Charles Leclerc has been given permission to use his Gilles Villeneuve tribute helmet in the F1 CanadianGP after the late Ferrari legend’s family was 'surprised' by its appearance. ⬇️
Charles Leclerc has been given permission to use his Gilles Villeneuve tribute helmet in the Formula 1 Canadian GP after the late Ferrari legend’s family was"surprised" by its appearance.Leclerc revealed his special helmet design on social media on Friday, but he hadn’t told the Villeneuve family what he was planning to do.the helmet design is trademarked, and thus there were potential issues around the Italian team’s current sponsors being associated with it.
Villeneuve Sr’s image rights are controlled on behalf of the family by Jacques’s sister Melanie, and Leclerc called her on Friday evening to apologise for not alerting the family in advance.in Montreal on Saturday and they have agreed to let Leclerc use the helmet, which he has only done so far in the short-lived FP1 session.
“And when Lewis [Hamilton] wore Ayrton Senna's helmet the family was involved, obviously, because it's not just something you do like this.
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