@@bullterriermolly5874 i'm finnish guy and when kimi wasn't so big there was this one time he sit bar where i was working and I was literally his drinking boy.... xD
Why not? They should be able to change their helmet designs freely. The current graphics package, numbers on the car greatly identify the drivers for us, so strictly relying on helmets for identification is less important now.
Graphics package - sure, that's good for the TV veiwers but useless for people at the race Driver numbers - hard to read from a distance Driver helmets - sometimes very useful for identifying drivers. Overall I think it's good to have a consistent helmet to help driver identity, however other methods need to be used as well.
@@justwobert9850 Drivers are tugged deep into the cockpits with a headrest around their heads and now a Halo around the front obscuring the view even more. I'd say car-livery is the way to go in making drivers indentifyable by audience and allow free range on helmet designs
Vettel took the piss with his helmet designs before they brought in this rule, he literally had a different design of helmet every single race in the 2013 season, it was just silly.
If identification is an issue, tell the drivers that their helmet must be 40% one colour throughout the season (of course they could change it season to season), and let them have the other 60% to themselves.
Definitely , I love when the drivers change their helmet designs because it can bring out a wide range of different designs, maybe to resemble a driver’s personality !!
I don't think full freedom is the way to go, but it certainly is too strict now. If there's a special reason as to why a driver wants a different design, a driver should be able to do so every single time.
Why do you think it should be made to stay the same? If you say it's to tell which driver is which, just look at the T-Camera. One driver is black, one driver is yellow for each team... Far easier to remember than every single driver on the grids helmet. (obviously you know who is in which team but I couldn't tell you what colour Russell or Kubica's helmets are but I do know which drive is yellow vs black)
@Terminal Boy no. Just Monza, Singapore and Shanghai. It wasn't pretty especially at Monza. And I don't even want to talk about the prices charged 🙌🏼🙌🏼
1) That rule is complete BS 2) I feel that often helmet liveries in Auto sports is rather boring compared to helmet liveries in other motorsports, comparing it to Moto GP (or the GP 500 had some pretty awesome helmets) and Motocross or Speedway, heck, Troy Lee Designs litteraly started just because of helmet livery designs. Just Saying
Seb has got one of my favourite helmets when he was at Red Bull. Singapore if I can remember. Such an awesome design. Always loved Kimi, Lewis, Jenson and Michael Schumacher's helmets. Incredible
Personally I like helmets being consistent but I definitely think there should be some more flexibility. Allow for three or four different ones or maybe make an exception for certain special things home races or birthdays.
Why? It doesn't help you distinguish which driver is which unless you can remember every single drivers helmet colour... Far easier to just like at the T-Camera above the intake and remember which driver has yellow and which driver has black for each team.
@@generaldreagonlps6889 the focus on the actual driving? We may as well make them unable to change teams or have changes to their cars because talking about that would take away from the actual driving!
Personally. a driver's helmet is of no use in determining which driver is which. They change designs so frequently I can never tell the difference. Let them go at it...let them have the freedom to design their helmet as they see fit, and change as needed. My one rule would be that the helmet may NOT contain ANY commercial advertising other than the car manufacturer's logo.
The helmet graphics only work for endorsement when the driver is out of the car, and specifically for camera lenses. Since, for a good reason, the drivers head is so well protected and hidden away between sideboards, and under the halo, the audience identifies less with each driver by helmet liveries than in the past. I think each driver should be able to have his own choice of livery for the halo, since it now occupies the "area visible" that was once occupied by the helmet.
Can't they just make them base the design around their racing number and let them change the design as long as the number stands out? Gives a driver a chance to express their creativity and viewers a chance to identify know who's who? Or is that to simple?
Marc is probably the better one in terms of shear talent, mentallity and performs in his sport.motogp allows the rider to push till the end. We cannot say the same about f1. To end it in simplest terms motogp may never see someone like marquez again but f1 will definitely see more Hamiltons.
The drivers should be allowed 3 helmet designs throughout the year. Their main design, one for their home grand prix, and one for a team event. If a driver doesn't have a home grand prix on the calendar, then they get a free design to use as they wish.
I watch a lot of Formula 1 so I can easily recognise a driver's helmet, especially Renault and Ferrari Ps: you forgot Ricciardo's sparkly Singapore helmet from this year
Great video Aldas! Really enjoyed this different topic! I think they should have the freedom to express themselves if they want! At the end of the day it doesn't really affect anyone, so much of the rest of the time they are wearing and promoting things for sponsors. If they want to design a helmet for a certain race or event they should be allowed!
The fans who oppose helmet changes because they want the drivers to have an identity are so, so close to answer, yet they have it backwards. Yes, the helmet is the driver's external identity. But it is literally the driver's identity! It should be up to the drivers to decide what their identity is and how they want to express it.
