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Vettel helmet not replica of Schumacher karting design

The Sebastian Vettel camp has denied claims the quadruple Formula 1 world champion's 2015 helmet livery is based on a design once worn by his mentor Michael Schumacher. Publications including La Gazzetta dello Sport and Sport Bild had made the link between Vettel's new white design and an almost identical one reportedly worn by his mentor and idol Schumacher in his karting days in the mid 80s. But Jens Munser, the designer behind Vettel's multitude of liveries, says he and the 27-year-old driver devised the 2015 helmet without Schumacher in mind. 'We deliberately kept the design simple,' he told Sport Bild. 'We liked his provisional helmet from the first Ferrari test at Fiorano, and...
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