Thread: Tech Issue Closed cockpits- Closer to reality then we might think?
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Old 19 Jul 2011, 00:02 (Ref:2928337)   #45
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Originally Posted by m1fcf View Post
People seem to manage with current series of racers with roofs...

Need a door you say? well, how are the drivers going to get in to it in the first place? I very much doubt they will sit in the car and wait while the canopy is bolted into the chassis around them - I would see either a side or front hinge assembly with some form of quick-release mechanism to separate the canopy completely from the car in the even of emergency access.
Alan McNish eventually got out of the Audi, after his horrific accident at Le Mans this year, using the door.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jnibRyrK-o
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