The FIA has introduced a regulation preventing drivers..

The FIA has introduced a regulation preventing drivers from discarding visor tear-offs at will so as not to litter the track with debris that can cause car troubles.

The tear-offs are a thin plastic film on helmets that competitors throw away during the race once they become dirty, allowing them to see clearly. However, cars have been forced to retire in previous races after loose tear-offs get stuck in brake ducts.

Now that Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo and co can’t just chuck the strips away as they please, they’ll have to find a place to store them — most likely somewhere in the car’s cockpit.

It’s a good thing newly promoted Red Bull driver Max Verstappen finally turned 18, because Fernando Alonso said finding an appropriate place to stash the tear-offs could require a healthy dose of imagination.

“Let’s say it’s a strange rule, because we never had this kind of rule, but it’s also not a problem to keep the tear-offs inside the cockpit, so it’s OK,” Alonso said.

“We have different solutions that we will find tomorrow. We keep trying, we tried a couple, and tomorrow we will find a place. Some of these places I cannot tell now, because it’s an 18-plus thing.”

Former world champion Jenson Button said the rule change would prove a tough adjustment for everyone.