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Safety-enhancing Halo can take F1 cars to the next level - Wurz

Former F1 driver and GPDA president Alex Wurz believes the Halo's presence and the safety it procures could entice F1 to target faster and more powerful cars in the future. Wurz agrees with the widespread view that the cockpit safety device's aesthetics are visually unappealing. But the Austrian was nevertheless a strong supporter of the Halo's introduction. "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. Todt lectures anti-Halo drivers with 'short memories' "Society has changed and a global industry must do everything humanly...
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