Coming home from holiday, there was a surprising little ditty waiting in my inbox, in the form of the a motorsport art attack. No sign of Neil Buchanan, but he probably looks worryingly old these days, so that might be for the best. And the use of vehicles – truck, Jolyon Palmer’s Formula Two car, Caterham R300, kart, motorbike – is rather more controlled than I had hoped. Still, it’s an imaginative bit of PR for Palmer’s F2 sponsor.

There are more details, plus photos, here.

It was nice to see that, because otherwise, coming back after a week and a bit away is rather daunting: so much to catch up on.

I caught only the end of BBC One’s Formula 1 coverage from Canada, while over on Ireland’s west coast. Northern Ireland’s BBC channels shouldn’t be available so far into Ireland, should they, what with not paying the license fee and all? Anyway, I had to watch the highlights when I got back.

Then there were the two final Isle of Man TT races to watch – both won by the ludicrously softly-spoken Ian Hutchinson, who became the first rider ever to win all five of the week’s bike races. Good to see that Guy Martin is well on the mend following his nasty crash in the Senior TT.

I had to read about the Le Mans 24 Hours, because there’s still no bloody sign of it on Freeview anywhere. Sounds like very bad luck for Anthony Davidson.

Not to mention watching today’s BTCC action from Croft, and the spectacular 125cc and Moto2 races from the new Arena circuit at Silverstone, plus the middling MotoGP race. Bradley Smith‘s season starts here, hopefully. And Danny Webb‘s, for that matter.