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If you're in a race event, you'll probably need either FIA seats/brackets or else the seat back must be supported by a brace. But then you'd probably also have a full roll cage, fire suppression, etc.
However, that's not at all true for most DEs. I've never been to a DE (including PCA) where FIA seats (or seat back braces) were required. So for daily driving and DE, no, you don't need the FIA sticker or the brace.
Someone will inevitably post on here implying that you're taking your life in your hands if you don't get a FIA homologated seat. Unfortunately, FIA does not certify the process (like ISO does, for example), and it is not difficult to find FIA stickers on seats that have obvious manufacturing defects (Sparco, Cobra, etc.). Maybe some day that FIA sticker will be meaningful, but for now, it just means that *some* examples of a particular seat model are able to pass FIA tests. A FIA sticker coupled with a quality name like Recaro is certainly meaningful, but a FIA sticker on a Cobra seat may or may not mean it is safe due to poor quality control, in my opinion.
If you are on a budget, you might also want to check out grey-market seats from FIA manufacturers like Recaro and Sparco. They are cheap, they are real (they are not replicas), and they are probably safe, even though they may not come with a valid FIA sticker.
Corbeau does not make FIA certified products.
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