Fernando Alonso will honour his late mentor and first supervisor, Adrián Campos, with a tribute helmet design at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Aston Martin formally unveiled the hanging new lid on social media, exhibiting the design that steps away from the two-time champion’s conventional blue and yellow theme. As a substitute, it options the purple and yellow of the Spanish flag and is impressed by the traditional helmet worn by Campos himself throughout his racing profession.
„A nod to the place all of it started. Revealing Fernando Alonso’s particular Italian GP helmet, impressed by Adrián Campos,“ the Silverstone outfit posted.
„Adrián was the primary to identify Fernando’s expertise, turning into his first supervisor and serving to information him into the world of System racing. Now, his iconic helmet returns to the observe at Monza, along with his household there to share the second.“
After racing for Minardi in System 1 from 1987 to 1988, Campos moved into workforce administration and driver growth and was Alonso’s first devoted supervisor. Campos, who sadly handed away in 2021, was instrumental in Alonso’s transition from karts to single-seater racing.
The Spaniard heads into the Italian Grand Prix weekend on the again of accumulating two factors on the Dutch Grand Prix. Aston Martin has suffered a torrid begin to the 2026 season, battling towards main points with each its automotive and energy unit.
After the introduction of a B-spec automotive on the Hungarian Grand Prix and energy unit upgrades at Zandvoort, Aston Martin hopes to bounce again.
Alonso presently sits nineteenth within the drivers‘ standings with three factors, whereas his team-mate Lance Stroll is twenty first with no factors. Aston Martin is tenth within the constructors‘ standings, solely forward of the newly shaped Cadillac.
The Italian Grand Prix will happen at Monza from 4-6 September.
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