Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/19/2018
The 1996 season marked the debut of Jacques Villeneuve in Formula 1. After 2 years of racing CART in North America, Jacques signed on with Frank Williams and the powerful Williams Renault F-1 team. Jacques made it very clear from the start he was there to win. He started the season with a pole position in the Australian GP and went on to score 4 wins, 2 more pole positions, 11 top three’s, 6 fastest race laps and second overall in the F-1 Championship.
This Bell M3 helmet was painted by Bell S.P.O.R.T.S. Europe in Villeneuve’s traditional style complete with full “Rothmans” livery. The race radio remains intact and as per all of JV’s helmets extra eye port foam had been added. However there appears to be no wear on the outside or inside of the helmet and we believe that this helmet was prepared for use but never made it into his rotation of helmets and therefore we refer to it as a race ready helmet. Jacques has applied his signature to the visor. This item is from Jacques Villeneuve’s personal collection and will come with his signed LOA.
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