WILL WE GET USED TO THE HALO IN TESTING?
I’m really not sure about this one! Yes,
I know we got used to the skinny rear and big front wings in 2009, and we got used to the narrow cars and grooved tyres in 1998, but fundamentally the halo is a much bigger aesthetic change than any of those because it restricts our view of the drivers. The people watching still come to see the drivers more than the teams and anything that further hides the drivers won’t be popular.
Plus, more than anything, the halo looks like an afterthought. We’ve got these multi-millionpound works of art, and then this framework that looks like it’s been made in someone’s garage stuck on the top. I’m really not convinced that we’ll ever get used to it. I hope I’m wrong.