F1 drivers’ 2023 Australian GP helmet designs · RaceFans

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Oscar Piastri has a particular helmet design as he prepares to race in his house metropolis this weekend, and three others even have totally different trying lids for the Australian Grand Prix.

Oscar Piastri’s 2023 Australian Grand Prix helmet

“A particular race requires a particular helmet,” says Piastri, whose third F1 begin will are available his yard.

“It’s not too totally different from my regular design, simply with extra Australian flags,” he explains. “Besides when you look on the highest have an enormous kangaroo – I believed I’d bounce on the bandwagon, I feel it appears to be like nice.”

Apart from an abundance of flags, Piastri’s particular helmet additionally contains a rendering of the Melbourne skyline.

Zhou Guanyu’s 2023 Australian Grand Prix helmet

Piastri isn’t the one driver sporting a kangaroo on his helmet this weekend – so does his former Alpine junior scheme cohort Zhou Guanyu, who additionally races for a distinct group in F1.

The following spherical on the calendar was purported to be Zhou’s house race and like Piastri he additionally hails from town which hosts his nation’s race. However the cancellation of the Chinese language Grand Prix for the fourth yr in a row means he must wait even longer earlier than he will get to race earlier than his house followers.

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Valtteri Bottas’ 2023 Australian Grand Prix helmet

Valtteri Bottas has developed an affinity for the nation the place he received in 2019 and turned as much as this yr’s race sporting sporting a ‘bogan’ look. This particular design might be auctioned off to boost cash for the charity Save the Youngsters.

“I like to specific myself by means of my particular helmets,” mentioned Bottas. “Australian tradition and historical past are one thing I’ve taken a eager curiosity lately, particularly by means of my accomplice, Tiffany, who’s from right here, and we had been dedicated to paying a particular tribute to the Indigenous neighborhood.”

The design was produced in collaboration with Indigenous Australian artist Ricky Kildea, who produced two of the helmets. “He’s a really proficient artist, and I loved the inventive course of behind the helmets,” mentioned Bottas. “I reckon they’re two of the best designs I’ve ever introduced on monitor, and I’m delighted to be auctioning one among them off for trigger.”

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George Russell’s 2023 Australian Grand Prix helmet

Russell really began utilizing this helmet on the final race in Jeddah. Having began the season with a inexperienced color schemes which matched the color flashes on his automobile, Russell has now gone again to blue.