The FIA is a governing body controlling the interests of most motorsports across the world, most famously the F1. The governing body has multiple rules and regulations in place to make the sport safe and streamlined. And each year the FIA attempts to make motorsports safer. This endeavor, to make racing safer, some would argue, started late, especially after the sport lost some of its finest to racing accidents. However, to the FIA’s credit, the sport and especially the cars have become a lot safer over the years.

One of the most noticeable and prominent safety addition to the Formula single-seaters in recent years is the Halo, which was initially introduced in 2018. The Formula community widely opposed the Halo, initially, for its aesthetics. However, the safety aspect overpowered the orthodox philosophies, and the Halo became a standard throughout the Formula racing series.

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Since then, Halo has really proved its worth, saving countless lives which would’ve been at significant risk without it. The latest example in F1 is from the 2021 season’s Italian Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen’s RB16B sat atop Lewis Hamilton’s W12.

The Mercedes man, well aware of the consequences that could have taken place without the Halo, said, “Thank god for the halo. That ultimately saved me. And saved my neck.”

And another halo-centered incident comes to play at the British GP in F2.

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The incident involving Roy Nissany of DAMS and Dennis Hauger of Prema Racing again showed the importance of the halo. Hauger went airborne, going over some sausage kerbs, and hit Nissany’s single-seater in the second lap of the British GP. Luckily, none of them sustained serious injuries, which might not have been the case without the halo.

A few users, including Will Buxton, pointed out the dangerous sausage kerb, a rare but not a nonexistent dangerous element on tracks.

A host of users pointed out Nissay’s involvement in being the catalyst of the incident, but it is not lost on any user how the halo saved his life.

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A lot of the blame is also going to sausage kerbs which are highly dangerous and often damage the floor of the car. However, the credit goes to the halo for avoiding yet another fatal accident in Formula racing.