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Lewis: It looks like a bloody riot shield
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wants the sport to retain the allure of risk and to reject the latest form of head protection to be tested on Friday at the Russian Grand Prix. The defending three-time champion said, after looking at the Red Bull team's 'canopy' head protection system to be used by Australian Daniel Ricciardo in Friday’s opening free practice, that it was 'so bad –- it looks like a bloody riot shield.' 'If they're going to do this, then don't half-arse it. Go one way or the other. That screen looks so bad!' Ricciardo, who has called for the sport to be open to change and not to fear embracing a safer 'new' future, is one of many drivers in favour of a head...
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