There is much anticipation for the second Formula 1 pre-season test that will take place on the Bahrain international circuit for three days starting on Thursday, a tasty appetizer before the first GP of the season that will take place the following week on the same circuit. .
This round will serve to analyze the latest data on the cars in ground effect for the start of the championship and for Liberty Media staff to check that the television coverage is prepared to offer a great show, since F1 must be able to allow the pilots chasing each other as an effect of the introduction of the new regulations that have cleaned the trail of dirty air that prevented it.
According to Motorsport.com, the in-helmet camera, which was trialled last year, will be seen again in testing, giving fans shots very similar to what drivers see from the cockpit , and which, this year, has a distinct look as a result of the 18-inch tires released by Pirelli.
Feedback from last year was very positive, so during the three days of testing in Bahrain four pilots will be able to shoot with the camera inside their helmet at the same time, adding this showmanship opportunity to the drones that will make their debut at a drone event. F1 before use in the race to be held in Sakhir.
The television control room can now support four of these small cameras at the same time, but the goal is to get all twenty drivers on the grid to participate. However, at the moment, only ten of the twenty pilots can contribute to the exclusive filming, as this device has been designed and developed in collaboration with Bell: the camera with the view from the pilot’s eye is the micro camera approved by the FIA (8 millimeters in diameter and 2.5 grams in weight) placed at eye level in the protective padding inside the pilot’s helmet.
The American helmet manufacturer was the first to agree to insert a micro-camera into the helmet padding, addressing (and solving) all the safety issues that led to the development of a technology finally mature enough to offer exclusive shots.
In short, the tests in Bahrain, in addition to unraveling the knots of competitiveness of each of the single-seaters, will have the mission of making us discover some of the jewels of television production. Who knows if certain shots will allow us to see information from the digital dashboards that are part of the steering wheel computers in close-up?
