The Fascinating Evolution of F1 Helmets
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- F1 racing helmets have changed a lot over the years. In this video, we take a look at how Formula 1 helmets have transitioned from simple leather caps to carbon fibre composites.
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Funny to think that the ile of man tt was at one point the safest motorsport event
Definitely the most dangerous race on the planet and incredible to watch.
perfect example of how safety equipment doesn't necessarily make for safer racing ... as the goal is to maintain the body count while going faster.
Isle*
@@Peanutdenver I won't say it's the most dangerous but it's definitely up there
@@Peanutdenver when bikes were "slow", it's the most safest event
"Tracks were lined with trees not guardrails.....there was no separation between spectators and cars" sounds an awful lot like modern-day rally
But back then you could stand right on the outside of a corner without problem. Don't think you can nowadays (for obvious reasons). Or at least the rallies I've been to.
1) they are mandated to keep the spectators out of the dangerous spots (not saying they always succeed) and can actually get quite slap from the association if they don't
2) a rally car has a steel cage, which makes the crew compartment surprisingly tough...there are very few crew deaths or serious injuries in WRC despite all the crashing at high speed into solid things, most times they just get out of the car and walk away
Back then spectators could literally decide the result of a race. As overly passionate fans often deliberately stand in the middle of the road when rival cars are about to pass
More like Group B...
@@AKAtheA The Rally of Portugal was banned from the WRC for several years because the organizers repeatedly let spectators group up in dangerous areas, leading to a couple of fatal accidents. Nowadays it still happens every now and then, but I feel like the public is a lot more well educated in terms of its own safety during races.
2:00 so charles leclerc really did time travel
@Jion what is he meant to do? Change it?
The özil and ferrari is better.. maybe in 10-15 years. The gentlemen back then didn't have banana extract skin creme or cell protection sun lotion
Kimi: "Did you connect the drink?"
Radio: "No Kimi, you will not have the drink"
"no Kimi no drink"
@@marc_1992 "How work the drink?"
@@Peanutdenver "no work drink kimi"
Is the drink button on ?
You mean the slow button?
Massa's injury was insane. Unbelievable lucky.
Pancho or unlucky.
Hasn’t happened something similar to Schumacher?
You have a weird sense of lucky.
@@ueuezaza No, Schumacher was injured in a skiing accident, not in a car.
@@truantray well yeah
lucky it wasn't a few centimeters lower
unlucky it wasn't a few higher
The leather cap is ever so fashionable.
looks like the Leather Baron.
Sorry I meant Red Baron.
LOL 🤣
Looking good > safety
@@seanramsay2951 It is
A leather cap, cigarettes and booze - the standard equipment of pre-WW2 race drivers.
7:36 The Stig’s F1 cousin
True lol
AKA Elio De Angelis.
07:35 those helmets don't look like Stormtrooper helmets, it's actually the other way round. George Lucas, a huge motorsports fan, gave the concept artist photos from Autosport as a guide to what he envisaged for the Stormtroopers and Vader (although at that point Vader was only to wear the helmet when piloting his fighter not all the time)
Vader's helmet & mask was largely inspired by samurai helmets, though the original design was just a breathing apparatus, no helmet. I also read somewhere that stormtroopers were also partly inspired by Nazi stormtroopers with their gas masks. I guess the point is that designs come from a mish-mash of inspirations.
Whisky Canuck I do some concept arts and that’s pretty much the best way to go. If you look at the video of Porsche and Lucafilm creating a Star Wars Star ship they mix and match different elements of different ships they came up with to finalize their creation. So for a lot of movies or video games that are heavily dependent on creativity, you’ll often find during the brainstorming phase that artists will gather multiple ideas or concepts and mix and match, then finalize their new creation which then becomes something we come to know, like Darth Vader
Not sure about that, I've been following motor sport since the mid '70s, and I don't remember seeing those until after Star Wars came out, see:-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson_Performance_Products#Usage
Edit: I'm pretty sure Lucas based stormtrooper helmet design on WW2 flying gear ;
www.google.com/search?q=ww2+fighter+pilot+mask&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjV35zOv7_qAhUl2OAKHdx8DMkQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=ww2
stig helmet :D
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A good helmet is simply the one thing that will definitely make a difference in case of an accident so don’t go cheap on them!
