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Last week, the FIA announced that the 2018 Formula 1 cars will feature the 'halo' cockpit protection system. The news was taken very negatively by the F1 community, mainly for how poorly many perceive it to look in the cars. Finnish designer Esa Mustonen came up with a number of different designs for the halo, trying to improve how it looks on the car. Do you think he did a good job? Take a look below.
F1 2018 Halo Concepts (Esa Mustonen)
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Replies (6)
Login to replyf1fan0101
Posts: 1,804
Looks cool
LightIsRight
Posts: 113
Still horrible but better than the pathetic original design
calle.itw
Posts: 8,527
Looks okay, but are they as efficient?
F1racefan97
Posts: 113
Still no better, surely any form of vision obstruction will not help,either keep open cockpit or go to closed cockpit, there isn't to me any real solution in between
kngrthr
Posts: 203
why not support it from the top instead of having that bar in front of the drivers nose.
the top support could go up to the top of the engine cover which is already a strong area of the car because of the roll hoop
Barron
Posts: 625
So, never mind the FIA has done several years of actual testing, let's ask any old graphic designer to design something that looks better. It's so easy this F1 business - just design some sleek tube with 21" wheels sounding like a screaming banshee and you're done!