Top 5 favorite helmet designs 1.Ayrton Senna 2.Sebastian Vettel’s 2013 Japanese Grand Prix 3.Lewis Hamilton’s Bob Marley themed helmet 4.James Hunt 5.Kimi Räikkönen’s 2007-2008 season helmet
2:11 First time I saw that helmet I though "Wait.... We have a Lithuanian driver?" Okay 5 seconds later I learned two things: Aldas is Lithuanian and I'm not the only one :D 9:35 I don't watch American football... But Riccis helmets is insanely awesome
Helmet designs shouldn’t at all be regulated. If it’s for identifying drivers, force them to put the driver number on the Halo like Haas does, and Sauber did in 2018. I’d love to see the designs these guys come up with, cause I know for sure that some of these guys are extremely artistic. I want to see a driver for themselves, and part of that is the helmet design. And, in Kvyats case, it’s his home race, no rules should stop any driver from bringing in a cool design for their home race.
I’d love for helmets to be free choice, maybe a good compromise would be that: A driver can change they’re helmet once a season, as well as, being able to have a helmet for a special event and the option to have a custom helmet for a home race (if applicable), totalling in 3 changes permitted per year? Maybe...
Unleash the driver's creativity! Let's get lots of cool lids! Remember in Singapore 2012 when Seb had little lights in the top of his helmet? It was REALLY bizarre but probably his magnum opus when it came to insane helmet ideas.
Black camera is first driver. Yellow is second driver in a team. According to some drivers, they’ll get different helmet for every circuit though. U can notice that with Daniel Ricciardo. Compare his 2019 debut helmet to a Singapore GP helmet. U will notice the differences. 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Personally, I would delete this helmet rule. Also one of my favorite helmet designs are from Lewis, his 2013 American GP special helmet and Brazilian GP special helmet
I personally like the idea of 1 helmet design for the driver, just like you said about Senna's helmet. It's iconic, it's classic, the moment you see the yellow back with the green and blue stripes you know who it it's, even if it's not in a helmet, it could be a t-shirt and you still would recognize it. On the other hand, with the halo, the numbers, the camera color, I don't think it's necessary anymore to help the audience recognize the drivers. I still like the idea of an identity, the idea of being linked to your personal design, your brand, but at this point I think that the drivers should be free to do whatever they want. If I was a F1 driver I would try to stick with 1 design for my entire career.
Great video, loved it! I absolutely agree that it is almost impossible to see the driver's helmet when they are sitting in the car, almost hidden by the halo and the high lateral cockpit walls. it is a shame, in a way, as with the old cars it was really exciting to be able to see the driver's head and face. During the recent Mexican GP, even at the track and very close to the cars, I found the easiest way to identify them was the yellow markings on the T-cam. I think it is an anachronistic rule that should go away. In defense of the rule, though, one might say, perhaps rightly so, that time and repeated use is what makes helmet designs iconic, so wearing a special design for just one race does not help in that sense. But I think drivers should be given the freedom to decide if they want to stick to a single design or change it whenever they want.
Let them loose! They should be able to express themselves. As a Longhorn fan I really like that one! As a motorcycle rider, I have several helmets and use them to express myself with various graphics, text, and stickers. It's a fun thing to do.
I would have a helmet with a really intricate design and just change one small detail every race. Only the keen eye would distinguish :D And by the end of the season, the whole design would end up being different from the beginning :D
I don't think they should be able to change their helmet every race, but they should definitely have more than one race where they can change their helmet.
Wear what they want, I always look at the numbers first. Fave one is the design of the London Rowing Club worn by Graham Hill, the Damon had a very similar one out of respect for his late father, and when his son started racing, I'm pretty sure he wore the same design. Pity he decided racing wasn't for him, at least that's what I heard. He wasn't bad for a rookie (never behind the wheel of a car before racing in the Ginetta Juniors on the BTCC circuit, IIRC. He made some spectacular overtakes in his first race then binned it, but you could see the talent. But he should do what makes him happy. It was his idea originally, I'm sure).
I think it should be up to the drivers to choose whether they want to change their helmet livery each race or whenever they want, or just stick to one livery for the whole season. They should have all the freedom in the world. And I think drivers like Vettel, Ricciardo, (which are the main drivers that always change their helmet liveries), are slowly paving the way to getting the FIA to get rid of that rule.
I think that drivers should have zero restrictions on what helmet cosmetic design they use. That said, I think that in years to come, those that change helmet designs constantly may regret doing so. Think of just how immediately you can identify Senna's, Stewarts, Hunts helmets... Having a good bit of constancy may not be such a bad thing.
I hated this rule when they put it in.I miss when Vettel used to wear a different helmet every race. I love the throw back, like Hamilton doing Senna or Kimi doing James Hunt. I'm a motocross guy and the history or custom helmets is rich and we love seeing the personality come out in the designs.
