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Whiting: Closed cockpit the cons outweigh the pros
FIA Race Director and Formula 1 technical chief Charlie Whiting has admitted the sport could be some way from introducing closed cockpits (as conceptualised above by Iacoski Design). But after the latest incident in Indycar involving the death of former F1 driver Justin Wilson, the FIA race director admitted formula one must also continue to work on better protecting the drivers' heads. In the case of Wilson's death, he was hit by the nose-cone structure of a crashed rival's car, raising questions about whether the same could happen in F1. 'We don't know whether our noses are secured better or worse than in Indycar,' Whiting told Auto Motor und Sport, 'but I can say that our testing is...
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