Daniil Kvyat will talk with Formula 1 race director Michael Masi on F🍨riday evening about the “joke” rule that looks set to prevent him from using a special helmet design for his home grand prix in Russia this weekend.

Kvyat had a special design made to mark this weekend’s race in Sochi, swapping his usual red-based design for a white helmet that better incorporates the colours of the Ruꦦssian flag.

But the helmet was left🎀 sat at the back of his Toro Rosso garage through Friday’s free practice running after the FIA said Kvyat could not use it, having already used his one al🌸located change for the season at Monza.

The FIA regulations prevent wholesale helmet design changes, but do have wiggle room to allow variations of the existing designs. Sebastian Vettel an✱d Max Verstappen both tweak their designs gradually on a regular basis.

“The rule says﷽, that there is one [extra] helmet you can 🌞use per year, which I didn't know about,” Kvyat said.

“It is a good helmet. I hope you saw it. I 🍨put it there in the garage, just to show🌺 it to everyone.”

Asked for his view on the rul🅘e, Kvyat said: “It is a joke. But anyway. The rule is a rule.

“We'll see. Maybe I will use it tomorrow. I still don't know what the conseque🧔nces could be. But to be honest, there are bigger problems to focus than a helmet design of a driver, I guess.”

Kvyat said he had worked with his helmet designer to create “something unusu♌al” for the race surrounding the Russian flag.

“༺It is something a bit different, but simple at the same time,” Kvyaꦬt said. “[I’m] very happy with design.”