Inside Motorsports Vol. 1 2018/Q1 - Part I | Page 24

Hel met of t he er a
hist or y and anal yzis
Af t er Massa's acci dent i n 2009,
hel met s had t o meet even st r onger
r equi r ement s: t hey need t o have
f ur t her
car bon
f i ber / kevl ar
sect i on t o pr ot ect dr i ver s head. To
gi ve t hi s some cont ext t he F1
chassi s i s made of
Car bon
f i ber / kevl ar . You r emember t he
br ut al cr ashes, wher e t he car
pr ot ect ed
t he dr i ver s,
and
nowadays even t he hel met i s made
of t he same l i ght wei ght (t he
hel met 's wei ght i s j ust a sl i ght l y
mor e t han 1kg) and st r ong
mat er i al . Vent i l l at i on became mor e
ef f i ci ent of cour se, but t hat 's
somet hi ng
t hat
st i l l
keeps
i mpr ovi ng over t he year s.
2010'S: Michael
Schumacher 's hel met