It’s often customary for drivers to sport special helmet liveries for their home race, with designs that usually showcase in a creative way their country’s colors.<\/p>\n
For this weekend’s French GP, Romain Grosjean has turned away from a patriotic theme and entrusted his lid to artist Richard Orlinski.<\/p>\n
The Paris-born sculptor is the creator of the French GP’s mascot, the giant red, white and blue gorilla that adorns the entry of Paul Ricard.<\/p>\n
\nVery happy to present my special helmet for the #frenchgp designed by my friend @RichardOrlinski
\n🙏🇨🇵👌#r8g #helmet #socool pic.twitter.com\/r2D5T5jKn8<\/p>\n\u2014 Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) June 20, 2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
“Last year, obviously, I did blue, white, red which is a very nice one, but this year I wanted to do something a bit different,” explained Grosjean.<\/p>\n
“So, I contacted Richard Orlinski because I\u2019m a big fan of his artwork and I met him here last year and I sent him a white piece of paper and I said can you produce a helmet (design) for me for the French Grand Prix?<\/p>\n
“And he answered yes, I would love to and I was super excited about it and then I received the artwork and I think it does represent Richard very well in the way that the design is done.<\/p>\n