Time was when drivers would go throughout their career without changing their helmets. These days F1 racers seem to spend every moment they’re out of the cockpit dreaming up a new style, or finding some way of cramming more adverts on them.
Home races, one-off sponsor deals, minor football tournaments – everything has been used as a pretext for a unique, possibly chrome, certainly one-of-a-kind collector’s edition helmet.
Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen and Mark Webber are just three of the drivers sporting new styles in 2007. Here’s a run down of all the drivers in 2007 and the lids they’re be wearing.
McLaren-Mercedes
Fernando Alonso
Lewis Hamilton
Renault
Giancarlo Fisichella
Heikki Kovalainen
Ferrari
Felipe Massa
Kimi Raikkonen
Honda
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
BMW
Nick Heidfeld
Robert Kubica
Toyota
Ralf Schumacher
Jarno Trulli
Red Bull-Renault
David Coulthard
Mark Webber
Williams-Toyota
Nico Rosberg
Alexander Wurz
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Scott Speed
Spyker-Ferrari
Christijan Albers
Adrian Sutil
Super Aguri-Honda
Takuma Sato
Anthony Davidson
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James B
6th March 2007, 17:49
Not only do Toyota never change their livery, their drivers never change their helmets
ade
6th March 2007, 19:34
It’s good to see Anthony Davidson has kept the same basic helmet design he had when he was about eight years old…
FreshF1 (Massa changes helmet design)
15th March 2007, 22:33
Massa changed his helmet design for 2007. You can add the new picture if you want.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
15th March 2007, 23:28
Thanks for the spot – have updated accordingly (and Raikkonen’s).
Graeme
22nd July 2007, 13:30
Has Lewis always had the same helmet design throughout his motor sport career? If so does anyone know why?
Cheers
Graeme
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
22nd July 2007, 15:44
He used a yellow helmet when he was in karting so his dad could spot him more easily. Not, as has been suggested, as an homage to Ayrton Senna.