The FIA is aiming to introduce a second version of the Halo for 2021, while also widening its use in junior formulae. The introduction of the halo received a mixed response among the motorsport community but its popularity has grown amid two incidents in Formula 1 and Formula 2 this year. Fernando Alonso’s McLaren rode over Charles Leclerc’s halo in the multi-car pile-up in Belgium while earlier this year in Spain there were tyre marks on Tadasuke Makino’s halo in the wake of a collision with Nirei Fukuzumi. Years of research into head protection has led the FIA to the development of the halo and in line with their approach on safety, they do not plan on slowing down in...
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