Started by Jonas Becker (@jonas_telemetry) ·
everyone hated the halo
Introduced in 2018 to a chorus of 'it's ugly'. Since then it's been credited in several big crashes, like Grosjean's car going into the barrier and catching fire in Bahrain in 2020 (he climbed out) and Zhou's car flipping into the catch fence at Silverstone in 2022. Grosjean said himself he'd been against it and wouldn't be here without it.
5 sources · 26 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “f1 halo saved lives”
- Ended at
- Titanium
The Trail
- “f1 halo saved lives” (google.com)
- Halo (safety device) (en.wikipedia.org)
- 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix (en.wikipedia.org)
- 2022 British Grand Prix (en.wikipedia.org)
- Titanium (en.wikipedia.org)
What I came away with
It's a titanium bar of under 10 kg, fixed at three points around the cockpit.
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