Withdrawal of FIA-Approved Safety Equipment

22.05.14
Thu 22 may 2014

WARNING / WITHDRAWAL OF FIA-APPROVED SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Overalls – Post-homologation Controls

During a random quality control of products certified to the FIA standard 8856-2000 “Protective Clothing for Automobile Drivers Homologated According to the FIA Standard 8856-2000”, certain clothing was found to be non-compliant with the standard. As a consequence the following clothing, whatever the validity deadline, is withdrawn from Technical List 27with immediate effect:

Manufacturer: ZEAL (PAK)
Homologation Number: RS.226.12
Commercial name: ZEAL RACESUIT

The information referenced above can be found in the Technical List 27 in Appendix 1.

For safety reasons these racing suits can no longer be considered as complying with FIA standard 8856-2000. As a consequence, use of these racing suits is prohibited in all cases in which compliance with the above standard is mandatory.

Please note that a complete and up-to-date list of protective clothing for automobile drivers homologated according to the FIA standard 8856-2000 may at any time be accessed on the FIA website: http://www.fia.com/sport/homologation