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Palmer no fan of closed F1 cockpits

Briton Jolyon Palmer fears the introduction of driver head protection will go against the traditional values of Formula One. The FIA, the sport's governing body, recently announced that improved cockpit protection is due to be introduced in 2017 with the ‘Halo', their preferred option. The Halo, first pioneered by Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes team, is designed to shield drivers from flying debris. British driver Justin Wilson was killed in August after he was fatally struck on the crash helmet by a nose cone from another car during an IndyCar race in America. 'I think we need to be careful not to go away from what Formula One has always been, which is an open cockpit,' said Palmer, who...
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