Digital Dashboards: Protected Trade Secrets?
By Kerri Cebula, Associate Professor of Sport Management at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
In 2020, Formula E unveiled a new camera angle designed to bring fans closer to the racing action, the Driver’s Eye camera. A tiny camera is embedded in the driver’s helmet at the driver’s eye level and allows a viewer to see what the driver sees during a race. Formula 1 tested the technology in 2021 and rolled it out to certain drivers in 2022. Other International Automobil