F1 drivers unconvinced by cockpit 'shield' proposal


Formula One - F1 - Test session - Sakhir, Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain - 18/4/17 - Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany drives during the testing session at Bahrain. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Formula One's plans to introduce a transparent cockpit 'shield' could make racing more dangerous in wet conditions, Danish driver Kevin Magnussen said on Thursday.

The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced this week that it was focussing on the concept rather than a previously tested 'halo' cockpit protection system.

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