FIA tests ‘front roll hoop’ to evaluate F1 safety improvement

유명 국내모터스포츠 김씨아저씨가 이상한 해석을 해서 다신 수정할 필요가 있다.  이번 "roll hoop"테스트 위치가 앞타이어에 대한 드라이버보호로 드라이버 앞에 설치된 테스트이고, 김씨아저씨가 말한 뒷 타이어에 대한 드라이버보호는 잘못 해석한 것이다. 테스트도 성공적으로 끝났지만, 미관상 안 좋아서 사용할지는 모르겠다. 사실 항공타입의 케노피스타일이 도입될지도 모르고, 드라이버가 공군조종사처럼 산소마스크 사용할 날도 올까?

아무튼, 한 외국 기자의 기사원본을 읽어보면 드라이버 앞에 장착된 롤루프를 테스트이다.

The FIA has tested a front-mounted roll hoop in an effort to improve safety in single-seater racing cars.

The video above shows a test of a roll hoop mounted in front of a driver’s helmet to protect them from objects striking the front of the car.

A trial was commissioned in response to the accidents including that which claimed the life of Henry Surtees in Formula Two in 2009, and Felipe Massa’s injuries in the Hungarian Grand Prix the same year.

In the test, a wheel and tyre assembly weighing 20kg was fired at the roll hoop, supplied by Lotus, to test how well it could protect the driver from such debris.

FIA institute technical adviser Andy Mellor told the FIA’s IQ magazine: “The roll-hoop basically did a very good job. It was able to keep a wheel away from the driver’s head.

“We tested it both by firing the wheel down the centre of the car, and also coming at it from an angle.”

Mellor added: “At this stage it’s almost pure research, which we need if we’re to understand what the loads are in such impacts. We’re not at all looking at final solutions as such.”

The Formula one Working Group will consider the outcomes of the test. Maintaining good visibility would be an obvious problem with such a solution.

The FIA previously tested jet fighter-style canopy for the same purpose.