Lewis Hamilton Helmet

[CHAO5]

Just curious to see what you guys think of Lewis Hamiltons 2014 helmet design compared to his 2013 design?

2013

LH 1.jpg

2014

LH 2.jpg

Personally I'm a purist with Helmet design and believe that the helmet is a drivers trademark so should never change, well maybe a one off special but not every race like Seb Vettel. So with that in mind I much prefer Lewis's 2013 design.

Which do you guys prefer?

(sorry if this has been asked before, forgive me I'm new)

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I believe that Hamilton and Rosberg both changed from yellow helmets that were too similar last season.

[Jag_Warrior]

IMO, he should have stayed with the Sennaesque design from his younger days. I'm not that fond of either of the later designs.

[Doc Austin]

The helmet designs have become so complicated that at speed they are just a blurr, so I don't think it much matters. Back when things were simpler it was easy to pick out Clark, Stewart, Hill, Hulme, etc by their helmet designs alone.

[steveaki13]

Especially with no clear numbers on cars. If you see a car in a longer shot, the only way sometimes to tell is the helmet.

Anyway, these days we have graphics telling us who they are most of the time I suppose

[Mark]

Yup I liked the days when drivers had distinctive helmets with a marked colour scheme that never changed, and they didn't change them to suit their sponsors etc.

That being said I do like the way the numbers are bigger this year and that importantly, they'll be the same next year and the year after. (Not for Hamilton or Rosberg of course )