Comments on: Fernando Alonso’s new helmet for 2010

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:28:26 +0000

I like this helmet, I expected more red but this is a much better choice. The red is allready there on his F10 and his suit so the blue-yellow Asturias and the Spanish flag maintains.

It is not like his McLaren helmet, when he changed it dramatically.

Look at this image, It’s awesome!!

[img]http://94.100.121.217/846050001-846100000/846050801-846050900/846050883_5_HfNq.jpeg[/img]

By: F1fan

F1fan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:17:33 +0000

traditionally. well that doesn’t mean every pilot is going to keep the same helmet because back in the day the helmets were usually one design for a whole career. This is a new age of formula 1 and a lot of these pilots seem like they want to look good while racing. creativity on a helmet is one way of looking good since we see them the most.

Well I suppose there isn’t really another team or manufacturer that is soley based on a red paint. There is no bigger team or color than ferrari, great example. But I do remember a good stretch of atleast 7 years when ferrari put white on there traditional red livery so there sponsors could be seen. I believe 2010 they are gonna put a lot of white on the nose and rear wing so santander can be seen. looks a bit like toyota :\

By: Pankit

Pankit — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:30:17 +0000

i like the new design more for sure… it will contrast nicely with the ferrari … but i do like the olden days when drivers usually kept the helmet designs same for their entire career , it holds a certain charm

By: The Limit

The Limit — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:30:44 +0000

It seems Fernando has returned to a style more simular to that worn during his title winning years with Renault. Personally, I like it when drivers incorporate their national colours on their helmets. Felipe Massa’s helmet design is nice, as was Kubica’s last year. My least favourite was Kovalainen’s, but as someone else just mentioned on this blog, they are wearing the damn things not us.

By: Rick DeNatale

Rick DeNatale — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:55:15 +0000

And other traditions have changed which make me prefer that drivers keep their helmet designs stable.

It used to be the case that it was fairly easy to distinguish between cars on a team because the numbers and sometimes the drivers names on the cars were actually visible, even at a distance and at speed.

These days, that’s no longer true at all, and the only clues are the helmet and the color of the on-board video camera, which is small and often not visible in TV shots.

By: MacBromba

MacBromba — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:44:57 +0000

bad looking helmet…

massa has the most cool helmet in f1….

By: PJA

PJA — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:21:07 +0000

I think some people, me included, may prefer a driver to stick with the same helmet design because that is what has traditionally been done. I remember Brundle saying during commentary saying that he wasn’t a fan of drivers changing their helmet design all the time and saying when he was racing drivers kept the same design for their whole career.

I suppose you could argue it would be similar to Ferrari acting like all the other teams and dropping their traditional Red based livery to suit their sponsors.

By: glue

glue — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:37:14 +0000

Hamilton, a unique design? come on..

By: Ponzonha

Ponzonha — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:52:07 +0000

In fact, blue and yellow are the colours of Asturias, the spanish region where Oviedo is found. By the way, you can spot the asturian flag in almost every F1 circuit where Alonso is running: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asturias
Alonso’s identification with the colours is logical, those where also the colours of the Renault F1 team that made him double champion. When he signed for McLaren, he stated that he wanted his followers to keep the colours. It seems logical that he keeps the tradition with Ferrari.

By: F1fan

F1fan — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:34:45 +0000

Don’t know what the big deal is when people disagree with Pilots changing *their own helmet* design. They all look good these days lets get to racing now.