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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.
Further info: Even Channel 4 presenter Steve Jones and presenter ex-drivers are saying they don't know who the inventor is. There is a very short YouTube video called 'f1 halo inventor' that shows media content following the Charles Leclerc crash.
Vettel testing the new Halo device at the British Grand Prix. In early 2015, a meeting of the FIA to discuss forthcoming rules for Formula One had included increased cockpit protection from the 2017 season. This came following a number of incidents which severely injured or cost the lives of racing drivers including Jules Bianchi and Justin Wilson.
1. HANS device, 2. Tether (one per side), 3. Helmet anchor (one per side), and 4. Shoulder support. Primarily made of carbon fiber reinforced polymer, the HANS device is shaped like a "U", with the back of the "U" set behind the nape of the neck and the two arms lying flat along the top of the chest over the pectoral muscles.
The car that beat the SF71H's record is the Mercedes F1 W11. [10] Until the 2020 Italian Grand Prix , the SF71H driven by Kimi Räikkönen held the lap record at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza , beating that of Juan Pablo Montoya in the Williams FW26 and the lap with the highest average speed of 263.587 km/h (163.785 mph). [ 11 ]
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.