1960 ' s : Gr aham Hil l ' s Hel met
Hel met of t he er a hist or y and Anal yzis
Fol l owi ng t he devel opment s of t he ' 50s , i n t he ' 60s many i mpor t ant modi f i cat i ons came : t he har d shel l became much st r onger , googl es / vi sor s got bet t er and i n 1967 Nomex , t he f i r e r esi st ant mat er i al , got i nt r oduced i n F1 as a mask f or t he head , and sui t f or t he body . I n t he 60 ' s engi nes became st r onger , car s became f ast er , t he open f ace hel met s qui ckl y became out dat ed r egar di ng saf et y : Jochen Ri ndt br oke hi s nose , Al an St acey di ed , and i f We can bel i eve t he spect at or s ' st or y , t he cause of hi s deat h was a bi r d f l yi ng i nt o hi s f ace at hi gh speed ( some sour ces st at ed t hat he became unconsci ous and dr ove of f t he t r ack , ot her s say he di ed i mmedi at el y ). As t he end of ' 60s came , f ul l f ace hel met s wer e near er t han ever bef or e , Dan Gur ney wor e one i n 1968 , but i t was not mandat or y , but mor e and mor e dr i ver s became convi nced t hat i t ' s saf er t han t he back i n t hen cur r ent concept .