F1 driver helmets: Every driver’s design ahead of the F1 2025 season
Each driver brings their own unique helmet design to Formula 1.
With new faces and plenty of people moving teams, here is a closer look at each of the F1 driver helmets unveiled for the 2025 season so far.
For many drivers, features of their helmet are seen as their calling card – such as the lion on Max Verstappen’s design or, as we’ll see shortly, tributes carried to others. One-off helmets are used throughout the season and designs often change, but here is a look at what each driver has unveiled ahead of the season.
F1 driver helmets: Each driver’s design for the 2025 season McLarenLando Norris
Lando Norris keeps hold of his now-iconic neon design with plenty of artistic flourishes throughout, alongside his ‘LN’ logo.
LANDO'S 2025 HELMET IS HERE pic.twitter.com/HgQ8ANndqt
— LN⁴ (@LN4) February 7, 2025
Oscar Piastri
Oscar Piastri carries on with a similar colour scheme to his early years in Formula 1, too – incorporating red and yellow with touches of blue, with a black top that fits his race number, 81, as well as the Australian flag. Bonzer.
FerrariNice. pic.twitter.com/KQhv61mLwo
— Oscar Piastri (@OscarPiastri) February 13, 2025
Lewis Hamilton
It’s back to all-yellow for Hamilton, representing his early days in Formula 1 as he carried that colour in honour of his driving idol, Ayrton Senna. The shade has a Ferrari twist, though, in honour of his Maranello move, with the brand’s own Modena Yellow being the primary colour, with touches of red throughout.
Charles Leclerc
The red and white of the flag of Monaco feature heavily once again for Leclerc, making it the cornerstone of his design throughout – and every angle cleverly showing off a different view of those colours.
Red BullNew 2025 helmet babyyyyyy. I’m sure it will be a fast one 😘 pic.twitter.com/Y4igmpJMh9
— Charles Leclerc (@Charles_Leclerc) January 27, 2025
Liam Lawson
In keeping with the colour scheme he has used through his junior career, Liam Lawson brings shades of white and pink to his 2025 design as he steps up to Red Bull, along with the silver fern of his native New Zealand.
Max Verstappen
Verstappen continues on his theme of the red, white and blue of the flag of the Netherlands, with the now-famous lion on top of his helmet, alongside his race number to complete the look.
MercedesKimi Antonelli
For his first season in Formula 1, Kimi Antonelli unveiled a design that incorporates the red, white and green of the Italian flag, alongside sky blue and black.
1:2 scale 2025 mini helmets are HERE! 😍🤩
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— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) February 16, 2025
George Russell
George Russell has kept faith with an ice blue and black design at Mercedes, keeping his #63 in there and incorporating much of what was in his design in 2024.
Aston MartinFernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso’s helmets throughout his Formula 1 career have incorporated the blue and yellow from the flag of Asturias, his native principality in Spain.
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— Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1) February 17, 2025
Lance Stroll
Carrying on with his all-green colour scheme at Aston Martin, Lance Stroll has introduced gold this time around for his initials alongside a matte finish in certain areas, with the colours staying true to the brand’s iconic Aston Martin Racing Green.
More as we look ahead to the F1 2025 seasonFresh lid for 2025. 😮💨@lance_stroll pic.twitter.com/46Zvh7itcO
— Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1) February 18, 2025
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AlpinePierre Gasly
The Alpine drivers had their helmet designs unveiled on Formula 1’s official social media channels, with Pierre Gasly carrying on with the blue he had last season, albeit going for a camouflage design this time around rather than stripes.
He has a French flag in the form of a single red, white and blue stripe through the middle of the helmet, along with two lions on the back, to represent the flag of Normandy. Alongside that, Gasly carries a tribute to both the late Jules Bianchi and Anthoine Hubert on his design, with their initials printed onto his helmet.
Jack Doohan has his Formula 1 helmet for his rookie season in shades of red, blue, white and black , with elements of the Australian flag present and a similar design effect to the helmets used by his father, five-time world motorcycling champion Mick Doohan.
HaasOliver Bearman
What else are you going to have featuring heavily on your helmet design if you have ‘bear’ right there in your surname? Too right, Ollie has leaned into his name with a bear logo on top of his Haas helmet, with prominent shades of neon yellow, black and blue to complement it.
Ready to stand out on track! 🐻🔥
OB87’s new lid is here, and it’s looking un-bear-lievable! 🤩#HaasF1 #F1 pic.twitter.com/X67UxlLbaK
— MoneyGram Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) February 17, 2025
Esteban Ocon
Mirroring his colour scheme from his final season at Alpine, Esteban Ocon has continued with a red and black design from his move to Haas – with this particular change bringing in his race number, as well as a smart Eiffel Tower design on top.
Racing Bullsproud of this one ❤️🖤 now let’s go racinggg pic.twitter.com/V1flAfJzEH
— Esteban Ocon (@OconEsteban) February 18, 2025
Isack Hadjar
Isack Hadjar’s first Formula 1 helmet incorporates predominantly neon green and black alongside, of course, Red Bull branding as the sport’s new #6 takes to the grid.
First helmet in #F1 is all kinds of colddd 🧊 #VCARB #IsackHadjar pic.twitter.com/CJ1VSpbEGy
— Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team (@visacashapprb) February 17, 2025
Yuki Tsunoda
Keeping on brand with his white and maple leaf design from last season, Yuki Tsunoda liked that enough to carry on with it this time around – announcing it with a simply captioned post: “Continuity”. You can’t say fairer than that.
WilliamsContinuity
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— 角田裕毅/Yuki Tsunoda (@yukitsunoda07) February 16, 2025
Alex Albon
Alex Albon has gone for a “same but different” approach with his 2025 design, predominantly keeping the navy blue and pink design from last year in a matte finish, though has tweaked the colour scheme slightly in a change to his own personal ‘AA’ logo.
Same same, but different. New era, new lid. @WilliamsRacing pic.twitter.com/yuYXPZCi8t
— Alex Albon (@alex_albon) February 11, 2025
Carlos Sainz
Sainz has kept much of his previous design from his Ferrari days, with the Spanish flag and ’55’ featuring heavily, albeit transitioning to Williams colours. He explained: “This year, we decided to give it a forward-moving effect to reflect the progress of Williams and the progress we want to make.”
Two features remained, too – the star design that he carries in tribute of the late María de Villota, and the chilli motif he has for his nickname.
SauberSharing the story behind my helmet 🔵🔴🟡 Let me know what you think!
Os cuento un poco más sobre mi casco 🔵🔴🟡 ¿Qué os parece? ¡Os leo! pic.twitter.com/yJKbwJi58D
— Carlos Sainz (@Carlossainz55) February 14, 2025
Gabriel Bortoleto
While no official imagery was released of the Sauber drivers’ helmets, both carried their helmets with them on stage at the F1 75 Live launch at London’s O2 Arena.
Reigning F2 champion Gabriel Bortoleto looks set to wear a classic yellow, green and white design that closely mirrors the Brazilian flag, as he becomes the first full-time F1 driver from Brazil in nine years.
For Nico Hulkenberg, he returns to Sauber after a 12-year absence and has gone for a dark helmet design, with greys and blacks complemented by stars as he gets set to lead the transition to the Audi F1 project in 2026.
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