Coulthard's Tribute to Colin McRae

Taken from GPUpdate.net

At this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix Red Bull Racing driver David Coulthard will pay tribute to rally legend Colin McRae who was killed in a tragic helicopter crash last week. Coulthard will race with a helmet painted in McRae's colours.

Coulthard's country fellow and friend Colin McRae was killed last week with his helicopter. The cause is yet unknown but his wife lost both husband and son in the tragic accident.

Coulthard explains about his tribute in his ITV column: "I will race with a helmet painted in Colin McRae's colours at the Japanese Grand Prix. I obviously had a friendship with him and there are a number of other guys in F1 that knew him as well.

"I know that there was a high regard for his driving skill among us. He was such an understated yet fantastically talented individual. Colin crossed over between the disciplines in a way that doesn't happen very often. I believe Valentino Rossi dedicated his victory in Estoril to him."

Here are the pictures of the helmet...



For me, the best helmet ever seen for Formula One...

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pretty darn cool lid

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And what a tribute Mr DC! That has to be one of the coolest helmets in F1 atm!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

nice! looks very X-Men inspired.

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oh man, this is better than his normal one :D

helmet is ok, but I would'n go so far to call it better than his original one.

Better than Monaco '96 definately.

Shame the sponsors didn't do the decent thing and either allow DC to remove the logos or to even have Colin's long-term sponsors on. It's a great gesture by DC though. Very fitting.

brnco Wrote:
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> Better than Monaco '96 definately.

Thought it went well with the car to be honest.

@ gav, I could stand one, but two is just too much
, it was creepy.



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You didn't have to look at two for very long though. Was a great drive by DC in that race, maybe that helmet gave him special powers.

great tribute by DC, and a pretty darn good lid! looks very xmeny type

That helmet looks fantastic, hope it brings DC some luck and a good run to pay tribute to Colin.

@ mikef1, maybie they swapped



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So much for Red Bull's attempt to not come across as corporate as the rest

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Irrespective of sponsor issues, it's a nice gesture by DC. Good luck to him.

Yep it's a great gesture. Especially the way he is getting every driver to sign it and then give it to the McCrae family after the race

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tripleM Wrote:
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> So much for Red Bull's attempt to not come across
> as corporate as the rest


explain?

@gin read gav's post.

Don't know why people are complaining about the RBR logos. Especailly since this wasn't actually Colins helmet design.

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mikef1 Wrote:
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> @gin read gav's post.


ah yes I see

This wasnt Collins design? what do you mean?

DC's design is /similar/ to this one




dunno when they were used, or for what though

Sim

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