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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 come in for criticism from drivers, who have been
unable to sport one-off helmets to mark special occasions if
they have already changed the design earlier in the year.
The introduction of the halo head protection system that
surrounds the cockpit has made helmets less visible while also
being used as another means to identify those behind the wheel.
The season starts in Melbourne next week.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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