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‘Alonso crash strong evidence for halo'

Allan McNish believes Fernando Alonso's Melbourne crash is why F1 needs 'halo' as the device would have offered extra head protection when his car hit the wall. In the wake of the Spaniard's horrific crash at the Australian Grand Prix, in which his McLaren flipped twice before coming to a halt on its side against the wall, some suggested that halo could have caused more problems than good as he would not have been able to exit the car on his own. However, former F1 racer McNish says on the contrary it should rather be used as 'very strong evidence' as to why the sport should press on with plans to introduce the cockpit protection device in 2017. 'The issue raised was the potential problems...
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