– Formula 1 Race Director Charlie Whiting has downplayed suggestions that teams have slipped behind schedule with their 2018 plans, following the decision to implement the 'halo'.Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, has pushed for extra head protection in recent years, following a spate of incidents, and tested the halo extensively in 2016, only for its introduction to be delayed.Other options were explored before it was announced in July that the halo had been deemed the most suitable system, and would be mandatory on cars next year.Formula 1 teams, at an advanced stage with their 2018 designs, have had to incorporate the halo relatively late on, with speculation that it could leave...
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