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    The Car I Drive Every Day :)

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    Changing a flat tire is a little problematic, but otherwise it makes quite few heads turn

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    What I don't understand is that if there's this and the Caparo T1, and it obviously makes more sense from a safety perspective to have a covered cockpit, then why don't they?

    Senna was killed because a piece of suspension piercing his helmet, and at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this year, Schumacher inside his stranded Mercedes could have had his head taken off by an oncoming Liuzzi.

    Isn't this obvious, to have a cockpit cover or am I crazy?
    The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!

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    I just got GT5. I will play it every day until I get that car.
    All other opinions are wrong....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sonic
    I just got GT5. I will play it every day until I get that car.
    Sounds like a plan. The best part is that the kids think we're getting the Wii for THEM.
    Plasma tv's are okay, but I'm holding out for whole blood. :vampire:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rollo
    What I don't understand is that if there's this and the Caparo T1, and it obviously makes more sense from a safety perspective to have a covered cockpit, then why don't they?

    Senna was killed because a piece of suspension piercing his helmet, and at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this year, Schumacher inside his stranded Mercedes could have had his head taken off by an oncoming Liuzzi.

    Isn't this obvious, to have a cockpit cover or am I crazy?
    Not to mention Massa. Also I think their lapping times would be much faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rollo
    What I don't understand is that if there's this and the Caparo T1, and it obviously makes more sense from a safety perspective to have a covered cockpit, then why don't they?

    Senna was killed because a piece of suspension piercing his helmet, and at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this year, Schumacher inside his stranded Mercedes could have had his head taken off by an oncoming Liuzzi.

    Isn't this obvious, to have a cockpit cover or am I crazy?
    It is perfectly obvious.

    What holds the idea back seems to be that it would break with tradition, and I don't think the rulemakers want to do that on such a scale.

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    Plus there's the issue of emergency access. If, like Massa, you bury yourself up to the roll hoop in the tyres, how would a medical team get to the driver quickly?
    All other opinions are wrong....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sonic
    Plus there's the issue of emergency access. If, like Massa, you bury yourself up to the roll hoop in the tyres, how would a medical team get to the driver quickly?
    If you ask me, in case of emergency I would push the "eject" button

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    They would have to have air conditioning. Could you imagine the cockpit temps under a bubble like that at races like Malaysia, Singapore and Bahrain?

    I love the looks of that thing, however that's more like the future of a LeMans car than F1 IMHO.
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    The other day I was wondering what would the perfect car for racing on the moon would look like. Surely it's not so difficult to improve on the lunar rover.
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