I’ve had an horrific motorcycle crash 15 years ago which cost me a leg and gave me some nearly fatal injuries but what saved me was my helmet which I keep to this day!
By now I shifted up my helmet budget by a few notches because if the shit hits the fan you have to count on your gear.
Stay safe!
Also, people need to observe the fact that helmets exposed to sun, sweat, and use... have a SHORT lifespan 5-10 years ... so, buy the best you can afford, and have the MOST current SNELL rated helmet ... NOBODY should be driving/riding on a SNELL 2010 or older helmet, put that thing in the trash can!!!
my local emts collect helmets from crashes, and when doing seminars or going to schools they show this line of mangled foam and plastic and say " these helmets you see here saved 27 lives" or something like that, and its a very effective way to get middle schoolers to wear their helmets
@@Amaterasu-wh6xj Honestly I wish it was as effective as you say. We had the same spiel but noone wore a helmet on a bicycle after 7th grade (and at least 2/3 of kids rode a bike to school). Took me moving to the big city and getting out of high school to start wearing one every time.
When I was growing up, my parents were friends with a local racer who said "If you've only got a $10 head, then buy a $10 helmet"
When I started my riding lessons, they said they would supply me with gloves and helmet (mandated for exams over here, traffic code only mandates helmet).
One look at the helmet they had, and immediately bought a 300€ helmet (it was originally 400€, got it on discount). I then bought a jacket with CE2 protection and armoured boots. I also got armoured alpinestars gloves second hand - but still very capable. All this before I had even set my butt on a bike. I had 5000€ budget to buy my bike; ended up deciding that I was going to only buy a 4000€ bike, pay expenses and spend about 600€ in gear. Best decision ever.
Since then, the jacket saved an elbow after I was yeeted, in class, against a parked lorry at 20km/h while going up a 2cm step (still don't know what happened), the boots saved an ankle after I dropped a 280Kg bike on a Stop sign (same day as the previous accident, lol) and got my foot jammed underneath, and the gloves in both situations didn't even make me think twice about the safety of my hands, just some bruises instead of ripped skin.
Now that I have my license, I hope I never have to see what my helmet will save.
Throwback to when everyone complained about the halo ruining the "aesthetics" of the car but it potentially saved two lives within the first few months it was implemented
Much like a number of changes, people eventually get used to them. Barely notice them myself. I would far rather the driver can walk away from an accident than care more about asthetics.
@@bionicgeekgrrl yeah, plus more safety makes drivers do riskier moves, which lead to more crashes, which are a lot of fun, if nobody gets hurt.
Hartley’s (free practice at Silverstone 2018) and Leclerc’s (race day at Monaco 2018) was it those to lives?
@@terrystevens5261 cars have fire extinguishers
@@daniilkvyat7362 I think leclerc halo crash was at spa 2018 and there was also a crash in f2 where the driver was saved by the halo, he would have lost his head without it
I honestly really like the halo. I think it brings a really futuristic look to the cars, with the added bonus of those stat holograms that they overlay on them on TV. That looks really cool. Also, great video about helmets.
Why the part in the middle? In sight? In stead of 2 parts, so the view isnt blocked? I hate it
you dont notice it while driving
@@jasmijnariel The drivers literally couldn't care less, as you don't really notice it. Also your suggestion wouldn't work.
@@monetum1392 tell me, why wouldnt it work? 😏
@@jasmijnariel Wipe that smug look off your face will ya 😂.
