This Is A Cool Trophy

The Fascinating Process That Turned Maple And Carbon Fiber Into Canada's F1 Trophy

It Had To Be Functional

F1 trophies don’t only need to look good; they also have to work as an actual trophy. You’d think that having these things stand up straight on a bookshelf was enough criteria to call it a day. But in this case, it was categoric that the trophy also be a functional statuette for the actual person holding it up in the air: the driver.

Which is why this trophy works. Turn it sideways, and you’ve got the official FIA F1 stamp underneath. Turn in the other way, and you’ve got that giant maple leaf coming straight at you. And since you can see through it, you always kind of know what you’re looking at. There’s a sense of depth to this thing, purpose—something that Caron said was missing in past F1 trophies.

“The outline of a racetrack for a trophy is cool and all, but once it’s held upright, all you see is a straight line,” Caron said. “You have no idea what the trophy is supposed to be anymore.”

So, whoever will win this year’s race, please, hold this trophy high and strong, crooked, slanted or upside down. Hold it up there like the overachieving champion that you are. You’ve just taken a bite out of F1 history, conquering the almighty circuit Gilles Villeneuve at the cockpit of your high-precision racing machine, the same way Villeneuve himself claimed the first F1 victory at the iconic facility 39 years ago. You’ve won the 50^th Canadian Grand Prix and now you’re bringing a piece of its history, people and culture back home with you.

(Jalopnik.com)