With total social media saturation now a days,, drivers can easily utilize it to further their "identity". Hell they can even create hype by posting photos a week out from a race. Lighten up the rules some FIA. GREAT VIDEO ALDAS!👍👍
Best design was Senna's . Not just because I was a huge fan back in the day but because his helmet was one of the rare ones that you would instantly recognize . I always liked the more simple designes , like Senna's but also like Coulthard and Hill . These days there's just too much going on in helmet designs
I love custom helmets, but I agree that they shouldn’t be changing their helmet every race. They should have their main helmet and be allowed 5 changes per year imo.
I think as long as the helmet’s functionality isn’t impaired in any way, then the design should be allowed to change as the driver wants/as the team can afford. Myself, I don’t really notice the helmets, whether they change or not, unless a commentator or someone draws particular attention to it. That said, I love the creativity of it.
I say let the drivers do what they want, and the team can make a certain part of the car (mirrors, wing supports, halo, etc) a different color to really help differentiate drivers. It can even tie into that team's colors. Ex: Max has a navy blue part, Albon has a red part or vice versa, Lewis has a Mercedes Teal part, Bottas has a silver or black part or vice versa. This is how a lot of teams in WEC do it, and it works. I could always tell who was who when looking at 2 Ford GTs in Le Mans because one had green accents, one had blue, one had red, and one had yellow. Didn't even have to look at the car numbers
I hate to be that guy who says thing were better in the past, but when I started watching F1 in 97-98 ad a kid one of the biggest factors that made me to relate to drivers was that helmet designs were simple and they used same design sometimes their whole career. Back then it was easy to identify drivers like Hill, Villeneuve, MS, Coulthard, Häkkinen, Frentzen, Alesi etc. Since then designs have become a lot more complex and impossible to differentiate at first glance. This is why I think Vettel has maybe the best current helmet design. But the design trend is what it is, it's cool that drivers can express themselves with designs. I'd go maybe with one permanent change and 2 special one off designs per season.
Nice Video. I think drivers should have like one specific type of helmet design and if they want to, they can make some special changes from time to time.
The identity of the driver can be shown in their helmet. Even if they can change it every race, not everyone will... if they do, that’s their personality, if not, that’s also their own personality!
The whole reason drivers have their own helmet design is to help us easily identify them. That doesn't work if they change them at every race. The most iconic designs to me are Senna's, Graham/Damon Hill's, Hunt's and Stewart's. They're iconic because they're simple and because they never really changed. None of the current crop of drivers have an iconic design because a. they're all too busy and overdesigned and b. they change them all the time so we never really learn to associate one particular design with a driver.
There are only 2 situations where you attempt to identify a driver without seeing his face - in the car, where you can see the car number and the camera color (which is honestly the easiest way to tell who is who), and when they're walking with their helmet on. Mandate driver numbers on their jumpsuits and problem solved. Do whatever you want with your helmet. If anything, require approval by a few people in the FIA in case inappropriate stuff starts popping up.
if you want to make more clear who is who in the car, give the cars from the same team different mirror colors. in DTM racing they did this with bright green and orange if I remember correctly
Senna's bottom stripe on his helmet was never black. It was always navy blue. People also confound the deep blue with black because of photo exposures, that tend to darken the low ranges to expose the high ones properly. A case in point was Jim Clark's helmet, the navy blue and white lid representing the colors of the Scottish flag. A lot of people thouht his helmet was black.
I think they should be allowed to change them for every single race, but they have to use the same design for the entire race weekend. Let's be honest you'll learn the new designs very quickly, and only a few drivers will regularly change them.
They should have their home race and one other race chosen in advance. Plus an option for special events like the Button tsunami helmet and the Nikki Lauda memorial helmets. Any other changes should be done with 6 months notice to allow the race organisers to have the right helmets in the media. Sure, that would allow Vettel to line up a season of different helmets, but he'd have to do it all in advance.
Would love to see this helmet rule scrap because it shows how artistic some of the drivers are.. plus back in the days in Seb’s case even with different helmets a lot of us can still identify who the driver is.. I say Vettel in his Red Bull days has definitely built an identity around his various helmet designs. others like Vettel,Raikkonen,Senna,Schumacher,Hamilton,Button,Mansel,Hunt,Verstappen and many more there’s a certain symbol or color that makes us associate a certain driver with that helmet
I'm on the fence about the whole issue ( wether they should stick to a similar design to cement their identity like Schumacher or Sena, or wether they should just go crazy ) but yeah I'd rather we had clearer distinguishing elements on the cars themselves, the helmets are too busy and convoluted to be able to tell who is who at 200 mph with low bitrates anyway. Black/Yellow camera color means you have to learn by heart for 20 drivers who is who so it's a no go as well for me. Imo they should have their initials near the driver numbers at the front and on the sides of the car.
