Helmet Quiz

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A Spanish Brazilian website in Portuguese* (you don't need to understand it) with 32 driver's helmets. It's as much a test of spelling as of knowledge. I got 28/32 without looking any up - helmets 1, 3, 4 and 8 I didn't get, although some research found the answers. Some are easy, some less so, some names are written on the side of the helmet...

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*The old 50-50-90 rule... 50-50 between Spanish and Portuguese, so there's a 90% chance I'm wrong.
 
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Not done 'em all yet, but 3, 4 & 8 were easy!

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Done 'em all except for 1, 14, 28 and 32

EDIT edit: Just got 1.

Now got 32. Why didn't I think of him before?
 
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I only got 12 in my 10 minute attempt. Which is quite pathetic, and I call myself a fan? :nervous:

I could have just listed names into the other boxes until I got a load of them right, but that's kind of cheating...
 
Pedro Incorrecto drove for Brabham in 1973 but, surprisingly, his helmet isn't there.

I've given up without getting 14 and 28.
 
I only got 8 and only the recent drivers (thats what you get for being a teenager). My spelling let me down on some but I'm pretty pleased on that.
 
It's Portuguese and not Spanish, since it's from Brazil. ;)

Only missing numbers 1,3,4 and 14... #14 has all the colors of the post 1996 McLaren livery, but none of the drivers add up.
 
daan
I've given up without getting 14
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He's a current driver ;). He's changed his helmet colours quite a lot this year from that one though.

I got all but number 4 which I'm sure I should know but I'm really struggling.

There could have been some more unique ones thrown in instead of the random backmarker drivers....Frentzen had a nice helmet, why not his?
 
Ardius
He's a current driver ;). He's changed his helmet colours quite a lot this year from that one though.
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I know who he is now. I got a PM from Roo with the missing two I didn't get.

Ardius
I got all but number 4 which I'm sure I should know but I'm really struggling.
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I remembered number 4 from a model I've got with him in it. I wouldn't have remembered otherwise.

Ardius
There could have been some more unique ones thrown in instead of the random backmarker drivers....Frentzen had a nice helmet, why not his?
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I'm distraught that there's no DC.
 
That'd be something we could try on here for fun... A helmet game, but maybe not limit it only to F1 drivers.
 
It would be nice to help everyone learn the helmet designs, just a shame there are drivers like Vettel who change it every race and make the whole point of a helmet design (easy identification) useless.
I also don't like drivers who change their designs for different teams, maybe small changes are ok but completely altering the whole design and/or colour is lame. Kubica really deserves a more consistent helmet and one that stands out more from his Renault, at least his Sauber helmet didn't blend into his car.

But yes, a GTP driver helmet quiz would be cool.
 
Anyone want to PM me what 1,3,4,8,12,13,14,17,18,21,22,24,25,26 and 27 are?
 
Having another go at it. Stuck on: 1, 3, 4, 8, 12, 17, 24 and 30

Most of which are before my time.
 
So, now i've only got to find 1,3,4,8,12,13,21,24 and 27. Good for a teenager, right?


Anyone old and wise want to PM me the rest?
 
I could only get the more recent ones and then some I just knew. I only got 12. I need answers. Can anyone get them all?
 
1, 8, 14 and 24 left.

Edit: Found 8. My rules are, no internet searching until I get desperate, relying on books in my house for this one :p

Edit 2: When you think about it, 24 is mind numbingly obvious. Silly me!

Edit 3: Why can't 14 wear that helmet more often? 1 more....
 
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Okay I need 1,4 and 8 if anyone can help.
I got all but those and 14 and 22 which im pretty happy with.

EDIT: Got the last 3 now, A facebook group called - Uncomplicated Helmet Designs are best? - was a great help for the last 3 they have over 500 photos of helmets
 
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I've got them all done except for number 4. Shame... :(

So senamic, please PM me the answers. Thanks ;)👍

EDIT: Thanks to senamic, I'm done with number 4 :lol:
 
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senamic, how about some help here? I need 1,3,4,8,12,13,21,24,27.
 
Instead of sending PMs back and forth, it's probably easier to post the answers here.

1 - Clay Regazzoni
2 - Ralf Schumacher
3 - Martin Brundle
4 - Mauricio Gugelmin
5 - Alain Prost
6 - Alessandro Zanardi
7 - Mika Hakkinen
8 - Thierry Boutsen
9 - Anthony Davidson
10 - Jean Alesi
11 - Takuma Sato
12 - Eddie Irvine
13 - Gilles Villeneuve
14 - Lucas di Grassi
15 - Lewis Hamilton
16 - Ayrton Senna
17 - Rubens Barrichello
18 - Jenson Button
19 - Felipe Massa
20 - Mark Webber
21 - Nelson Piquet
22 - Juan Pablo Montoya
23 - Nigel Mansell
24 - Niki Lauda
25 - Nelsinho Piquet
26 - Ricardo Zonta
27 - Riccardo Patrese
28 - Sakon Yamamoto
29 - Michael Schumacher
30 - Bruno Senna
31 - Fernando Alonso
32 - Kimi Raikkonen
 
Helmet designs are mostly less memorable than before. Something happened around the mid-1990s, when most designs became more complicated, and the logos were forced into the designs rather than integrated into them (or by using the previously empty spaces on the helmet). That, and the post-1995 cockpit designs give you less visible rolling canvas to look at.

Hamilton's is quite simple, and certainly Bruno/Nelsinho's are throwbacks and nod to the family. Just realized Eddie Cheever and Davidson's are really similar!

#3 kept making me wonder (it took me 5 minutes alone!). #1, #4 , #8 are probably obscure ones for our new-to-the-sport fans.


Three of them are killing me...
Bah, they were backmarkers this year, anyhow.
 
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