RACING great Nigel Mansell raked in £1.3million flogging memorabilia from his glittering F1 career.
Among the 178 items sold off by the moustachioed 1992 world champ were helmets, race suits and trophies.
GettyNigel Mansell raked in £1.3million flogging memorabilia from his glittering F1 career[/caption]
Jam Press/Simon Clay Courtesy ofThe most expensive flop was the helmet from his first F1 victory — which sold for £68,400[/caption]
Jam Press/Simon Clay Courtesy ofHis 1992 French GP trophy sold for £25,200[/caption]
The most expensive was the helmet from his first F1 victory — the European GP at Brands Hatch in October 1985 — which sold for £68,400.
Two “5NM” personalised registration plates fetched £50,400, while a 72cc motorbike he rode in the pits sold for £24,000 at the auction at Sotheby’s, London.
His 1992 French GP trophy sold for £25,200, a race suit, boots and gloves from 1992 for £21,600, and a 1994 steering wheel for £9,600.
Mansell, 70, had 31 Grand Prix wins and 59 podium finishes in his career.
One of his best performances came in qualifying for the 1992 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
A framed time chart from that lap sold for £8,400.
Mansell, who had kept the items in a private museum in Jersey, said: “The collection is the material manifestation of the most significant moments of my career.”
Nearly 150 more lots were due to go under the hammer.
Jam Press/Simon Clay Courtesy ofA race suit, boots and gloves from 1992 sold for £21,600[/caption]
Jam Press/Simon Clay Courtesy ofTwo ‘5NM’ personalised registration plates fetched £50,400[/caption] Creator – [#item_custom_dc:creator]
