Justin Wilson in 2015, and as with a number of the test cases the FIA used the margin between being just a scary accident and a fatality was just millimetres.George-Jung wrote: ↑25 Nov 2017, 11:18When was the last time a Halo could have saved a drivers life- or prefented a bigger accident?PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑25 Nov 2017, 04:14When was the last time a driver crawled out from an overturned car anyway?
This is what I hate about the argument against halo. The complaint is that the likelihood of the accidents it is designed to protect are rare... but what happens if the car is engulfed in fire??!?!?!?!?! An event even less likely in modern Formula 1/single seater motorsport, and the risk already significantly reduced by the impenetrable fuel cells, fireproof overalls which can withstand ridiculous temperatures (Andy Green with Bloodhound is using the next gen alpinestars suit which is even better).
As pointed out in the FIA presentation video, self extraction from an overturned car is likely to be easier with halo, as it rests on the halo and the evacuation aperture will be wider.