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1. In 2009 a new rule was introduced limiting drivers to using just eight of what key component of the car across the whole season?
2. Helmets were the focus of a new rule in 2015, but for once the change had nothing to do with improving safety - what did it relate to?
3. The F1 points system has been subject to many changes over the decades, with differing numbers of points awarded, occasional bonus points for fastest lap and in some years only counting a certain number of a driver's best results. What particularly odd rule was introduced for 2014 and then dropped for the following year?
4. In order to race in F1, all drivers must hold a FIA super license. In 2016 a rule banning anyone under the age of 18 from obtaining one came into force, after the Toro Rosso team had employed a 17-year-old to race one of their cars the previous year. Who was that 17-year-old?
5. Pit stops can produce some of the most exciting moments of a F1 grand prix race, but in 2005 F1 introduced a rule that limited the usefulness of pit stops by banning mid-race tyre changes except in very specific circumstances. In which of these situations would a change of tyres have NOT been allowed?
6. In 2003 a new rule was introduced forcing drivers to wear the safety device known by the acronym HANS. What does HANS stand for?
7. In F1, back markers are expected to get out of the way when the leaders come around to lap them. A flag of a which colour is waved at them to tell them to move?
8. The FIA technical regulations for F1 include what might seem like a rather unusual rule - that every F1 car must have four wheels. This rule was introduced in 1983, seven years after the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix was won by a car with how many wheels? (Don't include the steering wheel in your count!)
9. In 1952, F1 races were actually run to the rules and regulations of a different type of motorsport event in order to increase the number of cars available to compete. Whose rules were used?
10. 2013 saw the introduction of a new rule for F1 car design that allowed teams to fit what became known as a "modesty" or "vanity" panel to the car. This improved the appearance of which part of the car, that had been rendered particularly ugly by previous rules imposed on its design?
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