Seats

[tderonne]

20g rear, sorry. I think there used to be a tolerance on the acceleration that was quite large. Looks like it's 20g minimum now. Been a long time since I looked at the regs. The other loadings are just so minor. You're right, the FIA test is better than nothing. And lots of seats on the market far exceed the requirements. The Viper Racetech seat is a good example. It doesn't meet the newer spec, but is WAY over the 1999 spec. At one point all the seats that passed the new spec had rear support. The Viper seat has it, and won't pass the tests they did do without it.

I just see way too many folks thinking their 1999 rated seat is super safe. They may be safer driving to the track.