Charlie Whiting plans Halo tests

  • Published on 30 Jul 2016 09:27
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  • By: Dominik Wilde

FIA race director Charlie Whiting has said that he would like every driver to sample the Halo head protection before it's potential introduction in 2018.

One of the major complaints of the device was that only two teams had trialled it, and only for a handful of laps.

Whiting, as a result, has now said that he would like the halo to be run by every team on every track in the next year.

"We asked teams to look at the possibilities of running a [halo] car at Spa and Monza, but that was before it was decided to defer it until 2018," he said. "Now I think we should look towards a structured plan where all teams can run it at some point during the season at all tracks – my aim would be to get every driver to try it."

"We have done all of the testing and the only bit that the Strategy Group felt was missing before they could finally confirm it was that the drivers don't have any experience of it," he continued. "This is what they needed before it could be properly introduced."

When asked how teams would be expected to mount the device on their 2017 cars, which will be designed without the Halo now, Whiting said that the teams will be able to use 'dummy' versions of the device.

Whiting added that teams can easily fit a mock-up halo on their cars.

"[F1 teams have] all got the drawings, they all know exactly how big they have to be and where they have to mount, but they could make what is effectively a dummy one," he said. "A standard shape, of course, but dummy versions."

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