A Whole F1 Car Would Have Crashed Into This Guy's Head If Not For New Halo
by Alanis King on Jalopnik, shared by Barry Petchesky from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#44F4R)
Formula One's halo cockpit-protection bar did its job more than once this year, and made viewers question its role at least once. But in the ugly August wreck involving Charles Leclerc and Fernando Alonso, an investigation found that the halo protected Leclerc from a smack in the visor by the front of Alonso's car.