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THE F1 ANALYST

A DESIGN FOR LIFE? NOT ANY MORE…

While we absorb the revised car liveries (or, rather, colour splashed on naked carbonfibre) now the season is under way, there’s also the fun of seeing different helmet designs. Individual paint schemes have always mattered, particularly when identifying which driver is which within a team.

Nowadays a driver’s choice of artwork is sometimes seen as less distinctive and much more changeable than it used to be.

That is confirmed by Mike Fairholme, a helmet artist at one time responsible for

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