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Originally Posted by luke g28
I really like that Japanese concept. Would have no qualms if F1 adopted it. Cant imagine they would ever agree to such a radical change mind.
While im here, Redbulls "unlimited regs" concept
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Thanks luke 28, again I had not seen a picture of this car, it looks awesome, has anyone got any more; perhaps side and top views.
It looks perfectly acceptable - no tinting allowed!
Even in a roll over situation a canopy would dissapate a hell of a lot more energy than a human neck or crash helmet.
The argument against an the Brawn spring piercing the canopy are not accurate.
If you look at the damage to Massa's helmet and then imagine the above canopy made out of automotive laminated shatterproof safety glass and bearing in mind it has about an 10 degree angle of inclination to the approaching spring, it would certainly deflect the spring clear of the driver.
Even if it did penetrate; chance very low; the energy would have been massively dissipated, and the helmet would then have done its job.
In a roll over situation a canopy would dissapate a hell of a lot more energy than a human neck or crash helmeted head. Bear in mind the 10 degree angle compared to the nearly 90 degree of the front of the helmet to an approaching object.
Deflection is all you need!