1997 Damon Hill Arrows complete Nosecone signed Hungary GP -Podium for D Hill
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1997 Damon Hill Arrows complete carbon nosecone used during the incredible Hungary GP.
Signed by Damon Hill and Pedro Diniz as well as the team manager Tom Walkinshaw.
Damon Hill was put in an awkward position by Williams in 1996, to say the least. Well on the way to winning the world championship, Hill was told only at the end of August that he was surplus to requirements in 1997. That left him very little choice of where to drive in the year during which he would be defending his world title - in fact, it made it impossible for him to do so, as there were no front-running drives available. In the end, Hill turned down Jordan - where he was to end up in 1998, ironically - and plumped for Arrows, sold on the promises and ambition of their team boss, Tom Walkinshaw. The cynical media were less ready to believe the burly Scot's promises than Hill, and in this instance it was the journalists who were proved right. Hill's year with Arrows in 1997 was a disaster. With the exception of one remarkable race. Until the Hungarian Grand Prix, one sixth place in 10 races was Hill's best effort - and he had even suffered the ignominy of being out-qualified by his journeyman team-mate Pedro Diniz in Monaco, of all places. But in Hungary it all came right - helped to a large extent by the Bridgestone tyres used by Arrows and other mid-grid teams being far better suited to the dusty, low-grip track surface than the Goodyears used by the top teams. Hill took a brilliant third place in qualifying and at the start thrust past Jacques Villeneuve's Williams - how good that must have felt - and tracked Michael Schumacher's Ferrari as its tyres began to fade. Then, almost unbelievably, Hill swept past Schumacher into the lead! Driving superbly, he built a massive lead, only for the Arrows' hydraulics to fail in the closing stages. Villeneuve closed him down and - agonisingly - the Canadian raced past to victory on the very last lap. It was so nearly a win that would have gone down in history but, whatever the result, it was a truly great drive and one of the most remarkable races F1 has seen.
Ayrton Senna personal cap Nacional sponsor cap hand signed by Ayrton Senna, used during the 1988 season. Perfect condition and bears a fantastic signature.
2016 Kimi Raikkonen race used Bell Helmet
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A beautiful piece from Kimi Raikkonen. This is the Bell race helmet used during the 2016 Australian / Melbourne. Kimi also used it in Barcelona for testing in 2016 while driving the Ferrari SF16 H
1991 Nelson Piquet official replica helmet signed
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This official replica helmet signed is a perfect copy of the helmet used by legend Nelson Piquet during the 1991 season while with Benetton. It is a limited edition of only 250 pieces produced. This is #89 / 25
1989 Gerhard Berger Ferrari Nosecone replica
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1/1 replica of the# "28" Ferrari nosecone used by Gerhard Berger during the 1989 season while driving the Ferrari 640. This fantastic display piece is extremely precise and accurate.
1986 Ayrton Senna Momo steering wheel
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This is the Momo steering wheel Ayrton Senna used during the 1986 Spanish GP in Jeres while driving the Lotus 98T. It is complete with switches and cable. Ayrton Senna won the Spanish GP.
This steering comes with a Team Lotus official certificate.
It is simply an exceptional piece.
Expensive...
The 1986 Spanish Grand Prix, otherwise officially known as the XXVIII Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España, was the second round of the 1986 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Circuito de Jerez on the 13 April 1986. The race, which was the first Spanish Grand Prix to be held since 1981, would see Ayrton Senna grab victory by just 0.014s from Nigel Mansell.
The Brazilian had been the man to beat in qualifying, with Senna's #12 Lotus-Renault taking pole position. Nelson Piquet, winner in Brazil last time out, would line-up alongside his compatriot, while Mansell claimed third ahead of defending Champion Alain Prost.
The start of the race would see Senna sprint into an early lead, leaving Piquet to fend off the attentions of a fast starting Keke Rosberg. A poor start from Mansell, meanwhile, would leave the Brit behind Prost while, at the back of the field, Jonathan Palmer and Alan Jones took each other out.
The early stages of the race would see the order stabilise out front, with Senna inching clear of Piquet, while Rosberg and Prost had to defend from Mansell. Indeed, the Brit would be on a mission to make amends for his poor getaway, and duly scythed past the two McLaren-TAG Porsches before the end of lap ten.
Indeed, the first half of the race ultimately became about Mansell's march, with the Brit even able to claim the lead from Senna on lap 39. Mansell duly sprinted away to build a four second lead, although with tyre wear becoming an issue Senna was allowed to close back in as the race entered its final stages.
With ten laps to go the Lotus was on the tail of the Williams, with Prost also watching on once Piquet dropped out with an engine issue. Mansell successfully swatted aside Senna's first lunge into the first corner, although a more aggressive dive at the hairpin ultimately saw both Senna and Prost barge ahead of the Williams.
Having lost the lead Mansell opted to pit for fresh tyres, and duly rejoined some twenty seconds behind Prost, but crucially still in third. An impressive series of laps from the Brit followed, with Mansell lapping the Jerez circuit some four seconds faster than Senna ahead, although the Brit would lose almost five seconds to the Brazilian when he passed Prost for second.
Yet, come the start of the final lap Mansell would be just a second and a half behind Senna, with the Williams duly pulling right onto the back of the Lotus at the hairpin. Yet, the twisty nature of the Jerez circuit would prevent Mansell from challenging, and despite his superior grip, and hence acceleration, would ultimately be beaten to the line by Senna by just 0.014s.
That margin was the second closest in F1 history, only beaten by the 0.01s gap that separated Peter Gethin and Ronnie Peterson at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix. Regardless, the result would leave Senna at the top of the Championship standings with fifteen points, while Mansell moved into the top three behind Williams teammate Piquet.
