i think someone said a while ago it was a throw back to his Karting colours, not sure if its true but i think it was one his best ones.

I also liked this one from Alonso

A bit on the bling-blingy side but certainly better than his regular one.

i like this one apart from raikkonen apart from the Marlboro barcodes

I think Alonso's first (2001-2005) helmet design was his best.

Wurz's design was a lot cleaner during his original stint (1998-2000) in F1.

I liked DC's Red Bull one so much I bought a replica.


Helmet by chdphd, on Flickr

very cool, I'm after a Lewis one but they're rather expensive

I like Felipe Massa's helmet from this year's Brazilian GP

good one from JB

I like the helmet Jenson used at Suzuka (and Monaco?) 2011. Red and white helmets need to be used more! His normal design is probably my favourite. Also like Lewis', and Mark Webber's. He's been using a similar design since his pre-Red Bull days but it fits in with their logo pretty well.

I paid £300 for it on eBay

I generally prefer it when drivers maintain a consistent design through their career, especially when they contain some personal meaning. Jenson's has always been my favourite, even though it's changed a fair bit since he debuted in 2000.

A driver's helmet used to be their trademark. I find this constant changing of designs boorish. Today most helmets are so busy they just look like a mess.

I find it fascinating that some people are literally on the edge of their seats to see new helmet paint jobs.

Oh well.....to each his/her own.

I liked how Rubens retained the main pattern even when he had special paint schemes.

The problem with PDR's helmet is that it is overkill, the overlay and underlying designs are good and can stand on their own.

Yellow and blue then remove the other colours for white?

There isn't really a design there at all, it's just a bunch of crap thrown together. If he had a plain blue helmet with a broad red stripe and an Italian flag design on that, it would be a lot better. If he really wanted vomit yellow he could have it as a thin dividing strip between the blue and the red.

Yeah it's part of that 'karting helmet' generation where if you turned off the TV and tried to redraw a helmet you'd struggle to remember what the lines were.

Always loved this helmet. Looks like a samurai.

Love the scene in the visor

surprised it's not here yet

JUST WOKE UP amazing

I think Paul di Resta should go for a helmet similar to Darios combining the Saltire & the Italian flag

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=dario+fra...536&bih=719

paul did have that design when he was a kid racing in karts. i remember seeing him use it at buckmore park in super 1.

His silverstone helmet was much much better design.

picture for reference:

Ive just painted my first helmet, a Michael Schumacher based replica. I didn't use the Merc badge and keep roads safe sponsor. Also i removed the chinesse writing as that is the names of his kids and wife, which would be weird lol

Ill post some pics, when its lacquered as the colours change massivly when it is. Here are couple pics i took tho on my phone cam



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Seriously who the hell desiged that? I guess he owned a white stick.

Sources say Stevie Wonder

The truth is he changed his design before Melbourne. Probably he realized as well that it's way too complicated.

He used this one in 2011: http://www.daimondesign.comuf.com/index.ph...l-di-resta-2011

Force India: Paul di Resta 2012
http://cdn.f1zone.net/news/wp-content/gall.../jm1202fe64.jpg

Force India: Nico Hulkenberg 2012
http://cdn.f1zone.net/news/wp-content/gall.../jm1202fe60.jpg

whats with the squiggle lives on hulks!

I like Hulk's new helmet

Ah good, someone finally realised that painting the visor strengthening strips make them look less sh1t....

Almost every one was painted/logo'd last year

Lewis doesn't even use one.

That's not the same thing.

Haven't noticed before that Button is using the services of Uffe Tagström (Uffe Designs) these days. Uffe has been designing Kimi's helmets for years.

Isn't that just the pattern of adhesive for the tearoff?

Yes

I know this isn't what you wanted to hear, but it's ugly man. If you intend to race it I think you should come up with something more original and with meaning to yourself than a bland Schumi ripoff + transformers logo (RICER) + monster logo.

My 2 fav helmets I raced, included a pure white one with gold pinstriping and sponsor stickers (redone to all be gold), and a helmet that was a hexagonal gold boredered green tortoiseshell pattern which worked surprisingly well despite how it sounds. Sorry don't have pics of them.

http://animoto.com/play/qYUdApWYdg6Jslj9Tv...ce=facebook.com

Video from Lewis helmet painter shows his special helmet design for the Australian gp

The lids 2012 style
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/03/12/2012...lmets-pictures/

Link ain't working, can you repost?

good link - thanks for posting. man there are some howlers in there this year. kids of today and all that.

/grandad

I like Alonsos new one, more blue is always good.

http://animoto.com/play/qYUdApWYdg6Jslj9Tvj4Fg

first 10 seconds hamiltons Aus special.

Lewis' first round special.

*Been sent to Japan to be green lined and assembled.

I like it.

Your right! Totally agree with you.

A fair chunk of them are just too busy and incoherent for my liking. Your going 200mph for god sake! Keep it simple, effective, easily noticeable & DON'T CHANGE IT EVERY FRECKIN RACE!

Rant over.