Old school protection

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It might just be us, but the Red Bull Aeroscreen reminds us of some of the early aerodynamic solutions on F1 cars in the 1970s. Both protecting the driver from debris and smoothing airflow around the car, some fairly basic designs around the cockpit were used, such as on the Tyrrell 006 being driven here by Patrick Depailler in Monaco in 1974.