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Formula 1 to remove limit on helmet designs

Formula 1 has scrapped a rule which limited the number of different helmet designs a driver could wear during the course of a season. The governing FIA said on Friday that its World Motor Sport Council had met in Geneva and approved a change to the 2020 sporting regulations “to allow for unrestricted variations to driver helmet designs between races”. A rule was introduced in 2015, aimed at helping fans identify drivers on track, that decreed a crash helmet must “be presented in substantially the same livery” at every championship race. Drivers were allowed one exception at an event of their choice, with a change also allowed if they switched teams during the year. The rule has...
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