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IndyCar Advanced Frontal Protection safety device mandated from Indianapolis 500 onwards
IndyCar have announced an additional cockpit protection device which will be run by all drivers starting from the 2019 Indianapolis 500. As reported on Indycar.com, the Advanced Frontal Protection (AFP) feature is a titanium piece which is designed to deflect debris away from the driver. Centrally positioned on the chassis, just in front of the cockpit, it resembles the foremost fixing point of the halo seen in Formula 1. Following Robert Wickens’ harrowing crash at Pocono last year, the spotlight remains on IndyCar to continue to implement safety improvements. An F1-style halo has been considered for the series but as well as being difficult to integrate with the current DW12...
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