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Bottas ‘never noticed' Halo during race sim

Valtteri Bottas had no issues related to Halo during a recent race simulation in which the cockpit protection device was fitted to his W09. Ahead of the 2018 F1 season – the first with Halo – Bottas has been in action in Mercedes simulator at their Brackley headquarters. The Finn revealed that he covered a full race simulation with Halo and found that he adjusted to it very quickly. 'In the simulator I've done a race simulation already with the Halo, and I have to say during the race I never noticed it anymore,' he explained in the latest episode of Motorsport.tv's The Flying Lap. 'Once you get used to it it's there and you get used to it, I think that's going to be the same...
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