Pierre Gasly vented his frustration at the Halo after revealing it tore his race suit as he climbed in and out of his Toro Rosso car in testing.
The debate over the controversial cockpit device has rumbled ever since it was first suggested with one of the main issues being the ability for a driver to escape a car quickly after an accident.
For 2018, the FIA’s minimum exit time has been doubled from five to ten seconds and as Gasly explained, the use of Halo for aerodynamic purposes has only complicated the situation.
“You need to be a lot backwards to slide in the car, it’s actually quite weird,” after running for the first time on Tuesday.
“And with all the winglets you have on the Halo, you cannot really pull to get out and touch it. It’s quite weird conditions, but nothing really important. I just prefer the old cars.”
On the damage done to his race suit, the former GP2 champion added: “Already, it’s only the first day and I have many holes on the back.
“I think my suit is already broken, so we’ll have to ask for many suits from Alpine Stars this year.
“I don’t like it, it’s a big mess to get in the car and get out,” Gasly concluded.
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This week it was expected that any unexpected consequences from the Halo would be discovered.
When in the car, however, drivers are reporting that Halo is not impacting their vision and, after a few laps, they even forget it is actually there.
Daniel Ricciardo also played down concerns about seeing the start lights after doing a test on Monday, though Carlos Sainz has admitted it does make it harder to assess rain intensity.
