News Details

Vettel: 'Halo' look irrelevant if it saves lives

– Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel says it "doesn't matter" if the proposed 'halo' head protection device looks ugly, providing it saves lives in the future, after trialling a prototype for the first time.Vettel ran the 'halo' device, which wraps around the cockpit with three struts, at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Friday morning, after team-mate Kimi Räikkönen debuted it the day before.Vettel reckons such a concept would have saved the lives of Henry Surtees, who was struck by a wheel during a Formula 2 race in 2009, and Justin Wilson, who hit debris in an IndyCar race last year."I think, first of all, to go around it's OK, you can see what you need to see,"...
Full Story »
9y ago from GPUpdate.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Raikkonen tests head protection concept

Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen has debuted the 'halo'...
9y ago from F1Zone.net

Raikkonen tests 'halo' head protection

Ferrari have tested the 'halo' cockpit head-protection device that will be...
9y ago from BBC.co.uk

Raikkonen downplays visual impact of halo device

Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen says that the 'halo'...
9y ago from F1Zone.net

Ferrari tests ‘halo' head protection system

Kimi Raikkonen briefly tested the ‘halo' head protection system The...
9y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marco Bezzecchi renews with Aprilia through to 2028...

Marco Bezzecchi has reached an agreement with Aprilia to extend his...
31m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pierre Gasly invests in MotoGP with KTM Tech3 stake

Pierre Gasly has become the first active F1 driver to invest in an Moto...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Merino injury blow : Madueke gets a goal : City drop...

Morning all. For fleeting period, bar the 16 year old ankle of Max Dowman,...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

After ‘leave the football before the football leaves...

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has backtracked from his critical...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

3 deadline day solutions as Arsenal look to react to...

Arsenal’s deadline-day thinking has been thrown into chaos by the injury...
8h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Papers: Arsenal weighing up Deadline Day signing after...

The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday's newspapers...
9h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.