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Opinion: Why canopies should spark F1 design overhaul

F1 faces a seismic design shift with the advent of canopies – but how do you make them look as cool as a Lotus 72D? Charles Bradley demands to know... They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And when there are millions of eyes on Formula 1’s cars, that’s a lot of beholding going on. So when something as seismic as adding radical cockpit protection like Red Bull’s Aeroscreen happens, a lot of opinions are going to spout forth. So here’s mine… Formula 1 cars have been open-cockpit single-seaters since day one. Yet you can argue that as early as the mid-50s, Mercedes’ W196 ‘Type Monza’ streamliner proved you can buck a trend. Times change just as requirements do – to...
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