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That is the reason that a Ferrari is more exciting than a Mazda. 'When you look at the car and it is ugly, F1 cars aren't meant to be ugly. 'It takes away some of the passion that F1 is talking about,' he said. Moreover, in 2016 Danish driver Kevin Magnussen described a newer prototype of the device as like 'having a cap that's pulled down far.' As much as it's impressive to look at the statistic that you could put a bus on top, this is a Formula 1 car.' 'It's a massive weight on the top of the car, you screw up the centre of gravity massively. We need to come up with a solution that simply looks better. 'I think we need to look after the driver's safety but what we have implemented is aesthetically not appealing. 'I'm not impressed with the whole thing and if you give me a chainsaw I would take it off,' he said at the launch of the team's latest car in 2018. There is no reason to do something we will regret later.'īut perhaps the most noteworthy detractor came in the form of Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, who said he was prepared to take drastic action to take the system off his cars. 'It would have been more sensible to go in the direction that if we find something that does not destroy the looks of the car. The risk to the drivers has become minimal.

'Also the danger of flying wheels is largely eliminated, because the wheels are always more firmly attached. You have to make the right decision in such a situation. 'We tested the halo, the Red Bull aeroscreen and the shield as a cockpit protection, but none convinced 100 per cent,' Lauda told German publication Auto Motor und Sport. Three-time world champion Niki Lauda was prime among the critics, claiming there was '100 per cent a better solution than the halo'. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said in 2018 that he would use a chainsaw to take the halo off his team's cars But even when its mandatory introduction was mentioned in 2017, there was a fierce backlash. The Grand Prix Drivers' Association had requested the FIA implement a form of cockpit protection as quickly as possible in 2016. The FIA made it mandatory from the 2018 season onwards, and their eagerness to make the system compulsory was highlighted once again when current president Jean Todt tweeted a few hours after Hamilton's crash: 'Glad the halo was there.' The halo - a titanium bar extending around the cockpit designed to protect drivers' heads in accidents - was first introduced to F1 three years ago. Unsurprisingly they both blamed the other party.īut it is the argument about the very device that saved Hamilton's life that has been hotly-debated for more than four years now.

'If you look at the images of the crash, my head is really quite far forward in the cockpit.'Īnd while F1 fans were quick to declare Hamilton surviving the crash a 'miracle', the duo began to bicker about whose fault the crash was.