Bell Racing has launched a new visor panel in an att𓄧empt to avoid a repeat💜 of the injuries suffered by Felipe Massa in his accident at the Hungaroring back in 2009.

The Brazilian suffered head injuries when he was struck by a bolt that had broken away fro♎m the Brawn GP car of Rubens Barrichello, with Massa lucky to be able to resume his racing care🧔er after being placed in a coma in the aftermath of the incident.

The FIA I🐷nstitute looked into various ways of improving driver protection i💛n the frontal area of the helmet with a series of tests being carried out before the results were approved by the World Motor Sport Council earlier this month.

On the back of that, Bell has launched the Visor Panel with immediate effect, with the new part ⛦being recommended for use by the FIA.

Bell's visor panels - complying with the FIA specifications - are made of a highly resista♉nt aramid fibre, covered by an external skin of carbon fibre and processed with autoclave technology. The panel weight is approximately 66 grams and is attached to the helmet's visor with a specially developed adhesive.

The part was trialled in the Abu Dhabi test following the 2010 season by Robert Kubica, with Vitaly Petrov, Seไbastien Buemi, Jarno Trulli, Sergio Perez and Jerome D'Ambrosio then testing the part successfully in Barcel🌟ona.

The visor panel is likely to ♚become mandatory inꦿ the future.