It wouldn’t be a new Formula 1 season without fresh technical change and challenge After last year’s wide-ranging raft of aerodynamic rule-changes (wider tyres, dorsal fins, sloped-back front and rear-wings), the biggest addition to the 2018 technical regulations is the adoption of the halo safety device. Its introduction has been somewhat controversial. Introduced to help stem the series of terrible head injuries that have befallen drivers over the past decade (of which at least two, those of Henry Surtees and Justin Wilson have been fatal), the halo is an additional protection cage around the cockpit area. By its very nature, the halo is highly visible. And it's visibility that has...
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