This doesn’t count under the cost cap, right? <\/p>\n
\nSpending \u20ac120,000 on a helmet is a bold move, even though F1 lids aren’t cheap at the best of times \u2013 somewhere in the 4-7k range every time a driver needs a new one. <\/p>\n
\nHowever…what if that helmet had actually belonged to a driver, and you were buying it as a collector’s item? And what if the proceeds were going to charity? And what if, say, you were worth about \u20ac350m? <\/p>\n
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\nAll of this is to say, Alpine F1 supremo Flavio Briatore bought Charles Leclerc’s helmet at a charity auction in Monaco, and Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari team-mate seemed to find the whole thing incredibly funny<\/a>.
<\/p>\n Leclercs get unique wedding gift<\/p>\n \nThe event on Thursday was the Goodwill Ambassadors Award Gala<\/a>, where Leclerc was honoured with this year’s Goodwill Ambassador Award.
<\/p>\n \nThe Ferrari driver was greeted at the gala by Prince Albert II<\/a>, with whom he has crossed paths a number of times before (there is, it turns out, a pretty small Monegasque social scene).
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