Sergio Perez: "I’m in favour of it because whenever it has to do with safety, safety has to come first. If we had the Halo by now, in the last six or seven years it would have saved a life so it’s worth it. I think once we implement the Halo the teams will improve, I think the halo needs a lot of work right now but I’m sure the system will be improved a lot. We have a lot of clever engineers in F1 and now all the teams know it will be in place for next year, I believe that they will improve it a lot.”

Nico Hulkenberg: "I’m still going to race — I won’t retire, but I was never a big supporter of the Halo and the additional head protection and I’m still not. Obviously there is that element of the aesthetics, the looks, and it doesn’t look pretty, for sure. We are protecting against a freak accident that is one out of a million. Security and protection on the cars gets better every year, and the improved wheel tethers give even less chance of a tyre and heavy things flying around. I’m not sure this additional protection is necessary because all the other areas are improving and we’d compromise the looks quite a lot.”

Marcus Ericsson: “I think its positive. Safety should be prioritised and I think the FIA has done a really good job to look into this. If this is the best solution at the moment, I think it’s a no-brainer to go for it for next year. If that can save someone in the future then I think it’s great. I tested it last year and when I drove with it I didn’t really notice it at all. It maybe it doesn’t look pretty but I think it’s something we can get used to. Always when there’s big changes in F1, it doesn’t look so pretty at first but then people get used to it, and I think it’s going to be the same thing with the Halo.”

Stoffel Vandoorne: "Aesthetically it’s not the nicest thing we’ve put on the car and I think a lot of people agree with that. We’ve been pushing to improve cockpit safety and head protection and I think the FIA have done lots of investigations on what would be the best solutions. For them, this is the best solution so I don’t think it’s a big surprise to see it on 2018 on the cars.”