Helmet drama resolved after Charles Leclerc accidentally upset Villeneuve family at F1 Canadian Grand Prix
T♒🥃he Ferrari driver was expected to wear his special helmet from Friday in Montreal as a mark of respect to the F1 legend who died in 1992.
But whe🀅n he wore his regular helmet inst♕ead, it emerged that an unusual issue had arisen.
“At the beginning of the weekend Ferrari put out a social media post about how Gilles Villeneuve will be honoured by Charles Leclerc,” Sky’s ꦫTed Kravitz reported.
“Wearing a sort-of hybrid desi𝕴gn in Lec𝔉lerc’s helmet.
“We understand that the Villeneuve family and Jacques Villen🐻euve were unhappy.
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari)“I think with the ༺appearance of the Ferrari logos on there ༺– the sponsor logos.
“And they felt that there could haꦫve been a bit more consultation.
“Ferrari’s response and Charles🌳 Leclerc’s response?
“They said: ‘This is absolutely meant to be a good-faith tribute, the intention w♛as never to be where we are using Gilles Villeneuve’s helmet and the design to advertise our sponsors’.
“They 🦩were very apologetic if the♛ Villeneuve family was upset.”
But when Leclerc appears for the Canadian Gra♈nd Prix he is now set to wear the special tribute to the F🔜1 icon.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports,🅰 to football, to F1.
