1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: This could be better than lotto. Actually, Ian Ebbs has 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: won a competition. The competition was to design a helmet 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: for Liam Lawson. Lawson personally picked the winner the prize 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: as a trip for two to Singapore to hand the 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: helmet over. I mean, how goods the scenes with us 6 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: Ian Morning. Well, you're an F one fan, yes, and 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: your son's an F one fan. 8 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, a big fan. Big fan will. 9 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 1: Try and describe that. Well, actually you try and describe it. 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: What have you done design wise? 11 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, So put together this pretty fine kind of Kiwi 12 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 3: Onna inspired helmet for Liam that he's going to wear 13 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 3: at the Singapore Grand Prix. It's tried to take in 14 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 3: some of his kind of things that he likes, his 15 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 3: colors from some previous helmets that he's worn, and then 16 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 3: just stuff it into a bit of golf and yeah, 17 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 3: a lot of a lot of tastes the home, I 18 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 3: guess as well, with the Kiwi and the Kiwi fruit 19 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 3: and kind of the mountains and the green rolling hills. 20 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 3: So yeah, it's just kind of a taste of news 21 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 3: and for him on his on his helmet, I guess. 22 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: It's very well done. It's did you were there? Indian strips, 23 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: or did you have to take into account intricacy in 24 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: other words, if there was too much detail that it 25 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: would become problematic on on a helmet, or could you 26 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: do whatever you want? 27 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 3: No, there wasn't any kind of requirements as such around that, 28 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 3: so I kind of just went wild with the things 29 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 3: that I added. You did have to kind of stay 30 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 3: off a few areas where his race number goes and 31 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 3: the sponsors on the side and stuff, so there's a 32 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 3: few kind of safe zones that you had to leave bank. 33 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 3: So it'll be interesting to see how the kind of 34 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 3: three D version comes out. I'm excited to see what 35 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 3: they take from kind of the concept. I guess where 36 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 3: we put together here and then and how it turns 37 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,199 Speaker 3: out when it's on his head flowing around the track 38 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 3: in Singapore. 39 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: Where do they do it? Do you know where do 40 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: they actually make the helmet? 41 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 3: I understand it's about a six to eight week process 42 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 3: to get them made, so I think they've already done 43 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 3: the kind of the concept now of what it will 44 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 3: actually look like. 45 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: I haven't had a chance to see that. 46 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 3: I'll get to see it in person when we're in 47 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 3: Singapore for the first time. 48 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: So it's pinks, it's blues, it's green of the land, 49 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: white of the fern, and good because that's sort of 50 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: his colors, isn't it. 51 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, So I kind of went back and looked at 52 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 3: some of the helmets that he'd worn in the past 53 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 3: to try and get some inspiration for what he might 54 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 3: like to see. And yeah, you're right, the pink is 55 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 3: definitely like a key color. He has this fun, kind 56 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 3: of lean lawson kind of character with a pink baseball 57 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 3: hat on backwards that he has on his helmet at 58 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 3: the moment. So I used that a little bit in 59 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 3: the design and turned him into a little golfer because 60 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 3: he's into his golf now. 61 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 2: So that was on there is one of the main. 62 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: Bits when you'd done it, did you think your head 63 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: something that you know, you thought, hang on, this is 64 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: actually quite good. 65 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. 66 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 3: I did think, actually this does look quite cool, and 67 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 3: I did feel like, ah, yeah, it's in with a shot. 68 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,119 Speaker 3: And then obviously about kind of six weeks after i'd 69 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 3: put the entry in, I had a email from Red 70 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 3: Bull and they were just checking that we were based 71 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 3: in New Zealand and over the age of eighteen, and 72 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 3: I was thinking, hold on, you don't really ask these 73 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 3: questions of people if they haven't got a chance. 74 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 2: So I said to my son Michael, who's come with me? 75 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: I said, Oh, Michael, I think we've been shortlisted. 76 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 3: Liam's gone through and he's looked at all of the 77 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 3: designs that everybody's put in, which itself is pretty cool 78 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 3: that he took the time to go through and look 79 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 3: at everything everybody did you know? 80 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 2: So yeah, it's pretty cool. 81 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: Were you in because of Michael? Did you into because 82 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: of Michael? Did he tell you the competition was on 83 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: or was it you? 84 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,119 Speaker 2: Yes? Exactly? So yeah. 85 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 3: I've got three kids and they order have loved to come, 86 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 3: but it was Michael who is the one who found 87 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 3: the competition, was like, we need to enter this, we 88 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 3: need to have a go, We need to. 89 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 2: Try and make a helmet for Liam Lawson. So wow, 90 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: he's the ones to come with me. 91 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: That's incredible. Have you ever been to F one before? 92 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 3: Yes, about twenty five years ago. I went to the 93 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 3: Silver Soon Grand Prix with my dad. So it's pretty 94 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 3: fun and a bit of take. 95 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: Mine that's my dream? Is Silverstone? Is it worth it? 96 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 3: Oh? 97 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's fantastic. Yeah, it's fantastic. 98 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: And what about Michael. He hasn't been to an F 99 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: one no, no, never know, so that Paul's a good 100 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: thing because it's night, it's in town, you can do 101 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: the town, you can do the I mean, it will 102 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: be amazing thing. 103 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 3: Yes, it would be incredible just to see it all 104 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 3: let up in the city. Yeah, the neon and everything. 105 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 3: So quite the experience for Michael. It's only only second 106 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 3: trip abroad, so yeah, he will love it. 107 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: There we go, and of course the important point is 108 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: you get to meet Liam and you hand the helmet 109 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: to Liam. So I mean that'll be as big as 110 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: going to the IF one one. 111 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, totally. It's very very fun. I kind of held 112 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 2: that back. 113 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 3: I haven't really mentioned it too much to Michael, but 114 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,799 Speaker 3: he's just starting to get the impression that that's happening. 115 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 2: Is like, well, we get to meet Liam. I'm like, yeah, 116 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: I think so. So yeah, very excited, very excited. 117 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: And he's a lovely guy, Liam, So you'll enjoy that experience. 118 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: And he did. Apart from Carlos over the weekend. He's 119 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: he's coming together, isn't he. 120 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, the car's looking good. 121 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,799 Speaker 3: He had really good pace and yeah, it's just a shame, 122 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 3: but it's one of those things, I guess, But yeah, 123 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 3: I just was looking at the tracks and trying to 124 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 3: work out how much of a chance he'd have and 125 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 3: how the car suited Singapore. 126 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 2: And I think he's got a's. 127 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 3: Got a good go when he there, so it'd be 128 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 3: nice to pick up some points between now and then. 129 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: But I think you should go pretty good in Singapore 130 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 2: as well. 131 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: I hope so, and I hope you go well in Singapore. 132 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: Congratulations and Ebbs, who's Michael's dad. They've won the competition. 133 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: They did the helmet and it's a cool helmet and 134 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,559 Speaker 1: they're gonna make it and they're gonna hand it to Liam. 135 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: And that's as far as prizes go. I mean, sure 136 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: of winning the Powerball in America, which is a billion 137 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 1: dollars at the moment, that's about as good as it gets, 138 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: as far as I can work out. For more from 139 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: the Mike Asking Breakfast, listen live to news talks. It'd 140 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: be from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.