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FIA on track to introduce halo in 2017

Formula 1 is on track to introduce the halo cockpit protection device next season; that's according to Charlie Whiting. Ferrari trialed the device during pre-season testing in Spain with both Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel covering a single lap with it attached to the SF16-H. The device was met with mixed opinions as some such as Vettel are in favour while others such as Lewis Hamilton are firmly against it. The Brit, though, is unlikely to get his way as FIA race director Whiting has revealed that motorsport's governing body is on track to introduce halo in 2017. 'I think (the halo's) going pretty well,' he told reporters in Melbourne. 'It's been tested quite extensively now, and I...
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