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Originally Posted by AdrianM
Thing people are missing is that in the initial simulator tests for Indycar there were big visibility issues that meant a return to the drawing board and new materials etc.
F1 didn't have the time to do that. They barely had time to get the much more mature Halo technology in on the timescale they had committed to. If they had postponed again and there was a serious accident this season they would have been torn apart by the media and fans yet alone the legal issues of having a system but not using it.
Besides they've said on several occasions that the Halo is not the only solution for the future so there's no reason why they might not adopt a shield type device in seasons to come.
All this talk from people on social media that they are done watching F1 because of the halo is, frankly, laughable.
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F1 said in 2013 that they were planning on introducing head protection. If they couldn't find time to run some simulator tests in 5 years then that points to even bigger political issues.
F1 had the time, money and resources to do this quite easily. They clearly didn't want to.