It's simple, unless you want to install the two supports in the middle, which I guess you don't want, you would of course have to install them on the sides. Now guess where drivers look 99% of the time: at the sides. So your idea would be blocking their view much much more. Also, since most debris comes from the front and the halo also being designed to push obstacles to the side, having two supports on the sides instead of on in the middle would be counterintuitive, as it's more likely not to stop anything or actually push the debris inwards.
I can't believe you thought to have outsmarted actual professionals lmaoooo 😂
11:50 Is the drink on or not - Kimi
You meen de slow botton?
"You will not get the drink kimi"
Great stuff! But I was a bit disappointed you didn't mention the introduction of vortex generators and other recent aero enhancements. Thanks for the awesome material.
Yeah I was expecting that too.. the helmet has become a part safety, part aero tool... with many small angles around the front bottom and flares/wings around the top towards the back..
Even the edge of the visor, and how it shuts tight, is a part of the aero.
And there was a time, when the driver actually was a problem, both for aerodynamics, weight and construction limitations. A real nuisance with having to have that driver hehe
It's interesting how helmets were something used throughout most of human history, but they were mostly thought of as something you use when other people are actively trying to kill you, not something used when you are actively busy trying to kill yourself racing:D
The white cloth helmet shown at 2:30 was white for a reason. After an accident it made it easier for rescuers to identify exactly where on the head the driver was bleeding from because blood would show up rather well against the white cloth.
The 70s narrow aperture helmets were about fear of fence poles in track catch fencing.
Was so glad to see the end of catch fencing and I wasn't even in the car!
It's amazing how much changes have been made on the helmet even the slightest of changes to protect the driver whilst bringing comfort
Very interesting and nicely crafted documentary. I painted racing drivers helmets back in the early 1980's when the designs were much simpler, but were probably more recognisable and the driver usually kept his (or her) design for his (or her) entire career. I painted several F1 helmets including Alan Jones when he was F1 champion in 1980, and did all of the helmets for the Rothmans Rally Team for a couple of years. (Ari Vattanen, Walter Rohrl, Jimmy McRae, Henri Toivonen etc). I painted 38 helmets for them in one year, because if they had an "off", they had to ditch the helmets. I also painted helmets for Desire Wilson, Gina Campbell (Power Boats), Chilean Eliseo Salazar (He knocked Piquet off when he was leading in Hockenheim in 1982), Mansour Ojjeh when TAG sponsored Williams, and had a great tour of their facility and wind tunnel, hosted by the perma-tanned Charlie Crichton-Stuart. I once had to physically hack-saw off a bit of helmet window on a couple of Simpson helmets as the supplier only had a couple of the narrow window helmets and the rally drivers needed large windows. I asked for a letter exonerating me from any liability if the helmets disintegrated on impact! The helmets also came with a "D" ring on the left side as the drivers were hooked onto the car on anti clockwise circuits (Interlagos, Brasil) and their neck muscles would fail because of they were not strong on the left side. I was regularly requested to angle grind off the D ring as it wasn't often used and rattled annoyingly if not gaffer taped on. I actually retired from painting the helmets when I was 24 as I started a great job designing exhibition stands, and helmet painting was just a hobby that went a bit out of control. I lasted 33 years in the same exhibition job and travelled the world working in 44 countries, so no regrets! I'm still a petrol head to this day, and still work in exhibitions, if they ever re-start.....
Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass' helmets were the most intimidating. Such cool designs.
and also Elio de Angelis
One correction: helmet designs today are more ornate Easter eggs because of HD TV. 70s analog TV meant the designs had to be much simpler to be distinguished.
Modern designs are often so overdone they cannot be distinguished. Also, no driver ever changed their helmet designs until recently.
I miss this time when you can distinguished the driver by their unique and unchanged helmet design.
@@corner63 hamilton and vettel drove it to an extreme having a new design for every race. but afaik FIA changed rules and you have to pick one design for the season and they can have another design for one race. MSC had a special gold helmet for his 300th race.
