Time to do part three of this piece as it is long overdue and, in a perfect world, this will be the last; although that is extremely wishful think I suspect. If you’re keeping score from parts one and two we’re now up to six life changing or ending injuries being prevented, that is HUGEContinue reading “The Halo – Let’s Evaluate:Part Three”
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The Halo – Let’s Evaluate:Part One
In July of 2022, Silverstone played host to the next round of races for Formulas One, Two and Three. As expected all the series produced spectacular action across all the races, but what wasn’t expected was to have two separate incidents putting halos to the test – first saving Roy Nissany and then saving ZhouContinue reading “The Halo – Let’s Evaluate:Part One”
The Illusion of Safety
Formula One is dangerous. Formula One has always been dangerous and in the early days, ‘dangerous’ doesn’t really describe the levels of peril drivers often found themselves in. In the first 20 years of the series there were 14 deaths just at normal F1 events with a further 16 at non-championship races and during theContinue reading “The Illusion of Safety”
Halo Misconceptions
Alex Lynn, driving for Mahindra, escaped a terrifying looking crash in the second race of Formula E’s first round at Diriyah in Saudi Arabia. It was yet another testament to the incredible strength of todays race cars in many series but within minutes of video and images emerging online I found twitter awash with soContinue reading “Halo Misconceptions”