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Button: Halo Would’ve Helped Alonso
Jenson Button believes that the proposed ‘halo’ safety concept that was trialled in pre-season testing in Barcelona would have helped his McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso in his shock-incident in the season opening Australian Grand Prix. It was widely commented that the device would have hindered the Spaniard who landed upside-down in his McLaren after clipping the rear of Esteban Gutierrez’ Haas. But the 36-year-old British world champion, who is a director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, disagrees. 'I think the halo is a great idea”, said Button, speaking to the Telegraph, “he was upside when he landed and if he had the halo it would have helped him. 'With the halo...
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