{"id":285723,"date":"2025-11-16T00:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T00:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/285723\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T00:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T00:18:09","slug":"esteban-ocon-to-auction-fan-designed-brazil-gp-helmet-for-charity-for-five-figure-sum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/285723\/","title":{"rendered":"Esteban Ocon to auction fan-designed Brazil GP helmet for charity for five-figure sum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haas Formula 1 driver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/esteban-ocon\/19624\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Esteban Ocon<\/a> is set to auction his fan-designed, race-worn Brazilian Grand Prix helmet for charity, Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, via F1 Authentics.<\/p>\n<p>The French driver wore the helmet to an 11th-place finish in the sprint race and 12th place in the grand prix in Interlagos.<\/p>\n<p>After running a competition for fans to submit their designs for the helmet, Ocon selected the winning one. The helmet is a one-of-a-kind and will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1authentics.com\/products\/esteban-ocon-2025-race-used-haas-f1-team-helmet-brazil-gp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">available for auction from 18 November, with bids starting at\u00a0\u00a310,000<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proceeds of the sale will be donated to the Haas driver&#8217;s chosen charity, the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI truly believe that sport has the power to change the lives of young people, it certainly changed mine, so I&#8217;m happy to be teaming up with F1 Authentics to auction off my special helmet from this year\u2019s Brazilian Grand Prix to raise funds for Laureus Sport for Good, a global charity that uses the power of sport to transform the lives of children and young people in need all around the world,&#8221; Ocon said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a cause that is very dear to me so any support would be\u00a0greatly appreciated. Funds raised will help support Laureus programmes around the world including Brazil, a country that is\u00a0very special\u00a0to me and where I have been lucky enough to receive much support from since the beginning of my career. Thanks for the support.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763252289_484_esteban-ocon-haas-f1-team.jpg\" alt=\"Esteban Ocon, Haas F1 Team\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Esteban Ocon, Haas F1 Team<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Simon Galloway \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Sean Fitzpatrick, chairman\u00a0of Laureus Sport for Good, added:\u00a0\u201cWe are incredibly grateful to Esteban for donating such a unique and personal piece of F1 memorabilia\u00a0to Laureus Sport for Good and to F1 Authentics for\u00a0facilitating\u00a0the auction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I met Esteban earlier this year and his passion for using his platform to make a difference was clear to see. All funds raised by this incredible helmet will directly support Laureus\u2019 work using sport to positively\u00a0impact\u00a0more young people in Brazil and around the world, providing them with the resources they need to overcome challenges and build a better future for themselves and their communities.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haas Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon is set to auction his fan-designed, race-worn Brazilian Grand Prix helmet for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[120293,49,48,3021,129651,578,576,577,3017,120292,82,4962],"class_list":{"0":"post-285723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-autu00f3dromo-josu00e9-carlos-pace","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-esteban-ocon","12":"tag-esteban-ocon-to-auction-fan-designed-brazil-gp-helmet-for-charity-for-five-figure-sum","13":"tag-f1","14":"tag-formula-1","15":"tag-formula1","16":"tag-haas-f1-team","17":"tag-sao-paulo-gp","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-trendingteam"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}