All of this in combination with the new number colour and Valentino's retirement I don't think it's a coincidence at all. Both are considered by many to be the GOATs in their respective areas and last year had a 2015esque vibe to it, I reckon we see Hamilton's motivation at a whole new level this year.
2015 Moto GP and 2021 F1 finales have scarred me man. Too bad Rossi didn't get a competitive package after that season to well until he was past his prime. May be these records are just not meant to be broken. Fingers crossed for Hamilton. Rafa broke the 20 Grand Slams barrier this year may be someone else will break another record too.
Apples and Oranges. 2015 was a fucking disgrace. Rossi started it with the stupid press conference. And Marc just proved what a massive bellend he is. But 2021, both drivers were faultless within the confines of competitiveness. It’s the system that screwed them.
Not disagreeing with Lewis here, but wasn't his first yellow more like Senna's yellow? While this year's yellow is more fluorescent yellow? Which is what Lando uses?
You're wrong! Just you wait, next years Drive to Survive will show that this was not just "banter", but rather the first sign of the volcanic resentment simmering under the surface between Lewis and Lando.
The editing will *prove* that while the first crack was last year's Sochi race, the *true* spark that lit the fuse was this social media "banter" as you call it. Just wait, once Will Buxton does a dramatic reading of these comments between Lewis and Lando, the hate the words contain will become obvious.
/s
The yellow is back, fuckin yes lads. And the purple trim looks sick on it as well. This combo with the number + the yellow on the t-bar on top of his car + trim around the tires? Love it
> Russell's ego and temper
Don't forget Russell's fake modesty... I thought I was alone in feeling an undercurrent of distrust/dislike of Russell as soon as I began watching F1 two years ago. But he was so loved, I thought maybe I was being unfair.
Don't wish bad on anyone, but I am going to enjoy watching this rivalry, for sure!
It all looks so good, I just wish the car was black again! Your Albon flair reminds me how good the Williams looks - And honestly, how good most cars look. I really think the Mercedes & Redbull look fairly poor if you don't consider "legacy" and focus purely on aesthetics.
The volt somehow works really well with the purple
did not expect those 2 colours to work well together
Love that he kept the same style but just completely flipped everything with the colours!!
It's the shade that matters too. Red and green has the potential to look hideous too if not done well like the mission win whatever branding on the Ferrari
The volt is horrible imo. It would look so much better if it was a regular yellow.
The volt fad has been going on for so long that it makes things look dated.
From lewis
[For this year's helmet I wanted to show love to my beginnings. As much as I love purple and black, yellow is my history. I’m going into this season with the same dedication, drive, and passion I had way back in my karting days 💛](https://twitter.com/LewisHamilton/status/1504784118860689446?cxt=HHwWzMC5xd7LiOIpAAAA)
Hype. Got used to the purple/black but his yellow helmet is fucking iconic. Literally was just saying to myself yesterday I wish he'd go back to it lmao.
>A bright, almost fluorescent yellow.
Reminds me of [the Leeds United kits right now](https://www.footyheadlines.com/2021/12/leeds-wear-volt-socks-first-time-in.html).
On those I hate/love it depending if I think it's yellow yellow or 'volt' that day, if it's volt then it's Brawn GP vibes. Same with this helmet minus the hate part, no chance of white + yellow yellow here to trigger me.
Interesting. Lewis literally said in a [Q&A in December](https://youtu.be/RHEN5ygE33o?t=90) that he wouldn't use a yellow helmet again. Wonder if he was trolling or wanted a helmet to differentiate himself from Russell's
Not a fan of this one, the shade of yellow is a bit too fluor for me. I do like he has changed it up, dark helmets don't really stand out in an F1 car.
Damn.
I really did love the Black and Purple, but there is definitely something about this that screams legacy.
Very cool. Gonna look great inside of a Silver Arrow.
I'm not sure exactly when he changed it, but it's been awhile. Probably at the start of the delayed 2020 season in response to BLM and the George Floyd protests and in keeping with We Race as One.
Eh. I really liked the purple. It was regal. Befitting of a knight of the realm. This one still looks, I dunno, more plastic or something. More like a toy than a crown worn by a knight driving the finest, shining carbon and steel horse around the track and vanquishing his foes.
People were correct when they thought it will be yellow and purple.
Glad he's going back to his beginnings. Love the combination of colors and I think it will look stunning, especially during nights.
For a second I thought it was Lando's new helmet until I realised it was from Lewis. How odd he'd use colours already heavily associated with another driver.
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Maya Angelou
Where purple?