I think they should be allowed to changed it as much as they want but maybe a compromise would be like 5 races per year and your home grand prix (obv if u dont have a home grand prix u get 6 changes)
Alonso's helmet is on of the best, when I played F1 2013 and when I saw that blue on the red ferrari behind me, I knew what comes next. He passed me in Eau Rouge. So I think it's probably one of the best
I went to the US GP for the first time this year. FIA is off base if they think a fan uses the helmet to ID a driver. The thing I use the most is the drivers number on the back fin of the car. Go back to easing this rule. Vettel showed how creative the field can be. His best was the Red Bull Stratos tribute space helmet!
im with seb, its not their helmet, im not sure where this generation of people got the idea that its civil to get your nose up in other peoples buisness, as a fan i appreciate if the base color is kept and fits with the car and team, otherwise I think it can also mentally help drivers , and btw, I watch F1 since i was yeee little and i never consistently identified drivers by their helmet while racing, most often its driving style and then a check for a number or you know just remembering 10 minutes what helmet he stepped into the car with that day
Current designs are far too busy, too complex. Simplicity is a hallmark of good design. The classic designs of Lauda, Stewart, Graham Hill, Hunt, Senna, etc. are all instantly recognizable due largely to their simplicity. Vettel's white w- a German flag motif is a step in the right direction.
"Kimi what is important to you about your helmet?"
"It protects my head"
lmao
Lolllllllllolol
Classic Kimi
He really say that, it's totally a comment he would make, I.WANNA PARTY WITH KIMI LOL
@@bullterriermolly5874 i'm finnish guy and when kimi wasn't so big there was this one time he sit bar where i was working and
I was literally his drinking boy.... xD
Yes. Let Vettel's art skills rise again!
Still he rises
@@Nimsy0001 "guys, there's something big moving around down here... Except for the obvious" - Sebastian "the man" vettel
I'm no Vettel fan at all _(you may have noticed! ;-) )_ but on this I think he summed it up perfectly and am 100% behind him.
Did seb really design em himself back when he had crazy different head gear.
English bull terrier Molly ya he did he took serious pride in it
They should have 4 liveries
1. At the start of the season
2. Home race
3. Favourite track
4. Tribute
This is my favorite idea so far
I would invest on this.
added thought... multiple tributes ex: lauda and hubert
@@Enzo-ek7zk okay now this is perfect
@@r4m_beastkmc744 yes very in general i think helmet rules are stupid but these seem far better
They should relax, helmet sellers love new livery they can sell to fans and fand love to collect ones they really like
Why not? They should be able to change their helmet designs freely. The current graphics package, numbers on the car greatly identify the drivers for us, so strictly relying on helmets for identification is less important now.
Graphics package - sure, that's good for the TV veiwers but useless for people at the race
Driver numbers - hard to read from a distance
Driver helmets - sometimes very useful for identifying drivers.
Overall I think it's good to have a consistent helmet to help driver identity, however other methods need to be used as well.
@@justwobert9850 Drivers are tugged deep into the cockpits with a headrest around their heads and now a Halo around the front obscuring the view even more. I'd say car-livery is the way to go in making drivers indentifyable by audience and allow free range on helmet designs
Vettel took the piss with his helmet designs before they brought in this rule, he literally had a different design of helmet every single race in the 2013 season, it was just silly.
If identification is an issue, tell the drivers that their helmet must be 40% one colour throughout the season (of course they could change it season to season), and let them have the other 60% to themselves.
@@justwobert9850 but they have the fluoroscent yellow camera...
Wait, Aldas is lithuanian?!?!!11!! Is his carrer over?? *flaming Nico intensifies*
@Stratowind Hmmm, would be cool!
For a Lithuanian, he sounds pretty British. Then again, I’m one to talk; I’m from Argentina and I sound like a Canadian.
I’m from the UK 🇬🇧 but I have a a lot of Lithuanian blood
I'm from germany and I sound like a german when I speak deutsch...
To protest this I would have all drivers swap helemets for the race. Just to screw with the fia.
You bad boy you ! 😏
Imagine Lewis wearing Vettel's helmet, or Verstappen Kubicas
'F1 shaken by epidemic of nits'
Better still, have everyone wear identical plain white helmets with no logos or sponsor names....
FIA will soon change their minds....
Kasper Utz 😂😂😂
Definitely , I love when the drivers change their helmet designs because it can bring out a wide range of different designs, maybe to resemble a driver’s personality !!
Reminds me of V8-era Vettel. Undisputed master of helmet design for me.
how is ur post edited but it still starts out with Defiantly LMAO
Jacques’ helmet was inspired by a sweater his mother used to wear.
panmpap I learn something new everyday!
It was different colours on the same basic design his father Gilles had.
One ugly sweater
at christmas..
Must have been an ugly piece oh boy....
When I was little I literally wanted to become an F1 driver just so I could design my helmets 🇱🇹
One of my favorite things about GT Sport. I can spend hours designing different helmets.
Tu eis tikras LIETUVIS🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹
The Helmet rule should have been dropped when they mandated the Halo.
Should’ve never been written
If they want to identify the drivers easily why dont they just put their names in the front of the halo
Ikr
Weight?
