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Closed cockpits could be a solution - Alonso
Getty Images Enlarge Fernando Alonso has thrown his support behind a rethink about closed cockpits in Formula One following Jules Bianchi's crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. Bianchi suffered severe brain trauma after colliding with a recovery vehicle in Suzuka, which led to Williams head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley saying closed cockpits would be "very easy to implement" in the sport. Alonso himself had a lucky escape in 2012 when the Lotus of Romain Grosjean narrowly missed his head in a big first-corner crash in Belgium. With that experience in mind, and because of the amount of head injuries in motorsport today, Alonso believes the technology should be researched at...
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