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F1’s next safety step is biometrics – FIA

F1’s next safety step is biometrics – FIA The next step in safety for formula one will be biometrics, the FIA has revealed. In the latest edition of the governing body's in-house magazine Auto, the FIA released some of the findings from the crash suffered by Fernando Alonso in Melbourne, based upon the new-in-2016 high speed cameras. That camera showed that the Spaniard's helmet impacted the cockpit sides twice during the crash, tying in with similar data recorded by his in-ear accelerometer. 'The next step is biometrics — gathering data from drivers such as heart rate, body heat and even sweat levels,' the FIA's research chief Laurent Mekies said. 'I hope that we will be...
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