Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction October 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/9/2016
2001 was year three for Jacques Villeneuve and the BAR Honda team. The team and Jacques looked to improve on the 2000 season and they did with Jacques earning 10 top ten finishes and 7th overall in the Formula 1 Championship.
This Bell K1 helmet was painted by Bell SPORTS Europe and is tagged 2001-6, the helmet has also been identified as being used during the Brazilian GP by having a Brazilian flag decal attached to the back by the Bell Racing support team. Jacques qualified 12th and drove up to finish 7th in the third race of the season held at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace in San Paulo Brazil May 30, 31 and April 1, 2001.
The helmet shows very nice wear with a number of small chips in the paint and most of the vents still covered with heli-tape. The drink tube and the full race radio and mic remain in the helmet and the visor is signed by Villeneuve. Also included is the original Bell carrying bag with “J.V. 01-06” handwritten annotations. This item is from Jacques Villeneuve’s personal collection and will come with his signed LOA.
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