Norris set to race with one of Formula One’s most special helmet designs ever at Budapest

Forward of the Hungarian Grand Prix, the Herend Porcelain Manufactory has unveiled an eye-watering helmet design with which McLaren driver Lando Norris is ready to race at this weekend’s Budapest race.

The McLaren driver has unveiled a singular helmet design for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The livery is paying homage to Max Verstappen’s trophy that the Dutchman obtained for profitable the Hungarian Grand Prix final 12 months and which was unintentionally damaged by Norris on the rostrum.

After ending on the rostrum within the 2023 Budapest F1 spherical, the McLaren star deliberately banged his champagne bottle on the podium, inflicting Verstappen’s trophy to fall off the highest step.

The trophies had been manufactured by Herend Porcelain Manufactory that’s specialised in luxurious hand painted and gilded porcelain. The estimated worth of the trophy that has been smashed by Norris was EUR40000.

After touchdown in Budapest, Norris visited the Herend Porcelain Manufactory. Throughout his go to, he expressed remorse for final 12 months’s incident, and as a particular gesture in the direction of the maker, Herend Porcelain Manufactory, the McLaren driver will race on the Hungaroring with a helmet that includes a sample similar to the porcelain trophies.

Commenting on his distinctive helmet design, Norris famous: “Honour to group up with herendporcelain on this hand painted masterpiece for Hungary.

“Once we received collectively we knew we wished to do one thing particular and right here it’s. From the underside of my coronary heart thanks (and sorry about final 12 months).”

Norris won’t be the one one to race with a particular helmet design on the Hungaroring. Alpine racer Esteban Ocon may also sport a singular helmet livery in Budapest.

Ocon’s helmet may also show patterns which might be normally related to the porcelain product of the Herend Manufactory. With the distinctive design, the Frenchman will bear in mind the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix which he sensationally received to safe his first and till now solely F1 triumph.

Commenting his Instagram publish, Ocon famous: “particular race, particular helmet”.

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