The gloves appear to be off between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli at Mercedes after an exciting race weekend in Canada, whilst McLaren’s strategic blunder cost them dearly, paving the way for a great race between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.

The Mercedes intra team battle is reminiscent of 2016. Who will win out this year?

New to the site this week we have a superb B&H Jordan golf tournament trophy personally commissioned and presented by EJ in 2003, Jos Verstappen’s signed Orange Arrows guest pass from Canada 2000 and a Michael Schumacher signed carbon coil cover from the Renault RS07 V10 that powered Michael to the 1995 World Championship. 

A one off hand built guitar produced to mark McLaren’s  2024 Constructors Championship victory will make a superb centrepiece for the McLaren fan. Zak Brown certainly agreed as this piece was displayed at MTC after it was built!

From my own collection, we have a wonderful framed illustration of the Jordan 191 penned by Ian Hutchinson is available, signed by Ian and EJ and a similar image of the 192 signed by Mauricio Gugelmin and Stefan Modena. 

We are delighted to have items consigned by a renowned F1 journalist including signed caps from George Russell and Lewis Hamilton as well as a Moet podium magnum in its original wooden crate hand signed by Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello.

Meantime for the rally fan, we offer the winning team trophy from the 1987 Lombard RAC Rally, awarded to the Lancia Martini squad after Juha Kankunnen’s win.

Enjoy browsing!

Thanks

Tim 

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The F1 circus arrives in Montréal this week for the ever popular Canadian Grand Prix. Will Lando Norris join the long list of past world champions to make contact with the wall on the approach to the start finish straight?

Mercedes are bringing upgrades that they hope will increase their dominance after Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull appeared to be much closer in Miami.

This week we showcase some great World Champion pieces including gloves from Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, racesuits from Nico and Keke Rosberg, visors from Sebastian Vettel and Damon Hill and signed caps from Lewis Hamilton and Nigel Mansell 

A Mika Hakkinen signed Mercedes carbon coil cover from the V10 in his 1998 World Championship winning McLaren is a rare piece, whilst we also have a signed Williams steering wheel from Keke Rosberg (who was Mika’s manager in 1998/9)! 

A Nigel Mansell signed Ferrari piston sleeve and Benetton factory tool room replica of Michael Schumacher’s 1991 steering wheel round off this weeks newsletter. 

Happy browsing!

Thanks,

Tim

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The Gordon Murray designed car was launched 34 years ago in Monaco and with only 64 road going examples produced, they are now valued upwards of US$20m! Seen by many as the ultimate ever car with a carbon chassis, normally aspirated BMW V12, the weight of a Ford Fiesta and footprint of a Porsche Boxster, parts from these cars and associated ephemera such as owners manuals and brochures have become highly collectible. 

We are delighted to offer for the first time to market a fantastic selection of parts that have been in the private collection of one of the original employees for over 30 years, including unrepeatable pieces from chassis XP5, still owned to this day by McLaren. 

These include a steering wheel with carbon centre, titanium pedal set, a chassis plate, bespoke key and rear badge from the LM edition (only 5 made), a set of custom titanium spanners by Facom, Carbon dash panel, wheel nut and various display mounted badges.

These parts are exceptionally rare and will grace any serious collection. 

Happy browsing!

Thanks,

Tim

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Sir Frank’s eponymous team originally epitomised what Enzo Ferrari labelled as ‘Garagistas’, using Cosworth DFV engines and basic engineering. However, when Patrick Head joined the team with his engineering discipline, they flourished and won titles and when assisted by Ross Brawn, Frank Dernie and Adrian Newey, amongst others, further championships followed. 

We have a superb range of pieces from the Oxfordshire based team from an absolutely superb officially licensed full scale replica of the 2024 FW46 steering wheel to a presentation plaque from the Imola circuit given personally to Sir Frank.

A matched pair of race used rear wing end plates from the FW09, a demo wheel nut and thread, a Keke Rosberg signed steering wheel and a TAG Saudia jacket come direct from the archive of a retired long term employee.

