News Details

Vettel debuts ‘shield' protection

Valtteri Bottas may have set the pace in Friday's opening practice for the British Grand Prix but it was the arrival of Shield on the grid that created all the headlines. Prior to Friday's first practice it was announced that Sebastian Vettel would run the cockpit protection device, which is topping the FIA's list for 2018, at the start of the session. It was a bit of a tight squeeze for the German getting in and out with reports that knees were bumped and arms were twisted. Early judgement is that Shield won't allow the driver to climb out of the car in the mandated safety time. The first lap with Shield – which also proved to be the only one, at least for Friday. Unfortunately,...
Full Story »
8y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Vettel debuts Shield at Silverstone

X may have set the pace in Friday's opening practice for the British...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Vettel to trial shield device in Silverstone practice

Sebastian Vettel will be the first Formula 1 driver to trial the shield...
8y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Vettel to test The Shield during Silverstone FP1

The first images have been released of Formula 1's latest cockpit...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Sebastian Vettel gives F1 'shield' on-track debut at...

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has given the FIA’s...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar introduces safety flaps to prevent airborne...

The NTT IndyCar series has detailed a new addition to cars competing in...

IndyCar updates tire rules for 2026 season

Among a few changes coming for the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season, a new...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'As it stands..': Latest on Liverpool move for 100m...

Liverpool have been heavily linked with a move for Yan Diomande in recent...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Watch: Tottenham fans will love what Archie Gray was...

While the 4-1 scoreline in the North London Derby left Tottenham Hotspur...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'I don’t like all that' – Scholes slams...

Arsenal may have secured a dominant 4-1 victory over Tottenham on Sunday,...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'It’s hard to take that out' - Paul Scholes names...

Paul Scholes has said Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice ‘looks too...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.