[Tech Issue] Closed cockpits- Closer to reality then we might think?

[Richard C]

I can speculate as well as anyone else as to why Halo design was railroaded through. My thoughts...

* This being driven by liability and in particular something to do with Bianchi’s families lawsuit rings true to me. So there was likely an internal rush to pick and push forward a solution. Maybe even before they had evaluated all reasonable options.
* Why Halo over a windscreen solution? It may be ...
1. Pure chance. Halo may have been a more mature option when they pulled the trigger.
2. maybe someone felt that halo would play better in the Bianchi suit. Such as alluding that Halo might have been more successful in a Bianchi style impact. I don’t want to rehash Bianchi’s accident and if anything could have prevented the impact of his helmet against the recovery vehicle or not. But just saying that maybe someone thinks Halo might have worked better than a windscreen or enclosed cockpit.
3. A team or group of teams just felt that a windscreen or canopy would be too disruptive to their current setup. So could Ferrari have instructed Vettel to provide negative feedback to quickly kill off more research?

Note.. I suspect #1 or #3 is true. I hope #2 is not.

Richard