Renault pairing Vitaly Petrov and Nick Heidfeld will be clad in golden overalls as they attempt to keep cool in the heat of Malaysia this weekend.
After Petrov picked up Russia’s first ever Formula 1 podium finish in Melbourne, the Russian and his German team-mate have now been handed ‘sparkling golden suits’ for this weekend, which will also appear at more hot races later this season.
However, the team will not be using solid gold wings for its cars, as reported in a ‘press release’ which did not catch out GPUpdate.net on April Fool’s Day!