26/08/2025 11:05
George Russell believes F1 should incorporate some sort of
"heads-up display" to help drivers combat the growing issue of
visibility in wet conditions. The Belgian Grand Prix start was
delayed by over an hour after heavy rain passed through the region,
and although it had stopped raining, the delay continued owing to
poor visibility. This is something which has worsened since F1
moved to ground effect cars, with the same aerodynamic principles
which push air up and away from the rear wing doing the same to
standing water on the track. This means driver visibility is
reduced and leads to more cautious decisions when it comes to
starting a wet race. Mercedes driver Russell, who is also a GPDA
director, believes F1 should use the technology already at its
disposal to come up with solutions, although he conceded that he
was "not intelligent." "To be honest, you would have thought that
all of the technology we have now, with GPS, with a heads-up
display, you have on your road car at home," Russell told media,
including RacingNews365 , of the situation. "It could be some sort
of system to visually show the car in front of you when you can't
physically see that car. "It is the same as when you are driving
on the highway at 130kph in the rain and you turn your wipers off,
that is what we see, but the difference is we're doing it at 300
and not 130kph. "So maybe the future is some sort of not virtual
reality, but some sort of heads-up display showing where that car
is, but I'm not intelligent, and it's for the smart people to come
up with the solutions."
