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Despite the decision to delay the introduction of the head protection device formerly known as 'Halo', the topic remains a divisive one in the paddock.
Last Thursday Formula One's Strategy Group voted to delay the introduction of the device until 2018, but the drivers who will have to use the device insist they had no say on the matter,
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"I didn't sign anything," Nico Hulkenberg told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.
"Our drivers didn't either," agreed Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko.
Despite not being consulted, Hulkenberg thinks that delaying the introduction of the device is in fact a good idea
"You can't change everything again in September. The engineers are now flat out designing the 2017 cars without Halo," he said. "There are too many scenarios that are unknown, so it's good that we're going to test it more," said the Force India driver."
Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda agreed with the German driver.
"Let all the drivers test it and we'll see what they say," said the former world champion. "We really don't know if there are visibility problems on certain corners with at certain tracks."
Red Bull's Marko, meanwhile, criticised the recent FIA presentation about the device shown to drivers in Budapest.
"Certain accident scenarios were not even mentioned," Marko said.
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