The halo -new security measure in F1- has created a controversy in the F1 world. Everyone said their opinion about it. Fernando Alonso said: “There shouldn’t be any debate about halo becasue it’s a security measure which will protect the driver’s cockpit”. Spanish driver said this after Mercedes Boss, Toto Wolff said he would remove the halo from the team’s new W09 car “with a chainsaw” if he could.
However, Alonso recognized: “Yeah, aesthetics aren’t the best at the moment, and in the future I’m sure that the sport and the teams will find a way to make it a little bit nicer, for the fans, you know, and for the cars to look a little bit better”.
Sebastian Vettel also showed his agreement with the Halo. “During the seat fit it was okay. It was actually less intrusive than I thought. So I’m looking forward to getting out on the track. I’m pretty sure that everyone will get used to it”, Vettel said.
In a column featured in Red Bull team’s official site, Daniel Ricciardo suggested the addition of the halo was a less dramatic change of aesthetics than the move to smaller, higher rear wings back in 2009.
“You know, I think it’s going to be alright,” he wrote. “Don’t get me wrong, I don’t love the look of it, but I think it’ll be fine and we’ll have other things to talk about pretty quickly, especially once the racing starts and we have the championship beginning to take shape. Remember back in 2009, the year that Brawn won the championship, and the cars that year looked so different with the small rear wings, almost like F3 cars? People threw their hands up and talked about it a lot at the start, but then we all got used to it and just moved on. I reckon the 2009 look was more dramatic than the halo and how long it’ll take people to get used to it.”