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The technical inspection in which officials check each car obeys the rules on dimensions, weight and safety before it can race. Failing it can mean exclusion.
More in Championship regulations
- 107% rule
- Classified
- Concorde Agreement
- Constructors' Championship
- Cost cap
- Curfew
- Drivers' Championship
- DSQ (disqualified)
- Fastest lap point
- Grand slam
- Grid penalty
- Minimum weight
- Parc fermé area
- Penalty points
- Points system
- Protest
- Right of review
- Sprint shootout
- Steward
- Super Licence
- Technical directive
- Time penalty
- Track limits
A formation lap is the slow lap to the grid that warms the tyres before the lights go out.