.Exclusive sneak peek into painting Max' helmet: 'Very important to me'
Published on 28 February 2023 by Heidi De Love
Since the very beginning of his Formula 1 career Max Verstappen wears helmets painted by Jens Munser Design. At the entrance of the factory, located near Salzgitter in Germany, a massive collection of Formula 1 helmets is on display. The experienced helmet painter has been making beautiful helmets for years for numerous Formula 1 drivers such as champions Michael Schumacher, Sebastien Vettel as well as Max Verstappen.
Max has been driving in helmets painted by Jens Munser Designs during his entire F1 career. This relationship even started during Max' time in Formula 3, explains Jens: “It started when Max became junior driver for Red Bull in 2014. They told me they had a new driver and I recognized the name of his father. We do a lot for the junior drivers and that’s how we started our relationship with Max.”
“Helmet design is very important to me, it represents your identity as a driver”, says Max. “Throughout the years it has become harder to see the entire helmet when you’re in the car due to the safety constructions around the cockpit. But I find it important to spend time on it and to make the helmet design as personal as possible.”
I've never heard of this figure of speech before?
Or a chicken tucked into their bootnapoleon1981 wrote: ↑01 Mar 2023, 18:33Its a Dutch figure of speech translated into English.
Anyway, we will see if RB has a monkey up their sleeve