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• And saved my neck UEFA
  
  That ultimately saved me UEFA
  
  While in the 2018 build-up Toto Wolff remarked on the halo, “if you give me a chainsaw I would take it off”, a matter of months later we saw the first instance of its very genuine functionality amid the propelling speed and forces of a Formula 1 car UEFA
  
  Leclerc, then 20, avoided direct contact with Alonso’s McLaren due to the halo’s sturdy presence around the cockpit UEFA
  
  The Brit said afterwards: “Thank God for the halo UEFA
  
  Impressive, frankly, considering the scale of accidents we have seen in recent years with Zhou’s the latest in a long list of crashes where the consequences could have been fatal UEFA
  
  On the eve of the 2018 Formula 1 season, Jean Todt was receiving pelters from all angles UEFA
  
  Wolff was, to some extent, made to eat his words as he said afterwards: “I think the aesthetics are terrible UEFA
  
  The then FIA president was passionately defending the introduction of the halo cockpit protection device – and the aesthetic change it would bring to single-seater racing cars – from hardline traditionalists UEFA
  
  Even last season, the device contributed to the incredible title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen UEFA
  
  But when Verstappen’s Red Bull ballooned into the air off the sausage kerb at the first chicane in Monza, straight on top of Hamilton’s Mercedes, the halo and roll hoop protected Hamilton’s head from further damage UEFA
  
  Seen the world over given the dramatic fireball, the 67G collision was one of the most dramatic incidents in Formula 1’s 70-year history UEFA
  
  It could have been very nasty UEFA
  
  ” Hamilton said after Monza 2021: “Thank God for the halo UEFA
  
  Guanyu Zhou’s harrowing crash at the start of Sunday’s British Grand Prix was another victory for Todt and the FIA technicians who acted on the concerns of drivers back in 2015 UEFA
  
  Of course, the true irony was that, in reality, it was literal pelters in the direction of drivers in the danger zone which the French supremo was primarily concerned about UEFA
  
  In actual fact, with the halo sheltering the Frenchman’s head and body from coming into contact with the barrier, he scurried out unaided from the ball of flames UEFA
  
  At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, the halo played a vital role in minimising the damage to Charles Leclerc, after Fernando Alonso’s car was launched in the direction of the Monegasque’s Sauber UEFA
  
  Yet there was no fatality UEFA
  
  Yet in the years since, there have been no driver fatalities in Formula 1 UEFA
  
  The likes of Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel were pushing for mandatory head protection, particularly in the wake of Justin Wilson’s death in IndyCar that year and Henry Surtees’s sad passing in an F2 race in 2009 UEFA
  
  Jules Bianchi also lost his battle in July 2015 after his horrific crash at the Japanese Grand Prix nine months earlier UEFA
  
  ”RecommendedLewis Hamilton’s criticism of F1’s ‘older voices’ a ‘load of rubbish’, Bernie Ecclestone saysWhat is the ‘halo’ safety device that saved Zhou Guanyu at British Grand Prix?Jewellery row with FIA could see Lewis Hamilton miss Silverstone Grand PrixRomain Grosjean’s horrific crash into a metal barrier in Bahrain two years later was another triumph for architects of the halo UEFA
  
  Hamilton had in 2016 described the halo as the “worst-looking modification in Formula One history”, with Verstappen commenting that it “abused the DNA” of Formula One UEFA
  
  That ultimately saved me - and saved my neck” UEFA
  
  But having saved Charles from harm and injury makes it all worth it UEFA
  
  
  
  That ultimately saved me - and saved my neck” UEFA
  
  The likes of Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel were pushing for mandatory head protection, particularly in the wake of Justin Wilson’s death in IndyCar that year and Henry Surtees’s sad passing in an F2 race in 2009 UEFA
  
  But when Verstappen’s Red Bull ballooned into the air off the sausage kerb at the first chicane in Monza, straight on top of Hamilton’s Mercedes, the halo and roll hoop protected Hamilton’s head from further damage UEFA
  
  In actual fact, with the halo sheltering the Frenchman’s head and body from coming into contact with the barrier, he scurried out unaided from the ball of flames UEFA
  
  Of course, the true irony was that, in reality, it was literal pelters in the direction of drivers in the danger zone which the French supremo was primarily concerned about UEFA
  
  Jules Bianchi also lost his battle in July 2015 after his horrific crash at the Japanese Grand Prix nine months earlier UEFA
  
  Guanyu Zhou’s harrowing crash at the start of Sunday’s British Grand Prix was another victory for Todt and the FIA technicians who acted on the concerns of drivers back in 2015 UEFA
  
  And saved my neck UEFA
  
  At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, the halo played a vital role in minimising the damage to Charles Leclerc, after Fernando Alonso’s car was launched in the direction of the Monegasque’s Sauber UEFA
  
  Hamilton had in 2016 described the halo as the “worst-looking modification in Formula One history”, with Verstappen commenting that it “abused the DNA” of Formula One UEFA
  
  That ultimately saved me UEFA
  
  The Brit said afterwards: “Thank God for the halo UEFA
  
  The then FIA president was passionately defending the introduction of the halo cockpit protection device – and the aesthetic change it would bring to single-seater racing cars – from hardline traditionalists UEFA
  
  On the eve of the 2018 Formula 1 season, Jean Todt was receiving pelters from all angles UEFA
  
  Yet there was no fatality UEFA
  
  Seen the world over given the dramatic fireball, the 67G collision was one of the most dramatic incidents in Formula 1’s 70-year history UEFA
  
  While in the 2018 build-up Toto Wolff remarked on the halo, “if you give me a chainsaw I would take it off”, a matter of months later we saw the first instance of its very genuine functionality amid the propelling speed and forces of a Formula 1 car UEFA
  
  Wolff was, to some extent, made to eat his words as he said afterwards: “I think the aesthetics are terrible UEFA
  
  Even last season, the device contributed to the incredible title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen UEFA
  
  Yet in the years since, there have been no driver fatalities in Formula 1 UEFA
  
  Impressive, frankly, considering the scale of accidents we have seen in recent years with Zhou’s the latest in a long list of crashes where the consequences could have been fatal UEFA
  
  ”RecommendedLewis Hamilton’s criticism of F1’s ‘older voices’ a ‘load of rubbish’, Bernie Ecclestone saysWhat is the ‘halo’ safety device that saved Zhou Guanyu at British Grand Prix?Jewellery row with FIA could see Lewis Hamilton miss Silverstone Grand PrixRomain Grosjean’s horrific crash into a metal barrier in Bahrain two years later was another triumph for architects of the halo UEFA
  
  But having saved Charles from harm and injury makes it all worth it UEFA
  
  Leclerc, then 20, avoided direct contact with Alonso’s McLaren due to the halo’s sturdy presence around the cockpit UEFA
  
  ” Hamilton said after Monza 2021: “Thank God for the halo UEFA
  
  It could have been very nasty UEFA