Jean Todt, the former FIA president, has re꧃vealed the key question which led to him introducing the design and making it a mandatory requirement of every F1 car.

“People didn't want it, the Halo,” Todt told Gazzetta d✤el🎉lo Sport. 

💜“I asked the engineers: ‘Does this save the lives of drivers?’&nbs✨p;

“Yes, they answered me. 

“And so I🌄 imposed it. The only thing we can say is that we have lost some time on it."

Hamilton credited the Halo with saving his life at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix (pictured above). “It saved my neck,” he said after a crash with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

ꦺMore recently at Silverstone, Zhou emerged unscathed after a horrifyin🥃g crash.

And Romain Grosjean notoriously escaped a fireball in Bahr𒆙ain (pictured at the top).

Todt said about the Halo: "It's part of the evolution of racing, but al🌟so of road cars. Once people went to races like they went to bullfighting: they wanted to see a driver, a man🥃, injured. 

“The runners had helme🧸ts that to꧃day not even a cyclist would carry. Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda fought for safety. 

“When I was elected president of the FIA I immediately put safety as the first point, not only for racing, but also at street level. It's not always easy, bec🎃ause people a🎶re reluctant to change. 

“The episodes that made me think of the Halo were the💜 one that involved Fꦰelipe Massa in Budapest and the one in which John Surtees' son lost his life.”

The Halo was initially criticised for its lack of aesthetic appeal, and for deviating from the true essenc🍬e of racing, but has since been lauded with near-universal acclai🐼m.