fit, and Empowered, with each area becoming a topic for the symposia.

The RRDC was created over 50 years ago with an aim to improve equipment and safety conditions for drivers. Now the organization is passing on experience and knowledge to young drivers with potential to succeed in the motor racing world, and the application to the Fund was intended to help further support this element of its work.

Recognising that many young racing drivers are focused on speed rather than safety, the ‘S.A.F.E. is Fast’ concept aims to raise their awareness of safety by encouraging them to manage their cars and themselves.

“We wanted to make it clear to young drivers that you don’t become a champion if you wreck cars, drive dangerously and don’t finish races”, explains Thomas Davey, Secretary of the RRDC.

The first S.A.F.E. symposium was held on 11 December 2009 in Orlando Florida at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, and was hosted by Bobby Rahal, President of the RRDC and former winner of the Indy 500 both as a driver and team owner. Rahal led a strong line up of speakers, including FIA Institute Fellow Dr Stephen Olvey, who covered the entire breadth of the curriculum of the ‘S.A.F.E is Fast’ programme.

The second symposium of similar format was then held in Long Beach in conjunction with the

the ‘s.a.F.e is Fast’ concePt develoPed bY the rrdc oFFers a siMPle but eFFective learning PrograMMe For Young drivers. the acronYM s.a.F.e. stands For: skilled, assured, Fit, and eMPowered, with each area becoMing a seMinar toPic, as Follows:

- skilled drivers who have been taught how to apply data, optimise tyres and tune for mechanical and aero grip will understand that the easiest way to be fast is to drive a fast car. to achieve this, the rrdc teaches skills that make drivers fast without taking foolish chances.- assured mental preparation can be an elusive concept for young drivers. the rrdc teach drivers the art of concentration – how to prepare mentally for racing and tune young minds to visualize success. Mental quietude breeds confidence, and drivers comfortable with their abilities can control imprudent aggressiveness.- Fitness is of vital importance as in tough racing, cars aren’t the only things that can break down. the rrdc gives emerging drivers the tools and knowledge to condition their bodies, manage their hydration and prevent injuries. - empowered means controlled racing. when youth’s inherent bravery remains untempered, there’s often trouble ahead. level-headedness in racing is learned, in part, through off-track racing experiences. the rrdc shares insights on how to amplify applied talent through thoughtful career management.

Long Beach Grand Prix. For the third event, a realisation came that the symposia, though highly successful, were not reaching as wide an audience as possible. Only 300 drivers could attend any one event yet there are 12,000 karters in the US alone.

As a consequence the final seminar, held during the 2010 Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, was video recorded. This recording has served as the starting block for the evolution of the programme, and a renewed application for additional funds for 2011 in order to further develop the concept of distance eLearning, of the ‘S.A.F.E is Fast’ concept.

The recording of the seminar forms part of a wider package of video material that is being compiled, including interviews with drivers and garage inspection of vehicles. The entire package will form part of online tutorials, providing a unique insight into safety and racing available to thousands of karters.

The film will be tagged, so that it can be broken down into small sections. Students will then be invited to sit a small survey and will then have the possibility to access a tailor made programme specifically for their needs.

“The concept is self-directed learning rather than the RRDC prescribing the course” explains Davey. “Because it is self directed, an additional benefit is that we can also make the course available to older drivers as well as people outside the US.”

Indeed, the new version of the programme will allow a far greater reach of the message and material from the course, and as such is set to acquire sponsorship in order to continue to develop.

“We could never have been in the position we are without the Fund” says Davey. “The visibility of the RRDC has increased exponentially. Now that we have a product, we can seek sponsorship. If it had not been for the boost and support we got from the Fund none of this would have been possible.”

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The Motorsport Association of Pakistan gained valuable experience from working with the UK Motor Sport Association as part of the FIA Institute’s Regional Training Provider scheme.

Rtp scheMe Raises the standaRd in pakistan

In 2009 the Motorsport Association of Pakistan (MAP) was awarded a grant for a project proposal to develop officials training in the country. The proposal involved the creation of a series of events to help bring the club’s own trainers up to speed with the current standards needed to run an FIA championship race or rally. This would be backed up by the establishment of a national training centre in Pakistan.

The project was significant within the framework of the Officials Safety Training Programme as it utilised the Institute’s Regional Training Provider (RTP) network. In this case, through the UK Motor Sports Association (MSA) which had been recently achieved RTP status.

The main aim of the project was to autonomously train local Pakistani motor sport clubs and organisations and encourage them to pass on the knowledge and expertise to other motor sport officials in the country. The RTP element of the project was a core component application to the fund and the relationship between MAP and MSA had been established during the application process.

