The FIA Super Licence is a driver's qualification allowing the holder to compete in the Formula One World Championship.
[1][2] In June 2024, FIA modified the rules so that drivers were no longer required to hold road legal driving licence.
Since 2014 if a driver accumulates 12 or more penalty points in a 12-month period they will receive a one race ban for the next event they are scheduled to participate in.
[11] According to McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh, the proposed increase would lead to a basic fee of €10,000 ($12,800) for the super licence plus €1,000 ($1,280) for each World Championship point.
And you don't pay more for a licence in any other category because you've got a better car or whatever, so it should be a flat fee.Button's total super licensing costs for the 2010 season, based on his 2009 results, were variously reported as over a quarter of a million Euros by one source[14] and approximately €1M ($1.28M) by others.
[17] As a result of this rule, several mistakes occurred on official entry lists issued by and podium ceremonies organized by the FIA or race organisers, the most notable relating to Eddie Irvine.
He was a British citizen throughout his career and he held a racing licence issued by the National Sporting Authority of the Republic of Ireland.
The FIA mistakenly issued official entry lists (for the 1995 and 1996 seasons) which stated that Irvine was competing as an Irish national.
[18][19] This situation also created some confusion as to Irvine's nationality when he appeared at podium ceremonies in the Formula One World Championship.