Cockpit protection for 2018 and T wing clamp down

[Vocal Minority]

Eric Mc said:

I hadn't realised that the Vanwall streamliner existed until I was making my way back to my car at a Goodwood Festival of Speed one year. As I was walking up through the field behind the paddock, to my surprise, there was this Vanwall sitting there with full bodywork. I'd never known such a car existed.

The other streamliner is a Cooper by the way.

I meant the mid-engine Vanwall - I only knew of the Costin designed one we all know and love

I didn't know Cooper did one either!

[Eric Mc]

I think there were a few others as well. Obviously F1 regs back then did not preclude enclosed wheels. Do they actually say the wheels have to be exposed even now?

[Evangelion]

F1 streamliners during the '50s included Mercedes, Vanwall, Cooper, Maserati and Connaught. There was also a Lancia-Ferrari but I believe this did not have completely enclosed wheels.

The rule change banning streamliners came in, I believe, 1960. It must still be in place otherwise all F1s would be streamliners! No-one's going to put up with the drag of exposed wheels unless they really, really have to.