WATCH: Epic onboard footage from Alonso’s F1 car as he tackles Eau Rouge
A driver’s eye camera gave fans watching ba🐬ck at home what a F1 driver experiences ꦯwhen they tackle some of the world’s most challenging corners.
Eau Rouge, Pouh🏅on and Blanchimont looked mighty as the Spaniard tackled Spa’s legendary corners in his Alpine
Seatbelt fastened, visor down alo_oficial
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Unlike with normal♒ camera shots, the vibrations, oversteer moments and bumps were captured perfectly, showing that modern F1 is s☂till a real challenge.
Formula E and IndyCar h♈ave previously experimented with drive eye cameras in recent years, while F1 has been quite stagnant with its variation in camera usage.
The all-electric series rolled out the ‘driver’s eye’ camera at the start of the 2020 campaign, which debuted at the Santia🐼go ePrix.
It was an encoura༒ging day for Alonso at Spa, ending FP2 fo♒urth-fastest overall.
The Spaniard was just 0.5s shy of Max Verstappen’s top time as Alpine looks to build on its maiden victory last time out in Hungary, courtesy o🎐f Esteban Ocon.
Alpine announced yesterday that Alonso would be remaining with th✨e team for 2022 alongside Ocon.
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