[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

One thing that intrigues me in this whole 'bag on the camera' and now 'umbrella over the cockpit' saga is the amount of column inches, broadcast time and online posts that it has generated, attempting to determine what is going on and maybe even 'expose' something.

Looking at the bag in isolation - if its purpose is to stop the camera from seeing something, then its not going to be very effective.
When the car is running the bag is not present, so the camera can see what is going on.
When the car is stationary, the car is often in a position where others can see what the camera sees, so again it would be simple to determine if there was anything out of the ordinary going on.

So is the bag used to obscure the camera, to cool something down, or for anther reason altogether? Maybe the purpose of the bag (which the use of is not discreet) is to get people fixated on the bag?

While so much effort has been made to understand what the bag is for - have Ferrari been drawing everyone's attention away from something else on the car that is contributing to their performance level?

And what evidence, other than circumstantial, is there that the umbrella use is related to the bag?

Exactly crm. Smoke & mirrors & distraction tactics!