The FIA said it 'prefers to take material action now to avoid a repeat of this scenario.'
After numerous Formula One drivers expressed concern about the extreme heat impacting their well-being during Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix, the FIA announced it will take action to prevent a repeat occurrence in the future. Here’s what you need to know: F1 found its limit during Sunday’s race as drivers were physically struggling.
“You lose so much water that the vision gets really bad towards the end of the race, especially in high speed with the G-forces and the reflexes are all so much worse,” the Ferrari driver continued when speaking with F1 TV. Some drivers, like Yuki Tsunoda and George Russell, had their visors open to try to help, but the AlphaTauri driver said, “I don’t want to open the visor because sand also coming through the visor and I can feel that sand is coming inside my eyes.
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