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FIA greenlights controversial halo for 2018

Formula 1's governing body the FIA has given the go-ahead to the introduction of the cockpit head-protection system in 2018. From next year onwards, F1 cars will start to look radically different as they are all forced to adopt the controversial halo device. The decision was taken at a meeting of the sport’s major players in Geneva on Tuesday. 'With the support of the teams, certain features of its design will be further enhanced. Having developed and evaluated a large number of devices over the past five years, it had become clear the halo presents the best overall safety performance,” the FIA said in a statement. Several riders have already come out strongly against the halo....
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