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Originally Posted by Adam43
To summarise. The halo has one problem to overcome. The shield three problems. The shield could be the better solution, but needs more development. Which no one has been arsed to do.
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I think that the teams' attitude is that this comes as a directive from the FIA, but the FIA will not pay them for the time and materials that go into designing a workable end product, so why should they have to tie up their engineers and draughtsmen doing the FIA's job?
Might I humbly suggest that the FIA could and should have used all those millions of dollars (that they received from the sale of FOM to Liberty) in this drive for safety rather than expecting the costs to come out of the budgets of the bigger, more affluent teams. Why should the likes of Red Bull and Ferrari fund all the R & D, whilst the minnows, who will potentially benefit equally in the event of an incident, not contribute in any form?