@@kingkiller749_6 I dont think a bit of paint or sticker on the halo is going to add a drastic amount of weight lol
CozmicsHD still that’s how f1 is they will do anything to make there car lighter even for that super tiny bit of paint
@@kingkiller749_6 I mean they have sponsors painted all over them I dont think they will care about a sticker that weights less than 5 gram
I don't think full freedom is the way to go, but it certainly is too strict now.
If there's a special reason as to why a driver wants a different design, a driver should be able to do so every single time.
Why do you think it should be made to stay the same? If you say it's to tell which driver is which, just look at the T-Camera. One driver is black, one driver is yellow for each team...
Far easier to remember than every single driver on the grids helmet. (obviously you know who is in which team but I couldn't tell you what colour Russell or Kubica's helmets are but I do know which drive is yellow vs black)
Danny Ric’s 2019 helmet is the best no rings for sponsors names nothing like anything seen before
Ryarama F1gobshite that’s because Renault doesn’t have that many sponsors.
What are you talking about? It was a disaster!
Music Islife how was it a disaster?
Walter Gabriel Flori De Lima he probably had the least complex helmet on the grid. The person with a simpler helmet is Vettel
PeRRXX all that pink and blue and yellow...it looked like a clown threw up over it!
FIA wants to regulate helmets but can't regulate regular toilets at their venues
They wanna regulate the helmets cuz they cant regulate the toilet lol
@Terminal Boy no. Just Monza, Singapore and Shanghai. It wasn't pretty especially at Monza. And I don't even want to talk about the prices charged 🙌🏼🙌🏼
I loved ricciardo's Long Horn helmet. It was pretty sick
With all the technology available, the numbers on the cars, the halo, I literally don't understand why there's a rule about helmet liveries...
I think they are afraid it will be radicalized and people will use the helmets for political protests!
I really loved Vettels LED Helmet
Let the drivers change there helmets, I like seeing the different types of helmets that they come up with...
I honestly don’t see why there’s a Helmet restriction rule....
I think because it helps the commentator distinguish between drivers, aswell as the number on the car
Ben Hankin I mean, their car number is on the car (nose and engine cover) and they have the FOM graphics to help them so...lol
Yes but the reason there is a rule in the first place is to help the commentator
Because the FIA are allergic to fun
Ben Hankin then force the teams to put the driver name on the halo.
Black camera is usually for the more established driver
That romain grosjean lightning mc queen helmet in US was really cool
1) That rule is complete BS
2) I feel that often helmet liveries in Auto sports is rather boring compared to helmet liveries in other motorsports,
comparing it to Moto GP (or the GP 500 had some pretty awesome helmets) and Motocross or Speedway, heck, Troy Lee Designs litteraly started just because of helmet livery designs.
Just Saying
I just use the t cam to figure out who is driving.
Finally someone with logic! It is by far the easiest way.. Even before the halo.. No need to remember every single drivers helmet colour.
Yea, I just never remember who has which color camera.
Yea
@@Thumbsupurbum u clearly dont watch enough f1 then. i know who is in what car by bahrain maximum.
@@Thumbsupurbum the number 2 driver is always yellow.
Seb has got one of my favourite helmets when he was at Red Bull. Singapore if I can remember. Such an awesome design. Always loved Kimi, Lewis, Jenson and Michael Schumacher's helmets. Incredible
Personally I like helmets being consistent but I definitely think there should be some more flexibility. Allow for three or four different ones or maybe make an exception for certain special things home races or birthdays.
Why? It doesn't help you distinguish which driver is which unless you can remember every single drivers helmet colour... Far easier to just like at the T-Camera above the intake and remember which driver has yellow and which driver has black for each team.
@@ryanokeefe12 I just like stability. It also keeps the focus more on the actual driving.
@@generaldreagonlps6889 the focus on the actual driving? We may as well make them unable to change teams or have changes to their cars because talking about that would take away from the actual driving!
There is a number which was chosen by the pilot.
You can identifies them with that .
No need to not let pilots change the helmet
Personally. a driver's helmet is of no use in determining which driver is which. They change designs so frequently I can never tell the difference. Let them go at it...let them have the freedom to design their helmet as they see fit, and change as needed. My one rule would be that the helmet may NOT contain ANY commercial advertising other than the car manufacturer's logo.
The helmet graphics only work for endorsement when the driver is out of the car, and specifically for camera lenses.
Since, for a good reason, the drivers head is so well protected and hidden away between sideboards, and under the halo, the audience identifies less with each driver by helmet liveries than in the past. I think each driver should be able to have his own choice of livery for the halo, since it now occupies the "area visible" that was once occupied by the helmet.
When they're in the car, sometimes the highlighted camera pod is easier to differentiate - So, change the helmets all they want!
