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Improved side impact protection system for 2014

A year-long collaboration between the FIA Institute and Formula One teams will see F1 cars feature a new, advanced side impact protection system next season, designed to improve crash performance in angled impacts.Currently, side impact protection is provided by crushable tube structures attached to the side of the chassis. Whilst effective in normal, direct impacts, these can break off during oblique impacts, such as that famously suffered by Robert Kubica in the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix.Marussia, McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull all engaged with the FIA Institute to help find an improved solution and the result - based on a Marussia design optimised by Red Bull - was an evolution of the...
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