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What is the ‘halo’ safety device that Zhou Guanyu says saved him at British GP?

04.07.2022 - 16:05 bt.com

Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu credited the ‘halo’ for keeping him alive following his harrowing first-corner crash at Sunday’s British Grand Prix.

Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look at the Formula One’s cockpit protection device. A three-pronged titanium safety device which sits above the driver’s head.

It is covered with carbon fibre and weighs seven kilograms. The halo’s job is to absorb a huge impact and to protect the driver from severe head trauma.

Remarkably, it can take the weight of a London double decker bus. The FIA accelerated its safety programme following the deaths of Henry Surtees in a Formula Two race in 2009 and Justin Wilson at an IndyCar event in 2015.

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