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F1 agrees head protection plan for 2017
Cockpit head protection will be introduced into Formula 1 in 2017, the sport's bosses agreed on Tuesday. A meeting of the rule-making F1 Commission approved plans to adopt a structure to protect drivers from debris, sources at governing body the FIA said. A new elimination-style qualifying format, with the slowest drivers knocked out in succession, could also be introduced this year. Details have not been released. A deadline for rules to make faster cars in 2017 has been delayed until 30 April. All the changes still need to be rubber-stamped by the final step of the legislative process, the FIA World Council. Hello to the 'halo' The FIA told teams earlier this month that it wanted to...
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