Tim Mayer - what might have been

[Ray Bell]

The issue was the regulations, or lack of them...

Initially, if my recollection is correct, the rules simply called for a roll-over bar but gave no specs. Some time later, noting that a lot of the bars were inadequate, regulators called for them to be not more than an inch below the top of the helmet.

Just guessing, but it's probable the first of the rules were for Formula Junior when it became an International formula in 1960. It quickly spread to other formulae.

Gradually things got more sensible.




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