There is much anticipation for the second Formula 1 test session which will take place in Bahrain for three days from Thursday, a tasty appetizer in view of the first GP of the season which will be held the following week.
This round will serve to deliberate the ground-effect single-seaters for the start of the championship and to the staff of Liberty Media to verify that the television coverage is ready to offer a great show with the F1 that will have to be able to stay more in the wake with the introduction of the new regulation that has cleaned up the wake.
According to what Motorsport.com has learned in the tests, the Helmet-cam that was tested last year will be reviewed, giving fans very similar shots to what the drivers engaged in the cockpit see.
The feedback from last year was very positive that in the three days of testing in Bahrain there will be four drivers who will be able to run simultaneously with the Helmet-cam, adding this show opportunity to the drones that will make their debut in an F1 event before. of their use in the Sakhir competition.
For now, the television direction can support four Helmet-cams at the same time, but the goal is to reach the participation of all twenty riders on the grid. For the moment, however, only ten out of twenty drivers can contribute to the exclusive filming, because the Helmet-cam was designed and developed in collaboration with the Racing Force Group, the company that controls Bell Racing and OMP among others. : the Driver’s Eye is the FIA homologated micro camera (8 millimeters in diameter and 2.5 grams in weight) positioned at eye level on the protective padding inside the driver’s helmet.
The company of American origin, but increasingly Italian, which produces in Bahrain, was the first to have accepted to introduce a micro-camera in the padding of the shell, addressing (and solving) all the safety problems that have led to develop a technology that is finally mature to give exclusive shots.
In short, the Bahrain tests, in addition to having to untie the knots on the competitiveness of the individual cars, will have the task of making us discover some gems of the Biggin Hill television production: who knows if certain shots will allow us to see the information on the digital dashboards in the foreground. that are part of the flying computers?
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