Problems with visibility in a F1 car

[Big Ben]

Drivers should just use their brains and/or be more aware of their surroundings.

Do you imply Hammy shouldn't have assumed Felipe Baby just vanished? Don't be absurd.

[555-04Q2]

Do you imply Hammy shouldn't have assumed Felipe Baby just vanished? Don't be absurd.

I didn't imply anything.

[Bagwan]

Drivers should just use their brains and/or be more aware of their surroundings.

It's made a little harder when the car , itself , makes it impossible to see anything behind the bolsters .

Perhaps the drivers should refuse to drive until this is dealt with .
They must see the danger of not being able to see .
It is , after all , most obvious from where they sit .

[schmenke]

In hindsight there is a problem.

[Bagwan]

In hindsight there is a problem.

Which a little more foresight might have fixed .

[schmenke]

Upon reflection, the solution may not be clear.

[airshifter]

Considering all the tech in F1, it's actually surprising that no team has come up with a better solution. These days they could easily mount a small camera on each side of the car, forwarded mounted near the wheel mounts and facing rearward. Each camera has a small monitor in the cockpit on the appropriate side. Done properly it would work as well if not better than good mirrors on a street car.

[penagate]

Perhaps the cars could be fitted with proximity sensors, and a beep-beep sound played through the appropriate earpiece of the driver when another car is alongside. The beeping could change in pace or pitch depending on the position of the other car.

This could be a little distracting at the start of the race though!

[555-04Q2]

Its crazy that people can even entertain babysitting F1 drivers hock: Whatever happened to these guys being the best of the best in the world

Drive the damn cars and stop making excuses!

[Bagwan]

Upon reflection, the solution may not be clear.

But , the bolster issue is blindingly obvious .