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Just about every day, we see a new on-car camera shot that is exhilarating, but it’s always lacking something. This ?something? that they always lack is the "real" feeling of the driver’s point of view, as the camera is usually connected to the car or on the top of the driver’s helmet.
Well, F1 Driver, Lucas di Grassi decided that it was time to give us a real-life driver’s-eye view of him racing his open-wheel car. He accomplished this by placing a small camera directly in front of one of his eyes, so he was literally driving with just one eye.
Granted, there were no other drivers on the course, but to see him navigate the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the rain was a thing of beauty. In addition, he gave us a taste of some of the speeds they drive by getting his car up to 280 km/h (174 mph) at the 2:45 mark, which is impressive enough in the rain, but with just one eye is simply nuts.
Take a look at the above video to get a true driver’s-eye view of the craziness that F1 drivers have to deal with every race day. It’s pretty intense to say the least.
Video: See What an F1 Driver Sees at 170 mph originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 28 July 2012 06:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/video-see-what-an-f1-driver-sees-at-170-mph-ar132505.html
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