Kimi test cockpitbeschermer: “barely any difference in sight”

Posted on 03-03-2016 at 20:44 by Dizono – 70 Responses”

Today is the first time the so-called ‘halo’ cockpitbeschermer tested, the cold Fin was the first to use it on the track.

Since the fateful accident of Jules Bianchi is the discussion about protection of the head of the drivers in all the violence erupted. Today we were in Barcelona for the first tests with such a’halo‘ on an F1 car. Subject was Ferrari driver Kimi were times that some of the rounds made with the halo mounted.

When they came the ice-cold Kimi is anything but disappointed. “Yes, the view is straight forward slightly limited, but the difference is astonishing small.” Not all drivers are jumping at the idea to have a rod right in their field of vision. As late as Nico Hulkenberg to know the device, but nothing to find, so he tells Motorsport.com. “It gets that last bit of risk out of the Formula 1, while the sport now understand a little bit of danger need to be sexy and attractive.”

The statistics seem Hulkenberg equal, since the spring of 1994, when in one weekend, Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna were killed, more than twenty years no one is killed to the accident of Bianchi at the end of 2014 in Japan. Incidentally, we should not forget that the misfortune of the Spanish Maria de Villota a lot better had ended with such a halo.

Thanks to Michiel for the tip!