In what conditions are the cars weighed?
The Scrutineers may weigh the cars at any time, to make sure that they never weigh less than 600 kg, including driver. A weighing device is located at the entrance to the pit lane to enable these checks to be carried out. During qualifying practice, a computer program selects at random the cars which are to be checked. When a car is chosen, a red light comes on and the driver returning to his pit must proceed to the weighing area. If the weight of the car is less than the minimum required by the Technical Regulations, the driver could be excluded from the event, but he has the right to request that the car be weighed a second time. To avoid cheating, any car which breaks down on the circuit also has to pass in front of the computer which decides whether the car must be weighed in the same conditions. At the end of the race, all the cars are directed to the parc fermé where they are weighed; the drivers are also weighed before proceeding to the podium or to their motor home. An under-we
