Helmet drama resolved after Charles Leclerc accidentally upset Villeneuve family at F1 Canadian Grand Prix
The Ferrari 🐟driver was expected to wear his spe🌠cial helmet from Friday in Montreal as a mark of respect to the F1 legend who died in 1992.
But when he wore his regular helmet instead, it emerged that an unusual issue had aris﷽en.
“At the beginning of the weekend Ferrari put out a social media post about how Gilles Villeneuve will be honou﷽red by Charles Leclerc,” Sky’s Ted Kravitz reported.
“🎐Wearing a s🌞ort-of hybrid design in Leclerc’s helmet.
“We un💙derstand that the Villeneuve family and Jacques Villeneuve were unhappy.&nb༺sp;
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari)“I thi🧸nk with the appearance of the Ferrari logos on there – the sponsor logos.
“🀅And they felt that there could have been a bit more consultation.
“Ferrari’s response and Charles Le🍸♏clerc’s response?
“They said: ‘This is absolutely 🎐meant to be a good-faith tribute, the intention was never to be where we are using Gilles Villeneuve’s helmet and the design to advertise our sponsors’.
“They were very apologe🐼tic if the Villeneuve family was upset.ꦫ”
Bu𝓀t when Leclerc appears for the Canadian Grand Prix he🌜 is now set to wear the special tribute to the F1 icon.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sp🍎orts for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
