Clarify allowable assisted shifting systems
#30871 from Formula/Sports Racing Committee · Rule change · TB 21-08 (2021-08 Fastrack)
In F5, GCR section 9.1.1.D.6.B.4, make changes as follows:
"All gear changes must be initiated and made completed by the driver. Only mechanical gear shifting mechanisms are permitted.
This may include cables, rods, or other mechanical linkage systems. All other shifting mechanisms are not permitted. This
prohibition shall include electric solenoid shifters, air-shifters, etc. and other devices not mechanically actuated and controlled
completely by the driver. Devices that allow pre-selected gear changes and closed-loop systems that use feedback from sensors
to vary the timing of the gear selection process are also prohibited.
Devices that interact with the throttle, ignition, or fuel system during a shift operation (for example: ignitions cuts, flat shifters,
blippers) are permitted, but no such devices shall remove the driver's control of the gear change initiation, gear selection or
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completion. The burden of proving that a device is in compliance with this rule shall be upon the competitor."