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Vettel teases new race helmet during first Aston Martin laps

Sebastian Vettel completed his first laps for Aston Martin on Thursday, teasing a new race helmet in the process.

Four-time world champion Vettel, who has joined after six years at Ferrari, drove at Silverstone during a filming day. The green car was unveiled in an online launch on Wednesday.

Of note was what appeared to be a new race helmet for the four-time world champion.

At Ferrari, Vettel wore a white helmet with the colours of the German flag down the middle. For his first Aston Martin run, he wore a helmet which had turned those stripes pink and purple -- the colours of Aston Martin sponsors BWT, which was the title partner of the team's former guise, Racing Point.