Re: DC's view of enclosing F1 cockpits

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I guess nobody outside of here has repeated my suggestion about the
windshield?
But, how do you clean the oil and other particles that dhere to it? You can remove the film as in a helmet. What if it rains?
They manage to cope with such problems in races such as Le Mans, why not in F1?


LeMans racers have large cockpits and winndscreens with wipers.
an F1 cr is a might small.
Read Graham Hill's "Life at the Limit' sbout tests with single seater enclosed cockpits, they tried it and didn't like it.



It would make more sense to have a roll cage and NASCAR style webbing - but I doubt that a coil spring would have much trouble penetrating that either. This was a freak occurence IMO.

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