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Perez Car after opening lap incident (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

it's called a halo, and it's to protect the heads of the drivers. here's a slow mo ppl hated it in th3 beginning.

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It has saved the lives of many of its opponents, like Grosjean, and has since its introduction has proven itself many times. Amazing how much safer F1 is today.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

totally forgot about grosjean. at about 1:25 you can see that the car punched through the bottom rails and the halo pushed the top one over his head.

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Personally, I really like this one of the coverage.

https://youtu.be/7YMjw2sjXqU

Still can’t believe he walked away from it.

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it's called a halo, and it's to protect the heads of the drivers.

here's a slow mo

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