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The Second Coming

After bursting on to the Grand Prix scene on a chance drive ten years ago, Alex Wurz has been forced to gain his reputation in the shadows, endlessly impressing with his testing talents. Finally, as he prepares to step again into a race seat, he is about to gain his reward. So, will 2007 be the year that he and Williams become the comeback kids?

Have you ever taken a close look at Alexander Wurz's helmet design? It is a striking and colorful piece of art combining, according to Wurz, sky blue at the top, the red and white colors of the Austrian flag in the middle, earth green on the bottom and jagged zigzag design elements at the top and the bottom.

The zigzags could represent the mountains of Austria or the initials "A" and "W" but, in retrospect, these jagged symbols could just as easily reflect the ups and downs of Wurz's career in Formula One, of which there have been many.

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