Fernando Alonso will commemorate his final race for Ferrari this weekend using a special helmet design.
Alonso, whose departure from the team was announced earlier today, tried to collect signatures from everyone in his Ferrari helmet for the design.
“I wear a helmet with a picture of a pit stop this year on one side, the Italian flag in the middle and the signatures of everybody in the team on the other side,” he explained.
“I just told them this morning that it’s the last time that I will jump in a Ferrari, so I want to bring all of them with me because they were a part of this fantastic experience and I want to do my last race with them on the track.
“To be honest, it’s a been a little bit of tricks because at Sochi, I took all the signatures from everybody but when I arrived here, we were missing 20 or 25 so now the helmet is not as perfect as it should be, because now we have all the 25 signatures everywhere but I’m happy and proud of them and happy to wear them on my helmet.”
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Akshat
20th November 2014, 17:19
Awesome helmet !
KaIIe (@kaiie)
20th November 2014, 18:10
Did Kimi sign it?
Ali Adams
20th November 2014, 18:26
Gladly, with rubbish-level driver replacing him in the hope to keep his milking cow a bit longer at the barn (Ferrari the gullibles) :)
I am no longer a Ferrari fan and I was since 1994.
I never disliked V the finger and would never root for him or his team, EVER.
Only Michael is the True Champion.
Ali
Andre (@lheela)
20th November 2014, 19:10
The bitterness is strong in this one.
jason tomlinson (@jasonryan)
20th November 2014, 21:42
ya he mad, hey alonso tried he had 4 years to produce the results ferrari wanted but it’s not alonso’s fault unfortunately when your management is crap, your car design is crap, not having a usable wind tunnel is just stupid you end up with crap results and no titles
RL
20th November 2014, 22:26
maybe with one less “band-wagoner” Ferrari will go a little bit faster next year…
Atticus (@atticus-2)
20th November 2014, 23:06
Haha. :)
pastaman (@)
20th November 2014, 18:37
Should look good under the lights
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
20th November 2014, 21:03
Alonso should have used this helmet for the whole of his Ferrari career IMO.
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
20th November 2014, 21:05
But then I saw the other side… oh dear.
ColdFly F1 (@)
20th November 2014, 23:01
@ultimateuzair – He will use it for the whole of his Ferrari career from today ;)
Atticus (@atticus-2)
20th November 2014, 23:12
I guess Alonso will be as fired as as possible for this last tango – he will once again be at his razor-sharp, ruthless and measured best, only to come home 5th or 6th in that mediocre car. Ferrari may have been an awesome family for Fernando, but they certainly did not provide him with anywhere good enough eqipment.
Atticus (@atticus-2)
20th November 2014, 23:13
*fired up (Crucial mistake there, lol.)
Milansson (@milansson)
21st November 2014, 8:56
Now that is one hell of a design! Simply stunning.. I have to admit, this is a very nice gesture from Alonso towards the team.. Having the helmet in the italian national colors, really nice..
Breno (@austus)
21st November 2014, 9:26
It took 5 years for Alonso to get a helmet that matches the car.
Paul2013
21st November 2014, 15:40
You know it is really easy to make fun about your comment, don’t you? for example, no by knows how many years will take you to find a brain for your head… or it took you five years to think that joke… etc.
Fun (@functor)
21st November 2014, 16:26
Hmm… Backup Celebrations for F1 exit not just Ferrari! LOL