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Rosberg puts out plea to recover stolen helmet
Nico Rosberg has called on the public to help him find one of his race helmets, which he believes was stolen from the Mercedes garage at the German Grand Prix.
In an article on his personal website, Robserg put out a plea to fans to keep an eye for any original helmets of his being traded on the internet. In the article he posted a picture from the FIA camera in the Mercedes garage, which is in place to ensure mechanics don't work on the car under parc ferme conditions. The image shows a man taking Rosberg's helmet from a shelf at the back of the garage.
"My race helmet got stolen out of the security guarded team´s garage at Nürburgring GP on Sunday at 1.51 am," the story on Rosberg's website said. "Check the FIA picture of the thief. Let us know if any of you see one on eBay or somewhere else. I have never given out an original race helmet. So if you see one then let us know. Thanks!"
The article also gave details of the helmet: "The Schuberth helmet was registered with the Number R-NR 074/02-13. The SNELL-Label is ST 270141. FIA label gold: AH04248. FIA Label white: Nr. 134"
More details can be found on Rosberg's website.
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