Formula One Cars to have Full Cockpits?

[FIA]

Formula One Cars to have Full Cockpits in the Future?

Is this true?

[Sleeper]

What do you mean by full cockpits? If you mean a roof like a touring car then I highly doubt it, though much higher cockpit sides wouldnt surprise me.

[ChrisS]

Formula One cars are single seat, open cockpit, open wheel race cars. full cockpit cars will no longer be F1 cars IMHO

[markabilly]

Formula One Cars to have Full Cockpits in the Future?

Is this true?

Well, before all the electronic gismos and computers, there was a time when a F1 car absolutely had to have a full cockpit, because the cars did not go so well down the road when the cockpit was empty :D

[inimitablestoo]

Full cockpit definition: The drivers will have to race with their salary in the cockpit acting as a sort of ballast ;) It's both an equivalency measure and a way of keeping costs down (employ a cheaper driver, get a lighter car...).

[ioan]

Full cockpit definition: The drivers will have to race with their salary in the cockpit acting as a sort of ballast ;) It's both an equivalency measure and a way of keeping costs down (employ a cheaper driver, get a lighter car...).

You forgot to mention if the salary will have to be a check, bills or coins! :D

[SGWilko]

You forgot to mention if the salary will have to be a check, bills or coins! :D

Pay 'em in gold bars, that way racers can be referred to as having 'golden balls'

(I'll get my coat.....) :D

[rohanweb]

nope cost cutting plan should be based on each race performance..
so if the mechanics failed to deliver they will get paycut for that gp.
if a driver make a silly mistake then he wont get pay for the race..

if you get knocked off the track by a slower cars then they get penalised by the Max.
also each engine must last for 5 races!

good

[BeeJ_UK]

This sounds more like the new LeMans rules for what ever they will call LMP1. The ACO want the cars to look more like road going sports cars (coupe).

[Azumanga Davo]

This sounds more like the new LeMans rules for what ever they will call LMP1. The ACO want the cars to look more like road going sports cars (coupe).

Yeah, just like the Peugeot 908 and it's road-going counterpar... hey, wait a sec... :D

[ShiftingGears]

Formula One cars are single seat, open cockpit, open wheel race cars. full cockpit cars will no longer be F1 cars IMHO

Well there has been F1 cars that weren't open-wheeled...

http://www.mercedesshop.com/images/2000amelia/fangio1.jpg


Though I really think that if drivers don't want to put up with the obvious risks of driving an open-wheel racing car, they shouldn't be racing them!

[Ranger]

They'll have higher cockpit sides in '08. No full cockpits though (for now?)

[wmcot]

A fully-enclosed cockpit on a single-seat F1 car would certainly look odd!

[tsarcasm]

like a fighter jet canopy/bubble