Formula One’s toughest race of the year on Sunday will be no sweat for Nico Rosberg – thanks to the use of a sanitary towel as a headband.
Rosberg was unafraid to divulge his eyebrow-raising secret ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix where the heat and humidity play a significant role in the event.
Mid-afternoon temperatures, at a time when qualifying and the race unfold, often hit the mid-30s degrees centigrade, whilst humidity soars into the 80% range.
Yet Mercedes driver Rosberg has come up with a plan to aid his cause at the Sepang International Circuit as he bids to keep reigning world champion and team-mate Lewis Hamilton in check.
Rosberg, who often uses a headband for track runs, told Sky Sports News: “I have an issue with my eye when I sweat a lot, so that’s what the headband is for, and it would help here.
“Actually, I do have a sort of a headband in my helmet. It’s my trick… I can say it, why not?
“I put a woman’s… erm… what do you call them? The thing you put in inside your underwear.”
Weird day. Rosberg admits he wears a sanitary towel on his head to avoid sweat buildup. Seriously, yeah. #F1
— Dan Paddock (@CosmicDanzo) March 26, 2015
Suggested to Rosberg what he was looking for was ‘sanitary towel’, he smiled and added: “Sanitary towel? That’s what it’s called?
“`So I put that on my forehead in the helmet to take up the sweat.”
It is not the first unusual solution Rosberg has adopted for coping with certain issues as he wears a face mask on flights to avoid the prospect of becoming ill.
Source: SNAPPA