It is so easy to forget that it was not all that long ago when there were no corner workers with fire extinguishers, no radio systems, no warning flags. You would know that your driver had crashed when he did not reach the pits in the expected time and you would see smoke from uptrack. I remember seeing Ralph Schumacher's USA crash in 2005 thinking "Where the .... are the doctors and safety workers?" and then reflecting on how much had changed.
Please keep doing these "Evolution" type videos. It is good to show/remind people what racing used to be and just how dangerous it was and still is.
Love the "incorrect number of wheels" comment about motorbikes. 😁
what about 6 wheels
Nah mate. Just the perfect number. Especially on a certain Island in the Irish Sea ^^
The correct number is two ✌️
The extra 2 wheels are needed if you are missing a couple of those things between your legs
Speaking of getting used to the new stuff. I watched the qualy for the F1 race today. I don't think I noticed a halo even once :O
Same! I guess you just get used to it
I have been watching through your videos about the evolution of various aspects of F1. As an automotive technician i find it very interesting how many safety features and technology that can be found in modern cars had there start in F1 and it is definitely making me a fan of this channel and F1
I've seen a couple other vids about F1 helmets but this was definitely the most well-researched
I had the honor to meet and discuss on several occasions with a man who was the last driver to wear an open-faced helmet in Formula One. He was Leo Kinnunen, a well-known and often seen person in my hometown of Turku, Finland (the legendary Jarno Saarinen was also from the same town).
@@terrystevens5261 Hi Terry, he managed to start only one F1 race at Anderstorp, in Sweden. The Surtees car of AAW Racing was so bad that there was not much of a chance to do anything with it. It was in autumn 2001 when I had the pleasure of visiting the Turun Sanomat (local news paper) car museum in Turku, Finland, invited by Leo. When we came to the Surtees, Leo was visibly upset and barely could look at it. He just said quietly that the car wiped out his dreams of Formula One. We have to remember that Leo was World Champion in sportscars in 1970 sharing a Gulf Porsche 917K together with Pedro Rodriguez.
BTW, Leo's white open-faced helmet with the Finnair sticker was stolen at some point when it was on display. I have tried to trace it and find it but with no luck. Part of Finnish motor racing history was lost on that occasion.
Very informative. Thank you!!
It's nice to see all the photos and clips related to the story. Thanks!
Simply an amazing content, thank you for your great efforts on giving us these information about F1 helmets.
Very informative video!! Saw a few helmets I've never seen. Thanks for posting!!
Loving the historical analysis! More please! I could watch these all days.
Please do more of this evolution in F1, they are amazing, great work!
Absolutely phenomenal video! Great job. 👍
So informative, so entertaining, I love this video, couldn't get enough. Cheers
Very well done & informative video. Kudos lad
Great video, really well put together
Amazing video, stuffed with information but not boring at all!!
I love this kind of content, please do more like this!
Awesome video man!
another great and interesting video! thanks!
Great video, well researched and informative. Ten out of ten, Driver61. Thanks.
Really good video thanks for making this
Excellent post!! Great information. Well presented.
Great video mate! Congrats!
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I love how they were noticing concussions back then before concussions were a thing amazing
Racers aren’t the type of meatheaded bozos that NFL players are
Some great footage and great research
Didnt know I needed this video but turns out I did. Very informative.
its really nice how you always make an interesting video
Superb info. Thank you always good!
Great video! Well written and really interesting
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Interesting...and well presented. Thank you 👍👍
Excellent video. Love your channel
Riding on a motorized fuel tank? Nah cloth will do.
Polo?! Are you mad!? Of course we'll wear a helmet!
Top notch video!! 👍🏁👍🏁
Can you do in depth analysis for F1's crash?
such as the recent crash between Albon and Hamilton
I would enjoy watching this to. It’s ashame the BBC did a great brack down of how much a crash cost
It's up
This wasn’t even a crash, just an incident
Wouldn’t really call that a crash.
Speaking of getting used to the new stuff. I watched the qualy for the F1 race today. I don't think I noticed a halo even once :O
12:28 this is pretty important after the Bahrain Grand Prix
Excellent watch and great footage.
