The damage on Makino’s car showed how the halo bar had protected the driver from the impact IVAN BARTOLOA Formula Two driver has claimed that the halo head protection device on his car saved his life at the weekend, after a fellow racer’s car landed on his cockpit during a crash. Just a few months after it was introduced, it was properly tested in a racing situation after Nirei Fukuzumi’s Arden car landed on the cockpit of Tadasuke Makino, the Russian Time driver, during Sunday’s F2 sprint race around the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. The two had banged wheels, which launched Fukuzumi’s car into the air and when he came back down, his left-rear wheel clearly struck Makino’s halo. Fukuzumi’s car, right, spun on impact with Makino and the back wheels mounted his rival’s vehicle SKY SPORTSThe cars landed side-by-side in the gravel, with neither driver hurt. When asked by Autosport if he thought the halo had saved his…

Source: The Times May 14, 2018 15:56 UTC