The FIA's World Motor Sport Council has announced its decisions relating to F1 following its meeting in Mexico City.

The meeting was held as part of the FIA Sport Conference 2015, which also included the FIA American Congress, and was organised by the Mexican ASN, the Organizacion Mexicana del Deporte Automovilístico Internacional (OMDAI).

The WMSC has approved the rule adjustments proposed by the F1 Strategy Group and approved by the F1 Commission.

These are:

The simplification of the power unit penalties, ensuring that the most a driver can be penalised is to be demoted to the rear of the grid – this will eliminate penalties during the race for these infractions.

New power unit manufacturers to F1 will receive an extra power unit for each driver to use throughout Grands Prix for the season, bringing the total to five – one more than the existing power unit suppliers. This will be applied retrospectively to Honda.

These changes to the sporting regulations will come into force with immediate effect.

The provisional calendar for the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship was also approved:

Date	Race	Circuit
03-Apr	Australia	Melbourne
10-Apr	China	Shanghai International Circuit
24-Apr	Bahrain	Sakhir
01-May	Russia	Sochi
15-May	Spain	Barcelona
29-May	Monaco	Monaco
12-Jun	Canada	Montreal
26-Jun	Britain	Silverstone
03-Jul	Austria	Red Bull Ring
17-Jul	Europe	Baku
31-Jul	Germany	TBC
07-Aug	Hungary	Hungaroring
28-Aug	Belgium	Spa Francorchamps
04-Sep	Italy	Monza
18-Sep	Singapore	Marina Bay
25-Sep	Malaysia	Sepang
09-Oct	Japan	Suzuka
23-Oct	United States	Austin
30-Oct	Mexico	Mexico City
13-Nov	Brazil	Interlagos
27-Nov	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina

The WMSC also approved the update of the Super Licence regulations with a view to:

Increasing flexibility for drivers having qualified for a Super Licence, but do not have the opportunity to race in Formula One. These drivers will now keep this possibility for three years (eg. typical F1 test driver situation)

Enlarging the list of Series included in the Super Licence point system following numerous requests from series for inclusion

Adjusting of points given to some series already included to better reflect the strength of series.

Granting the champion of the FIA Formula E Championship with a Super Licence, although the Championship is not part of the points system.

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1. Posted by kdxrider, 11/07/2015 19:44

"Well Joop, the time you came you lucked out, as norolex says, you could have snow --- "

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2. Posted by norolex, 11/07/2015 16:27

"Montreal in October? In one word "temperature". It can be anything from 23C down to 2C on any day in October. The trees start shedding their leaves and going dormant for a reason. Maybe Pirelli could add a snow tire to the choices. That would definitely work in favour of Kimi and Bottas."

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3. Posted by Joop deBruin, 11/07/2015 15:13

"Actually kdxrider, I have. It's pretty nice in October with the Fall colours. June is humid and miserable."

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4. Posted by kdxrider, 11/07/2015 13:48

"4. Posted by Joop deBruin, 15 hours ago

"Hardly Green. Why fly to Montreal, Canada then back again? Put Canada next to USA and Mexico. And yes, same with the Asian races. AbuDhabi ending the season? Zzzzzz! Bernie got his oil money, screw F1 is his attitude."

You've not been to Canada in October have you"

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5. Posted by Mugmug, 11/07/2015 10:17

"The World Motorsports Council and it's affiliated organizations should be very proud of itself for the brilliant "problem solving " job they're doing.
At this pace , the wheel will have been re-invented and cars will be obsolete before F1 's problems are solved.

How many people do you think were involved (and the expense of this) in coming up with basically two changes to the rule book that any person with some common sense would implemented."

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6. Posted by Ro, 11/07/2015 9:53

"Still not fixing the real problems. F1 is now just a parade , not a race."

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7. Posted by Yeyox02, 11/07/2015 1:11

"Nothing really important. The fifth engine is the result of previous bad decisions."

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8. Posted by Joop deBruin, 10/07/2015 22:51

"Hardly Green. Why fly to Montreal, Canada then back again? Put Canada next to USA and Mexico. And yes, same with the Asian races. AbuDhabi ending the season? Zzzzzz! Bernie got his oil money, screw F1 is his attitude."

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