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Open cockpit debate in the spotlight again after Spa crash
First corner crash at Spa
Sep.4 Sunday's terrifying first corner crash at Spa Francorchamps has reopened the debate about whether the Formula 1′s days of open cockpits are numbered, and alternative options that the sport may embrace.
Paddy Lowe, McLaren's technical director, thinks Fernando Alonso's lucky escape after Romain Grosjean's flying Lotus only narrowly missed the Spaniard's hands and head on Sunday means that action is now 'inevitable'.
He is quoted by the Herald Sun as acknowledging that the drivers' exposed head is the last 'big' safety issue for formula one.
Lowe is part of the working group that is looking into whether closed cockpits, shields, forward roll-hoops or...
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