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'Halo' device likely to be introduced
Alex Wurz, former F1 driver and Sports Car champion, now chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), is confident the so-called 'halo' device will be introduced as early as next year in a bid to improve driver safety. The move follows a number of high profile incidents, not only in F1, in which drivers have been seriously injured, in some cases, killed, after suffering head injuries when hit by debris following an incident. Whilst one immediately thinks of Jules Bianchi, Justin Wilson and Henry Surtees, the incident at Imola which claimed Ayrton Senna's life in 1994 is also being cited, the Brazilian killed when a suspension arm pierced his helmet. Following a recent push by...
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