After a year-long evaluation of options, the Verizon IndyCar Series appears to have a final direction for its cockpit protection device. Using input from its drivers, IndyCar's competition department expressed an initial belief that multiple aerocreens would be required to provide clear sightlines from the cockpit when switching between flat and banked circuits. That belief has been revised, according to IndyCar competition president Jay Frye, who expects a single aeroscreen device to serve the drivers' needs at every track when it is introduced in 2018. "We have numerous things we've worked at, looked at," he said. "We're honing in on one that seems to be the best that...
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