FIA Approves Asia-Pacific Test House and Raxing Debris Fence
The FIA has approved C.A.T.A.R.C. as a debris-fence testing facility and homologated a fence system from Raxing Technology in the Asia-Pacific region. Its October 20, 2026 announcement expands the regional options for testing and supplying certified circuit-safety infrastructure.
Two approvals with different roles
Test-house approval concerns the facility conducting the evaluation. Product homologation concerns the fence system that has met the applicable requirements. They are complementary decisions, not two names for the same certification.
The FIA says its dedicated debris-fence standard sets minimum design and performance requirements to protect drivers, officials and spectators. The announcement identifies Geobrugg, Spengler, Nordbeton and Leadertech as previously homologated manufacturers, with DTC and AISICO providing testing in Europe.
The federation presents the new regional capacity as a way to improve access to compliant infrastructure beyond Europe. It does not announce a particular circuit installation, a supply contract, a price reduction or an accident-reduction measurement.
What circuit operators should check
The practical next step for a project is to verify the exact product and testing organisation against the current FIA technical lists. The FIA directs readers to List 72 for homologated debris-fence products and List 66 for approved testing facilities.
An approval headline should not be read as certification of every fence a company sells, or proof that a particular venue has installed the newly homologated system. Those are separate questions requiring the relevant product documentation and circuit-specific information.
This is a circuit-infrastructure development, not a road-car recall or consumer crash-test rating. For another recent FIA rule change, see our report on the new Rally6 entry category.
Illustrative archive photograph: trackside fencing at Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro, France, on April 17, 2022. This is not the newly approved Raxing system or the Asia-Pacific testing facility. Photo: F123 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display.
