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Why restrict F1 drivers to a single helmet design?

Formula 1's governing body may revisit the largely unpopular rule banning drivers from using different helmet liveries during the course of a season, prompting the inevitable the question: Why restrict F1 drivers to a single helmet design? There was controversy at Sochi when local driver Daniil Kvyat was prevented from wearing a special helmet for his home Russian Grand Prix. The ban fell after the FIA told Toro Rosso that Kvyat had already used his allowed ‘one-off' special helmet at Monza. However, Sebastian Vettel gets around the rule by making minor tweaks at almost every race. And Max Verstappen used a special yellow helmet in Austria, and then a special all-orange helmet at...
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