Driver Helmets 2015

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True about TV tech, but that would be much more expensive than just specifying a few decals on the cars. Also, TV tech doesn't help people watching in-person.

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There is a very easy solution for the "one design a year" rule, all the drivers should turn up with white lids at the first GP.

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Bottas' 2015 helmet:

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Starscreamer wrote:New helmet Maldonado
https://instagram.com/p/zzaBV-H_fW/?mod ... aign=photo
also recognisable upside-down, for obvious reasons :mrgreen:
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acosmichippo wrote:True about TV tech, but that would be much more expensive than just specifying a few decals on the cars. Also, TV tech doesn't help people watching in-person.
It would be more expensive than decals, but what is expensive in a sport that makes over a billion a year? It would be a logical evolution imo.

I'd might go a little further and say F1 should be looking in a lot more ways to enhance the broadcast. 3D broadcasting, VR broadcasting, secondary screens for portable devices, etc...

Compared to a lot of other sports, F1 is still in the stone age in terms of TV-broadcasting.
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that is literaly the same helmet as last year, apart from the bottas logo. kinda boring really.
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poolboy67 wrote:
that is literaly the same helmet as last year, apart from the bottas logo. kinda boring really.
Drivers change their helmet design - wah, wah, why don't they stay with similar colours like Hill, or Senna

Keep the same - wah, wah, it's boring because it hasn't changed.

Personally I like that helmet, much neater than some messy designs or Hamilton's tacky lid. =D>

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Hamilton makes minor changes to 2015 design, addition of BOSE as a sponsor too.
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Good luck spotting which Toro Rosso boy is at the wheel. Well done FIA, Well done!

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Very delicate / detailed painting on Hamo's helmet:

2014 title:

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2008:
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I kinda wish Vettel kept the "ribbon" and his logo on his helmet from the old helmets. This one looks a bit too bare for him.

This is what I mean - the blue bit with "Pepe Jeans" and his red logo.
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WaikeCU wrote:Good luck spotting which Toro Rosso boy is at the wheel. Well done FIA, Well done!

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Simple Max have Red top on his helmet and a V(erstappen) on side :wink:
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Little update about the final helmet 2015 Max Verstappen :D
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The red and (more) blue colors are darker so we can all see he is a Dutch guy =D>
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God these helmets are terrible...Year after year they keep getting worse. Bottas and Rosberg are the only ones with a clear design and even them aren't really good looking.
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