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Horner sees new hope for aeroscreen in F1

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says that the aeroscreen concept might still have a shot of getting picked up by Formula 1. The Red Bull Advanced Technologies design was dropped in favour of rolling out the halo cockpit protection system in 2018. This helps deflect debris and other solid objects away from the driver's head in an open cockpit. The halo's value was demonstrated in a first lap crash at last year's Belgian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso's car was launched into the air and fell onto Charles Leclerc's Sauber, with the young driver's head escaping harm thanks to the device. Red Bull proposed a more conventional 'windshield' type concept, but its on-track test in 2017 reportedly made...
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