People should remember that if you drop a modern helmet from even waist height onto a hard surface that you have comprised its crash absorption ability.
a very nice video thanks Scott
This was such an informative video❤️😭
Great vid on something I hadn't really.vonsidered, thanks for the insight
A master piece video!! Tks
Great video, shame that despite the great detail in modern helmet artwork they're often not as recognisable as the older, simple and iconic designs of the past. With the halo they're even less visible. I wonder if drivers will be allowed to customise the halo colours of their cars in the future to aid identification
I find the big number on the car heps ;)
Nowadays a plain design would stand out much better, ironic!
Because older designs are better. Now designs just try to be complex.
Very informative!
great vid, great footages.
That was a realy intresting subject, great work. Can you do episod about the racing "overalls"
The halo really is the best safety device invented in the racing car since the seatbelt.
RIP Sir Stirling Moss ❤️ a racing legend who will always be Remembered greatly and will be in the motorsport history books forever
"who do you thnk you are, Stirling Moss?"
You have very interesting videos. 👍
Awesome video 👍👍😊
Very interesting video, thanks.
Great video. I have subscribed.
One tiny detail that is often omitted is that the doctor who invented the helmet actually got the idea after Lawrence of Arabia got killed on his motorcycle when he returned to England. That doctor was Lawrence's doctor too.
I’d rather watch these videos than an actual race at this point.
Excellent content
The reason why lauda lost his hemet was because it was fitted with thick foam material to increase comfort. This foam compressed probably due to heat, caused the helmet to fell off.
There's a lot of them, but this has to be the most extensive history of helmet technology video on youtube
I remember Massa's accident but never had I seen his injury. So thankful to the advancements in helmet design, to see him racing beyond that race.
Cool video mate, thanks for the info, my favorite helmet manufacturer would be Arai, I love everything automotive related, so a brand that makes the worlds best motorcycle helmets is cool for me. 👊
Fascinating. Thank you
This is my 3rd video of yours - was about to say it would be useful to mention what else was going on in other racing leagues, like Le Mans, Indycar, etc. and how they may have innovated or established a new tech or practice. So the motorcycle stuff in the beginning was spot on.
Very interesting . . . thank you!
3:12 I believe the guy on the left is Steve Rogers
looks like him :D but that's Jackie Stewart
I had an agv x1 back in 1984/5. I split the back in an accident, I wish I still had it. White, red lining, mirrored visor, a really comfortable lid to wear.
Hamiltons purple helmet looks amazing this year!
Music Islife I bet that's what his girlfriend says too, lol.
@@SMHman666 😂😂
Yep, very appropriate for him.
You like yuck not a hater but I don't like it.
Really cool to see Ronnie mentioned. He was so underrated and held back by the team.
interesting! never knew these
Formula video + listening to the music I like (Delta Parole, Metallica and other) make me feel the speed and excitement!
Great video! Liked the comment that anything that didn't involve being shot at was considered OK.
that was very interesting, thanks.
In the 80's, when I was racing, I wore the same Bell XFM-1 many F1 and Indy Car drivers wore. That was about the best you could buy then. Today, top level helmets cost 10 times what I paid for mine. Of course, those are 20 times safer.
ten times higher price means 90% less folks wearing them . Capitalism for ya :)
Please Do a video on history of tyre management in F1
Well done!
At 4:45 that really looks like the drivers arm the fireman is tugging on
Simpson came on the scene with The Stig helmet and hasn't changed since. I love it
Your videos are really great. :) Thanks for sharing with us. ;)
But by the way, there is a fact about Niki Laudas horrific crash, which is very interesting: The AGV helmet he weared at his crash was illegal and it think that was the reason that he lost it.
4:48 That magnesium spark of an explosion. Dangerous material, but lightweight for wheels.
I think the risk outweighs the weight benefits
Great video. Scott, which is your favourite helmet?
I must admit I was skeptical about the Halo before it was introduced. But its already proved its worth many times over.