Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/19/2018
Jacques Villeneuve carried the #1 for the 1998 season as a reward for being the 1997 World Champion. Jacques and the Williams team were going to try and defend the title with a new car, the Williams FW-20, and a new engine supplier Mechachrome. The chassis and engine struggled during the season and Jacques could only manage 2 podiums and a 5th place finish in the World Championship.
This Bell Fueling II helmet, painted by Bell S.P.O.R.T.S. Europe, has been tagged 98.9 by the Bell trackside staff. The helmet is set up in full tobacco livery, the race radio remains intact and the drink tube has been drilled out. The helmet shows nice wear inside and out and is in Jacques' traditional paint scheme. No visor was present on the helmet so one of Jacques’ vintage Williams Renault visor was mounted on it and it is nicely signed by him. As per all of Jacques helmets extra eye-port foam has been added and you can see remains of the tape that sealed-off the vents. Also included is the original Bell carrying bag with “JV 98-9” handwritten annotations. This item is from Jacques Villeneuve’s personal collection and will come with his signed LOA.
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