Gallery: Michael Schumacher's F1 helmets

Schumacher's first F1 lid had shades of black, red and gold, with wide patches of white colour. The top was blue.

The helmet was largely free of sponsorship logos.

Schumacher's helmet at Benetton.

Schumacher's helmet design remained largely unchanged in 1992.

In 1993, Schumacher switched to Bell helmets. The colour scheme was also altered temporarily.

In 1993 he also drove with the tried and tested previous design, which he ultimately retained.

In 1994 Schumacher used his classic helmet design, with red streaks added above the visor.

He went on to win his first title with the clothing brand.

Schumacher continued with the same helmet design in 1995, the year in which he won his second championship.

Despite a switch to Ferrari in 1996, Schumacher's helmet largely remained unchanged.

For the 1998 season finale, Schumacher's lid featured a chequered flag and a large chrome strip at the rear.

During the 2000 Monaco GP weekend, Schumacher switched to his famous all-red helmet.

Following the infamous 26/11 attacks, Ferrari turned up at their home race without any sponsorship logos on the car.

At the 2001 US GP, Schumacher sported the American flag on the back of his helmet.

During the 2002 Barcelona test, the Schumacher helmets ran unique design. One half of the helmet had Michael's choice of colours, while the other side had Ralf's shades.

Schumacher's mother passed away before the 2003 San Marino GP at Imola. Hence the sponsor lettering on his helmet were in black.

At the 2004 Italian GP, Schumacher surprised the Tifosis with a red, white and green helmet design.

In 2005, Schumacher's helmet became even more red.

At the final race of his first career in F1, Schumacher's helmet featured names of all races he'd won. Also seen was a Chinese dragon.

A white stripe on Schumacher's helmet with Marlboro's bar code branding.

Schumacher tested for Ferrari in 2009 in an attempt to replace the injured Felipe Massa. However, that plan didn't go through because of Schumacher's own neck injury.

While testing a GP2 car in 2010, Schumacher continued with his famous red-liveried helmet. However, instead of Ferrari logos there was a Mercedes' three-pointed star at the front.