 
Welcome to another RaceWorld TV Top 10!
This week with top 10 F1 helmets
full-time combining modern designs
iconic designs
and some downright ridiculous outlandish
designs. In recent years
drivers have become pretty creative with 
their helmets and as a result the FIA
party-poopers that they are, have discussed bringing in 
restrictions in an
attempt to rein in the sheer number changes
so far nothing can stop F1 stars from 
decorating their heads in any way they see fit. So let's have a run down of the
top 10 best wackiest designs.
Number ten we have Lewis Hamilton's
tribute
to smooth criminal Michael Jackson. It's easy to say to
Lewis Hamilton 'You just wanna be startin'
somethin' 
for this wasn't the first time a driver
it given the nod
to a lost idol or sporting hero and it was in the last
teams often display a black band or stripe 
or block out a l large section of the car. In 2013 the United States Grand Prix was 
definitely no thriller but just as a
spectacle,
Louis Hamilton's helmet 'Just Beat It'.
It featured an accurately rendered portrait of the pop star on the crown
and silhouetted on the side the iconic image of
a leaning Michael Jackson in suit.  As a top fan of the King of Pop,
Louis Hamilton's decision to have a Michael Jackson tribute
helmet was as easy as ABC.
At number nine we have Heikki Kovalainen's app influenced 
Angry Birds Helmet. In recent years app 
games have caused a storm in the
world of smartphones and tablet computers.
Heikki's helmet appealed to adults and
children alike
as he teamed up with the addictive games
developer
they donned his helmet with the red
cartoon image of an Angry Bird.
And across the side Heikki written in the widely
recognized scrawl of the game.
I wonder if some point in the future
we'll see a driver with a certain sweet
based game
plastered all over his head.
At number eight we have the first of our iconic helmets 
with the Hill helmet. We must call it the
Hill helmet 
because both Graham Hill and Damon Hill wore the same pattern
around top. The design is actually a
replica
of the cap of the London Rowing Club which Graham Hill was an integral member. 
That's right one of the
quickest drivers in motor racing history
was in a rowing club. Not sure he
experienced quite the same G-forces in
his long boat. 
Here is an interesting little fact. Josh Hill, the third generation in the family
and Graham's grandson has adopted the same
design on his helmet.
He hasn't yet raced in Formula 1 but maybe we will one day soon
see a third Hill at a pinnacle of motor sport. 
In the 2000 season Eddie Irvine wore a
helmet decorated with jaguar motief.
And it comes in at number seven out of 10. It was the quality of the artwork that really stood out. 
Well, the fact that it cuts quite an
intimidating site
as it appeared to be roaring, may well have made it stand out, too. 
Eddie was driving for Jaguar Racing at the 
time
and rarely do drivers match their
helmets to that teams
unfortunately the elaborate design
didn't help him gain success.
The three years he was racing with
Jackie were managed just two podium finishes
in his second season with the team and retired at the end of 2010.
In at number six
is the first at the patriotic helmets. David Coulthard 
was clearly very proud of his heritage donning a helmet that featured the Scottish Saltire. 
The familiar white cross on a blue
background became synonymous with DC.
Oh, and Mel Gibson of course! Even though many other
drivers have used their national flags
to decorate their helmets
and overalls very few have done it in quite such a brazen way.
Because in Coulthard's case it covered the
entire helmet.
DC's helmet is also the first example
of a driver who chose a design and stuck with it
throughout his career.
At number five is the helmet of legendary
James Hunt.  Despite being a playboy and a rebel
his helmet was a surprisingly simple
black design punctuated by
3-stripes in blue, yellow and red and his name 
in big bold white letters. The solitary
stripes represented the colors of
Wellington College where Hunt studied.
Hunt was a driver from a
time before novelty racing helmets
being used as fashion accessories.
For Hunt, the pursuit of fashion
was left to lifestyle away from the track.
Twice in both 2007 and 2013, Kimi Raikkonen wore helmets 
painted just like Hunt's, as a tribute
to the f1 legend.
Number four in our countdown
epitomizes the glamour and grandeur of
Formula One and made its appearance
at the Monaco Grand Prix. Lewis
Hamilton's diamond-encrusted helmet
featuring his autograph etched in diamonds was as gaudy and extreme
as it gets. To be fair though, if you were ever going to witness a helmet like this
it was going to be at Monaco and with
all the bling in dole's in South with
it was going to be Louis the ward.
To some, this took the elaborately decorated f1 helmet
over the limit and into the realm of the
downright ludicrous.
Brothers, this helmet epitomizes the
charisma and razzle dazzle of Formula one
 
and more specifically the Monaco Grand
Prix.
We're into the top three
and number three it has to be a world
champion's
helmet and a helmet that utilized the advent
of night races. It's difficult to actually
describe the pattern on the helmet that
Sebastian Vettel wore at the 2011 Singapore Grand Prix.
But it was certainly eye-catching. It featured
glittering swirls kaleidoscope patterns
incorporating chrome
along with a plethora of different
colors.
Well, it was an attempt at a description. The key point here is that it looked fabulous
under the floodlights around the streets
of Singapore
and inspired others to make the most of
the thousands of light bulbs
illuminating the track.
In at number two so near and yet not quite
making the top spot
its the Jackie Stewarts iconic top banded
helmet.
Like David Coulthard, Jackie was extremely patriotic
and proud to fly the flag of Scotland 
as he stormed to three World Championships. He was also
the linchpin
in the campaign to make Formula One and
motorsport as a whole
safer and still an influential voice
in the sport. His helmet again
was one which was easily recognized from
a great distance. 
The Tartan band on Sir Jackie's helmet was Royal Stewart Tartan.
But it's interesting to observe that the
Tartan on the race car of Sir Jackie's team
the Stewart Grand Prix was actually
different.
Th Tartan of his f1 team was called Stewart Racing Tartan 
and was specially designed for the team.
The countdown is over and at number one is the most iconic
widely recognized and quite simply the
best formula 1
helmet in history. The late great
Ayrton Senna's yellow green and blue helmet sticks in the memory like traditional
white and black panel. The colors of Senna's helmet quite obviously the colors 
of the Brazilian flag
with the  bright yellow dominating, making it stand out all the more.
Much like Damon Hill wearing the same
pattern as his father, 
Senna's nephew Bruno donned a helmet
with very similar colors and 
design to his uncle's. Needless to say
it's was slightly eerie to watch Bruno 
driving around with that helmet on
and equally haunting to hear Senna's name spoken again by commentators and pundits.
Bruno Senna isn't the only driver
to wear the Ayrton helmet design. In tribute to the great man
Lewis Hamilton started his career
wearing a helmet in the colors of his idol. 
More recently and in commemoration of
the 20th anniversary of Senna's tragic
death, the Brazilian 
football team donned helmets in Senna's  colors.
In a rather more bizarre attempt to tribute,
Brazilian airline Azure
decorated the front of one of their
jets in
the colors of Senna's helmet. It will be
interesting to see just how far people
we go in the future
to celebrate senna's life. So the reason
the Brazilian hero makes
the top spot now top 10 that one helmets
is simply because, uniquely, he has been
immortalized in the images and 
tributes of this yellow green and blue helmet.
That concludes our list of top 10 F1
helmets the whole time
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