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Grand Prix Drivers Association chairman Alexander Wurz admits he is surprised by Formula Ones rejection of the proposed Halo cockpit protection device for 2017.On Thursday the F1 Strategy Group unanimously voted against?introducing the Halo design for 2017, instead agreeing that the device needs further evaluation and testing. Although there has been no official statement from the FIA -- who have been keen to push through head protection in time for next season -- it appears that it will not be introduced until at least 2018.Wurz told Sky Sports F1: They have started the development on this in 2010 so its not just happened overnight and they presented this Halo solution as a workable first go as additional head protection.In their opinion it is a better system than anything than anything we have at the moment and this is how it was presented to the drivers just a week ago, so Im surprised of this U-turn, to go away from what the experts recommend. Already its in a design process of the race cars with the technical guides of the teams, to now step away and delay by one year, Im surprised by that.Wurz -- who competed in 69 grand prix between 1997 and 2007 at Benetton, McLaren and Williams -- dismissed that F1 has lost some of its appeal due to its approach towards safety and says he sees no reason for the sport to have an element of danger.Lets say the most popular year of Formula One in 2009 with the highest global viewing figures, there is one clear graph, popularity goes up and is stronger. The racing was close, was competitive but there is another graph which is the opposite trend, which is injuries and fatalities, it just went down. So I see no coloration at any point that we need to have dangerous racing where drivers are endangered for the popularity.The guys want to see emotion, hero to zero moments, people spinning, making mistakes, a crash yes is part of such emotion but if the safety experts say we can save a life better, I think it takes nothing away from courage. If you go through Eau Rouge with 320 [km/h] you dont think I have this Halo thing above me and therefore I do it flat, because the impact hurts anyway.Kiki Cuyler Jersey . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night. Ken Griffey Jr. Jersey . They reached the 100-point plateau for the fourth time in five games, bested the visiting Trail Blazers by 34 in the paint and scored 19 of the final 25 points in regulation. https://www.cheapredsjerseys.us/1205s-jimmy-herget-jersey-reds.html . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. Leo Durocher Jersey . Clarke was injured while practicing on the Doha Golf Club range after the pro-am on Tuesday. The Northern Irishman arrived at the course on Wednesday hoping to start, but after hitting a few balls on the practice putting green Clarke advised officials he was not fit to play. Eric Davis Jersey . Miikka Kiprusoff had just announced his retirement after a decade-long run in Calgary and it would be up to Berra and Ramo to fill the void.Gary Ballances Test return is in doubt because of a groin injury which caused him to miss Yorkshires NatWest T20 Blast tie in Derby on Sunday.Ballance was a surprise call-up for Englands squad for the first Test against Pakistan at Lords after striking a defiant century - his first of the season - in Yorkshires defeat against the new Championship leaders Middlesex at Scarborough.He will now be closely monitored by Englands medical team ahead of the Test and, although he is making confident noises about his fitness, Yorkshires director of cricket, Martyn Moxon, warned that his recovery could not entirely be taken for granted.Moxon said: Garys got a bit of a tight groin which he sustained on Friday in the T20 agaainst Birmingham.dddddddddddd. At this stage, we dont know whether he will be fit for the Test, but he may be okay.Jason Gillespie, Yorkshires coach, was a touch more optimistic, suggesting Ballances absence was just precautionary: He just pulled up a little bit stiff after Friday - I dont see any problem, he said.Ballance was brought back into the Test fold for the first time in a year, inviting further examination of a technique which was unravelling towards the end of his first spell in the Test side but which he has insisted is adequate and refused to adjust to any great extent. ' ' '