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Raikkonen debuts 'halo' cockpit protection proposal at winter test
Kimi Raikkonen has become the first driver to try out the proposed ‘halo’ cockpit protection design, after running it at the second winter test. The Ferrari driver’s SF16-H was fitted with the device for a brief run on the morning of the third day of the second pre-season test event at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Improving head protection and cockpit safety has been a key talking point in F1 for some time, but plans accelerated following the deaths of Jules Bianchi and Justin Wilson last year. After last week’s Strategy Group and F1 Commission meetings in Geneva, the FIA announced it “intends” to bring in some kind of cockpit protector for the...
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