The FIA Institute has expanded its remit to address motor sport sustainability issues as well as safety.

The FIA Institute will now promote research into sustainability, providing information and guidance on the best environmental practices, procedures and technologies that can be applied to motor sport.

This will include aspects of vehicle design and technology, infrastructure management, emissions monitoring and control, environmental education, carbon offsetting programmes, energy optimisation and storage, and the preservation of the natural environment.

Sid Watkins, FIA Institute President, said: “There is no doubt that eco-technology and issues of sustainability have become an essential part of motor sport. In future, professional championships will embrace a more sustainable means of racing.

“This decision was unanimously adopted by the FIA Institute’s General Assembly at our annual meeting today. It follows the unanimous recommendation made by the FIA Institute Executive in June to change its statutes to bring sustainability into its sphere of activity.”