From Sir Frank’s personal collection, we offer a selection of cards sent to him personally from various racing luminaries and a very special pair of embroidered Christmas hats from Michael Schumacher and Willi Weber.  

New into stock we have a wonderfully detailed and fully embroidered Nigel Mansell 1992 Championship season race suit, hand signed by ‘Il Leone’. 

With framed art pieces such as ‘Honda supremacy’ and the 1987 Autosport Awards print by Alan Fearnley depicting Piquet in his FW11 against Senna at Monza, we have something for every budget from this great team.

Happy Browsing!

Thanks,

Tim

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As F1 2026 returns after the rather atypically enforced break, Miami will be centre stage to see if the regulation tweaks have actually worked.

However, May 1st will always be remembered for the tragic events at Imola in 1994, with the sad death of Roland Ratzenberger in his Simtek on Saturday 30th April and the fatal accident of Ayrton Senna on Sunday 1st May. 

We have several related pieces that pay tribute to these drivers, including a very rare Simtek fabricated storage box in team colors, with a copy of the original business plan as well as a Simtek rear wing end hand signed by 19 drivers in period. 

The career of Ayrton Senna is well documented We have a wonderful sculpture by Gregory Percival of Senna in the Williams at his last race, a Ben Payne original artwork (oil on board) entitled ‘Arrivederci Ayrton’ as well as his original resin sealed work ‘Brazilian eyes’ and a superb portrait ‘Rheos 91’ (also available as a print).

A hand built model by SMTS / Keith Williams of Ayrton at Monaco 1984 in his Toleman is presented in a glass display case as a diorama, whilst we have a very rare example of the TAG Heuer 6000 Senna series watch – the only Senna endorsed TAG Heuer edition launched in his lifetime – marketed in Brazil where this example was sourced. 

As a recent visit to Imola proved, Senna remains ever popular with real racing enthusiasts and his memorabilia is the most highly prized on the market. 

Thanks,

Tim

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As we count down to the Miami GP in two weeks time, the FiA have announced measures to mitigate some of the concerns expressed by drivers and teams in the new regulation set. Meantime, Ferrari will bring a heavily revised car and whilst the paparazzi hope Hamilton will bring Kardashian, there are many who see the increasing celebrity encroachment in F1 as equally negative as the new regulations. 

Only time will tell. This week we showcase some superb pieces including World Champion signed memorabilia including a framed pair of replica Michael Schumacher Ferrari gloves with a hand signed plaque, signed caps from Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher, Nigel Mansell and Lewis Hamilton. 

A signed carbon Mercedes coil pack cover from Mika Hakkinen’s title winning McLaren, an exact replica of Michael Schumacher’s 1991 Benetton 181 steering wheel assembled from all original team components and a cylinder sleeve from Nigel Mansell’s 1990 F1 car trimmed in Schedoni leather and signed by Il Leone continue the championship theme. 

We have some great new pieces incoming so please browse our website for our full inventory. 

Thanks,

Tim

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It was an odd feeling knowing that last Sunday should have been the Bahrain GP – akin to the COVID lockdown in some ways when the 2020 season was decimated. The official F1 YouTube channel screened the entire 2021 Bahrain race, which clearly confused some fans as their comments suggested that Abu Dhabi and Bahrain were one and the same!

Let us hope that the various team / Liberty / FiA meetings taking place absent any GPs are going to result in safer and less gimmicky racing when the circus does resume in Miami, although with that being the capital of gimmicks, that seems unlikely! 

This week we showcase a selection of pieces that have recently been added to stock including a fantastic 1:1 replica Williams FW46 steering wheel assembly, a Mumm jeroboam in its wooden box signed by Rubens and Michael, a special Silverstone edition Lewis signed Ferrari cap and a wonderful model of Bloodhound by Amalgam. 

From our selection of rare McLaren road car pieces we now have a very rare 1996 F1 GTR magnesium race wheel and slick tyre, a P1 prototype rim and a Senna titanium exhaust finisher.

