It looks horrifying but I think that’s deliberate, like with crumple zones on road cars; the outer bits absorb the impact and the central bit protects the driver
Exactly. The bathtub part where the driver is looks like it’s still perfectly in tact, from the floor to the halo.
As someone with little knowledge of Formula 1 I have a question. Seeing how fucked this car is and knowing how ridiculously expensive each car is, who is going to pay for its replacement? Will Ocon’s team have to pay to replace the car or will Red Bull foot the entire bill themselves?
A team has to foot the bill to repair their own cars.
Can you please answer my stupid question. Why there is a shaft (support frame? guard?) right in the middle of the driver’s vision? What is its purpose? Can’t they just put it to the sides so it doesn’t block the view of the driver?
If you put it to either side it ruins their peripheral vision. This just splits their forward vision. This Halo, as it’s called, has saved lives.
Edit: typo
it’s called a halo, and it’s to protect the heads of the drivers. here’s a slow mo ppl hated it in th3 beginning.
