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New head safety planned for 2014

Formula 1 bosses hope to introduce additional driver head protection in time for the 2014 season. The issue has arisen again after the crash at Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix, when Romain Grosjean's flying Lotus narrowly missed Fernando Alonso's head. Continue reading the main story “How many times have you looked at things including [the Spa crash] and thought, that was lucky? ” Paddy Lowe McLaren design chief McLaren design boss Paddy Lowe, a head protection expert, said: 'It once again showed one of F1's biggest safety exposures is the open cockpit. 'We've had a number of near misses in the last three or four years.' Alonso's Ferrari was hit by Grosjean's Lotus at the first...
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