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[–] Kitten_Mittens@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (16 children)

As someone with little knowledge of Formula 1 I have a question. Seeing how fucked this car is and knowing how ridiculously expensive each car is, who is going to pay for its replacement? Will Ocon’s team have to pay to replace the car or will Red Bull foot the entire bill themselves?

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago (12 children)

A team has to foot the bill to repair their own cars.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (11 children)

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?

[–] The_one_and_only@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

The funny thing is that the center support of the halo (that's what it is called if you want to Google more info), is not in the field of view. A driver very rarely looks straight ahead. Mostly they look at the apex of the next corner.

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