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[taz]

Perfect moment to start this new thread, with the beautiful new yellow Ferrari helmet of Lewis Hamilton

 

 

 

 

[lewislorenzo]

One of his best!

[Beri]

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?

[FNG]

That's a nice looking helmet. Nice colour yellow and it is nice to see mostly one colour.

 

Most helmet designs are awful

[maximilian]

Still way too many unnecessary extra lines

[Donkey]

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.

[Frankbullitt]

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.

[cyclist]

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?

[Anuity]

Nice shade of yellow, but overall not that good. It reminds me Schumacher’s helmet, especially later ones, where it was only red with all kind of thin lines.

Still the best in recent times is Vettel’s.

[Beri]

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.

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.

[Frankbullitt]

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.

Swoosh’s and fast lines ruin pretty much all modern helmets, I’m also a designer so I’m probably extra critical with it.

Keep the simple lines but remove the go-faster lines and you have a gem. His original design was really beautiful, but he has only had crap designs since around 2013.

[danmills]

I do hope Lando keeps last years design, it's a unique helmet, iconic.

[taz]

Leclerc

 

 

 

 

[Frankbullitt]

Ya know what, that’s not bad. The softer lines are really nice and no (not that I can see) go faster lines.

Not sure about the font use for the number but this is a nice lid.

[JL14]

Leclerc

 

 

 

 

 

Notice the word "Papa" on side and "Jules" on the other side. Honoring tthe two persons most important to his racing career/life