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Webber envisages closed cockpit future for F1

Mark Webber believes the aeroscreen run by his former team on Friday heralds a move to closed cockpits. With the FIA insisting that a driver safety device is in place for next season, for some time now it appeared the Halo, put forward by Mercedes and Ferrari, would get the nod. Then came the canopy device - or Aeroscreen as it is officially known - from Red Bull. Whilst the FIA's Safety Director, Charlie Whiting, initially appeared to favour the Halo, claiming that there wasn't sufficient time to test the canop... sorry aeroscreen, it is understood that initial tests, Friday's run and the public's initial reaction, may be causing a change of heart. As his team debuted its device, and at a...
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