Tvetovnato wrote: ↑20 Feb 2024, 23:04
The helmet designs of today are mostly terrible. Extremely cluttered and overworked with speed lines everywhere. And most drivers keep changing all the time. Who will remember Checo’s latest designs for example? Vettel seemed to start that trend, whom ironically switched to an iconic simple design in his last few years and kept that.
Good were the days when the designs were simple and part of a drivers identity. Early 2000s and earlier were great, with Senna, Prost, Schumi, Barrichello, Coulthard, Häkkinen etc. Instantly recognizable. End of rant.
Agreed. It's one of the things I liked about Lando's helmets, up until this year anyway. He had a basic design that just got tweaked - one off helmet designs not withstanding.
I think Lewis to an extent has recognisable helmets with some consistency, even if they still look cluttered and over busy.
But yes, bring back the simpler designs!!