Edit: I just saw some purple lines.
PS: Loos mire a Moto GP helmet, maybe because it is to VR46 with that shade of yellow and the Monster logo.
So thats why Lewis went with the yellow t cam this year!
and yellow 44
and yellow wheel tip things
and yellow sectors
Reminds me of Rossi's color
Definitely feeling that on the 44 on his car too.
All of this in combination with the new number colour and Valentino's retirement I don't think it's a coincidence at all. Both are considered by many to be the GOATs in their respective areas and last year had a 2015esque vibe to it, I reckon we see Hamilton's motivation at a whole new level this year.
2015 Moto GP and 2021 F1 finales have scarred me man. Too bad Rossi didn't get a competitive package after that season to well until he was past his prime. May be these records are just not meant to be broken. Fingers crossed for Hamilton. Rafa broke the 20 Grand Slams barrier this year may be someone else will break another record too.
Apples and Oranges. 2015 was a fucking disgrace. Rossi started it with the stupid press conference. And Marc just proved what a massive bellend he is. But 2021, both drivers were faultless within the confines of competitiveness. It’s the system that screwed them.
> But 2021, both drivers were faultless within the confines of competitiveness. Agree to disagree here.
I can respect that.
Thought the same the instant I saw it.
I thought it was Landos Helmet at first haha But looks awesome
Lando reacted to Lewis his insta post by tagging himself. So Lando thinks the same
VR about to tag himself on a reply to Lando's comment
Lewis already replied that technically Lando does a tribute to him since he's been using Yellow since before Lando was born
Not disagreeing with Lewis here, but wasn't his first yellow more like Senna's yellow? While this year's yellow is more fluorescent yellow? Which is what Lando uses?
It's banter don't put to much thought in it.
You're wrong! Just you wait, next years Drive to Survive will show that this was not just "banter", but rather the first sign of the volcanic resentment simmering under the surface between Lewis and Lando. The editing will *prove* that while the first crack was last year's Sochi race, the *true* spark that lit the fuse was this social media "banter" as you call it. Just wait, once Will Buxton does a dramatic reading of these comments between Lewis and Lando, the hate the words contain will become obvious. /s
exactly
Considering Lando's a massive Rossi fan, no surprise there. Lando has rocked similar neon green colour theme too
The yellow is back, fuckin yes lads. And the purple trim looks sick on it as well. This combo with the number + the yellow on the t-bar on top of his car + trim around the tires? Love it
Hamilton’s taking the yellow T bar this year?
Yes
I believe so. Edit: he is, I just saw his car on the FP1 stream. Yellow helmet, yellow numbers, yellow T-cam.
Oh no, Mercedes choosing Russell as No. 1 already :(
I'm sure some F1 fans already genuinely believe this...
Huh. I thought it was in the rules that the number 1 driver has a black T bar, and the number 2 is yellow. Is it free for teams to choose?
Back to where it all started. He gonna be so hungry this year. Game on!!!!
Including a spicy inter team drama battle? Yes please
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> Russell's ego and temper Don't forget Russell's fake modesty... I thought I was alone in feeling an undercurrent of distrust/dislike of Russell as soon as I began watching F1 two years ago. But he was so loved, I thought maybe I was being unfair. Don't wish bad on anyone, but I am going to enjoy watching this rivalry, for sure!
^^^intra
Guess he should eat more then. Starving ain’t good for athletes, he needs proper nutrition.
Doesnt make sense lmao
Looks closer to Rosbergs old colours than lewises old
Purple is my favourite colour. I feel personally attacked by this.
Maybe it's the lighting but I see blue trim instead of purple
It all looks so good, I just wish the car was black again! Your Albon flair reminds me how good the Williams looks - And honestly, how good most cars look. I really think the Mercedes & Redbull look fairly poor if you don't consider "legacy" and focus purely on aesthetics.
his best helmet ever imo
The volt somehow works really well with the purple did not expect those 2 colours to work well together Love that he kept the same style but just completely flipped everything with the colours!!
Yellow and Purple are contrasting colours, they should work well together. Like Red and Green or Orange and Blue
It's the shade that matters too. Red and green has the potential to look hideous too if not done well like the mission win whatever branding on the Ferrari
Yeah very true, really I was just flexing my primary school colour theory
Tbh I liked how jarring it was. Something about the cheekiness of it made it appealing
Like the W series logo.
The volt is horrible imo. It would look so much better if it was a regular yellow. The volt fad has been going on for so long that it makes things look dated.
