Helmet Cameras
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consistency and regulation. FIA Race Director and Safety Delegate Charlie Whiting had introduced them into Formula 1, alongside vehicle tracking, to provide race control with greater visibility of on-track status.
This generated discussions within Motorsport UK about implementing a similar system nationally to improve safety. Initially, cost was the main barrier, but the turning point came when Motorsport UK took over as the promotor for the British F4 Championship in 2022. This created the perfect opportunity to launch, for the first time, live tracking, and electronic flag signalling within a British championship, and to apply, and standardise, the safety features to each of the race circuits which the Championship would visit.
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The introduction of Frontal Head Restraints in 2016 received widespread community support
Although costs remained a challenge, Motorsport UK partnered with EM Motorsport to develop a rollout plan in collaboration with the British Motorsport Trust( BMT) and the UK venues on the Championship calendar. This brought live onboard marshalling and tracking to Motorsport UK Permitted activities for the first time and enabled circuits to modernise some of their safety infrastructure – adding fibre networking and power distribution around the track, paving the way for enhanced connectivity, such as expanded CCTV coverage, to further improve motorsport safety.
Positive Impact
The motorsport community is known for its resilience and innovative responses to challenges of all kinds. Often the introduction of a new safety protocol or updated regulations receives widespread adoption, and the benefits are shared by everyone. When the HANS device, and more recent evolutions of the Frontal Head Restraint( FHR) were introduced in the
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Helmet Cameras
Chapter 7 of the National Competition Rules( NCR) states that:
The mounting of any camera must be specifically approved by the Chief Scrutineer. Any mountings must use a mechanical means of attachment sufficiently robust to withstand anticipated stresses and vibration and must not present any sharp edges or projections in the vicinity of the driver’ s body or helmet.
Fitment of cameras to helmets by whatever means is not permitted unless an integral camera is provided by the helmet manufacturer and that model of helmet is approved under one of the accepted standards.
Any compromise to helmet integrity will not pass scrutineering, so please choose your camera location carefully – and fix it to the vehicle where permitted.
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