Formula One's drivers are split on the Shield cockpit protection device the FIA is hoping to introduce for the 2018 season. This week the decision-making Strategy Group... read more »

Formula 1 drivers remain "very split" on cockpit protection options following the decision to prioritise the 'shield' concept over the halo, according to... read more »

Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo have both stated that they won't mind the 'shield' that the FIA plans to introduce as cockpit protection come 2018, but not... read more »

"Drivers wouldn t be racing in it if they were worried for their own safety. Fernando is going to race Indy 500 which is way more dangerous than this." read more »

Plans for a transparent 'shield' device has been criticised by Haas driver Kevin Magnussen, who says it could make racing dangerous in wet conditions. read more »

Formula 1 drivers have offered mixed views over the 'shield' head protection device that could be introduced from the 2018 season, rather than the 'halo… read more »

Formula 1 is to renew its efforts into coming up with a transparent 'shield' device as authorities try to settle on a driver head protection system in time for the... read more »

Formula 1 will focus research on a transparent 'shield' device as bosses seek to finalise a frontal driver head protection system for 2018. read more »

Formula 1 is to favour a 'shield' head protection device for the 2018 season, rather than the previously proposed 'halo' system, following a meeting of the… read more »

Formula One's Strategy Group has agreed to "give priority" to a new cockpit protection device, known as the Shield, over the previously mooted Halo concept. The... read more »

F1 ditches halo in favour of 'shield' read more »

Formula 1 is set to ditch the halo cockpit protection system and prioritise the newly-introduced 'shield' concept for 2018 read more »

Following the latest meeting of the Formula 1 Strategy Group, the FIA confirms its plans for the 'Shield' cockpit protection in 2018 as well as a clampdown on the... read more »

Autosport can reveal how the 'shield' cockpit protection concept, presented to Formula 1 drivers last week as an alternative to the halo or aeroscreen, could look read more »

The FIA's new cockpit protection device proposal continues to get a 50/50 consensus as a formal decision on its future nears. read more »

The FIA presented an alternative head protection device to drivers at the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday, known as the Shield. Formula One has agreed in principle to bring some... read more »

The FIA, motorsport's governing body, has developed an alternative cockpit protection idea to the Halo, unveiling 'The Shield' to the drivers in Shanghai. read more »

Drivers are shown the 'Shield', an alternative to the Halo device scheduled to be introduced next season. read more »

Formula 1 drivers have been shown an alternative cockpit protection idea - called 'the shield' - by the FIA as a decision nears over introducing the halo for 2018 read more »

The Halo is seemingly no more, but the FIA has approached drivers for feedback on an all-new device named the 'Shield' read more »

Lewis Hamilton says F1 should adopt a fully-closed cockpit if it has to go ahead with introducing head protection next year, saying the Red Bull canopy concept looks too much... read more »

Hamilton: 'Half-arsed Red Bull canopy looks like a riot shield' read more »

Lewis Hamilton is not impressed with Red Bull's 'aeroscreen' protection device, saying it looks like a "bloody riot shield"... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes Red Bull's 'aeroscreen' cockpit safety concept "looks like a riot shield" and that Formula 1 would be better off committing to... read more »