• Decision on halo device or aeroscreen to be made by 1 July
• Bernie Ecclestone favours open cockpit and says: ‘I don’t like it’Formula One’s race director,Charlie Whiting, has confirmed that the spend of a cockpit protection device in the sport is still set to go ahead for the 2017 season, or despite objections from some drivers over the weekend in Russia.
However the F1 chief executive,Bernie Ecclestone, stated on Sunday morning that he was not in favour of employing the cockpit safety system. Related: Lewis Hamilton suffers again as Nico Rosberg takes pole for Russian F1 GP Related: Lewis Hamilton has been late off the mark and must recover his F1 focus | Richard Williams Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com