Lewis Hamilton receives over 8,000 helmet designs from social media competition

ByAutoSport

Updated 06/02/2017 at 22:30 GMT

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that the competition to design his helmet for the 2017 season has received more than 8,000 entries.

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team's British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit

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Hamilton announced the competition just under a fortnight ago and said via his Instagram account he was overwhelmed by the interest and would need some time to decide on a winner.

The Briton posted: "Wow, over 8,000...Thanks for all the helmet designs and putting in so much effort #TeamLH!!

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"Some really great entries in there. As the competition's now closed I'm going to be looking through to see the design that I'd like to pick.

"There's quite a few entries to go through, so this might take some time but hoping to announce the winner in the next few days. More soon..."

As well as Hamilton using the fan design during the next F1 season, the winner will also pick up a full-sized replica that has been signed by the Mercedes driver.

F1's regulations mean that once Hamilton starts the season with the helmet design he must keep it for the entire campaign, although is allowed to run a one-off special at a race of his choosing.

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