I don’t think all drivers would end up changing their helmets every race. I just think they should have the option to
The rule has been dropped since March :)
Yes, I used to really look forward to a race weekend to see all the designs that they came up with for each race.
remember when vettel had led lights in singapore my fav for sure
No its stupid...drivers should be allowed to wear any customized helmets.....ITS A HELMET FOR PEEPS SAKE
Can't they just make them base the design around their racing number and let them change the design as long as the number stands out? Gives a driver a chance to express their creativity and viewers a chance to identify know who's who? Or is that to simple?
Make a video where you compare 2 six-time world champions: Lewis Hamilton and Marc Marquez.
Marc is probably the better one in terms of shear talent, mentallity and performs in his sport.motogp allows the rider to push till the end. We cannot say the same about f1. To end it in simplest terms motogp may never see someone like marquez again but f1 will definitely see more Hamiltons.
Its 8 times marc marquez
@@Mototerminator you talk so much crap, it unbelievable.
@@skuastone9698 u can scroll down if u dont want to see my comment dunbass.
Dumbass*
The drivers should be allowed 3 helmet designs throughout the year. Their main design, one for their home grand prix, and one for a team event. If a driver doesn't have a home grand prix on the calendar, then they get a free design to use as they wish.
I watch a lot of Formula 1 so I can easily recognise a driver's helmet, especially Renault and Ferrari
Ps: you forgot Ricciardo's sparkly Singapore helmet from this year
7:50, I'm just looking T-cam, so easy to remember drivers like that and also to spot them from distance. One has black and another yellow
Great video Aldas! Really enjoyed this different topic! I think they should have the freedom to express themselves if they want! At the end of the day it doesn't really affect anyone, so much of the rest of the time they are wearing and promoting things for sponsors. If they want to design a helmet for a certain race or event they should be allowed!
It’s a shame that he didn’t mention Hulkenberg’s helmet. One of my favorites.
I really like youre videos!! Keep up the good work!👊
Really appreciate it and thank you for watching
8:15 I was like "If I were to put someone there it would be Gasly" XD
One of the most iconic helmets Graham and Damon Hill.
I was looking for this comment.
I actually got Gasly, but not for the right reason tho.
The fans who oppose helmet changes because they want the drivers to have an identity are so, so close to answer, yet they have it backwards.
Yes, the helmet is the driver's external identity. But it is literally the driver's identity! It should be up to the drivers to decide what their identity is and how they want to express it.
Top 5 favorite helmet designs
1.Ayrton Senna
2.Sebastian Vettel’s 2013 Japanese Grand Prix
3.Lewis Hamilton’s Bob Marley themed helmet
4.James Hunt
5.Kimi Räikkönen’s 2007-2008 season helmet
You didn’t mention that a Jacques Villeneuve’s helmet was a giant “V”. One of the best in his era.
They should be able to change it for every race if they want to. I do like that they keep to a general colour scheme but otherwise go nuts.
7:34-8:40 Excellent explanation.
Thank you very much
2:11 First time I saw that helmet I though "Wait.... We have a Lithuanian driver?"
Okay 5 seconds later I learned two things: Aldas is Lithuanian and I'm not the only one :D
9:35 I don't watch American football... But Riccis helmets is insanely awesome
Helmet designs shouldn’t at all be regulated. If it’s for identifying drivers, force them to put the driver number on the Halo like Haas does, and Sauber did in 2018. I’d love to see the designs these guys come up with, cause I know for sure that some of these guys are extremely artistic. I want to see a driver for themselves, and part of that is the helmet design.
And, in Kvyats case, it’s his home race, no rules should stop any driver from bringing in a cool design for their home race.
I’d love for helmets to be free choice, maybe a good compromise would be that: A driver can change they’re helmet once a season, as well as, being able to have a helmet for a special event and the option to have a custom helmet for a home race (if applicable), totalling in 3 changes permitted per year? Maybe...
Unleash the driver's creativity! Let's get lots of cool lids!
Remember in Singapore 2012 when Seb had little lights in the top of his helmet? It was REALLY bizarre but probably his magnum opus when it came to insane helmet ideas.
Black camera is first driver. Yellow is second driver in a team. According to some drivers, they’ll get different helmet for every circuit though. U can notice that with Daniel Ricciardo. Compare his 2019 debut helmet to a Singapore GP helmet. U will notice the differences. 🤙🏻🤙🏻
why not just write the name of the driver in big text on the car
Personally, I would delete this helmet rule. Also one of my favorite helmet designs are from Lewis, his 2013 American GP special helmet and Brazilian GP special helmet
I personally like the idea of 1 helmet design for the driver, just like you said about Senna's helmet. It's iconic, it's classic, the moment you see the yellow back with the green and blue stripes you know who it it's, even if it's not in a helmet, it could be a t-shirt and you still would recognize it.
On the other hand, with the halo, the numbers, the camera color, I don't think it's necessary anymore to help the audience recognize the drivers. I still like the idea of an identity, the idea of being linked to your personal design, your brand, but at this point I think that the drivers should be free to do whatever they want.
