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NICO HULKENBERG TO AUCTION RACE USED 2025 MEXICO CITY GP HELMET FOR CHARITY

The Stake F1® Team KICK Sauber driver is donating his special edition helmet to raise money for Hahnair Foundation
Auction will be hosted online at f1authentics.com with fans able to bid from 18th November
Worn at this season’s Mexico City GP, the unique design helmet has also been signed by Nico Hulkenberg, who claimed his first ever podium earlier in the year

F1® driver, Nico Hulkenberg, is auctioning the special edition helmet that he wore for the Mexico City Grand Prix on 26^th October 2025. This uniquely designed helmet will be available to the public to bid on via F1® Authentics’ online auction, with previews already live for fans to see.

Hulkenberg has had an incredible career in F1® so far, with 2025 proving to be one of his most memorable seasons. Securing his first ever, and much-anticipated, podium at the British Grand Prix, he solidified himself as one of the most resilient and experienced drivers on the grid.

This helmet boasts a unique design, chosen for the Mexico City race. Featuring, the Piedra del Sol, Aztec Stone of the Sun, the design has been artistically applied incorporating gold leaf, making this a rare and truly one-of-a-kind piece for a lucky collector to own. Those who watched the race, either at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez or around the world, will have seen this very helmet in action.

Race used helmets are extremely hard to come by, with many drivers opting to keep them, especially one-off editions. However, Nico has chosen to give this design up in aid of raising important funds for the charity close to his heart.

All proceeds of the auction lot will be donated to Hulkenberg’s chosen cause, the Hahnair Foundation, a charity that supports women and children living in poverty. The charity helps those in need find a way out of poverty and lead a healthy and self-determined life.

On donating his race helmet, Nico Hulkenberg said,

“I am delighted to be working with the Hahnair Foundation on this project. The foundation has been committed to improving the development of health facilities and social institutions all around the world. This is a great and important initiative, which I am happy to support by donating my race worn helmet on Sunday after the race to Nico Gormsen and his team”

Nico Gormsen, Co-Founder of Hahnair said,

“This is an exciting moment for the Hahnair Foundation. We are proud to see this collaboration come to fruition. Nico Hulkenberg is providing a powerful asset, and we are ready to maximize its impact. This tangible piece of F1 history will immediately translate into concrete support, funding essential health facilities, building nurseries and establishing social institutions for those most in need. We are grateful to Nico for recognizing the crucial work the Hahnair Foundation does, and we look forward to achieving this goal together.”

Bidding for this special helmet is going live in a few weeks, on 18^th November at f1authentics.com.

F1® Authentics is the home of F1® memorabilia, renowned for selling officially licensed pieces. Its auction platform is poised for special items such as this helmet, giving collectors chances to obtain limited-edition pieces and 1-of-1s not available anywhere else. Operated by Memento Exclusives under licence of Formula 1®, F1® Authentics is running the Las Vegas GP F1® Auction, a campaign that will coincide with the Nevada race and celebrate racing history, including this helmet.

Barry Gough, Founder & CEO of Memento Exclusives, commented:

“We are pleased to be working with Nico Hulkenberg on the auction of this one-off helmet for charity. Hulkenberg has had a season to remember and continues to be a favourite amongst F1® fans too. With this in mind, we expect this helmet to drive a lot of interest and hope that our auction will be able to raise significant funds to go towards the great work of the Hahnair Foundation.”

Fans and collectors can visit f1authentics.com now to preview this helmet and register to start placing bids from 18^th November. The auction will close on 8^th December 2025.

October 31, 2025/by Markus Brüdigam

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New Project: Seed of Small Beginnings

In the village of Bech Khlok, located in Battambang Province, Cambodia, basic infrastructure such as roads, electricity, and sanitation is still lacking. The people live in extreme poverty, many children suffer from malnutrition, and illiteracy rates are high. As early as 2012, the villagers developed a vision: they wanted to give their children a better future through education.

The association “Seed of Small Beginnings” was founded in 2014 by the Swiss Andrea Paulich. The organization has been registered as a tax-exempt nonprofit in Switzerland since 2016 and in Germany since 2018. The sister organization “Seed for Cambodia” was officially registered in 2020. The mission of both organizations is to empower the local population to improve their living conditions in a sustainable way through self-initiated projects in education, environment and health. Key values of the collaboration are mutual respect and appreciation.

Thanks to association funds a school building and a second building – with a library, a small kitchen and sanitary facilities – have been built since 2016. “Seed of Small Beginnings” supplements state education by funding and providing English lessons as well as additional courses in math and Khmer. Around 170 students are currently taking part (as of June 2024). The local project team consists of a general manager, four teachers in the school and a teacher and a teaching assistant in the kindergarten.

In 2019, the organization financed the construction of a kindergarten so that younger children get access to a safe space to live and learning environment for the first time. They receive nutritious meals, enjoy playing, painting, do Handcrafts, learn basic skills – and most importantly simply be children.

The sponsorship program enables highly motivated youth – many of whom are girls – to make the transition into lower and upper secondary education as well as vocational training. Currently, 27 students are attending secondary schools with the support of the organization. More and more families are recognizing the value of education. As a result, children are protected from exploitation and can later return to their village as skilled professionals – for example as teachers, social workers or mechanics. The Hahnair Foundation grant is intended to help more young people take this important step forward.

https://www.seedbeginnings.com

October 16, 2025/by Markus Brüdigam

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André Guèye Becomes Archbishop of Dakar

Passion Project Secured!

A great moment for Bishop André Guèye: in February of this year, he was appointed Archbishop of Dakar, the metropolitan diocese in Senegal, by the then -Pope Francis. A high honor! But his greatest concern was not the new tasks – it was the boarding school “Pater Albert Pouget” in Pallo. For almost ten years, the boarding school has enabled children and young people from the remote village to attend school in the village community of Mont Rolland. For André Guèye, his appointment as archbishop also meant a change of location – raising the question of whether the project close to his heart would continue to be supported. Fortunately, he can rest assured: The Hahnair Foundation, which has been supporting the project since 2014, has assured the archbishop of continued funding. Archbishop Guèye can therefore devote himself to his new office in peace – in the knowledge that the children and young people of Pallo still have a perspective.