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The helmet of Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari. Formula One World Championship, Rd 1, Australian Grand Prix, Race Day, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Sunday 29 March 2009.

Before last Saturday, helmets only really made the headlines when a driver decided to sport a new livery or auction one for charity. But Felipe Massa’s dramatic accident during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix brought driver safety - and in particular the great strides made in helmet design over the past few years - into much sharper focus.

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Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) McLaren, Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren and Martin Whitmarsh (GBR) McLaren Chief Executive Officer during the McLaren Team celebration.
Formula One World Championship, Rd 10, Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, 26 July 2009

The revised McLaren MP4-24 had looked threatening at the last round, and in Hungary it got to bare its teeth, as Lewis Hamilton stormed to his first win of 2009. Coupled with Heikki Kovalainen’s fifth place, it meant the team scored as many points in one race as they had in the previous nine combined.

But as the men from Woking prospered, it was a tougher...

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