“The MAP Committee was unanimous in pursuing a knowledge-base rather than attempt a brick and mortar effort for facility development,” says Tausif H. Agha, MAP President in explaining why MAP wanted to involve an RTP and pursue the project. “The possibility of Fund support made the idea of a Training Centre a viable pursuit.”

Following the approval of funding, MAP sent a group of its senior officials to learn from the experience of the MSA in conducting numerous events across the UK. The MSA provided a full programme of events tailor-made for the Pakistan club, featuring several days of core teaching.

The first event consisted of a Rally training session focusing on regulation for Regional Rally events. This included structures, procedures, timings, and the running of specialised areas such as Parc Ferme and Service Parks. The second

session focused on the structural organisation of ASNs, focusing on how to best optimise the administration to obtain the best results for MAP.

This was followed by a number of track activities, with the delegates attending a round of the British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park, accompanied by members of the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC).

“Working with the MSA and BARC has been a pleasure,” says Agha. “Together we have managed to find complete solutions to all of our training requirements. We have some karting, speed, and rally events in the country and we wanted to deliver courses targeting all these areas”.

Sue Sanders, MSA/RTP Training Manager, explains the structure of the course: “We tailor made the course to fit the needs of the delegates from Pakistan. Most of them had extensive knowledge from Cross Country events, and we aimed to help them apply this knowledge in a rallying context.”

The RTP programme ran by the MSA aims to structure courses to meet the needs of the recipient club in question. For MAP, the course consisted of learning how a typical rally event is conducted, covering all the various factors involved in its organisation. These practical lessons in event management for future national trainers were complemented with the discussion of issues, such as potential licensing structures for when the club decides to apply what it has learnt in its own national context.

Sanders believes the MSA’s training model worked well with the delegates from MAP. She says: “We were so happy to see the enthusiasm from the Pakistani delegates, there was a genuine desire to learn and they were constantly engaged and asking questions. It is wonderful to meet colleagues from other ASNs and to share and understand each other’s experiences.”

With the ‘training the trainer’ aspects of the project complete, the focus turned to

the development of a training centre in Pakistan where the skills learnt through the RTP scheme could be applied to training officials across the country. Courses material and details were finalised, and equipment purchased. Renovation works were also carried out to create a dedicated classroom for training.

With the first training of MAP approved clubs and organisers having already taken place in mid-2010, the new Training Centre has already proved a hit and work will continue to improve standards across Pakistan.

MSA Head of External Affairs Allan Dean Lewis, who oversaw the programme with MAP, is now looking at ways to expand the MSA’s role as a training provider.

He says: “It has been a huge honour to be appointed to the role of RTP. The application process itself was very significant because probably for the first time we had the opportunity to match ourselves up against the criteria and best practice framework that had been provided by the FIA Institute. Our status as an FIA Institute-approved RTP now enables us to assist other ASNs with their training needs and will hopefully help to raise the standard of motor sport around the world.”

Indeed the MSA’s role as a RTP means it has a number of active projects with other ASNs across the world, including Trinidad, Tanzania, Malta, and India. The latter involves helping the Indian ASN, the Federation of Motor Sport Clubs of India (FMSCI), prepare for its first-ever Formula One Grand Prix, taking place in 2011.

This project does not only involve training in the UK, but also the MSA sending a team of individuals to India to assist in training. For 2011 the MSA hopes that the FSMCI will have about a third of its officials nationally trained, seeking a further two thirds from abroad. But the aim is to gradually increasing independence with the FSMCI becoming fully self-sufficient within three years.

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Motorsport association of pakistan officials folloWed the Work of the british autoMobile racinG club at the british tourinG car chaMpionship

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The FIA Institute’s Regional Training Provider scheme has helped South Korea prepare for its first Grand Prix and beyond.

koRean gp pRovides tRaining MoMentuM

The Motor Sport Development Fund’s Officials Safety Training Programme has played an essential part in ensuring that the officials at the first ever Korean Grand Prix were trained to the highest standard.

Following grant-approval from the Fund, the FIA Institute was able to approve for one of its Regional Training Providers to help prepare Korea for the event. A training programme was put in place in 2009 and is continuing now as motor sport develops across the country.

The Korean Grand Prix went ahead in October 2010 and although the infrastructure around the track was a work in progress, the officials on the track were considered first rate. But without a strong motor sport heritage in the country it was a huge challenge to train all of these officials in time for the race.

This is why the National Sporting Authority, Korean Automobile Racing Association (KARA), sought help from the FIA Institute and the Motor Sport Development Fund.

