Singapore skyline, scorpions and life lessons: Christian Ho on his 2025 helmet design

14 August 2025

DAMS Lucas Oil’s Christian Ho recently walked us through his 2025 design which he says is an evolution of previous years in racing with a few new twists.

As the only Singaporean on the grid, Ho pays homage to his home and brings some modern details to his older designs for his 2025 helmet, along with a change to avoid clashing with teammate Nicola Lacorte.

“So my very first helmet was an Ironman helmet. I know a few people who had one too. When I was racing in Asia, someone had a Spiderman helmet, Power Ranger helmet. But I ran the Ironman helmet for like a year and a half.

“When I first started though I was a white helmet bandit. But then had the Ironman helmet before going towards this design over the years. This one – I tried to keep an identity since go karts.

“Actually, the helmet I used in Europe when I first started in Europe was a little bit different to this one. The helmet I started using from OKJ, the colours are completely different now, but the base design I kept the same.

“I began using this colour scheme from my second year in Formula 4. I thought the helmet I had was quite basic, especially the colours. I think it was red and orange which was the colours of the team I was in at the time.

“I decided it was time for me to stand out a bit, so made a bit of a change. I started using the gold and purple like the colours of the LA Lakers. I don’t support them, but I think the combination is really nice.

“The blue comes from DAMS. Last year when I was with another team, it was just yellow and white. This year I added some blue to make it a bit different.

“The back of the helmet is the Singapore skyline, very simple. I have my name and initials on there, Singapore flag on the side and the top used to be a lion or cheetah. But it was the same as Nicola’s helmet.

“We had the exact same thing on the top and in the end, I changed it. I have a memorial to Kobe Bryant here because he’s my idol, and now I have a scorpion here because I’m a Scorpio. I feel like I’m what they say, vengeful. But that’s the main thing of the design.

“I was using it the entirety of last season and then came into pre-season testing and saw the same thing on his design and he said his sister painted it! In the end I changed it and this is what we have now.

“If I were to do a special helmet it would be for my home race, and I’d have pictures of when I was young. Like in a monochrome colourway, memories of Singapore on there. I’ve never done one, so maybe next year!

“I wanted to put a tribute to Diogo Jota but couldn’t find a sticker. This tribute I’ve had since my second year in F4. There was one point in my life I felt a bit lost in terms of racing and why I was struggling. I read Kobe’s book, and related to it and took a lot of inspiration from it, so that’s probably my favourite part.”