{"id":217813,"date":"2025-10-22T12:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/217813\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:16:09","slug":"formula-1-what-is-a-halo-when-has-it-worked-why-was-it-introduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/217813\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1: What is a halo? When has it worked? Why was it introduced?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The halo is a curved wishbone-shaped structure that surrounds the cockpit of a Formula 1 car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was first introduced in 2018, to improve the safety of drivers during races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The structure is attached to the car in three places, surrounding the driver&#8217;s head at the top of the cockpit and attaching to the front of the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This design provides the least obstruction to drivers while they race on the track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It acts as a shield which protects the driver by deflecting or absorbing impact from major accidents or crashes, as well as flying debris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The bar structure is made of titanium and is designed to hold the weight of a London double-decker bus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There was much criticism when the halo was first introduced, but its effectiveness was demonstrated over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Governing body, FIA made the halo mandatory across all &#8216;formula&#8217; series in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The halo is a curved wishbone-shaped structure that surrounds the cockpit of a Formula 1 car. It was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-217813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}