Max Verstappen and Red Bull’s trophies have been tough this season. The Japanese GP starts on Sunday at eight Finnish time.
A winner kissing his trophy is a common sight in the sports world. The familiar situation on the podium of the Japanese F1 race on Sunday will be seen with new technology.
The company sponsoring the race has made a trophy equipped with LED lights for the winner of the GP run on the Suzuka circuit, which starts to shine in the colors of the national flag of the driver who kisses it.
The working principle of the trophy can be seen below I tweeted from the video.
– We challenged ourselves to find a way to combine smart technology with the awards in a new, never-before-seen way, to make the moment on the podium even better, Lenovo, which has been building trophies Philip Marchington said.
The “Kiss Cup” is also going to be awarded in Austin at the US GP, which has the same sponsor as the Japanese GP.
The trophies are programmed just before the award ceremony so that they shine in the right colors.
The trophies have spoken
The trophy will most likely be seen in red, white and blue colors, because the Dutch driver from the Red Bull team will start the race from the pole position Max Verstappen has dominated to the fullest extent.
Verstappen’s and Red Bull’s trophies have been talked about before this season. McLaren, who drove second in the Hungarian GP in July Lando Norris celebrated his finish by slamming his bottle of sparkling wine on the podium, causing Verstappen’s victory pole to fall to the ground and shatter into pieces.
The upright was worth 40,000 euros and it had taken half a year to make it. Norris apologized for his actions and Verstappen later received a new trophy, which had been bent at high speed, to replace the broken one.
Norris was also there when Verstappen received his trophy.
– Lando can’t touch this! Verstappen stated with a laugh.
Just a week later at the Belgian GP, the trophy won by the Red Bull team was hard hit again. The team had enough reason to celebrate when Verstappen won and Sergio Perez was another.
To celebrate, the stable members sprayed each other with an energy drink. Some ran away from the spray, and the sign celebrating Perez’s second place fell on top of the award for the best team of the weekend and crushed it.
The Japanese GP starts at eight o’clock Finnish time.