Daniel Ricciardo enouraged Daniil Kvyat to wear his special helmet design anyway

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12:00, 29 Sep 2019

byBobby Vincent

It's Daniil Kvyat's home-race this weekend at the Russian Grand Prix, and the Russian driver wanted to wear a special helmet design for the race but wasn't allowed due after already wearing a new helmet design for the Italian Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo tried to encourage the Toro Rosso man to wear it anyway, considering he already has grid penalties, due to new parts being fitted this weekend by Honda.

"Everyone looks at Seb (Vettel) because he has a new one every race and nobody seems to tell him," Ricciardo joked about Vettel's excessive use of different helmets.

"It's pretty stupid. They brought the rule in, I think they were strict on it for the first year, and then you never heard anything else about it. We all encouraged Danny to just wear it. He's got grid penalties anyway, so what else can happen?"

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Daniel Ricciardo describes what happened in the drivers briefing, when Daniil Kvyat's rivals encouraged him to wear his special helmet design this weekend even though he was told he'd get a penalty for it...

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1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	72
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	63
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	49
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	41
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	25
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	21
7	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	17
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	15
9	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	12
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	10
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	4
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	4
13	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	2
15	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
16	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	1
17	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
18	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Daniel Ricciardo enouraged Daniil Kvyat to wear his special helmet design anyway

byBobby Vincent

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