Palmer: F1's halo 'is a step too far'

Jolyon Palmer says the integration of the halo head protection system “is a step too far” for Formula 1.

Speaking with Jennie Gow and commentator Jack Nicholls, the former Renault driver went on to say: “It’s against the tradition of open-cockpit cars, and I feel it’s extremely unnecessary.

“We had a lot of presentations about it in the last few years, and I think as far as I know in Formula 1, it actually wouldn’t have saved anyone. I mean, the last death – Jules Bianchi, very tragic - and it was proven that halo actually would have made no difference. That’s from the designers of halo,” the Briton added.

Palmer will join the 5 live Formula 1 team for the 2018 season.

This clip is originally from the Chequered Flag podcast on Thursday, 22 February 2018.