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Todt says Halo vindicated by Grosjean survival

FIA president Jean Todt says the the decision by the governing body to push through the introduction of the Halo cockpit protection system in Formula 1 has been vindicated by Sunday's events in Bahrain. Romain Grosjean's car spun off on the first lap and punched a whole in the Armco barrier before splitting in half and spilling fuel which ignited into a huge fireball. Fortunately the driver was able to jump out of the inferno and was helped away from the scene by marshals and the crew of the medical car. But that probably wouldn't have been possible if Grosjean had been knocked unconscious, let alone killed by the initial impact. Todt put that down to the Halo, which had been resisted by...
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