From Lotus Cars
This Sunday, May30th will see Lotus IndyCar rookie, former Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato, take on one of his biggest challenges to date, the 2010
Indianapolis 500, also claimed as the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing”.
After qualifying in 31st place Lotus are pulling out all the stops to make sure Sato has everything he needs to get him through the 500 mile super race.
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Keeping Taku’s head firmly screwed on during the race will be a unique specially designed helmet featuring images of Lotus cars past and present.
Encapsulating the evolutionary vibe at Lotus, the helmet features Jim Clark’s Indy 500 winning Lotus 38 on one side and an image of Sato’s current IndyCar, the one he’ll be driving in the race on Sunday on the other. Let’s hope that having an Indy 500 winner on his head will help inspire Taku to try and emulate his predecessors hard won success.
Hats (or helmets) off to Lotus designer Jason Fowler who put in 45 hours of hard graft creating the one-off piece, there’s a whole lot more to helmet design that meets the eye.
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