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#501 chdphd

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Posted 18 December 2023 - 11:49

A proper helmet.

 

(That wasn't a sly dig at DC by the way!)

 

I have a replica. See my avatar  :D



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#502 FNG

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Posted 18 December 2023 - 23:03

Doesn't matter how you slice it. With all the sponsorship logos covering the whole helmet they are all ugly. They all simply look like a mess



#503 Beri

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Posted 19 December 2023 - 08:28

Wouldnt it be just great if (for instance) Verstappen says: Yeah, you know what Christian? Deduct 5 million out of my pay, as long as I can keep my helmet clean from logo's.



#504 Taxi

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Posted 19 December 2023 - 08:41

I wonder if a proper designer could give a helmet some personality even with that logo on the side. Because I guess RB is putting that logo on it by contract and it's not negotiable. 



#505 Beri

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Posted 19 December 2023 - 08:54

That logo can even become a part of a drivers design. I think it can even get integrated quite nicely in a design. Yet the mishmash of all the other random logos with its colors and fonts is painful to watch. As evident by a previous post:
 
 

DCs lid really shows how much of a mess the current ones are.
 
I think Max killed it with his retro inspired lid though.
 
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How it can be done nicely has been shown by Albon in various designs. Its just a matter of taste if you like the designs. But the integration of the Red Bull logo and its colors is near flawless in my opinion:
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#506 Anuity

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Posted 19 December 2023 - 08:55

Wouldnt it be just great if (for instance) Verstappen says: Yeah, you know what Christian? Deduct 5 million out of my pay, as long as I can keep my helmet clean from logo's.

even if that was possible, the amount it is worth is likely much higher in the eyes of Red Bull, given the amount of exposure his helmet is getting, especially last year. 



#507 Beri

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Posted 19 December 2023 - 09:45


even if that was possible, the amount it is worth is likely much higher in the eyes of Red Bull, given the amount of exposure his helmet is getting, especially last year.
 
Ofcourse, but I was only saying it as an example. Should that be possible, it would be fantastic. It would even be more great if every team would allow their drivers to have an unbranded helmet for one Grand Prix per year. For instance the driver' home Grand Prix.


#508 Taxi

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Posted 19 December 2023 - 12:57

On the Albon example I don't think RB would allow the logo to apear like in the Williams helmet. They mandate the original logo on their team drivers. 



#509 JRodrigues

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Posted 19 December 2023 - 13:43

It definitely ruins a helmet.

 

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#510 JRodrigues

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Posted 19 December 2023 - 17:09

And then we have Max's without sponsors (he's trying some GT3's in Portimão)

 

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#511 thegamer23

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Posted 19 December 2023 - 22:13

You know it's a bad design when it looks better with the sponsors on

#512 Frankbullitt

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Posted 20 December 2023 - 10:11

And then we have Max's without sponsors (he's trying some GT3's in Portimão)

 

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Drop some of the swoosh marks and gradients and it is a winner.



#513 Floobert

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Posted 20 December 2023 - 11:29

Drop some of the swoosh marks and gradients and it is a winner.

Actually, drop some of the swoosh marks and gradients and it is Jos Verstappen.



#514 Frankbullitt

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Posted 20 December 2023 - 14:55

Actually, drop some of the swoosh marks and gradients and it is Jos Verstappen.

 

Exactly, which was a great design.

 

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