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F1 cars can speed up with Halo - Wurz

Mar.19 F1 can speed up now that the controversial 'Halo' safety feature is attached to the cars. That is the view of Alex Wurz, the president of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association. Like many, the Austrian admits that Halo is not appealing "visually". But he backs the move to make it mandatory. "It's not possible with today's society and legal situation for a body like the FIA to ignore safety developments just because some don't like it aesthetically," he told Der Standard newspaper. "Society has changed and a global industry must do everything humanly possible to prevent people from getting hurt or killed." And the former F1 driver thinks it is possible...
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