Formula One fans have praised the halo as one of the best inventions in the sport after it saved the life of Zhou Guanyu in a horror opening lap crash at the British Grand Prix. Another said: ‘The halo is one of the best things to happen to F1’, while a third simply wrote ‘thank god for the halo’. ‘The halo has proven itself, once again, to be one if the best inventions this sport has ever seen,’ another fan echoed. ‘2 lives saved by the halo today,’ a fan wrote on Twitter. ‘I remember how unpopular the halo was when it was introduced, mainly due to aesthetics,’ a fan said.

Follow MotorMouth on social media:

• 
• 
• 
•