{"id":18170,"date":"2016-05-05T15:02:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T18:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senna.com:8888\/manual-do-carro\/a-historia-do-desenho-do-capacete-de-ayrton-senna-o-mais-famoso-do-automobilismo\/"},"modified":"2016-05-05T15:02:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T18:02:14","slug":"a-historia-do-desenho-do-capacete-de-ayrton-senna-o-mais-famoso-do-automobilismo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/a-historia-do-desenho-do-capacete-de-ayrton-senna-o-mais-famoso-do-automobilismo\/","title":{"rendered":"The story behind the design of Ayrton Senna\u2019s helmet, the most iconic one in motor sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 5, we celebrate Painter\u2019s Day (in Brazil). And to mark the date, we\u2019re remembering how the most famous helmet design in the world \u2013 Ayrton Senna\u2019s \u2013 came about.<\/p>\n<p>The story is told by Alan Mosca, son of dearly departed Sid Mosca, who was in charge of painting the three-time world champion\u2019s helmets. Sid was one of the greatest artists in F1, having worked with other world champions, like Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview to Car and Driver, which debuted last January, on the BandSports (Brazilian TV channel), Alan went into detail on how Ayrton Senna\u2019s helmet was conceived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAyrton came here like any other kid, back in his go-kart days. Obviously, we already knew he was a different driver \u2013 he was bolder, he was always after better results. And he was already famous in the go-kart world. In 1978, he went to fight for the Go-Kart World Title, and the Brazilian team had four drivers. Two of them stood out: Ayrton and M\u00e1rio S\u00e9rgio de Carvalho. We had to paint all four helmets in four or five days. And Mr. M\u00e1rio, who was Mario\u2019s father and the owner of the go-kart factory, brought us the helmets saying: \u201cEach country must have its colors on the helmets\u201d. They could all be just one color, but they should follow a pattern. As my father used to say, the helmet\u2019s colors are a driver\u2019s face. Many drivers are better known with their helmets on. That was our focus; that became our main goal: to make each driver identifiable on the track thanks to their helmet\u2019s painting. And my father was able to achieve that.  We were more focused on Ayrton, since he was the driver who was better positioned to represent Brazil. \u2018Let\u2019s make it like the stripes are coming out of his eyes\u2019. Sid already knew Ayrton, by then. My father had amazing instincts when it came to painting. It\u2019s not like he was psychic, or anything, but he had that feeling. And he was crazy about Ayrton. \u2018I want the stripes to come out of his eyes, the green one. And the blue one, which is heavier, will be at the bottom, showing his focus, his objectivity behind the wheel\u201d , said Alan Mosca, who also reveals that as soon as Senna came back from the Go-Kart World Championship, he asked to keep the paint scheme for good.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the episode (in portuguese):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qsurWkD1a9w?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 5, we celebrate Painter\u2019s Day (in Brazil). And to mark the date, we\u2019re remembering how the most famous helmet design in the world \u2013 Ayrton Senna\u2019s \u2013 came about. The story is told by Alan Mosca, son of dearly departed Sid Mosca, who was in charge of painting the three-time world champion\u2019s helmets. 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