Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/20/2020
The 2001 season marked the third year in F-1 for the BAR-Honda team. The team was looking to build off from the 2000 season, which saw them take leaps in development of the car and engine. The team did extensive testing that paid off with Jacques recording ten top 10 finishes with 2 podiums, a third place finish in both the Spanish and German Grand Prix’s and a seventh overall in the F-1 drivers’ Championship.
This Bell K1 helmet has been painted in Jacques’ traditional design by Bell S.P.O.R.T.S. Europe and has been tagged "2001-16" and an Italian flag decal has been added as well to signify the helmet was used during the 2001 Italian GP weekend in Monza, September 14-16, 2001. The 2001 Italian GP saw Jacques only managed to qualify 15th but he had a very strong race and finished 6th.
The helmet shows very nice wear and use with a number of paint chips on the front. As per all Jacques helmets extra eye-port foam has been added and heli-tape covers the top and front vents. The drink tube has been drilled out with heli-tape covering it and the full race radio remains intact. The helmet had the sponsor decals "TISCALI" removed from both sides. We believe this was done because this helmet was used again in Fall testing for the 2002 season. There are three tear-offs which remain attached to the race visor and Villeneuve applied his signature to the top one.
Also included is the original Bell carrying bag with “JV 2001-16” handwritten annotations. This item is from Jacques Villeneuve’s personal collection and will come with his signed LOA.
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