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The halo system on a Ferrari SF71H driven by Kimi Räikkönen during pre-season testing in February 2018. The halo is a driver crash-protection system used in open-wheel racing series, which consists of a curved bar placed above the driver's head to protect it. The first tests of the halo were carried out in 2016 and in July 2017.
First used for a 1992 F-150 concept vehicle, Ford first marketed the Expedition nameplate for 1995 on a trim level package for the two-door Ford Explorer Sport. As with its Bronco predecessor, the Expedition is heavily derives its chassis from the Ford F-150, differing primarily in suspension configuration.
Wilson was born in Moorgate, a suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, [1] on 31 July 1978 to Keith and Lynne Wilson. [2] His father owns a solvents company, a petrol station, [3] and raced Formula Ford cars from the 1960s until a major accident at Oulton Park in 1975 ended his career.
The 1960s began the way the previous decade had ended for Formula One's rule book with relatively few changes made. However, with the advent of a new breed of innovative and forward thinking designers like Colin Chapman [12] and the beginnings of drivers lobbying for safer racing conditions, [13] the number of rule changes made began to accelerate as the decade came to a close.
Three drivers died in the intervening years while driving former Formula One cars (two from the 1960s, one from the 1990s) in vintage racing and other events not associated with World Championship Grands Prix. [12] [13] [14] Two Formula One Champions have died while racing or practising in Formula One, Jochen Rindt in 1970, and Senna in 1994 ...
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Yesterday we shared with you a brief video that our friends at Bronco6G forum shared with us, of a Ford Bronco test vehicle clambering up the storied Rubicon Trail. In other words, these are ...
Formula One managing director Ross Brawn said that the crash would be investigated, and credited the halo cockpit protection device with protecting Grosjean. [42] The most recent two crashes involving spearing a crash barrier in this way were in the 1973 and 1974 United States Grands Prix , where François Cevert and Helmut Koinigg , were ...