My 2024 Formula 1 Helmet Tier List

Let's talk a look at all 20 of the 2024 Formula 1 Drivers Helmets. This is one of very few opportunities they get to really express themselves creatively - and there's a few absolute corkers. Let's talk about it.

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[AaryanPrakash]

I usually agree with your livery rankings and such but we have VERY different taste in helmets, I was just screaming at the screen all video

[SH-jqbh]

The chromed out texture of Zhou's helmet's design is inspired by 螺钿(Luo-dian), a type of traditional Chinese craft made by inserting nacre or mother of perl into a carved surface of lacquer (usually black). Definitely one of most creative and well designed integration of a driver's own culture into helmet design, it makes so much sense with his template

[BenedictNMD]

nahh that zhou helmet is filthy gorgeous

[jsw]

I FREAKING love Valtteri's and Zhou's Helmet. Can't decide which one is my favourite

[ryanstevens]

Tommo when a driver creates a new helmet with lots of small details and new template 😡 tommo when a driver uses the same template with their same team colors 😍

[eliassaratsis]

Nah tommo. Magnussen's helmet is at least a small bang. It is unique it has nice colours and it also has a bird on it.

[eliassaratsis]

If Hulk's helmet had a black base instead of white it would bang

[aaronmachado]

I absolutely love Zhou lid, especially during a night race, those flood lights are gonna make it pop. That and Gasly I think is quite smart and gives it an almost “ high end “ style with the blue and white

[davidkelly]

Landos Neon lid bangs more than Leclercs imo

[jackaed]

Bottas's helmet at mid is crazy. Most interesting helmet on the grid, outside of maybe albons.

[littlebrav]

Russell's helmet is such a clanger IMO. It has a unique shade of blue (not any more though because of Gasly) but that's all it has going for it. It doesn't even have an interesting or memorable design like they had in the 70s-80s, such as Graham/Damon Hill's helmet. He needs some kind of actual design that isnt either A) Identical to several other drivers (Ocon, Leclerc, Stroll) or B) a uniquie element like Gilles Villeneuve or Jody Scheckter's helmet

[Tynine]

Tsunoda's Helmet not being at least mid - small bang is a violation

[BiRacing]

Hey Tommo, when you said Logan’s helmet design could inspire an unreal livery for Williams I couldn’t help but want to see it 😍 This would be great as a bonus livery vid to end the offseason, maybe with an alternative inspired by Albon’s design too. KUTGW!

[MichaelRoma]

Gonna call it and say Tommo rates Alex’s helmet with his pink a banger

[kieferclarkf]

I kinda miss George’s red helmet that he wore in 2020 and when he subbed for Lewis at Sakhir. The red and black was a banger for me.

[Yetabronz]

Stroll has had the best helmet in f1 since 2021, the green can’t miss with the aston martin. He just blends with the car so much, it’s unreal

[matthew]

Pierre’s helmet is absolutely brilliant imo, definitely a banger for me

[drewd]

I'm glad you moved Tsuonda's up, because I think Minor Clang was a bit harsh. Mid is perfect. I disagree with you a lot on KMag's. I love how they use the Haas logo as the centerpiece and everything plays off of that. But the other two in Clanger...they are horrendous. Williams has it going on with their helmets. I also would've moved Verstappen down to Small Bang, and I'm glad you moved the lime green one down to small bang.

[PiousMoltar]

This might be an unpopular opinion but I loved the bright green helmet (and number on the car) Russell briefly had at the start of last season before switching back to blue.

[dcanom]

Albon and lando are so good. I’ve never been a fan of typical helmet color layouts