Perfect moment to start this new thread, with the beautiful new yellow Ferrari helmet of Lewis Hamilton
Posted 22 January 2025 - 20:38
Perfect moment to start this new thread, with the beautiful new yellow Ferrari helmet of Lewis Hamilton
Posted 22 January 2025 - 20:56
When will the day come that drivers are saying to the respective teams; "fine that you want to plaster my helmet full with stickers, but those stickers will only be stuck on if they match the colors of my helmet!"
How fantastic would Hamiltons helmet look if all sponsors are in the same shade of yellow and red? Ditching any disruptive other color like the black, white and other shade of red from UniCredit?
Posted 22 January 2025 - 21:11
That's a nice looking helmet. Nice colour yellow and it is nice to see mostly one colour.
Most helmet designs are awful
Posted 22 January 2025 - 21:22
Still way too many unnecessary extra lines
Posted 22 January 2025 - 22:13
Still way too many unnecessary extra lines
It matches the broad pattern of the design that he has had for a long time though (since about 2013 when he moved to Mercedes and made the first major change to his helmet design) but it it is a lot more subtle with the lines. I agree that his helmets got messy in later years and I don't know why he kept changing colours in recent years but this one I feel is back to basics and looks great. It reminds me a bit of Vettel's simple design when he moved to Ferrari.
Definitely a winner for me 8.5 / 10. Enjoy it while it lasts because he will inevitably start messing with the design in the following seasons.
Posted 23 January 2025 - 01:12
Posted 23 January 2025 - 07:45
I like the color of his helmet a lot and it really fits with Ferrari. The design itself however is completely unremarkable though. I hoped he would bring back a bit more his first helmet which was much more recognisable. On the other hand, these lines won't be visible at all when in the car, so who cares?
Posted 23 January 2025 - 08:01
Posted 23 January 2025 - 08:54
Still a total mess but at least it had less colours. For someone who prides himself on style, it’s a truly awful design to be sporting.
Rotten.
Posted 23 January 2025 - 16:40
I am no fan of swooshes and unnecessary detailing. But this is pretty clean in my opinion. It has the halo, which one can expect. It has the stars on the side, which is an integral part of Hamilton's design over the past years. There are a couple of other lines added, but otherwise it's clean as it can be.
Sometimes I really don't understand the criticism on clean designs like this one. A plain yellow and sponsor less helmet would have done it for you I guess.
Posted 23 January 2025 - 18:38
I do hope Lando keeps last years design, it's a unique helmet, iconic.
Posted 27 January 2025 - 16:41
Leclerc
Posted 27 January 2025 - 17:54
Posted 28 January 2025 - 14:46
Leclerc
Notice the word "Papa" on side and "Jules" on the other side. Honoring tthe two persons most important to his racing career/life
Posted 09 February 2025 - 18:20
Antonelli
Posted 09 February 2025 - 19:37
Edited by registered, 09 February 2025 - 19:38.
Posted 09 February 2025 - 21:43
Yep, another forgettable helmet there.
The lines just remind me of all the vinyl weeding leftovers from stencils thrown onto a canvas like some sort of deconstructed modern take on the London Underground map.
Horrible dated style, makes you wonder if the same 'designer' does everyone's helmets?
Edited by danmills, 09 February 2025 - 21:44.
Posted 09 February 2025 - 22:29
It looks like what you might get if you asked an AI to design an F1 helmet.
Posted 10 February 2025 - 03:40
Reminds me the most of Trulli's helmet.
Posted 10 February 2025 - 07:11
Yawn, generic racing game design with lines all over the place
Posted 12 February 2025 - 15:07
Antonelli
Posted 12 February 2025 - 15:11
I assume the red blob with the green in the middle is supposed to look like the "A" of Antonelli?
Antonelli
Posted 12 February 2025 - 15:30
It looks like what you might get if you asked an AI to design an F1 helmet.
Actualli think AI does a beter job with minimal input already
Posted 12 February 2025 - 16:08
Posted 12 February 2025 - 17:03
Yep, AI can quickly throw together a helmet vastly superior.
Something like Vettel had at Ferrari, but with the Italian flag would be smart
He actually ran a version like that at Aston Martin, at the Monza race :
Posted 12 February 2025 - 17:21
No Halo in the world can hide those swoosh obsessed overactive helmet designs!
Posted 12 February 2025 - 17:22
He actually ran a version like that at Aston Martin, at the Monza race :
Posted 13 February 2025 - 19:14
Sainz
Posted 13 February 2025 - 19:33
Sainz
Color scheme: approved
Random block/sharp edges design: nah
Edited by JL14, 13 February 2025 - 19:34.
Posted 13 February 2025 - 20:06
I used to wonder if all the lines and mess were mandated by sponsors or something like that cause I just don't get it. They look awful. What is wrong with solid colours? Hamilton's new helmet, which I like, is ruined by those pointless red stripes.
I rather liked Vettel's plain white helmet with the German stripe on it
I even like Stroll's helmet but I just listed the only three helmets I like from the three drivers I dislike. Odd, but here we are.
Posted 13 February 2025 - 20:14
Actualli think AI does a beter job with minimal input already
I hate to admit that I actually realy like this one.
Posted 13 February 2025 - 21:50
Color scheme: approved
Random block/sharp edges design: nah
Posted 14 February 2025 - 02:05
Color scheme: approved
Random block/sharp edges design: nah
Agree, great colors, but the Spanish flag glitching out doesn't do anything good. And as Beri also said, at least there aren't any of those asinine speed swooshes on there.
Posted 14 February 2025 - 03:27
Lewis, Charles and Carlos are all pretty good.
Posted 14 February 2025 - 07:57
Hamilton's yellow works perfect with Ferrari red, but even more simple would have been perfect.
Posted 14 February 2025 - 11:59
Sainz
Looks lke an Alonso helmet now with the blue
Posted 14 February 2025 - 15:47
Looks lke an Alonso helmet now with the blue
Came here just to say that. However, when looking back, I noticted that this impression is because of the same shade of blue in Alonso's 2018 helmet, which had a very different design than I tought.
I feel like there's a version of previous Alonso's helmets which have a similar design to the current Sainz's one, albeit with a different color scheme.
Posted 14 February 2025 - 19:09
That's "ok"
Not a mish mash of stripe and clutter. Not bad
Posted 14 February 2025 - 22:36
Albon thinks he's driving an Alpine-BWT?
Posted 14 February 2025 - 23:55
Albon is "OK" indeed. But how cool would it have been if he used Derek Warwick's old scheme, but with that flat pink instead of white
Posted Yesterday, 00:37
Edited by otmarjr, Yesterday, 00:37.