Haslam strips down for Silverstone ‘body paint’ scheme

The Silverstone circuit has teamed up with British rider, Leon Haslam to make a great preview acticvity as the circuit is hosting the next round of the FIM Superbike World Championship. The Brit agreed on having his torso and arms painted in his BMW Motorrad Motorsport team leathers by double World Body Painting Champion, Carolyn Roper.

The World Champion in Body Painting needed three hours to replicate Haslam’s leathers on hus upper-body. However, by the time she was finished, the result was spectacular. It was almost impossible to distinguish where Haslam’s leathers stopped and the body paint started.

When the rider was fully painted, he was photographed by one UK’s leading portrait photographers, Gary Prios. The shoot took place in the Sivlerstone garages.

Haslam was amazed about his body paint experience. “It was frustrating having to stand in one place for three hours and not see what was going on, but I couldn’t believe it when Carolyn had finished applying the paint and I was finally allowed to look in the mirror. The body paint was unbelievably realistic and the attention to detail, right down to the sponsors’ badges, was incredible. Carolyn is amazingly talented.”