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Originally Posted by thstone
I understand the culture and tradition aspects of racing. But I am questioning whether drivers lives are worth keeping with the tradition - solely for tradition sake?
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I don't have the answer to that. IMO, they've already made the cars ugly, so you might as well develop some sort of solution. Though of the recent open cockpit-related deaths, probably nothing would have helped Bianchi or Wheldon, the impacts were just too severe.
I have to say this concept looks badd-ass:
Is this the future of motor racing? Designer reveals supersafe F1 car concepts that would allow racing in any weather | Daily Mail Online
Not a bad option, if fine tuned a bit:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/25/9207767/formula-one-indycar-crazy-closed-cockpit-design
There are some technical obstacles like distortion from very narrow curved plexiglass, and controlling cockpit heat, bubble-top prototypes actually require air conditioning.