Valtteri Bottas reveals the winner of his helmet design contest

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At the beginning of the year, Valtteri Bottas called upon his creative fans to design his 2018 helmet, and entries poured in left and right for over a month.

The Mercedes driver, highly impressed by the quality of the entries, then sifted through the thousands of projects, an arduous task which the Finn completed a few weeks ago.

In the video below, he reveals the winning lid.

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