If I was a F1 driver I would try to stick with 1 design for my entire career.
Great video, loved it! I absolutely agree that it is almost impossible to see the driver's helmet when they are sitting in the car, almost hidden by the halo and the high lateral cockpit walls. it is a shame, in a way, as with the old cars it was really exciting to be able to see the driver's head and face. During the recent Mexican GP, even at the track and very close to the cars, I found the easiest way to identify them was the yellow markings on the T-cam. I think it is an anachronistic rule that should go away. In defense of the rule, though, one might say, perhaps rightly so, that time and repeated use is what makes helmet designs iconic, so wearing a special design for just one race does not help in that sense. But I think drivers should be given the freedom to decide if they want to stick to a single design or change it whenever they want.
Let them loose! They should be able to express themselves. As a Longhorn fan I really like that one! As a motorcycle rider, I have several helmets and use them to express myself with various graphics, text, and stickers. It's a fun thing to do.
The helmet at 12:30 is George Russell's tribute to Juan Montoya!
You should upload the audio of this videos as a podcast on Spotify or similar platforms
It's not up to the fans or anyone else to decide what drivers do with their helmets
....it's not _just_ tartan, it *The Royal House of Stewart* tartan.
I would have a helmet with a really intricate design and just change one small detail every race. Only the keen eye would distinguish :D And by the end of the season, the whole design would end up being different from the beginning :D
You’re evil
I don't think they should be able to change their helmet every race, but they should definitely have more than one race where they can change their helmet.
I think its a shame too many sponsors are on the helmets nowadays, you can barely see whats the actual helmet and whats added due to sponsors.
Lewis: has giant 44 on the top of his helmet
FIA: I think this is Romain Grosjean but why he is in Mercedes?
Wear what they want, I always look at the numbers first.
Fave one is the design of the London Rowing Club worn by Graham Hill, the Damon had a very similar one out of respect for his late father, and when his son started racing, I'm pretty sure he wore the same design. Pity he decided racing wasn't for him, at least that's what I heard. He wasn't bad for a rookie (never behind the wheel of a car before racing in the Ginetta Juniors on the BTCC circuit, IIRC. He made some spectacular overtakes in his first race then binned it, but you could see the talent. But he should do what makes him happy. It was his idea originally, I'm sure).
Is the helmet’s career over🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I think it should be up to the drivers to choose whether they want to change their helmet livery each race or whenever they want, or just stick to one livery for the whole season. They should have all the freedom in the world. And I think drivers like Vettel, Ricciardo, (which are the main drivers that always change their helmet liveries), are slowly paving the way to getting the FIA to get rid of that rule.
I think that drivers should have zero restrictions on what helmet cosmetic design they use.
That said, I think that in years to come, those that change helmet designs constantly may regret doing so. Think of just how immediately you can identify Senna's, Stewarts, Hunts helmets... Having a good bit of constancy may not be such a bad thing.
I hated this rule when they put it in.I miss when Vettel used to wear a different helmet every race. I love the throw back, like Hamilton doing Senna or Kimi doing James Hunt. I'm a motocross guy and the history or custom helmets is rich and we love seeing the personality come out in the designs.
In my opinion they should be aloud 3 special helmets and another one If an unknown event happens like a tsunami or death
With total social media saturation now a days,, drivers can easily utilize it to further their "identity". Hell they can even create hype by posting photos a week out from a race.
Lighten up the rules some FIA.
GREAT VIDEO ALDAS!👍👍
Best design was Senna's . Not just because I was a huge fan back in the day but because his helmet was one of the rare ones that you would instantly recognize . I always liked the more simple designes , like Senna's but also like Coulthard and Hill . These days there's just too much going on in helmet designs
I love custom helmets, but I agree that they shouldn’t be changing their helmet every race. They should have their main helmet and be allowed 5 changes per year imo.
I think as long as the helmet’s functionality isn’t impaired in any way, then the design should be allowed to change as the driver wants/as the team can afford. Myself, I don’t really notice the helmets, whether they change or not, unless a commentator or someone draws particular attention to it. That said, I love the creativity of it.
I say let the drivers do what they want, and the team can make a certain part of the car (mirrors, wing supports, halo, etc) a different color to really help differentiate drivers. It can even tie into that team's colors. Ex: Max has a navy blue part, Albon has a red part or vice versa, Lewis has a Mercedes Teal part, Bottas has a silver or black part or vice versa. This is how a lot of teams in WEC do it, and it works. I could always tell who was who when looking at 2 Ford GTs in Le Mans because one had green accents, one had blue, one had red, and one had yellow. Didn't even have to look at the car numbers
I hate to be that guy who says thing were better in the past, but when I started watching F1 in 97-98 ad a kid one of the biggest factors that made me to relate to drivers was that helmet designs were simple and they used same design sometimes their whole career. Back then it was easy to identify drivers like Hill, Villeneuve, MS, Coulthard, Häkkinen, Frentzen, Alesi etc. Since then designs have become a lot more complex and impossible to differentiate at first glance. This is why I think Vettel has maybe the best current helmet design. But the design trend is what it is, it's cool that drivers can express themselves with designs. I'd go maybe with one permanent change and 2 special one off designs per season.
