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Sebastian Vettel has come out in support of the Halo device that the FIA has said must be introduced next year.
Vettel is the only driver to have tested the Halo and the shield option that Ferrari created and was tested at the last race at Silverstone. Vettel complained of dizziness after using the shield for only one lap, and although he said the Halo he used at last year’s tests in Abu Dhabi weren't the final solution, did think it had more of an opportunity to improve.
He said on the device: "The halo test I did was last year in Abu Dhabi, and for sure you need to get used to it, but at least it didn't impact on vision. Obviously there's been a lot of talk as I got it.
"Overall you need to understand that it's a decision that helps us in car in case something goes very wrong. For sure if you look at Formula 1, the way Formula 1 cars look and so on, I can understand if people say that it doesn't belong on a Formula 1 car. On the other hand, I think times are changing, you are moving forward."
He then went on to mention the fatal injury suffered by former F1 driver Justin Wilson, who died in an accident in an IndyCar race that could possibly have been prevented by the Halo device. There has been only one driver death in F1 in the last 23 years, but a string of separate Formula incidents has led the FIA to deem that F1 cars need some form of additional head protection.
He elaborated on his point by saying: "If you offer the system as it stands, with the power it has to give us additional protection… offer that to Justin Wilson, sometime ago, then I think he would take it, and we would all be happy to take it, to help save his life. We can't turn back clock, but knowing that something is there that helps us in certain situations, it would be ignorant and stupid to ignore. Overall it's supposed to help us, so that's what we need to remember."
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Nice to see Vettel taking his community service seriously.