Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction February 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2016
Jacques Villeneuve is very particular about his helmets, everything has to be just right. This Bell K1 helmet, painted by Bell SPORTS Europe and tagged 2001-11 has more customizations then some drivers might have in an entire year. Jacques added the extra foam around the eye port, common in all of his helmets. He has also applied silver reflective tape to the top of the helmet, we have seen this on one other helmet and it was done to reflect heat while in the car. The most unique feature of this helmet is the visor. It started out as a standard Bell 2-layer shield but Jacques has customized it by adding a hard foam sun visor to the top edge of the shield, he then added the visor strip above it on the helmet instead of on the visor.
This helmet has been photo-matched to the Hungarian Grand Prix held April 19th, 2001 in Budapest, where Jacques qualified 10th and finished in ninth place. The helmet still has the full radio installed and the Bell trackside staff added the Hungarian flag to the back of the helmet to signify where it was worn.
This item is from Jacques Villeneuve’s personal collection and will come with his signed LOA.
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