Full article http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/14733 ... windscreenHowever, Mekies admits the windscreen will "not necessarily" adhere to the same safety standards as the Halo as a different solution could also provide a different type of protection.
"One of the key aspects is to pick a load case – what are you trying to protect against? There is no absolute truth with that; nobody is wrong and nobody is right. You choose what you try to protect against, and after that you have to accept if something more than that happens it won't help, or not as much as is needed.
"We'll catch up to see where the items they tried puts them in terms of protection level. You might remember that we had ourselves scanned different protection levels. The shield itself we tried at Silverstone last year had a slightly reduced protection level, so it's a matter of finding a good compromise.
"It's very good that such an important player as IndyCar is getting very involved in this, and as I said we are working very closely with them."