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

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Charlie Whitting is saying, it's “little bit speculative” as to whether the Halo saved LeClerc.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/too-ea...clerc-whiting/

However, looking at this right hand side view of it, you can clearly see where Alonso's McLaren made contact.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ernando-alonso

Not an opinion for or against the halo - but those two articles show how the context of a quote is so important to judge what is being said by the person speaking.

In both articles, the words of Charlie Whiting are given as 'it would have been [a bit of] a miracle'. The context though is clearer in the planetf1 article.

Guardian - 'The race director, Charlie Whiting, said it would have been a miracle if Leclerc had not been struck were it not for the halo.'

PlanetF1 - 'the tyre marks could have actually been on Charles’ head. It would have been a bit of a miracle if they weren’t had the Halo not been there. There’s a huge extent of the tyre marks, as you’ve all seen I’m sure. So it doesn’t take a lot of imagination to think that that probably would have made contact with his head. But it is slightly speculative'


A reminder that context is so important when attributing comments, and that we should always consider the intent of the writer when presenting their 'evidence'?