FrukostScones wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 16:38
FE cars have there own set of regulations within FIA and everyone can see that these would sheer off in heartbeat at the wrong angle of impact.
In F1, the cars are tested bare like this. The thin sheet of carbon fire bodywork - which has poor impact resistance by the way - makes no material difference to the crash worthyness of the structures.
If you mean the SIS could poke someone's eye out... Mmyeah.. But in what situations? Maybe if the car rolls into the crowd somehow or rolls on top of another car, with the structure poking through the Halo... But this will also happen with a regular side pod too because as I said its just thin carbon fibre covering the structure, it will get ripped away upon impact.
We can again look back at the cars last year and see these basically bare structures are just as exposed. You made a good reason that you did not like them from the begining. Nothing wrong with that opinion, but it seems that this year, because the big contrast of the structures against the slim side pods on the Mercedes specifically is why you protest so much now.