So you think you're more gifted than most Formula 1 drivers, hey? So you think you can test AND drive at the same time?
The FIA Foundation, to which the Williams Formula 1 team is a financial contributor, is a driving force in pioneering the NCAP vehicle safety standards and more recently promoting the Make Roads Safe campaign.
Formula One is one of the best pre-emptive safety environments of its kind with much of this knowledge transferable into everyday motoring. There are over 1.3 million deaths on the world's roads every year - more than those caused by malaria. With increasing levels of car ownership in the developing world, this trend is likely to rise alarmingly in the absence of significant and committed action
As part of the Williams Sparks programme, the AT&T Williams test driver, Valtteri Bottas undertook some driving assessments in the team's driver-in-the-loop simulator. In this, the first of a series of road safety tests, the team looks at the implications of texting at the wheel.
The FIA Foundation, to which the Williams Formula 1 team is a financial contributor, is a driving force in pioneering the NCAP vehicle safety standards and more recently promoting the Make Roads Safe campaign.
Formula One is one of the best pre-emptive safety environments of its kind with much of this knowledge transferable into everyday motoring. There are over 1.3 million deaths on the world's roads every year - more than those caused by malaria. With increasing levels of car ownership in the developing world, this trend is likely to rise alarmingly in the absence of significant and committed action
As part of the Williams Sparks programme, the AT&T Williams test driver, Valtteri Bottas undertook some driving assessments in the team's driver-in-the-loop simulator. In this, the first of a series of road safety tests, the team looks at the implications of texting at the wheel.
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