Drivers helmets 2016

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Rhodium wrote:some pics of Kimi's one ?
see page 4, please

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Better one of Magnussen's... (click for hi-res)
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Scuderia1967 wrote:
Rhodium wrote:some pics of Kimi's one ?
see page 4, please

ok, my english is not sure... sorry, i'm a french guy, and french are really not a reference in other language :D

i want say "other pics" ?

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ChrisDanger wrote:Better one of Magnussen's... (click for hi-res)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cb9tLq1XIAEYqhm.jpg:large
It just looks like a Hamilton helmet from a distance :o

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ChrisDanger wrote:Better one of Magnussen's... (click for hi-res)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cb9tLq1XIAEYqhm.jpg:large
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2nd helmet Max 2016
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More red looks like his old child helmet on the left :)
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Is that a wing on Vettel's helmet? I've never seen that.
Does anyone have other views of it?

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Except for the upside-down blue V, I think it's terrible. No flow. Just a mish-mash of shapes, colors, glitter paint & flat paint, mixed in with the RB logos. I hate the use of glitter paint on helmets. I don't know why so many drivers use it. I think flat paint schemes with a high gloss, clear coat look so much better.
I much prefer Max's more simple design of his childhood helmet.
Are the RB & TR drivers required to have the RB logo on the side of their helmet?

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GTO99 wrote:http://img1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Seb ... 931867.jpg
Is that a wing on Vettel's helmet? I've never seen that.
Does anyone have other views of it?
He ran with that last year I think and he's been using a weird rear spoiler on his lid since 2012/13. I don't really know how much of an advantage it gives, I'd imagine it was for driver comfort at high speed more than anything.

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GTO99 wrote:
Except for the upside-down blue V, I think it's terrible. No flow. Just a mish-mash of shapes, colors, glitter paint & flat paint, mixed in with the RB logos. I hate the use of glitter paint on helmets. I don't know why so many drivers use it. I think flat paint schemes with a high gloss, clear coat look so much better.
I much prefer Max's more simple design of his childhood helmet.
Are the RB & TR drivers required to have the RB logo on the side of their helmet?
All Red Bull drivers have the logo on their helmets, even the ones who race in the junior formulas

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krisfx wrote:
GTO99 wrote:http://img1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Seb ... 931867.jpg
Is that a wing on Vettel's helmet? I've never seen that.
Does anyone have other views of it?
He ran with that last year I think and he's been using a weird rear spoiler on his lid since 2012/13. I don't really know how much of an advantage it gives, I'd imagine it was for driver comfort at high speed more than anything.
Kimi's new helmet also has that wing

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Scuderia1967 wrote:
krisfx wrote:
GTO99 wrote:http://img1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Seb ... 931867.jpg
Is that a wing on Vettel's helmet? I've never seen that.
Does anyone have other views of it?
He ran with that last year I think and he's been using a weird rear spoiler on his lid since 2012/13. I don't really know how much of an advantage it gives, I'd imagine it was for driver comfort at high speed more than anything.
Kimi's new helmet also has that wing
Yeah, I noticed that also!

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Kimi uses a different wing because he drives with Bell and Vettel with Arai. Vettel has used this winglet for a couple of years though, but he switches a lot to the more standard shape. I thought one of the main reasons for the winglet was to prevent helmet-lift.
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xDama wrote:Kimi uses a different wing because he drives with Bell and Vettel with Arai. Vettel has used this winglet for a couple of years though, but he switches a lot to the more standard shape. I thought one of the main reasons for the winglet was to prevent helmet-lift.
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During these last days of testing they have been using the same wing.