Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso will wear a different helmet design at this weekend’s Indian Grand Prix, marking his passing of Michael Schumacher’s previous record of most career points scored.

Alonso’s fourth place finish at the Japanese Grand Prix was enough for him to increase his career points tally to 1571 and overtake Michael Schumacher’s previous record of 1566 points.

A regular helmet livery changer, Alonso will sport a special design on his crash helmet at the Indian Grand Prix this weekend.

Using the hashtag #1571, Alonso gave his Twitter followers the first look at his new helmet starting with a couple of black and white cropped drawings of the new design, and ending with a full colour look at the top and side view of the helmet.

The special record helmet sports a large number 1571 at the top, centre of the helmet as well as on the side. The words, “F1 points world record” are also displayed accompanying the record number.

On the predominantly white-coloured background, there’s also a thank you note to his fans in three languages – English, French and Italian.

Alonso will no doubt be hoping to increase his points tally by 25 points to 1596 at the upcoming Indian Grand Prix this weekend but even a win would not be enough to keep the world championship out of Sebastian Vettel’s hands, should the German finish anywhere within the Top 5 positions.

With everything on the line at the Indian Grand Prix, where the world championship title could very well be decided, Fernando Alonso will be hoping that his new record, and helmet livery will be a little more than just lucky for him. Either way, it’s going to be a nail-biter of a race!

Here are a few more images tweeted by Alonso of his new helmet: