F1 eyes in-car video screens to replace mirrors, but faces key hurdles

With car designers always keen to make mirrors interfere as little as possible with airflow over the car, the FIA has long had to push hard to enforce their size and position on safety grounds.

But for such a high-tech series like Formula 1, it seems out of place that it is still relying on an old concept of fixed mirrors that have been an ever-present on cars since they first raced.

Indeed, in an era of accurate GPS, on-board cameras and high-speed digital…