(02-09-2015, 05:04 PM)warrior Wrote: The regulations I referred to are not the event regulations, the organisers are bound by the Petroleum Regulations, as pit lane is effectively classed as a filling station forecourt during races.

You can stand at the edge of a filling station forecourt smoking and chatting on the phone but not within the forecourt itself, it's the same situation for pit lane.

The chances of a phone causing a problem are probably remote, but even if the organisers wanted to allow them, until such time as the law is changed their hands are tied.

If they bound by the Petroleum Regulations in the pits, then they are a bit late in enforcing them. I also doult that it is either a regulation, or a law that you cant use a mobile on a Petrol forecourt, and as has been pointed out in a previous post, you can now pay for petrol at the pump using a mobile phone, and... you have been able to do so long before the organisers said you cant use them in pit lane!