This may sound ridiculously superstitious, but no Ferrari WDC in the modern era has won a championship wearing other than a red helmet visor .
Think about it. Both Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen won their championships wearing red helmet visors. I was only a toddler when Niki Lauda won his championships with Ferrari. But can anyone old enough during that era confirm he was also wearing red helmet visors?
Let's look at Ferrari drivers who didn't win the WDC:
1) Eddie Irvine: wore green visor. Lost championship in the final race of 1999.
2) Rubens Barrichello: wore blue visor. Never in contention.
3) Felipe Massa: wore yellow visor. Lost championship in the final race of 2008.
4) Fernando Alonso: wore blue visor. Lost championship in the final race of 2010 and 2012.
Red helmet visor brings the luck required to win championships. OK, Schumacher had the best car from 2001-2002, 2004. But it was close shave in 2000 and 2003. In 2000, if Hakkinen didn't DNF in Monza and Indianapolis, it was another lost year. In 2003, he got that crucial 1 point in the last race. Raikkonen was the unbelievable come-from-behind story in 2007. Why did Alonso have bad luck to miss in 2010 when he led the standings going into final race? In 2012 in Brazil, how did his rival survive the first lap spin without DNF and he fails to get the necessary points?
So please, Sebastian, change your helmet visor to red starting from next year at least .
Edited by jurchenking, 22 March 2015 - 00:48.