Had an exciting box through the door yesterday. Around 2 months after last having seen my race helmet, it was back – and now with added paint!

I’d spoken to Piers Dowell at Autosport Live in January about whether we could create a helmet design around my nickname ‘Cheesy’. Although rather being taken aback by being asked, with a straight face, to create a Cheesy Helmet (stop sniggering you at the back…), he did seem to think that he could come up with something that wouldn’t be a complete joke!

If you haven’t seen Pier’s work before – you should take a gander. He’s an absolute Air Brush legend and creates the most stunning pieces of photo realistic artwork. His Pink Floyd guitar is just stunning. http://www.piersdowell.com/

I do fear asking him to paint my helmet was akin to asking Constable to draw a stick figure but at least I knew it was in good hands!

As soon as I saw the indicative design drawings I knew it was right! And seeing it in the flesh is even better. The yellow and the red really pop. I can’t stop looking at it!

Some would say, I’m taking my theme a little too far! But I love all this… and we’re not quite done just yet. Watch this space.