For the rally enthusiast, we offer the winning team trophy awarded to Lancia Martini for coming 1st at the Lombard RAC rally in Chester in 1987, whilst a rare Keke Rosberg testing racesuit from the 1980s is a fine piece from the 1982 F1 World Champion. 

Many of these items are unrepeatable and have come to market for the first time via MM. 

Happy browsing!

Thanks,

Tim

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As we look back to a thrilling GP last weekend at Suzuka, young pretenders to the fore, which bodes well for the rest of the season, F1 takes an enforced break until May. No doubt some of the teams will be working flat out trying to catch up with the ones that have mastered the new 2026 regulations already.

This week our newsletter features items from our ever increasing and varied inventory, from a superb Bloodhound 1/10 model built by Amalgam to promote Bloodhound’s attempt to break the World Land Speed Challenge.

A somewhat rare item that we offer this week is a guitar Custom built for McLaren and signed by Zak Brown, a one off!

We are always happy to hear from customers old or new, selling or buying or just chatting about Motorsport generally.

Thanks,

Tim

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Ahead of the enforced one month April break that was scheduled to include Bahrain and Saudi, the teams are at the majestic Suzuka, Japan this weekend. 

The circuit was designed as Honda’s test and development facility by a Dutchman, John Hugenholtz, who had designed the Zandvoort circuit. It is unique in having a figure 8 layout with a crossover. 

We have a great array of new items this week including a superb full scale licensed replica of the 2024 Williams FW24 steering wheel used by Albon and Colapinto. This was the first Williams F1  steering wheel to feature a built in display and the first full scale F1 replica steering wheel produced by Minichamps. It is one of only 99 produced worldwide that were sold out immediately, with absolutely superb and accurate detailing and display stand. We do not expect this to be around for long. 

For the collector of driver gloves, we offer an officially licensed pair of Sergio Perez gloves from his McLaren season in 2013 and a replica pair of Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari 2002 gloves by OMP,  as well as race used examples from Nico Rosberg, Ralf Schumacher and the race used gloves worn by Lewis Hamilton to secure the 2006 GP2 title at Monza with incredible provenance. 

Race suits are also highly prized peices and we have examples from Jenson Button, Keke Rosberg, Nico Rosberg, Pedro de la Rosa, as well as Lewis’ father, Anthony. 

Happy browsing!

Thanks,

Tim

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After the eventful Sprint weekend at Shanghai, it is a sad sign of the times that the conflict in Iran has jeopardised the safety of F1 personnel, drivers and fans to the extent that the Bahrain and Saudi Grand Prix weekends have been cancelled. With only Japan between now and Miami in early May, at least there will be time for some teams to work on their cars as it is clear that there is a huge gulf between the ends of the grid in terms of the implementation of the new regulations, even for Williams and McLaren who are using the currently dominant Mercedes PU.

A first win for Kimi Antonelli in Shanghai – the youngest ever F1 winner in GP history – was a joy to see, whilst Lewis Hamilton finally got his first podium in his second season and 26th race for the Scuderia. We have hand signed caps in stock from championship leader, George Russell as well as Fernando Alonso, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. 

With winners in mind, we are delighted to offer an unusual piece of history : The Winning Team salver trophy awarded to the Lancia Martini works team when Juha Kankkunen who the 1987 Lombard RAC Rally en route to his World Championship title. An unrepeatable opportunity. 

Also new to the site this week we have a race used coil cover from the 1998 World Championship winning Mercedes FO110G engine used in the West McLaren by Mika Hakkinen to secure his first World Championship, hand signed ‘The Flying Finn’ by Mika.  

Our premium pieces include the last pair of pre-F1 gloves worn by Lewis Hamilton to secure the GP2 title in 2006 and a Moet Jeroboam in a crate signed by Schumacher and Barrichello.

We have also listed some superb original Formula 1 paddock / pit passes from the archive of renowned journalist, Rob Widdows. 

Thanks,

Tim

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