race_director
22nd March 2010, 09:04
no one ever brought this up till now.
This weekend sees the debut of a new F1 parc ferme system implemented by the FIA, one which sees the governing body ‘spying’ on any illicit activity in each of the team garages with a network of 24 cameras.
In past years on Saturday evening all the cars were kept together in a single FIA garage. However with 26 cars originally expected for this year – and up to three teams requiring garages of their own – the FIA decided to look for a new system.
The cars are now kept in the garages of the individual teams, and to ensure that there is no tampering they are zipped up in a car cover – a bit like a giant sleeping bag – which is then sealed by the FIA when parc ferme conditions begin at 6.30pm on Saturday.
In the past the teams could collect the cars on Sunday at 8.30 a.m. (or 930 a.m. with Bahrain’s late start) from the parc ferme garage, but now they can just unzip the covers.
The FIA has mounted a camera on the pit gantry above every car to monitor any movement around the cars overnight. A Bahrain track official will be watching an FIA lap top – with 24 camera views on it. If the official falls asleep anything untoward will be recorded.
http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-fia-using-spy-in-the-garage-cameras/
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How long before sany team hacks the cam like on the car
This weekend sees the debut of a new F1 parc ferme system implemented by the FIA, one which sees the governing body ‘spying’ on any illicit activity in each of the team garages with a network of 24 cameras.
In past years on Saturday evening all the cars were kept together in a single FIA garage. However with 26 cars originally expected for this year – and up to three teams requiring garages of their own – the FIA decided to look for a new system.
The cars are now kept in the garages of the individual teams, and to ensure that there is no tampering they are zipped up in a car cover – a bit like a giant sleeping bag – which is then sealed by the FIA when parc ferme conditions begin at 6.30pm on Saturday.
In the past the teams could collect the cars on Sunday at 8.30 a.m. (or 930 a.m. with Bahrain’s late start) from the parc ferme garage, but now they can just unzip the covers.
The FIA has mounted a camera on the pit gantry above every car to monitor any movement around the cars overnight. A Bahrain track official will be watching an FIA lap top – with 24 camera views on it. If the official falls asleep anything untoward will be recorded.
http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-fia-using-spy-in-the-garage-cameras/
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How long before sany team hacks the cam like on the car