Entry 2 - Plane geometry in F1 helmets

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Helmet designs can also reflect part of the drivers' personality. They can be chaotic, striking, traditional, pragmatic, patriotic, changeable, immutable... to each their own. In any case, plane shapes and colours play a major role in defining their own style, as we are going to see now.


LANDO NORRIS

Young, cheeky, funny... but fast, really fast. Lando Norris is one of F1's rising stars and his helmet design is inspired in that of his idol, the nine-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi.

This special design for the 2021 Monaco GP preserves the essence of the original one but adds a few tweaks to it, like those aviator goggles, which were an indispensable part of the drivers' outfit during the 50s and 60s.

How many elements of the Eucledian geometry can you glimpse in this helmet?


FERNANDO ALONSO


Passionate, relentless and perfectionist. "Magic" Alonso has always been proud of being both Asturian and Spaniard, and it shows.

The helmet above is the one he used back in 2005, when he became the youngest F1 World Champion of all time and the first Spanish driver to do so. We can easily spot the Spanish and the Asturian flags, but...

How many elements of the Eucledian geomety can you find in them?


KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN


The epitome of a Finn: cold, straightforward and bon vivant. Apart from still being the last World Champion with Ferrari (2007), the "Iceman" is arguably one of the most charismatic drivers in F1 history.

On the top of his helmet, you will always find four stalactites.

What sort of triangles are them, if we consider the length of their sides and the degrees of their internal angles?


DAVID COULTHARD

Let's end this post with an easy one.

With only looking at his helmet, could you tell us where is David Coulthard from and which elements of the Eucledian geomety can you recognise in this flag?

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