News Details

Palmer: I don’t want the shield or halo

Renault driver Jolyon Palmer has described Formula One’s move to improve cockpit safety as unnecessary as the sport is already very safe. The sport’s governing body, the FIA, are keen to increase driver head protection and a meeting of the Strategy Group in Geneva on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to develop the so-called ‘shield’. The shield, a transparent screen which sits in front of the driver, was presented at the Chinese Grand Prix earlier this month, and it has now surpassed the halo, a device which was trialled last year but attracted criticism for its ugly appearance, as the FIA’s preferred option. But Palmer, who was also critical of the halo, is against its introduction....
Full Story »
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 drivers “very split” on Shield cockpit...

Formula 1 drivers remain “very split” on cockpit protection options...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

'Shield' cockpit protection favoured over Halo for 2018

The “shield” cockpit protection design is now being favoured over the...
8y ago from FormulaSpy.com

F1 to ditch Halo in favour of 'Shield' concept

Formula 1 is set to ditch the Halo cockpit protection system in favour of...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Aeroscreen preferred over Halo by Formula 1

Formula 1 is set to abandon plans for a Halo head protection system in...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Yamaha admits 2026 MotoGP performance will decide...

Yamaha knows it must deliver a more competitive 2026 MotoGP bike to...

Yamaha launches 2026 MotoGP livery in Jakarta

Monster Energy Yamaha has unveiled the newest edition of its M1 machinery...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Will Power sees ‘all the ingredients’ for a...

Will Power is approaching the beginning of his new IndyCar chapter, with...

Ed Carpenter to contest 23rd Indianapolis 500

Owner of the Ed Carpenter Racing IndyCar team Ed Carpenter will race in...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal open to attacker exit but 28-year-old wants...

Arsenal are prepared to consider offers for Gabriel Jesus, according to...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Alan Shearer names the one team he thinks will stop...

Alan Shearer admitted that Arsenal ‘have got a really good chance’ of...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Newcastle star is 'definitely set on going to City',...

Newcastle United full-back Tino Livramento reportedly has his heart set on...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Episode 861 – Get it Inter ya …

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In...
4h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.