News Details

FIA had no choice over Halo introduction - Toto Wolff

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes the FIA had 'no choice' but to push the Halo head protection device through for the 2018 season, despite strong opposition. Formula 1 has been looking to introduce greater head protection following a number of incidents in F1 and other motorsport categories recently. The Halo was a solution put forward by Mercedes, followed by the Red Bull Aeroscreen and then the Shield – which was mostly recently tested last weekend during the British Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel completed just a single lap with the Shield fitted to his Ferrari after complaining of feeling 'dizzy', which put the brakes on further tests with the device until further...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Wolff: FIA had 'no choice' over halo introduction

– Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes Formula 1's governing body, the...
8y ago from GPUpdate.net

Halo set for 2018 introduction after Strategy Group...

Formula 1 is set to introduce the Halo cockpit protection device for 2018...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Revealed: Formula 1's new shield head protection device

Formula 1 will test yet another head protection device during the British...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Grosjean: ‘Shield, halo don't belong in F1'

Romain Grosjean is strongly against the potential introduction of a...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Mark Miles teases possible non-championship...

IndyCar is largely considered a North American championship, with races...

IndyCar tire, brake testing completed on IMS oval

IndyCar staged a test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday and...

Enzo Fittipaldi hails ‘productive’ test with Arrow...

Enzo Fittipaldi completed an IndyCar test with Arrow McLaren last week,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Neville: Premier League title race is Arsenal’s to...

Gary Neville said the Premier League title race is Arsenal's to lose after...
39m ago from SkySports.com

‘I value more this victory than any other’:...

t;li>Latest win takes Arsenal four points clear at the topArteta’s...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

'40yr old CR7 moves better than him', 'Looks very,...

Fans on X have criticized Arsenal forward Viktor Gyokeres after he...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.