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Inside Line: Thank you for The Halo Mr Jean Todt

Former FIA president Jean Todt beat me to it when he Tweeted: 'Glad I followed my convictions in imposing the Halo, despite a strong opposition!' He is right, no one wanted it but he persisted and thanks to him lives were saved at Silverstone this weekend, yet again by The Halo. He could have waited until today because I am surely not the only one who is going to venerate the fact that Todt was instrumental in fighting for and making The Halo de rigeur. Romain Grosjean, an early opponent of the device, survived that fiery Miracle in the Desert, was followed up this weekend's brutal accidents witnessed live or live on TV. That Guanyu Zhou survived when his Alfa Romeo went ballistic after a...
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