ME AND MY LID
STOFFEL VANDOORNE
Apart from minor tweaks, Vandoorne’s helmet hasn’t changed much
over the years as he always likes his lid to be easily recognisableFINISHING STRAIGHTI’ve had this helmet design for a while, and
it was one of my very close friends that designed
it for me. He’s actually the son of the owner of
the kart team I was racing for at the time. We
came up with the concept of the design together- I’ve always been very freaky about helmets and
I remember spending hours going over it and
trying different things.
In the beginning the helmet had a different
colour scheme. It was more black-and-white
based when I was racing in karts, but then I
added the more Belgian touch to it with the%HOJLDQÀDJFRORXUVDQGVLQFHWKHQ,¶YHNHSWLW
very similar all the way through my career.
Every year I make some small adjustments -
for example to the S for my name on the sides, or
small touches to the back or top. But it generally
stays the same so that you’ll always recognise it.: GLENN DUNBAR; JOE PORTLOCK. OTHER PICTURES: MCLAREN