Indycar adding new cockpit protection

Indycar will use an “Aeroscreen” developed by Red Bull Advanced Technologies for cockpit protection beginning next season. The safety piece will virtually cover the openair cockpit with a clear screen anchored by and on a titanium framework. Its purpose is to protect drivers from flying debris. Justin Wilson died in 2015 when a piece of debris struck his helmet during a race at Pocono. It’s expected to have load-bearing capability of 150 kilonewtons, which would equal the FIA load for the “Halo” design currently used in Formula One. One kilonewton is equal to approximately 102 kilograms, so the screen’s capability would be nearly 15,300 kilograms.