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F1 cockpit protection delayed until 2018

Red Bull tested the Halo device at the British Grand Prix earlier this month The Formula 1 Strategy Group has voted against the planned 2017 introduction of the Halo cockpit safety device. Teams met at Geneva on Thursday to discuss a range of issues regarding the sport before declaring that the Halo system, which has undergone extensive testing this year, is not ready to be made mandatory next year. The FIA has since confirmed that the Strategy Group has agreed to introduce a full frontal cockpit safety device for the 2018 campaign. Halo has emerged as the FIA’s preferred safety device option after Red Bull’s aeroscreen concept failed safety tests. 'The Strategy Group agreed...
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