Santino Ferrucci has been on a roll lately. Another great finish at the Indianapolis 500 (5th), and his first real podium* at Detroit (2nd) have kept him in the championship points hunt again this year. Ferrucci is a fun-loving guy and really enjoys his racing with AJ Foyt. This year he has a new teammate in the highly-touted David Malukas. We caught up with Santino at The Thermal Club where he showed us another one of his helmet designs. Compared to last year’s Tom and Jerry cartoon themed lid, this one is much more serious and business-like. He goes into the details of what he likes best about this new design. But don’t worry, there will be more to come. Enjoy!
NOTE: After the Detroit race, Ferrucci’s car was found to be out of compliance in regards to driver’s weight ballast. According to the series, “During post-race inspection of car No. 14, INDYCAR discovered the driver ballast needed to bring the combined weight of the driver and driver ballast to 185 pounds was underweight and not within the driver ballast weight tolerance of 0.00 to + 1.00 pounds.
However, also during inspection, the series found the weight of car No. 14, itself, was 10 pounds over the minimum weight for road and street circuits of 1,785 pounds and competed over the minimum weight requirement on-track.”
* I say “real podium” because even though he finished third at Indy in 2023, there is no podium there, only the winner’s circle.
By Larry Mason
Copyright © 2025 Larry Mason
Santino Ferrucci has good reason to smile as he’s been getting great results on track.
Santino Ferrucci shows off one of his new helmets for 2025 inside the AJ Foyt Racing transporter.
A matte finish allows his sponsor logos to “pop” with clarity in this three-quarter front shot.
All business on the front of Ferrucci’s new helmet design with an interesting mix of colors and silver/gray shading.
That world-famous number 14 of AJ Foyt highlights the side view of Ferrucci’s helmet.
Hand-painted pin stripes by his helmet artist highlight the rear of Ferrucci’s helmet.
The subtle red touches highlight the natural carbon weave of Ferrucci’s helmet.
Ferrucci makes his way around one of the 180-degree corners at Thermal in his new helmet.
From the side of Ferrucci’s car, the main color seems to be black compared to the shot at Thermal. Here he navigates his way around Turn 10 at Long Beach.
Ferrucci is comfortable with the high-speed Shoreline Drive in Long Beach. The following month he would earn another Top Five finish at the highest speed track on the schedule – Indianapolis!
Santino Ferrucci and Larry Foyt – Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix – Photo courtesy of Penske Entertainment: Paul Hurley
Getting a congratulatory hug from Larry Foyt, Ferrucci’s matte-finish helmet (that’s highlighted in this interview) helped keep him safe on his way to his first podium finish!
Santino Ferrucci – Indianapolis 500 Qualification – Photo courtesy of Penske Entertainment: John Cote
Notice in this Indianapolis qualifier photo, you can see the Las Vegas themed helmet for the Indy 500 that he talked about in our interview, complete with roulette wheel (on top) and dice (front).
Interview and photos Copyright © by Larry Mason (unless otherwise noted)