Nice Video. I think drivers should have like one specific type of helmet design and if they want to, they can make some special changes from time to time.
The identity of the driver can be shown in their helmet. Even if they can change it every race, not everyone will... if they do, that’s their personality, if not, that’s also their own personality!
The whole reason drivers have their own helmet design is to help us easily identify them. That doesn't work if they change them at every race.
The most iconic designs to me are Senna's, Graham/Damon Hill's, Hunt's and Stewart's. They're iconic because they're simple and because they never really changed. None of the current crop of drivers have an iconic design because a. they're all too busy and overdesigned and b. they change them all the time so we never really learn to associate one particular design with a driver.
There are only 2 situations where you attempt to identify a driver without seeing his face - in the car, where you can see the car number and the camera color (which is honestly the easiest way to tell who is who), and when they're walking with their helmet on. Mandate driver numbers on their jumpsuits and problem solved. Do whatever you want with your helmet. If anything, require approval by a few people in the FIA in case inappropriate stuff starts popping up.
if you want to make more clear who is who in the car, give the cars from the same team different mirror colors. in DTM racing they did this with bright green and orange if I remember correctly
Senna's bottom stripe on his helmet was never black. It was always navy blue. People also confound the deep blue with black because of photo exposures, that tend to darken the low ranges to expose the high ones properly. A case in point was Jim Clark's helmet, the navy blue and white lid representing the colors of the Scottish flag. A lot of people thouht his helmet was black.
I think they should be allowed to change them for every single race, but they have to use the same design for the entire race weekend. Let's be honest you'll learn the new designs very quickly, and only a few drivers will regularly change them.
They could write the 3 letter initials on the tv camera to make it even more clear one white on black background and one black on neon yellow.
They should have their home race and one other race chosen in advance. Plus an option for special events like the Button tsunami helmet and the Nikki Lauda memorial helmets. Any other changes should be done with 6 months notice to allow the race organisers to have the right helmets in the media. Sure, that would allow Vettel to line up a season of different helmets, but he'd have to do it all in advance.
Would love to see this helmet rule scrap because it shows how artistic some of the drivers are.. plus back in the days in Seb’s case even with different helmets a lot of us can still identify who the driver is.. I say Vettel in his Red Bull days has definitely built an identity around his various helmet designs. others like Vettel,Raikkonen,Senna,Schumacher,Hamilton,Button,Mansel,Hunt,Verstappen and many more there’s a certain symbol or color that makes us associate a certain driver with that helmet
not only i would let driver decide how they want to look like but i would also make the public vote each race for the most original helmet/suit
I'm on the fence about the whole issue ( wether they should stick to a similar design to cement their identity like Schumacher or Sena, or wether they should just go crazy ) but yeah I'd rather we had clearer distinguishing elements on the cars themselves, the helmets are too busy and convoluted to be able to tell who is who at 200 mph with low bitrates anyway.
Black/Yellow camera color means you have to learn by heart for 20 drivers who is who so it's a no go as well for me. Imo they should have their initials near the driver numbers at the front and on the sides of the car.
Up to this video I've never spend a single thought on driver's helmets.
I think they should be allowed to changed it as much as they want but maybe a compromise would be like 5 races per year and your home grand prix (obv if u dont have a home grand prix u get 6 changes)
Alonso's helmet is on of the best, when I played F1 2013 and when I saw that blue on the red ferrari behind me, I knew what comes next. He passed me in Eau Rouge. So I think it's probably one of the best
I went to the US GP for the first time this year. FIA is off base if they think a fan uses the helmet to ID a driver. The thing I use the most is the drivers number on the back fin of the car. Go back to easing this rule. Vettel showed how creative the field can be. His best was the Red Bull Stratos tribute space helmet!
im with seb, its not their helmet, im not sure where this generation of people got the idea that its civil to get your nose up in other peoples buisness, as a fan i appreciate if the base color is kept and fits with the car and team, otherwise I think it can also mentally help drivers , and btw, I watch F1 since i was yeee little and i never consistently identified drivers by their helmet while racing, most often its driving style and then a check for a number or you know just remembering 10 minutes what helmet he stepped into the car with that day
No. A helmet is how I recognise a driver. Senna is instantly recognisable. Hill too. List goes on and on.
Current designs are far too busy, too complex. Simplicity is a hallmark of good design. The classic designs of Lauda, Stewart, Graham Hill, Hunt, Senna, etc. are all instantly recognizable due largely to their simplicity. Vettel's white w- a German flag motif is a step in the right direction.
imo, they should be able to change the design every race, but they should choose a main color each season that takes up a 60% of helmet or more.