Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Three particular helmets for the Dutch Grand Prix · RaceFans

Nico Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen every have completely different causes for sporting particular helmets at this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix.

Nico Hulkenberg’s Dutch Grand Prix helmet

Nico Hulkenberg's 2024 Dutch Grand Prix helmet
Nico Hulkenberg’s 2024 Dutch Grand Prix helmet

Hulkenberg will public sale his newest helmet design after this weekend’s race so as to elevate cash for analysis into treating lymphoma, a kind of most cancers which impacts white blood cells. He’ll donate the cash to Lymph&Co, a charity backed by the prince consort of the Netherlands, Prince Bernard.

“A particular place that deserves a particular helmet,” mentioned Hulkenberg on social media. “I’m additionally delighted to be working with Prince Bernhard and his basis LymphCo this weekend.

“The muse has been dedicated to enhancing analysis towards lymphoma for years. Nice challenge, which I’m completely happy to help and I’ll donate my precise race helmet to Bernhard and Lymph&Co on Sunday.”

His Haas crew are additionally carrying Lymph&Co’s logos this weekend.

Nico Hulkenberg's 2024 Dutch Grand Prix helmet
Nico Hulkenberg’s 2024 Dutch Grand Prix helmet

Valtteri Bottas’ Dutch Grand Prix helmet

Valtteri Bottas' Dutch Grand Prix helmet
Valtteri Bottas’ Dutch Grand Prix helmet

Bottas, a motorbike fanatic whose accomplice Tiffany Cromwell is knowledgeable bicycle owner, is celebrating his two-wheeled ardour this weekend with a helmet bearing the lyrics of the 1978 Queen hit Bicycle Race.

“Netherlands. Bicycles. I do prefer to trip my bicycle,” he declared on social media. Biking is enormously widespread within the Netherlands, the place there are famously extra bikes (23 million) than individuals (17.7 million).

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Valtteri Bottas' Dutch Grand Prix helmet
Valtteri Bottas’ Dutch Grand Prix helmet

Max Verstappen’s Dutch Grand Prix helmet

Max Verstappen's 2024 Dutch Grand Prix helmet
Max Verstappen’s 2024 Dutch Grand Prix helmet

Is that this the helmet which this weekend’s winner will put on? There’s a good likelihood, as Verstappen has cemented his place within the dwelling crowd’s affections by successful all three Dutch grands prix because it returned to the calendar in 2021.

He started carrying his dwelling helmet earlier within the yr, which contains a suitably orange design and a lion motif. He additionally included the latter into his regular design.

“It’s related to the nation, the lion, so I like that already,” he defined. “I applied that into my design with my brand as nicely on the highest and it labored out very well. It simply stayed on the helmet and it’s one thing that you just develop into as nicely.”

Requested what attributes he wants from a lion on the observe Verstappen answered: “Kill your prey?”

Max Verstappen's 2024 Dutch Grand Prix helmet
Max Verstappen’s 2024 Dutch Grand Prix helmet

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