Alexander Albon will celebrate durian, a notoriously pungent fruit regarded by some as the world’s smelliest, with a special helmet design for the Singapore Grand Prix. The report was published on Oct. 7, 2026, by RaceFans, in a brief written by Keith Collantine.

Durian is the focus of Albon’s design for the Singapore race. The report does not provide further details about the helmet or explain why the driver chose the fruit.

Collantine’s article appeared alongside other RaceFans coverage, including stories about Monaco ruling out changes to its Formula 1 track layout and talking points from the Singapore Grand Prix involving George Russell’s penalty and Mercedes’ decline. Other listed reports covered Lance Stroll’s frustrations before leaving the grid in Sepang, drivers’ accounts of a formation-lap incident there and a fan video showing a software glitch that slowed cars during that lap.

Collantine, a lifelong motor sport fan and former motoring journalist, founded RaceFans in 2005, when the site was called F1 Fanatic. He began running it full-time in 2010 to focus on his longstanding interest in motor racing.

Based on reporting by RaceFans.