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IndyCar analyzing cockpit deflectors
Bill Pappas, IndyCar’s VP of competition and race engineering, says the series is examining ways to better protect its drivers, including retro-fitting a deflector on the current Dallara tub. Speaking at the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Indianapolis, Pappas said: “Some sort of windscreen is currently the one we’re researching the most. We think if we can get something that gets the driver’s head below whatever we have in front of them – a windscreen – that should act as a deflector. “If you think about Justin [Wilson]’s accident, it was such a one-in-a-how-many-millions chance, but then you look back at Felipe Massa’s accident [in practice for the 2009...
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