Sebastian Vettel’s Japanese GP Helmet Pays Tribute to Arai

This weekend, the FIA Method 1 World Championship is visiting Suzuka Circuit for the primary Japanese Grand Prix since 2019. Friday’s follow periods had been working in moist circumstances, so solely time and the climate radar will show if immediately’s monitor mileage will be helpful on Sunday. Although, one fascinating growth did come out of shape. We bought have a look at the particular helmet that Sebastian Vettel shall be sporting for his remaining F1 race at Suzuka.

Sebastian Vettel’s helmet art work for this weekend is a tribute to Arai, the four-time F1 World Champion’s helmet provider for his complete profession, beginning again in 1995. The imaginative helmet artwork created by Jens Munser Designs is supposed to resemble the packing containers through which the Japanese producer ships its helmets. The helmet’s horizontal stripes mimic the Arai field’s stripes whereas near-seamlessly integrating the logos of Aston Martin’s workforce sponsors. There’s additionally the German tricolor flag stripe, seen on Vettel’s helmets since 2015, as packing tape with a crumpled plastic texture. The entrance of the helmet’s crown even incorporates a perforated cardboard field hand-hold. The best way Vettel’s particular helmet designs in current seasons by no means wildly deviate from his iconic white-and-tricolor-stripe base design whereas additionally utilizing refined particulars to focus on a selected theme is extraordinarily underrated.

Together with Sebastian Vettel, McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo and Alpha Tauri’s Yuki Tsunoda additionally put on helmets produced by the Japanese producer. The Arai GP-7SRC ABP is the mannequin presently utilized by these drivers in competitors and is out there at retail from $4599.95. Bell is the preferred helmet provider in Method 1, with 12 of the championship’s 20 full-time drivers utilizing its helmets. As Sebastian Vettel winds down his legendary profession, it’s good to see him nonetheless expressing himself via his helmet designs whereas thanking those that have contributed to his efforts on monitor.