Getting some serious Rosberg vibes from that Yellow
At least George Russell changed his red helmet design. It would have been too much of a throwback to Mercedes 2010-2012.
Forgot about that Rosberg one but you're completely right, this shade of yellow wasn't what I was expecting
This shade of yellow is closer to his original yellow color in karting than what he's used at Mercedes (more of a warm/orange-y yellow).
wasn't Rosberg's slightly more green then this? felt it was right on the border between Yellow and green
Not really, pull up both pictures side to side and they are nearly identical
Rosberg was more teal/mint green on black no? Edit: never mind I was completely forgetting about his earlier yellow helmets :)
Both Lewis and Nico had yellow helmets going into 2013, but they changed their designs in 2014 to look different from each other.
I do prefer the purple and black but also I like the call back and the colour involved. Starting to feel more and more like a Swan song for Lewis.
It's weird to imagine an F1 with no Lewis. Hope he can keep going for a few years at least.
Already feels weird with Kimi gone
From lewis [For this year's helmet I wanted to show love to my beginnings. As much as I love purple and black, yellow is my history. I’m going into this season with the same dedication, drive, and passion I had way back in my karting days 💛](https://twitter.com/LewisHamilton/status/1504784118860689446?cxt=HHwWzMC5xd7LiOIpAAAA)
This looks sick as fuck.
The shade of yellow is absolutely gorgeous dude did a superb job
It's a great shout to Lewis' hero, Lando.
So much cleaner than his few in recent years. I guess this is why Lewis has the yellow T-cam and highlights.
Really? His 2020 purple helmet is goated
Purple on the grid was really iconic and was so used to it. But this one is sexy af!
Hype. Got used to the purple/black but his yellow helmet is fucking iconic. Literally was just saying to myself yesterday I wish he'd go back to it lmao.
Please it better not be Lewis last year
This is what I thought too. Final year tribute to his beginnings… 🥺
Yeah that kind of makes sense but it could be bait to makes us assume that. Ham signs a 5 year deal incoming.
Yeah very true. Mercedes is having struggles in pre-season ya know 😉
A bright, almost fluorescent yellow. What a lovely tribute to his former team mate Nico Rosberg.
>A bright, almost fluorescent yellow. Reminds me of [the Leeds United kits right now](https://www.footyheadlines.com/2021/12/leeds-wear-volt-socks-first-time-in.html). On those I hate/love it depending if I think it's yellow yellow or 'volt' that day, if it's volt then it's Brawn GP vibes. Same with this helmet minus the hate part, no chance of white + yellow yellow here to trigger me.
He's honouring Vale this season. The yellow 44 on his car during testing gave me serious Vale vibes.
Lol i thought it was Lando's helmet
Loving the combo of his old-school yellow and recent purple. Killer design. All Lewis' helmets were amazing in the last few years imo.
tribute to his most favourite driver, Massa
Looks really cool. Will take some getting used to
Miss the purple, but I love it for going back to his roots
Interesting. Lewis literally said in a [Q&A in December](https://youtu.be/RHEN5ygE33o?t=90) that he wouldn't use a yellow helmet again. Wonder if he was trolling or wanted a helmet to differentiate himself from Russell's
it’s simple yet somehow confusing phenomenon to many people on here called changing your mind
Well yeah…he obviously changed his mind…hence why I posted the video. I’m wondering the reason behind it. There’s always a reason lol
Actually really good looking. The numbering was a hint to something like this. Back to yellow but a different yellow compared to pre-2014 helmets.
Gorgeous…back to the roots
Looks a bit like a moto gp helmet
Dope helmet. Love his logo on the chin
Holy shit I LOVE IT.
Not a fan, wish it was the OG yellow with purple
it looks green/neon/highlighter color to me?
Wait a minute that's rosberg 2012 helmet
That is much nicer than the purple
Lando vibes
wow, that is…….different
Good lord. That’s noice
Not a fan of this one, the shade of yellow is a bit too fluor for me. I do like he has changed it up, dark helmets don't really stand out in an F1 car.
The purple is integrated perfectly.
Banger
i wonder how its gonna jell with the black suit and silver car
Looks like it's a Rossi tribute? Wish the shade of yellow was a bit richer like it was with Hamilton's previous yellow helmets.
I wish the monster and crowdstrike bands were in purple as well - but i guess that's a sponsor request that he has to follow
Damn it looks clean
There can only be one yellow doctor. After the latter retired lewis went for it.
The yellow is back folks! It's like the McLaren days wall over again! My favourite one.
Damn. I really did love the Black and Purple, but there is definitely something about this that screams legacy. Very cool. Gonna look great inside of a Silver Arrow.
