These shoes have been race used by Gerhard Berger during the 1994 German / Hockenheimring GP. The initial "G.B" and date of the race (31/07/1994) and present inside the shoes.
Berger takes Ferrari's only win of the 1994 season
The 1994 German Grand Prix was held on 31 July 1994 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim. It was the ninth race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship.
Scuderia Ferrari had their best chance yet to claim their first victory in almost four years after both 412T1’s claimed the front row of the grid due to the power and straight line advantage of the V12 engines. Sadly, Jean Alesi’s Ferrari had to stop with electrical problems on the run to the first chicane, immediately after the start of the race
Gerhard Berger’s win was Ferrari’s first since Alain Prost’s victory at the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez almost four years earlier. It had been a long and painful spell for F1’s most prestigious team. This was their 104th win and put them level once again with McLaren who had overtaken them as F1’s most successful team in terms of race wins the previous year.
It was a relief for Gerhard Berger too, though his last win had been more recent, at the end of 1992 in Adelaide. He had been hit hard by the loss of his fellow countryman Roland Ratzenberger and friend Senna, and after another tough day for the sport it had at least produced a popular winner in the Austrian.
As well as Ferrari winning its first and only race of the 1994 Formula One season, the race was especially good for Ligier with Olivier Panis finishing second and Éric Bernard coming home third.
An original race used Sparco balaclava of Nigel Mansell used during the Hungarian GP after which he became officialy World Champion. The balaclava has been hand signed and sated by Nigel.
He has dedicated and given the balaclava to Clay Regazzoni.
It is an exceptional piece of F1 history.
1994 Ayrton Senna Sabelts signed and dated
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Very rare and desirable: Ayrton Senna Sabelts used during private tests on February 28, 1994 at the circuit of Paul Ricard in France.
Each piece has been hand signed and dated by the legend Ayrton Senna.
2001 Michael Schumacher used OMP gloves and Kart steering both signed
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The following pieces are rare and quite original. This matching set consist of a pair of OMP gloves and a Tony Kart steering used during the World Championship Kart in Kerpen in 2001. Both gloves and the steering have been hand signed and dated by Schumacher in black marker. The steering is accompanied by a MS office official certificate.
Schumi did not win any of the two finals, which went to Sauro Cesetti (Kosmic), but thanks to a formidable comeback he managed to finish in 2nd position in the second Final.
Things do not start well in practice
The beginning of the adventure is not the best; in fact, in the last official practice session the conditions of the uncertain asphalt played a bad turn against Schumacher who closed late, in 22nd place, that corresponded to the 11th row in the starting grid of the two heats in the afternoon.
Schumacher's anger
A circumstance that so upset Michael Schumacher that he closed himself inside his “bunker” (the Tony Kart tent guarded by Security) to vent his anger at not being able to race with the frontrunners.
A series of spectacular heats
In the first heat he manages to recover until he finishes eighth; in the second one a contact at the start and a failure of the water pump stop him from going past P15. So even after the heats, Schumi finds himself facing the finals on Sunday afternoon starting from mid-field.
Great feat just missed in Final 2
Champions shine in the rain. The perfect stage for Schumacher. On the extremely insidious asphalt drenched in rain, Schumi finds the right corridor, the outer one, to succeed already on the first lap to parade by in fourth place (another lesson to the "young rascals" of karting). But even on this occasion the German is again unlucky and a front wheel hub breaks, causing him to retire, a bitter end.
The Schumi-show is repeated at the start of the final 2 and this time he sees the checkered flag that waves him past in third place, turned into a second place after the disqualification of Marco Ardigò (Birel).
Fortunately for everyone, Schumacher renounces rushing to Padua for a charity football match with the drivers team and so, after a wait of about 40 minutes, it was possibile to shoot a photo that immortalized him with the new world champion Liuzzi, Ardigò and Cesetti.
Ayrton Senna OMP race gloves. The gloves show extensive signs of use and wear. Ayrton Senna has hand signed and dated both gloves. "AS" markings inside the gloves. Used during the 1989 season.
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2016 Fernando Alonso gloves race used gloves signed
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The following gloves have been raced used by Fernando Alonso during the 2016 F1 seaon while driving the McLaren MP4-31. Both gloves show sign of use. Each gloves have been hand signed in black marker by Alonso.