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[Frankbullitt]

 

 

And we are off!

[Frankbullitt]

[Rediscoveryx]

Do drivers use standard helmets anymore?

Seems to me that 100% of the grid uses special designs at 100% of the events.

[sgtkate]

I love seeing the helmets but could I ask that people add the driver in the posts rather than just the picture of the helmet. Most of them are so hard to find the name or number on these days it can be quite confusing to see whose helmet is whose!

[jcbc3]

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The topic here is drivers helmets 2024. Please let posts be relevant to this

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[Frankbullitt]

 

 

An absolute mess...

[grandmastashi]

 

 

An absolute mess...

 

Gasly? Ghastly more like.

[pacificquay]

Gasly's looks like a generic pattern you see in a helmet catalogue.

 

Utterly horrendous.

[DW46]

That’s deffo a video game option from the old Codemasters early 00’s days.

[H0R]

I actually like Gasly's helmet. It is a bit messy but the pale blue looks great,

[prty]

Gasly's looks like a generic pattern you see in a helmet catalogue.

Utterly horrendous.

Bell's generic helmet:

[P123]

Have to wonder why the drivers continually accept such terrible designs.  What is distinctive about Gasly's latest design?  You would never know who it belonged to.

[F1 Mike]

I like it, nice shades of blue. Not everyone had the same tastes I suppose

[Maustinsj]

Nice blue.

 

I couldn't tell whose it was until I read the small "Gasly" label.

[Dolph]

Have to wonder why the drivers continually accept such terrible designs. What is distinctive about Gasly's latest design? You would never know who it belonged to.

What if, heavens forbid, he ordered it like that because he likes it and does not have a hard on for an uber distinctive design like some hardcore helmet fetishists?

Edited by Dolph, 08 February 2024 - 21:20.

[Beri]

An absolute mess...

Despite the mess, there are still Jules Bianchi and Antoine Hubert signs on his helmet. That does count for something. So at least it is not the worst in my book 😉

Edited by Beri, 08 February 2024 - 23:47.

[DW46]

It looks a bit like George’s old one before he went Green.

[Frankbullitt]

 

Oscars, small changes and the addition of Monster now

[H0R]

Nope.

[IrvTheSwerve]

I'm going to make a bold prediction and say that they're all wooshy, ugly and generic.

[Frankbullitt]

 

Yuki

[Frankbullitt]

 

Ricciardo

[Rediscoveryx]

Daniel’s is actually ok.

[FirstnameLastname]

Hamilton Ferrari lid…. Wonder what he can do with that

[chdphd]

 

Ricciardo

 

Inspired by Patrick Friesacher's from 2005...

 

 

[JL14]

Norris 'Season 6' helmet

 

 

[Mc_Silver]

Norris 'Season 6' helmet

Can't see the images.

[FirstnameLastname]

Norris goes for a Hamilton tribute

[Mc_Silver]

Norris goes for a Hamilton tribute

Looks dope.

[pacificquay]

Norris goes for a Hamilton tribute

I don’t see it as a Hamilton tribute, it’s very Lando

[midgrid]

I think it's the Monster Energy branding more than anything else.

[Frankbullitt]

Norris goes for a Hamilton tribute

Who went for a Valentino Rossi tribute.

This looks fun, guaranteed to change though

[Beri]

Would be fun to see a philanthropist making an arrangement like "I will spend 100 million dollars on an good cause if all the Formula One drivers will NOT change helmet designs this year. And else I'll put it on Red in a casino."

I wonder which driver will develop a rash first because he can't make money out of mini helmet figurines.

[MrMonaco]

Norris paid tribute to Arsenal and their extravagant away kit.

[JRodrigues]

Zhou 2024

 

[FirstnameLastname]

I am whelmed by these.

[Floobert]

Norris paid tribute to Arsenal and their extravagant away kit.

Was going to post that, but you beat me to it.

 

Although to be honest I wouldn't be so kind as to use the word extravagant to qualify that monstrosity of a kit.

[Floobert]

Would be fun to see a philanthropist making an arrangement like "I will spend 100 million dollars on an good cause if all the Formula One drivers will NOT change helmet designs this year. And else I'll put it on Red in a casino."

I wonder which driver will develop a rash first because he can't make money out of mini helmet figurines.

That's easy: Verstappen.

[jcbc3]

That's easy: Verstappen.

 

(Disclaimer: Genuine puzzlement from me that could be based on a misunderstanding)

 

I understood Beri's question as implicitly saying the drivers are money grabbing by changing helmet designs and asked who would be most greedy. If that was also your interpretation, why did you nominate Verstappen?

[Sleepflower]

(Disclaimer: Genuine puzzlement from me that could be based on a misunderstanding)

 

I understood Beri's question as implicitly saying the drivers are money grabbing by changing helmet designs and asked who would be most greedy. If that was also your interpretation, why did you nominate Verstappen?

 

Probably because he releases the most mini-helmets of everybody?

 

He is even going back to his old designs and releasing those. 

Edited by Sleepflower, 13 February 2024 - 12:47.

[jcbc3]

OK, that's news to me. Where can I find the statistics on this?

[Sleepflower]

OK, that's news to me. Where can I find the statistics on this?

 

By month's end he will have released 25. I don't have statistics, but I can tell you nobody will get close to that figure over such a short period of time (2018 was the first one).

 

Anyways, it was just an observation. Not a criticism.

[jcbc3]

No problem. Just show one can learn new things every day. 

[Beri]

(Disclaimer: Genuine puzzlement from me that could be based on a misunderstanding)

I understood Beri's question as implicitly saying the drivers are money grabbing by changing helmet designs and asked who would be most greedy. If that was also your interpretation, why did you nominate Verstappen?

This yes. But it is indeed Verstappen who has a habit of doing this purely for the releases of the mini helmets. Of drivers like Norris I genuinely think it is because they think it's cool to change helmets.

[MrMonaco]

Although to be honest I wouldn't be so kind as to use the word extravagant to qualify that monstrosity of a kit.

 

Well, you know....if you asked me that in August I would said the same but after so many months it kinda grew on me. Now I can even find it better than their 3rd kit which is extremely dull. Last seasons Hass-style black and gold was miles better.

 

Anyway back to topic - I really don't like what Leclerc did to his helmet, why add black? Red and white was a lot better.

[Secretariat]

These days I don't mind drivers changing their designs periodically, as some of that might be influenced by sponsorships/changes in teams over time. However, I like it when drivers maintain their chosen colors over their careers.

[ConsiderAndGo]

All shite so far

[Beri]

Apart from one specific swoosh, I think we have a winner for this year. Verstappen his new lid (for as long it lasts);

[ConsiderAndGo]

What?? That’s horrific

[Beri]

It's as basic as it gets and is an hommage to his father. I like it.