Lewis Hamilton Reveals Winning Helmet Design for 2017 F1 Season

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief

The winning helmet design that Lewis Hamilton will carry for the 2017 Formula 1 season has been chosen.

The Mercedes driver had to make the tough choice over 8,000 submitted entries from participants through Instagram, but eventually settled on a rendering by Rai Caldato of Caldato Design.

The winning design features ties to the 32-year-old Brit’s hero, Ayrton Senna, past helmets and stars to signify his three championships.

The featured design can be seen below courtesy of Hamilton’s Instagram post.

Here it is. The winning helmet design, a creation by Raí Caldato – @caldatodesign from Brazil. Raí evolves my layout by adding new stripe elements on the sides. As a tribute to my hero, Ayrton Senna the helmet features the colours of Brazil – green, yellow and blue. These are accompanied with the 3 stars that represent my Championship wins. There’s yellow throughout that reminds me of my helmets in the past. The candy apple red balances with the yellow very well. Raí, I look forward to meeting you in person to present you with your prize! Thank you all for entering this competition, I’m taken back by your creativity. 🙌🏽 #LH44Design #TeamLH #Blessed @mercedesamgf1 @bellhelmetseurope #bellhelmetseurope T&C’s: http://lewis.social/TCs

A post shared by Lewis Hamilton (@lewishamilton) on Feb 22, 2017 at 6:58am PST