FIA FT3-1999 Approved
All Harmon Racing Cells bladders meet or exceed FIA FT3-1999 requirements, in accordance with FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L'AUTOMOBILE specifications. Additionally, all fuel cells, both standard and custom designs, come with FIA FT3-1999 certification and documentation unless explicitly stated otherwise. This allows all our safety bladders to be used in competition racing at any FIA sanctioned event.
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What is the FIA and what do they do?
The FIA was first founded in 1904 as the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as a non-profit making motoring association. It brings together 236 national motoring and sporting organisations from 141 countries on five continents. Its member clubs represent millions of motorists and their families.
One of the core responsibilities of the FIA is the development of motor sports worldwide. Through its national member clubs, the FIA is involved in every level of motor sport and its remit extends to the millions of amateurs and professionals who enjoy motor sports in all of its variety. The FIA has been dedicated to representing the rights of motoring organizations and motor car users throughout the world via campaigns and activities that defend their interests. On issues such as safety, mobility, the environment and consumer law the FIA actively promotes the interests of motorists at the United Nations, within the European Union and through other international bodies. The FIA is also the governing body for motor sports worldwide. It administers the rules and regulations for all international four-wheel motor sport including the FIA Formula One World Championship, FIA World Rally Championship, FIA World Touring Car Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship. |
FIA vs. other sanctioning bodies
Although the FIA does not hold a monopoly on motor sports regulations, most safety requirements are derived, in same way, from the standards set forth by the FIA. Sanctioning bodies such as SFI, SCCA, NASA, NASCAR, among others set forth their GCR/CCR (general competition rules/club codes and rules) based off of FIA regulations. For instance, many SCCA or SFI events that require competition fuel cells require them to be replaced/recertified every 5 years; this can be traced to FIA FT3-1999 Fuel Safety Bladders Standards, section 2 which reads "No fuel bladders shall be used for more than 5 years after the date of manufacture, unless reinspected and recertified by the manufacturer...". Because of this nearly all FIA certified fuel cells are approved for use in competition racing worldwide.
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How does the certification process work?
Since all of our fuel cells are built to FIA FT3-1999 specifications, there is no additional process/testing required to receive approval. When you purchase a fuel cell from us the homologation sticker is already integrated into the bladder and an additional certificate accompanies it (dated 5 years from date of manufacture). After the first 5 years the bladder can be sent back to us for testing and recertification for an additional 2 years of race service.
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