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Drivers want cockpit protection by 2017
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F1 drivers want increased cockpit protection to be introduced no later than the 2017 season. The FIA - in consultation with the Grand Prix Drivers' Association [GPDA] - has been investigating a number of different solutions to improve head protection, including closed cockpits. GPDA chairman Wurz says the research has highlighted the best way to progress which the drivers are in favour of being introduced as soon as possible. "The research the FIA experts have done is very thorough and the process has brought forward a clear solution," Wurz told the BBC. "Now the drivers feel it's time to implement the extra protection at the latest in 2017."...
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