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F1 halo opens ‘interesting avenues’ for short-term aero gains
McLaren’s chief of aerodynamics Peter Prodromou says the installation of the new Halo safety device will provide short-term chances for performance jumps in Formula 1 at the start of 2018. Prodromou has confirmed McLaren’s MCL33 has passed all FIA safety tests at its first attempt including new tests for the Halo cockpit protector which becomes a mandatory safety piece for F1 cars this year. While the challenges faced integrating the Halo efficiently has ‘excited’ the engineering brains at McLaren, Prodromou predicts a variety of different fairings experimented with by F1 teams when getting up to speed with the new device. The McLaren aerodynamics boss believes any F1 team could...
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