Lewis Hamilton goes ‘back to his roots’ with new F1 helmet design
The seven-time world champion revealed a vintage fluorescent yellow and purple d༒esign that has been inspired by the helmet he originally used at the start of his F1 career, as well as during his karting days.
Hamilton has worn a purple and black helmet design for the past two seasons but explained he wanted to “show love to my beginnings” going into the new ♛campaign, which begins this weekend with the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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“For this year𒁏’s helmet I wanted to show love to my beginnings,” Hamilton wrote on Twitter.
“As much as I love purple and black, yellow is my history. I’m going into this seaso🦄n with the same dedication, drive and passion I had way back in my karting days.”
Hit that RT if you're in love ඣwith LH's new-look '22 vinta🔜ge inspired lid.
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1)
Hamilton’s fluorescent yellow helmet matches the colour of his race number on hi⭕s Mercedes car and is sim♒ilar to the colour scheme used by MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi, who is a close friend of Hamilton.
Hamilton goes into the 2022 season seeking to win a record-breaking eighth dr🗹ivers’ title to move clear of Michael Schumacher.
The 37-year-old Briton was beaten to the 2021 world champꦐionship by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in last year’s controversial Abu Dhabi finale.
Lewis regularly attends Grands Prix for mahbx.com around the world. Often reporting o♐n the action from the ground, Lewis tells the stories of the people w𝄹ho matter in the sport.
