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Button: Halo cockpit wouldn’t have affected Alonso’s situation

Jenson Button says his McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso would not have suffered any adverse effects from a slower exit from his inverted McLaren if it had been fitted with a Halo cockpit device. Alonso managed to extricate himself from his McLaren, which came to rest on its side after rolling several times. Button claims that if Alonso's car was fitted with the Halo head protection system, even if it had hampered his escape he wouldn't have suffered any negative consequences. "He didn't need to get out [quickly] in that situation," said Button. "There's more safety risk of things hitting our head than anything happening when the car's upside down. "It's very unusual...
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