FIFA objects to Rosberg using helmet with World Cup trophy image
Nico Rosberg`s plan to celebrate Germany`s World Cup triumph in his home Grand Prix gets a premature ending with FIFA preventing the use of World Cup trophy in his helmet.
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this will be my Hockenheim World Cup special edition helmet with the FIFA trophy. How do you like it??? @DFB_Team pic.twitter.com/ZKE4gh5EpA— Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) July 15, 2014
FIFA`s public guidance says that “Any unauthorised use of the official marks not only undermines the integrity of the Fifa world cup and its marketing programme, but also puts the interests of the worldwide football community at stake."
Rosberg, who is leading the Formula One Drivers` Championship race ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton, will enter the Hockenheim race as one of the favourites. During the recent British Grand Prix, he expressed his support for the German team.
Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final, thanks to a last gasp Mario Gotze goal at the historic Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. They had previously won the title in 1954, 1974 and 1990.