Force India's chief operating officer, Otmar Szafnauer, has admitted that he would have preferred the introduction of Halo device to be deferred until 2019. With the teams expecting the FIA to opt for The Shield as its cockpit safety device of choice for 2018, the late U-turn which will see the Halo introduced instead has already had an effect on the teams' preparations for their cars for next year. None more so than Force India, where Szafnauer admits the move to the Halo device has opened up a range of issues. 'It may delay next year's car,' he told Motorsport.com. 'There is a finite amount of time that it takes to design and make a monocoque, and if we don't get definition in that...
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