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Mercedes to trial Halo at Spa

Mercedes is to trial the Halo device during FP1 at Spa-Francorchamps on Friday. Though the controversial device will not now be introduced until 2018 - at the earliest - following the equally controversial decision by the Strategy Group not to bring it in next season, the FIA wants teams to test the Halo over the course of the remainder of the season. Previously only Ferrari and Red Bull have tried the device, at Barcelona and Silverstone, the Austrian team having also tried its own Aeroscreen at Sochi. The undulating roller-coaster nature of Spa will offer a very special challenge for the Halo especially at a time fears are being raised over visibility, one driver having expressed concern...
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