Aussie F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has explained the obscene message fans spotted on his racing helmet at the Monaco GP2 wasn’t directed at any person or team, but was a way for him to ‘pump himself up’.
Twitter and Reddit users took to social media to say FEA, which was written on the back of Ricciardo’s helmet, meant ‘F*** Em All’, seemingly a response to the haters after a thoroughly underwhelming year with McLaren so far.
Ricciardo himself indicated that was not the case at all. He revealed the phrase is a mantra of sorts that he often repeats to himself.
‘I put it on my [Red Bull Racing] helmet in 2018 as well,’ he told Fox Sports.
‘I like to use acronyms to pump me up. It’s honestly not directed at anyone; it’s something that I’ve said for a few years, and it just kind of gets me in my happy place.
‘I think as well, as a driver, you put the helmet on and that’s also very significant of flipping the switch. It’s one of the last things I’ll see when I put the helmet on.’
