alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Formula 1@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoPerez Car after opening lap incidentsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imagePerez Car after opening lap incidentsh.itjust.worksalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Formula 1@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareespentan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoA team has to foot the bill to repair their own cars.
minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoCan 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?
minus-squareCyclist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 years agoIf 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
minus-squarebaldingpudenda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoit’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.
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.