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Button: Alonso crash should not trigger F1 Halo rethink
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Jenson Button says Fernando Alonso’s scary crash in the Australian Grand Prix should not trigger a rethink of the Halo cockpit system slated for introduction in 2017. The Spaniard’s McLaren was sent into a series of rolls in the gravel trap after hitting Esteban Gutierrez’ Haas on the run to Turn 3. Despite the car being upside down, Alonso still managed to find a way out of the wreckage. Some are concerned that the Halo device would have prevented the double world champion from making such a swift exit. Button admits that his team-mate probably could not have left the car in the same way, but thinks the positives of the head protection system outweighs the...
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