Sang Woon Park, Secretary General of the KARA, said: “Motor sport in Korea has not become popular yet compared with other countries. Yet for the Korean Grand Prix we needed to educate and train specialised officials and marshals. We thought that the Motor Sport Development Fund’s Officials Safety Training Programme could help with this.”

The new track is located in the South Jeolla region, in the southwestern part of the Korean peninsula, around 370 km from the Korean capital, Seoul. But its rural location did not prove to be a hindrance when recruiting volunteers to become motor sport officials. In fact, Park said

that 1,500 people volunteered to become marshals for the event.

The only problem was how to train them. KARA’s application for funding set out a plan to conduct practical and theoretical training for trainers and circuit officials in specific areas of motor sport safety. The aim was to improve competency levels of officials by training trainers and officials in the safe conduct of international circuit events.

The appointment of an FIA Institute Regional Training Provider was central to this and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) was chosen to help. For the last two years, CAMS has been involved with training over 500 officials in the country including a core group of trainers who can go on to mentor others. The ultimate goal has been to help establish the necessary infrastructure so that the local authorities can manage the programme without the assistance of an external organisation.Park said: “The programme started in 2009 and has helped teach officials training and event operation to more people. Now we are trying to continue that experience for officials participating in the Grand Prix and we hope Korean officials can develop the skills needed to operate the event safely by themselves.”

Park believes that the support from the FIA Institute and the grant from the Fund have been essential to the progress of motor sport in the country. Now he is seeking to meet the best practice framework laid out by the Institute so that KARA may become an accredited trainer itself.

He said: “Based on the Best Practice Framework provided by FIA Institute we can make our own training system and teaching plan. Having an RTP for support has helped

us a lot. By exchanging information with the RTP our system has developed quickly.”

In 2010, the focus was on increasing the number of the officials attending motor sport events and educating them on the event operation. In 2011, KARA will concentrate on more detailed training and will look to train up specialist officials who can train others.

The help provided by CAMS has been invaluable to progress. CAMS provided organisational, operational and officials training to support the inaugural Grand Prix and will continue to support it over the next two years.

Park said: “CAMS has been working with us as a supporter teaching the operation and education of Formula One in 2010, and they have personally managed and instructed officials in Senior Training at Shakedown. In addition to this, CAMS has given our officials the chance to participate in the Australian V8 Supercars Championship to help build up their experience.”

There is no doubt the first Grand Prix in the country has helped to increase interest in motor sport. Now KARA is looking to build on this with more major events at the circuit.

Park said: “The Grand Prix was attended by approximately 160,000 people and it has become very popular in Korea.”

Following the race the circuit has hosted national championships such as the CJ super-race series and the KMRC GT festival. In the near future, Park is hoping to host other major championships such as the FIA World Touring Car Championship and the FIA World GT1 Championship.

It may not be long before South Korea develops a strong motor sport heritage of its own.

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2010 korean Grand prix, a Marshal Waves the red flaG

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The Mexican ASN is using grants from the Motor Sport Safety Development Fund to help train Motor Sport Officials from across the North, Central and South American region.

Mexico Leads tRaining acRoss the aMeRicas

Mexico’s National Sporting Authority (ASN), Organización Mexicana del Deporte Automovilístico Internacional (OMDAI), has utilised grants from the Motor Sport Safety Development Fund to improve the training of officials across the Americas.

One such project involved the creation of a major seminar entitled ‘Safety and Medical Life Support’. It took place in Mexico at the end of August 2009, where over 300 marshals and medical officials from across North and South America participated in the two-day training course at the University of Puebla in Mexico.

The event offered safety training for medical staff and marshals at circuit and rally based events. The seminar was aimed at officials from ASNs from North and South America, and was attended by representatives from 12 countries including Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, the United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It also featured a number of high level participants including FIA Institute Fellow Hugh Scully.

Marshal training covered topics such as planning for security measures at circuit and rally events, radio communications practices for motor sport, emergency planning, and how to perform an intervention following an accident. Participants also reviewed and learnt the various roles of marshals and the role of the Clerk of the Course. As part of this, Jorge Rodriguez, Clerk of the Course for the Puebla circuit, gave a presentation about the work he does on events such as F3, WTCC, NASCAR and Champ Car.

Doctors and nurses were offered a separate training course that focused on the organisation of medical teams at various motor sport events. Issues discussed in the course included extraction procedures, identifying and analysing trauma and burns, and a review of CPR procedures. Also reviewed was the role of doctors, nurses and paramedics in the overall security of motor sport events, as well as the role of the Chief Medical Officer. Jennifer Bertin, OMDAI Medical Chief, gave a presentation outlining her role at national rally and circuit events throughout Mexico.