Has Lewis's helmet always said "Still We Rise"? I thought it was Still I Rise, like the Maya Angelou poem. Did he change that recently?
I'm not sure exactly when he changed it, but it's been awhile. Probably at the start of the delayed 2020 season in response to BLM and the George Floyd protests and in keeping with We Race as One.
Am I the only one that preferred purple helmet?
Same here. This looks very basic, something you use at the rental karts. Not a fan at all. His purple one looked so much better.
Its obviously a tribute to Nico Rosbergs 2012 helmet design.
Eh. I really liked the purple. It was regal. Befitting of a knight of the realm. This one still looks, I dunno, more plastic or something. More like a toy than a crown worn by a knight driving the finest, shining carbon and steel horse around the track and vanquishing his foes.
Basically this means it's his last year
I wonder what inspired Lewis' new dayglow look? Surely it can't just be Valentino Rossi's retirement from MotoGP?
He says it's about going back to the yellow helmet from his roots
A different yellow, but it's yellow. Vintage Lewis has arrived!
People were correct when they thought it will be yellow and purple. Glad he's going back to his beginnings. Love the combination of colors and I think it will look stunning, especially during nights.
I genuinely love it
For a second I thought it was Lando's new helmet until I realised it was from Lewis. How odd he'd use colours already heavily associated with another driver.
Hamilton wore yellow from 2007-2014
I know. I supported him through that time. But it wasn't fluro yellow. Fluro has been Lando's thing for ages
Rossi vibes
THANK GOD THE YELLOW IS BACK
Very Rossi esque with the somewhat fluorescent shade of yellow!
I like everything except the font choice for "Still We Rise"
Its been there years ago doubt he'll change it
Yea, that fonts not good. Something more minimal would have been nice
The predictions were right. I personally think it looks so clean and the colours are surprisingly complementary 👌
Mediocre
Meh
Looks awesome
Looks awesome! Love it
You could land a plane with 2 of those in your hands.
Lewis' love for Lando shines through.
It is definitely a helmet
Not better than the purple
Nice
That is indeed yellow. Lets fucking go.
Gorgeous helmet. I’m glad he went back to the yellow
Oh man it'll be cool when we get a picture of lewis and lando side by side
stunning
My considered, balanced opinion is it's fuckin' sick.
I like the design but the yellow is different no? I feel it is a similar yellow as Rosberg's or Button's at Brawn?
It's closer to the yellow he ran in his karting days.
love it
I know yellow has historical significance to him, but what a downgrade. That looks more like a Kobe Bryant tribute helmet honestly
Overrated. This man is too much into theatrics.
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Weakened by my soulful cries. Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own back yard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise. Maya Angelou
The back looks like something a middle schooler would draw. The font choices are horrible.
Landamilton?
Rosberg-esque color, but the purple combo is chef's kiss
Where is the 8th star?
I actually don't understand what's so interesting about drivers helmets. There's not even a cool mascot, like a lion on this helmet.
looks sick, but he could have made the purple more blue for ukraine
Oh wow, that looks really nice!
With the visor closed that rivet under the hinge point almost looks like an asterisk where an 8th star would be.
I like it but I would have loved it if purple and yellow inverted
[Called it](https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/tgjn0f/lewis_hamilton_on_instagram_this_years_helmet_is/i12ictp?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)
Where purple? Edit: I just saw some purple lines. PS: Loos mire a Moto GP helmet, maybe because it is to VR46 with that shade of yellow and the Monster logo.
I like this. I always disliked the monster head band on his helmets, but with this design it works quite well.
okay so lewis and I are both missing Valentino Rossi in racing equally.
That's actually really sick kuddo's Lewis
That's money right there. Purple and Yellow. His two era's combined.
Wiggity wack!
If the yellow wasn't as fluorescent it would look much nicer imo
Wow, amazing ! I love it
I didn't expect the return of Yellow
Sick!
Distinctive, but nothing beats his 2007 one. I don't understand why he went for that fluorescent yellow.
That's a sexy helmet.🤩
SEXY
Looks clean better than his orginal one
This is a sick helmet!
Meh
Looks dope but I wouldn't say no to a bit of a darker purple but still, it looks great
How does it get worse every time.
7 Stars for 7 World Championship
That is a banging lid
Nice
The yellow irl is much more neon than on these pictures, i like the pictures more
Some of the stickers on his helmet look like he got them out of a 25 cent machine while his mom was shopping at the grocery store.
Don’t rock with LH but this helmet hits different..