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Oscar Piastri's 2024 United States Grand Prix helmet

The state of Texas is home to many things: The Alamo, the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre and several underachieving NFL teams.

Texas also plays host to the United States Grand Prix – one of the best-attended events on the F1 calendar and a popular one among drivers and teams.

Naturally, many drivers are getting into the spirit of the weekend with special themed helmet designs. Meanwhile, there will be a new design on the grid from this weekend following the second in-season driver replacement of the year…

Oscar Piastri’s US Grand Prix helmet design

Oscar Piastri’s 2024 United States Grand Prix helmet

At McLaren, Oscar Piastri is running with a design that he will race both this weekend in Austin as well as in the Las Vegas Grand Prix next month.

As the US Grand Prix takes place in the day and the Las Vegas round at night, Piastri has adopted this clever half-and-half design themed around the road journey between Texas, home of the US GP, and Nevada, where Las Vegas is located.

Oscar Piastri's 2024 United States Grand Prix helmet
Oscar Piastri’s 2024 United States Grand Prix helmet

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Sergio Perez’s US Grand Prix helmet design

Sergio Perez's 2024 United States Grand Prix helmet
Sergio Perez’s 2024 United States Grand Prix helmet

Sergio Perez’s home grand prix in Mexico may be next weekend, but the Mexican driver has long enjoyed strong support at COTA over the years.

Perez does not have an especially Texan themed design this weekend, but he is displaying Disney+ branding as the streaming service is soon to release a documentary about the Red Bull driver.

Sergio Perez's 2024 United States Grand Prix helmet
Sergio Perez’s 2024 United States Grand Prix helmet

Alexander Albon’s US Grand Prix helmet design

Alexander Albon's 2024 United States Grand Prix design
Alexander Albon’s 2024 United States Grand Prix design

It’s a special race weekend for Alexander Albon as he celebrates his 100th grand prix start on Sunday.

To mark the occasion, the Williams driver is racing with a design inspired by one he had during his formative karting years. As it happens, young Albon was a big fan of Moto GP champion Valentino Rossi…

Alexander Albon's 2024 United States Grand Prix design
Alexander Albon’s 2024 United States Grand Prix design

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Liam Lawson’s US Grand Prix helmet design

Liam Lawson's helmet design, Circuit of the Americas, 2024
Liam Lawson’s helmet design, Circuit of the Americas, 2024

Although not US Grand Prix themed, Liam Lawson’s design is significant as it is his first helmet for the 2024 season.

After taking over Daniel Ricciardo’s RB seat for the rest of the season, Lawson is finally a full time Formula 1 driver. The New Zealand driver,…

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