& GrandPrix Recycled Trophy

The top three finishers at Interlagos on Sunday will be presented with environmentally-friendly recycled plastic trophies.




The Brazilian chemical company Braskem is working from an on-site laboratory and over the three-day event will collect blue caps from disposable drinks bottles.



They will be ground and melted and then pressed into blocks and cut into shape, the blue plastic feature atop a wooden base.


Last year's trophy, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, was constructed of 100 percent recycled plastic. This time around the recycled materials will come from the 60 tons of trash accumulated within the grand prix weekend at Interlagos, the venue which will host the Brazilian Grand Prix.