A helmet worn by Ayrton Senna throughout his ultimate season driving for McLaren-Honda has bought for nearly three-quarters of 1,000,000 kilos.
The Shoei helmet was bought at an public sale which additionally featured dozens of things beforehand owned by the 1992 world champion, Nigel Mansell.
Public sale home RM Sotheby’s confirmed the helmet, bought at its Shift On-line: Europe and Center East sale, achieved the best worth ever for an F1 helmet.
The Senna helmet dated from the identical 12 months Mansell gained the championship, earlier than Honda’s withdrawal. Senna wore it at Spa, the place he completed fifth in a race which noticed Michael Schumacher rating his first victory. The weekend was additionally memorable for the high-speed crash suffered by Erik Comas at Blanchimont throughout follow, when Senna stopped his automobile and got here to the Ligier driver’s assist.
Senna solely contested one full season following 1992, in a Ford-powered McLaren. In 1994, after transferring to Williams, he died in a crash throughout the third spherical of the season at Imola.
Mansell had already gained the 1992 world championship by the point the sphere arrived at Spa. Certainly one of his helmets from the identical season fetched the best worth of dozens of things he provided, promoting for £62,400. It was his final full season in F1, although he contested a handful of races in 1994 and 1995.
Different gadgets bought in the identical public sale from the third a part of Mansell’s Legacy Assortment embrace his 1992 championship trophy (not the cup) for £22,000, a 1990 Ferrari race swimsuit for £17,400 and his 1987 race winner’s trophy from the French Grand Prix for £15,000.
Historic F1 gadgets have bought for more and more excessive costs in current months. In February a 70-year-old Mercedes fetched a record-breaking sale worth of €51.15 million (£42.7m).
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