2012 F1 drivers’ camera colours, diminutives, helmets and race suits
Sebastian Vettel
- Car No: 1
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: VET
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: Alpinestars
Mark Alan Webber
- Car No: 2
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: WEB
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: Alpinestars
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button
- Car No: 3
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: BUT
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: Sparco
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton
- Car No: 4
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: HAM
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: Sparco
Fernando Alonso Diaz
- Car No: 5
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: ALO
- Helmet: Schuberth
- Race suit: Puma
Felipe Massa
- Car No: 6
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: MAS
- Helmet: Schuberth
- Race suit: Puma
Michael Schumacher
- Car No: 7
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: MSC
- Helmet: Schuberth
- Race suit: Puma
Nico Rosberg
- Car No: 8
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: ROS
- Helmet: Schuberth
- Race suit: Puma
Kimi-Matias Raikkonen
- Car No: 9
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: RAI
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: OMP (with Alpinestars boots)
Romain Grosjean
- Car No: 10
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: GRO
- Helmet: Bell
- Race suit: OMP
Paul di Resta
- Car No: 11
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: DIR
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: Alpinestars
Nico Hulkenberg
- Car No: 12
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: HUL
- Helmet: Schuberth
- Race suit: Alpinestars
Kamui Kobayashi
- Car No: 14
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: KOB
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: P1
Sergio Perez Mendoza
- Car No: 15
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: PER
- Helmet: Bell
- Race suit: P1
Daniel Ricciardo
- Car No: 16
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: RIC
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: OMP
Jean-Eric Vergne
- Car No: 17
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: VER
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: OMP
Pastor Rafael Maldonado Motta
- Car No: 18
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: MAL
- Helmet: Bell
- Race suit: Puma
Bruno Senna Lalli
- Car No: 19
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: SEN
- Helmet: Bell
- Race suit: Puma
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen
- Car No: 20
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: KOV
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: Sparco
Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov
- Car No: 21
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: PET
- Helmet: Bell
- Race suit: Sparco
Pedro Martinez de la Rosa
- Car No: 22
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: DLR
- Helmet: Stilo/Arai
- Race suit: Varlion
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan
- Car No: 23
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: KAR
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: Varlion
Timo Glock
- Car No: 24
- Cam colour: Red
- Diminutive: GLO
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: Sparco
Charles Pic
- Car No: 25
- Cam colour: Yellow
- Diminutive: PIC
- Helmet: Arai
- Race suit: Sparco
peterwindsor.com 
Thanks Peter!
de la Rosa – Stilo and Arai? Interesting. I thought he was 100% Arai. Never spotted him wearing any other helmet brand. Shame there’s no Bieffe in F1 now, those were quite sylish helmets, used at the time by Berger, Alesi, Fisichella, Trulli and Wurz.
Awesome article.
When we think of Formula 1, we think of Michael Schumacher. I think Michael is an F1 icon. In fact, when I met Formula 1 races, I met Michael and I’ve always been his fan. Vettel is a great runner, and although his helmet designer said it is not a tribute to Micke, I think he has done it on purpose. I’ve checked all of Michael’s helmets and it’s true that they look alike!