Ricciardo's daredevil inspiration

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Daniel Ricciardo is sporting a special helmet design this weekend for the United States Grand Prix, themed around famous American daredevil stunt rider Evel Knievel. It's rather fabulous, and definitely worth checking out.

Knievel was famous in the 70s for his ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps, including a 1974 attempt to leap over Snake River Canyon on a steam-powered rocket bike while wearing his trademark star-spangled riding leathers.

Knievel was injured in a jump over the fountains in front of Ceasars Palace Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas after which he adopted the catchphrase 'Color me lucky', which has been incorporated on Ricciardo's stylish lid design.

Knievel died of pulmonary disease in 2007, aged 69.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.