Just goes to show how little a driver sees in their mirrors or of their front wing [video=youtube;m3DY7HIjXMc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3DY7HIjXMc[/video]
Good post, maybe this will reduce the number of imbeciles ridiculing drivers when they accidentally lose their wings.
I hope so, it also helps with the complaint "he didn't check his mirrors". For pretty much the whole lap all you can see is the rear tyres and absolutely nothing to the left or right of the car.
Not quite an accurate representation of a drivers eye view as a camera has no peripheral vision which a human has and peripheral vision is extremely important when it comes to driving and indeed just getting around in general, if you don't believe me try walking down the street just looking through the lens of a camera.
If that camera is exactly at eye level, I'm worried about how the mirrors are angled! Surely tilting the mirrors up more would give more vision out the back, with minimal interference with aero? It can't be that simple though...
The mirrors could well be set up to look at the tyres since that car will never actually race anything so they might as well point at the tyres to see what condition they're in. That's a guess by the way so I could easily be wrong.
If it was a true eye level capture, everything would be wobbling like hell. You also need to BLINK, so that would decrease your sight at certain times. Drivers have it tough, so credit to all of them.
Case in point the camera man didn't see Montoya coming, funny thou. [video=youtube;-2WvQTeGAEU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2WvQTeGAEU[/video]
This camera is not quite a driver's eye view; it is mounted just above. Now whilst that may not sound like a significant difference, for the purposes of seeing reflected views in mirrors, it is! Even when driving a road car with properly adjusted mirrors, a small upward movement of one's head will take the horizon out of view. Single seater mirrors are adjusted very precisely to match the drivers eye-line exactly. Therefore to get a true driver's view, the camera(s) would need to be mounted on the eyes. Yes, it is a tiny difference - but it is nonetheless a significant one.
Yeah it's pretty different to Coulthard's 'Helmet-Cam' in Brazil... [video=youtube;YlWhQJszC1I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlWhQJszC1I[/video]
Nice one Westy. This shows the problem (near impossibility) of getting a real driver's eye view. DC's camera is mounted at chin level (which is not as good as just above eye-line). Although the difference in camera mounting is only 4 inches between these respective videos, the result is a very significant change of view.
And another from Kubica at Monza... [video=youtube;bZbJUkRziWA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZbJUkRziWA&feature=related[/video]
This one is very good Westy. It is mounted to the side but it is very very close to eye level! Notice that the horizon is in view in the left mirror.
Indeed, I agree with the original observation that it's not difficult to see how front wings get clipped off occasionally. In your professional opinion Heinz, do you think that drivers are at a significant disadvantage sitting as low as they do these days? Should the sport return to the slightly more 'sitting up' way of driving that we saw in years gone past? One would imagine that the danger of injury would increase if any car were to flip over or encounter flying debris.
