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.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.