The second day of the seminar was focused on practical training at the Puebla circuit. Five groups of 25 people each took part. Marshals were trained on interventions, signalling, recovering Open Cockpit and Closed Car vehicles following an incident, preventing and responding to fires, and radio communications procedures.

Medical personnel were trained to use respiratory systems and also received further training on primary evaluations of a crash scenario, proper use and removal of Head and Neck Support devices and helmets, and extraction procedures.

Following the success of the 2009 event, another seminar on Safety and Medical Life Support received Fund support and took place in November 2010. The Seminar was again organised by OMDAI but this time in collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago Automobile Sports Association who hosted the event in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago.

This seminar brought together 100 medical and marshal officials, from the

whole of the CODASUR and NACAM zones, the United States, and Canada. The stated aim was to actively facilitate the increase in efficiency and safety levels of medical and safety by developing the necessary training methods and infrastructures, targeting a whole range of officials, from race director to marshals and medical service personnel.

The seminar also followed the best practice framework developed by the Officials Safety Training Programmes. As part of this approach, it was ensured that there was a blend of teaching, with two days of theoretical lectures and an afternoon of practical application of the skills learnt.

An additional project was held earlier in the year in September 2010, and benefited from Fund support too. The project was designed to train NACAM Rally Safety Officials. For the purposes of this event OMDAI joined with the Automobile club of Costa Rica who hosted the event in San José, Costa Rica.

The Project aimed to actively facilitate the increased safety levels of rally officials by means of developing training methods and infrastructure to match the needs of a regional rally environment. It targeted a range of officials, from race director to marshals, benefiting competitors and organisers, and therefore the whole NACAM zone.

The work was led by the NACAM Rally Championship Organizing Committee, a group of individuals with experience from the WRC Rally Mexico and WTCC Puebla, and who have been involved in teaching and applying their knowledge in the Mexican Rally Championship since 2002.

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Marshal at the 2007 chaMp car race in Mexico

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As Finland looks to build its first-ever international race circuit, the Motor Sport Development Fundis helping to ensure the construction stays on course.

FinLand Focuses on FiRst high-LeveL Race-tRack

The Motor Sport Development Fund’s Facility Improvement Programme is helping Finnish National Sporting Authority AKK to plan the country’s first-ever FIA grade 2 racing circuit.

The new motor sport facility, called the Kymi Logistics and Motor Sport Park, is to be located in Kouvola, 120 km north east of Helsinki airport. The project aims to help increase circuit racing participation in Finland, as well as to have a place to train motor sport officials and run road safety courses.

AKK Director General Jani Backman said: “Our objective is to develop Finland’s first circuit racing facility fulfilling international criteria. We aim to build a facility to organise top-level international events, such as the FIA World Touring Car Championship, as well as develop a training centre for motor sport activities and a safety training centre for motorists.”

However, the project has not been straightforward. The chosen site, with its hilly terrain and cold environment, has proven to be a major challenge in terms of engineering, especially within tight budgetary restrictions.

This is where the FIA Institute’s facilities partner Apex Circuit Design has been supporting the plans. Following approval for the project from the Motor Sport Development Fund, Apex has been working directly with AKK to provide advice on the development of a Master Plan to ensure that the facility is safe and sustainable, both environmentally and economically.

Apex has teamed up with a number of co-consultants to provide this service, including KPMG (providing commercial modelling and financial assessment for

commercial sustainability), Ridge and Partners (cost consultancy and environmentally sustainable architecture), Scott Wilson (environmental engineering and civil engineering design) and the Sustainable Hospitality Group (environmentally sustainable operations for a motorsport destination).

In developing a Master Plan for the circuit, Apex and its partners have sought ways to maximise the use of the land and develop a realistic budget.

To help with this, Apex consultants carried out a two-day visit to the site. They soon realized they had their work cut out. They had to travel by snow-mobile just to get to the area earmarked for the circuit and when they arrived they found it to be a rough, hilly terrain with over 15m of grade-change over the site.

This would have serious cost implications in terms of engineering. Especially as FIA guidelines prevent too much gradient on top level circuits to ensure the safety of faster cars. So the track layout would have to be carefully planned.

Apex’s original plan was for a 4.8km circuit with different configurations including one where two separate tracks can run at the same time to maximize revenue from private use. When designing this Apex ran a number of virtual speed simulations to work out the maximum gradient that could be used for the design.

Backman believes the help Apex provided at this stage was invaluable. He said: “In Finland there is no planning expertise of this type nor experience from such projects, so this process has been a tremendous help to us.”

