Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/26/2021
The 2001 season marked the third year in F1 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 F1 drivers’ Championship. This Bell K1 helmet was introduced for the 2001 season and has been painted in Jacques’ traditional design by Bell S.P.O.R.T.S. Europe. The back of the helmet has been tagged “2001-12” and a European flag decal and a German flag decal were also added to the back of the helmet to signify that Villeneuve wore this helmet during the 2001 European and German Grand Prix weekends with Villeneuve finishing third in the German Grand Prix, his last F1 podium finish. The helmet shows great wear inside and out. As per all Jacques’ helmets, extra eye-port foam has been added and the left side front vents and the top vents have been tapped-off. The drink tube has been drilled out and the full race radio remains intact as well as the drink tube. There are two tear-offs attached to the visor with the top one signed by Villeneuve. The visor currently on the helmet is the one which was mounted on it when we received it at our office from Villeneuve. Also included is the original Bell carrying bag with “J.V. 01-12” handwritten annotations. This item is from Jacques Villeneuve’s personal collection and will come with his signed LOA.
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