Parc fermé

The Parc fermé (French for: enclosed park ) is a geographically defined area in a motor sport event. The purpose of the parc fermé is that the competition vehicles under the supervision of and access to the racing line will remain until the protest period has expired. Under Parc fermé conditions, no changes to the vehicles are allowed.

For example, if the minimum weight of the vehicle include the weight of the driver, also apply to the driver Parc fermé conditions until it has undergone the official weigh-in.

Formula 1

In Formula 1 racing, the pit lane is for example used as parc fermé and parked the cars after qualifying and after crossing the finish line. The Formula 1 teams are allowed to carry out any work in this area. The car must be tuned before qualifying to the race. Except for change of engines or transmissions that may be necessary after qualifying, but mean after the Formula 1 rules for the driver ten grid positions to be reset (depending on the race series this can vary greatly and an engine change remain possibly with impunity ).

Other races

In confined spaces, such as hill climbs, is not always a separately stated Parc fermé available. The vehicles will have to spend the time in their normal parking space in the paddock and shall be subject to parc fermé conditions. In runs with an international predicate, so for example the European Hillclimb Championship, but also the FIA ​​International Hill Climb Challenge and FIA International Hill Climb Cup must be made a separate Parc fermé by the organizer.