‘Danke Seb’ - Leclerc pays tribute to Vettel with special helmet at F1 finale

Charles Leclerc has paid tribute to outgoing Ferrari F1 teammate Sebastian Vettel with a special helmet livery for this weekend’s season-ending Abu Dhabi GP.
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF1000.
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF1000.
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Charles Leclerc has paid tribute to outgoing 𝄹Ferrari Formula 1 teammate Sebastian Vettel with a special helmet li☂very for this weekend’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Vettel heads into his final race weekend with Fer🎃rari at the Yas Marina Circuit following a six-year spell a𒁏t the Scuderia in which he has claimed 14 victories and finished runner-up in the championship twice.

Leclerc, who has been teammates with Vettel since he earned promotion to Ferrari in 2019, has unveiled a tribute to the four-time w𒁃orld champion with a new helmet scheme for the 17th and final round of the season.

The helmet design is predominantly white as a nod to Vett💎el’s traditio✤nal livery, with a red stripe depicting the Monaco flag on the top next to a ‘Danke Seb’ message.

Leclerc’s number🐠 16 features pictures of the two drivers during their time together at Ferrari.

Valtteri Bottas and George Russell are also running one-off hꦦelmet 𒁏designs for the Abu Dhabi GP, while Romain Grosjean also revealed that his children had designed a special helmet originally intended for him to use this weekend. 

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‘Danke Seb’ - Leclerc pays tribute to Vettel with special helmet at F1 finale

Having been informed before the start of the season that Ferrari would not be renewing his contract for 2021, Vettel꧑ will make the switch to the newly-rebranded Aston Martin squad to partner Lance Stroll.

Speaking ahead of the weekend during the pre-race press conferences on Thursday, Vettel said he is leaving a “very 𒁃different” ♕Ferrari to the one he joined back in 2015.

“We started off with different people in the lead, the personnel,” the G🐽erman explained. “The atmosphere in the garage is still the same, the spirit remains✱ unbroken.

“It’s a shame we didn’t achieve what we set out to achieve but t👍here’s reasons for the strengths and probably reasons for the weaknesses in the past years. I would say it’s still quite a bit different.

“In some things the team has evolved🎉 in other things maybe there’s still room. Time will tell obviously, Charles has a long time ahead of him with the team, a lot of work.

“We’ll see how it evolves but for me the chapter ends here and I’m starting a new one with a different t🍰eam, which I’m very excited about.”

Le🌟clerc rounded out F🧸riday practice in Abu Dhabi eighth in the timesheets, while Vettel was 14th.

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