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Massa slams IndyCar safety, and IndyCar slams him back
Former F1 driver Felipe Massa took issue on Monday with IndyCar's safety standards, saying the US series isn't doing enough to protect its drivers. Massa's criticism came on the back of Sunday's first lap crash in the Belgian Grand Prix which saw Fernando Alonso's McLaren fly over the top of Charles Leclerc's Sauber, but hitting the Monegasque's halo in the process. Extensive footage showed the Monegasque driver had undoubtedly benefitted from the presence of the halo cockpit safety device which fulfilled its protective role and likely avoided dramatic injuries for Leclerc, or something much worse. A week after Robert Wickens' horror crash at Pocono in which the Canadian tangled with Ryan...
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