Jeeez us.
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1...design-changes.
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If you don't watch the race from the start it can be difficult to recognize each driver.If you see them on the grid ,you notice the new design helmet,but if you join the race after the start,it can be difficult ,even the commentators get confused as to who has just stopped at the side of the track etc
Okay - Quiz question.
Who is this?
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-KHiYLCEAAfinD.jpg
If you can answer that, the FIA is perfectly justified in its position.
If you're at the track and this thing is whizzing past at 200km/h you need all the help you can get.
Looks like Martin Brundles or Anthony Davidson's helmet :D
I'm guessing its not.
I found a clearer shot:
http://www.f1aldia.com/photos/16700/16718/001_small.jpg
Seems a wee bit O.T.T. to regulate helemt design rules, but in many ways I agree with the idea. It is only a recent thing to have drivers change every race, seem to suggest a degree of schizophrenia. It can make things difficult for us mere mortals to keep track of who's-who
It is a Alain Prost's hat... because it is Alain Prost.
http://www.redbull.com/au/en/motorsp...rand-prix-2014
This is kind of the point. QED.
'Who' is but the form following the function of 'what' and what an F1 driver is, is a man in a mask. Whilst I'm not questioning people's powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is... from 100 yards away we shouldn't have to.
I disagree with you.
in your link you see a black T-shaped camera housing
http://www.f1scarlet.com/f1_racingguide.html#mates
the method most commonly used by teams to tell their cars apart is different colors for the T-shaped camera housing that is mounted on top of the roll-over hoop just behind the drivers head. The benefit of this is that is easy to spot from most angles, even when a driver is in traffic.
http://toplowridersites.com/alain-pr...t-paul-ricard/
alain prost drives the red bull rb6 at paul ricard
It's not that big of a deal. I have real issues with the FIA, but this certainly isn't one of them! If it actually mattered to me (which it doesn't) I'd agree with the idea. If enough people have an issue with this they will change it back again. Nothing to get your panties in a twist about IMHO.