Working closely with AKK, Apex came up with an initial zoning plan that would help to allocate some of the extra space around the circuit to other initiatives that could boost income and increase financial stability. The plan included space for apartments around the circuit, a driver training facility in the paddock, and a research and education centre.

The plan also included a drag strip and a CIK-standard karting track built to the exact scale of the main track. This would help young drivers who start off with karting and then graduate to the main circuit. It also fulfills one of AKK’s main aims to help develop grass-roots motor sport.

The first stage in this process is to create a Vision Plan that represents a major step in realistically costing the project. Here, Apex found that, despite the new initiatives, the project would have been over the budget target set by the client. So they removed the drag strip and replaced this space with technology units used by research companies, thus turning a cost into an income. They also changed the circuit layout to ease costs on construction by, for instance, building the track over flatter parts of the land. The changes demonstrated the importance of the planning-stage. In other words, it is better to go over budget in the planning than when the actual construction starts.

It also demonstrated the importance of the Best Practice Framework being developed for circuits by Apex and the FIA Institute. As Apex CEO Clive Bowen said: “If you apply the best practice principles from the Framework, the result is a commercially viable master plan.”

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desiGns for the first-ever international race circuit in finland

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The final Master Plan achieved the target budget for construction, yet lost only 100m of the original 4.8km circuit, still allowing for a 4.7km FIA Grade 2 and FIM Grade A standard.

Backman is delighted with the progress. He said: “Apex has succeeded in creating an optimal Master Plan from our perspective, bearing in mind the special requirements Finland has. Our Ministry of Education and Culture has given the green light and we are preparing other sources of public funding.”

The work on the circuit will now begin in two phases. The initial phase, which has full funding, will see the construction of the 4.7km Circuit, Race Control with 13 garage bays and an access route form the highway. Then commercial partners will be sought for development opportunities, such as an ‘Innovation Alley’, a road safety driving school, university campus and other light industrial units.

And all of this will follow the safety and sustainability guidelines set out by the FIA Institute. Backman said: “The basis for all the planning was the latest FIA safety specifications as far as the race track is concerned. The driver training areas built adjacent to the race-track support the very idea of safe motoring in general. Sustainability has been taken into consideration in all aspects of planning, both for the construction and the operation of the facility.”

Backman believes this would not have been possible without the support of the FIA Institute and the Motor Sport Development Fund. As he said: “The FIA Institute funding is a fantastic opportunity for national federations to raise funds for their development programmes.”

Applications to the Motor Sport Safety Development Fund take place on an annual basis and all FIA National Sporting Authorities (ASNs) are eligible for grants. The following is a step-by-step guide to the grant application process.

how to appLY

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step 1

Decide which category of funding you wish to apply for: Young Driver Safety Programme, Facility

Improvement Programme, or Officials Safety Training Programme.

step 2

Check that your activity meets the Funding criteria (see below).

step 3

Register for funding by completing an on-line registration form. Registrations will open from

mid-August on the FIA Institute website at: www.fiainstitute.com/education-programme/

Pages/funding.aspx

step 6

Successful applicants will be notified at the end of November, at which point a funding agreement

will be drawn up between the ASN and the FIA Institute. Unsuccessful applicants will also be

notified and provided with feedback to help them with future applications.

step 5

The grant application form will be available to complete on-line via the secure portal from

Monday 5 September to Friday 30 September 2011. Applications must be completed and submitted

during this time.

step 4

If your registration is successful, you will receive a link to the FIA Institute’s secure portal as well as a

username and password to access it.

note

- During each funding period, a maximum of three applications per ASN can be made, for up to €425,000 in total.

- For the Young Driver and Officials programmes, grants can be given for up to 70%, 60% or 50% of the total activity value, depending on whether the ASN is in a low-, middle- or high-income country (according to the World Bank). For the Young Driver Safety Programme the maximum grant is €100,000 and for the Officials Safety Training Programme it is €125,000.

- For the Facilities programme, grants can be made for up to 75% of the project value, up to a maximum of €200,000.

- ASNs will need to provide confirmation that the rest of the funding for their activity has been sourced and is available. This can come from the ASN itself, activity partners, other grants, and donations.

- All applications are limited to one-year grants, although these activities may be provided with additional support in subsequent years.

fundinG criteria- The activity must have a specific safety aspect.

- The activity must involve and benefit the country of the respective ASN. - The activity should aim to benefit groups of participants rather than a single individual. - For Officials Safety Training, activities that require assistance from a foreign ASN should ensure that the ASN has been granted “Regional Training Provider” status by the FIA Institute.

- The activity should aim to align with the Best Practice Framework of its programme category.

A full list of funding criteria is available on the FIA Institute website

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