Daniel Ricciardo is scheduled to return home this weekend. As the F1 grid heads to Melbourne for the 2024 Australian Grand Prix, one of the two Australian drivers in the field (along with Oscar Piastri) is hoping to perform well in front of his home fans. thinking.
Ricardo also wants to raise money for charity.
The driver shared the special helmet on social media ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, explaining how the design was created in conjunction with Optus. Young Australian artists were given the chance to come up with a design for the helmet and the winning design, themed ‘Australian Optimism’, will be worn by Ricciardo this weekend. The award-winning artist spoke about his design at the presentation as follows:
After the Australian Grand Prix, the helmet will be auctioned off with “100% of the proceeds” going to Save the Children Australia. save the children australia is an organization dedicated to “helping children achieve their rights to survival, protection, development and participation.”
Ricciardo’s best finish at his home race was fourth place, a result he achieved in both 2016 and 2018 while driving for Red Bull. He will be hoping to finish in the points this weekend and deliver a first result for his F1 team.
