This Bell XFM1 light weight helmet has been used extensively by Ayrton Senna during the 1988 F1 season. The 1988 season has been Senna’s first Championship season in the McLaren MP4-4 Honda.
This exceptional helmet shows significant signs of wear. The radio has been removed, with the external mount remaining intact and the adhesive where the speaker was attached still visible inside. The drinking hole is fully intact and has been enlarged three times at Senna's request to allow a higher flow of water when needed. The internal strap is marked "88LW5," indicating it is a lightweight helmet from 1988, number 5 in the series. Ayrton Senna gifted this helmet to his physiotherapist, Jo Leberer, in 1989. Upon presenting it to Jo, Ayrton signed, dated, and included a personal message to his close friend.
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1988 has been an exceptional season for Senna, he won the following Grand Prix:
San Marino Grand Prix
Canadian Grand Prix
Detroit Grand Prix
British Grand Prix
German Grand Prix
Hungarian Grand Prix
Belgium Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix
The World Championship for Drivers was won by Ayrton Senna, and the World Championship for Constructors by McLaren-Honda. Senna and McLaren teammate Alain Prost won fifteen of the sixteen races between them; the only race neither driver won was the Italian Grand Prix, where Ferrari's Gerhard Berger took an emotional victory four weeks after the death of team founder Enzo Ferrari.
