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F1 drivers adapt to new cars’ reduced visibility · RaceFans

Lando Norris, McLaren, Circuit de Catalunya, 2022

Sergio Perez and Daniel Ricciardo said that the reduced visibility caused by larger wheels on the 2022 F1 car is something drivers will have to work around.

F1 has introduced taller, 720mm diameter wheels this year, and required teams to add bodywork which reaches over the top of them. Other drivers, including Ricciardo’s team mate Lando Norris, indicated this would present visibility problems.

Ricciardo said that the view was “definitely a little more tricky” because “there’s just more in the way.

“It’s another thing with F1 – obviously, it’s a very unrelatable sport because no one can jump in the car and really experience what it’s like but even a lot of onboard cameras from the top. So you see so much more, so you might think you’re riding with the driver, but you’re not really getting like the driver’s point of view actually they did test a few cameras last year. But my point is you don’t see that much, period.

“This year, you see less again,”…

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