About the FIA Institute

“When we established the FIA Institute in October 2004, we had one simple aim – to improve motor sport safety.

“From that aim has grown a wide range of programmes and projects which cover every area of safety in motor sport from enhancing driver equipment and crash test standards to developing training and education programmes for drivers, safety and medical personnel.

“With the help of an annual grant from the FIA Foundation to fund research projects and other safety-led activities, the FIA Institute continues to develop new solutions in safety. It encourages the rapid development of new and improved safety technologies, facilitates ever higher standards of education and training, and campaigns to raise awareness of safety issues amongst all of those involved in motor sport.

“It does this through its various research groups as well as its education, training, medical and excellence programmes. The safety improvements are promoted across all motor sport disciplines from grass roots to top level race championships and from closed car to open wheel racing.

“Motor sport will always involve an element of risk but striving to minimise the consequences of those risks will continue to be fundamental to the FIA Institute’s approach.”

Prof. Sid Watkins
FIA Institute President