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Todt: 'Sooner or later we knew that something would happen'
FIA president Jean Todt faced a tough opposition when the halo was introduced into F1, but never gave in, convinced its day of recognition would come. The controversial cockpit safety device fulfilled its protective purpose during its first full-scale real life test at Spa last month, when Charles Leclerc was spared injury - or perhaps something worse - when Fernando Alonso's McLaren flew over the top of the Sauber, one of its wheels hitting Leclerc's halo. For Todt, there's no doubting the amazing level of safety achieved by F1 in the past few decades, as there is no doubting what was at stake for motorsport before the halo's implementation. "If you see Alonso’s crash in 2016, if...
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