After putting its own Aeroscreen concept on the back burner for the time being, Red Bull sampled the Halo cockpit protection system at Silverstone during the final in-season test. Reserve driver Pierre Gasly was not exactly thrilled with the device, while Christian Horner already said the team would not vote in favour of its introduction on 2017 cars.

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