How Drunk Were The F I A When They Come Up With This?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/40681759

[douglas9401]

Wrap around bumpers like the go-karts at the seaside within five years.

[Togo]

How safe is that? Make the cars so that you can't see out of the cockpit. Haha don't ya just love a health and safety meddler.

[Old_Geezer]

I've no idea how useful it is, nor how necessary, but I suspect the brain would soon filter out the thin strip in practice. May be more outrage being expressed than is justified.

[vulcan42]

They might as well go the whole hog and have the drivers sitting in the pits driving the cars by remote control. As I've said before, it has become glorified Scalextric.

[New Judge]

Mike Hawthorn (Britain' firss F1 world champion)used to turn up for race meetings in his 3.4 litre Jaguar wearing a bow tie and slip on loafers. He'd put on a pair of overalls and off he'd go racing (no seat belt).

He survived all that and was killed in a collision with a lorry on the Guildford by-pass.

[sunny-dave]

It looks horrible - but may save someone's life ...

[ToraToraTora]

Duncan Hamilton famously won the 1953 le Mans whilst rat arised. The pit crew gave him brandy in the stops, legend!

[Bazile]

Are we harking back to the good old days , when drivers were regularly injured / killed , because safety was not an important consideration ?

I'm not sure as to what exactly you are objecting TTT.
Is it the look , or is it the idea of a cockpit safety device of this nature - which is it ?

[ToraToraTora]

"Are we harking back to the good old days , when drivers were regularly injured / killed , because safety was not an important consideration ?" - No I welcome the saftey measures that have been introduced since deaths were common.

"I'm not sure as to what exactly you are objecting TTT.
Is it the look , or is it the idea of a cockpit safety device of this nature - which is it ? " - neither, I'm not convinced it's a net safety device, looks dangerous to me, pillar right in front of the driver's face, must affect vision surely

[Ryzen]

Well TTT...from your own link it seems that the GPDA and many of the top drivers are in favour of it.

[Bazile]

Well TTT

It looks like the jury is out on this

This gives a informative background on the said device

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/40681759

[Bazile]

I didn't notice that that link was the one you had already posted