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166165167163A limited edition Ayrton Senna steering wheel bypersonal, signed and dated ‘91 by Senna,replica of the personal steering wheel used by the triple worldchampion with Honda Mclaren team, made to celebrate the Formula1 championship of 1991, limited edition number 1 of 40, displaymounted, framed and glazed, 39.5 x 39.5cm.£1,200 - 1,500€1,500 - 1,800164*Three items relating to Lotus Formula 1,comprising a Team Lotus steering wheel, by Momo, believed used onthe Lotus 81 by Mario Andretti and Elio de Angelis, three spoke metalboss and black leather rim, with remains of Tissot sponsorship labelto centre; a Willans Lotus 81, 4-point harness and straps also used byAndretti and de Angelis and a Lotus 81 air intake trumpet cover, redleatherette marked ‘EL 81’ on underside, believed relating to EssexLotus 81.(Qty)£700 - 900€860 - 1,100165 ◊A Marlboro McLaren MP4-6A top nose cone panelfrom Ayrton Senna’s 1991 show car,the top decorated with Marlboro, Honda, Shell, Goodyear andMcLaren International logos, the underside hand-written ‘L/W 11Show Car No.1 6A-0655/E-04-02’ also hand-written but faintly visibleare the words ‘Japan Race’, carbon-fibre composite, slight dentingand damage, 145cm long overall, together with a McLaren MP4-6Awindshield with Tag Heuer logo to front, underside inscribed ‘SennaNo. 39 Mk 4 new dash ½” FWD’, moulded Perspex, stress cracks tobolt holes, 58cm long overall.(2)£1,000 - 1,500€1,200 - 1,800166James Hunt’s Bell helmet, used during 1968-1971Formula Ford and Formula 3 races,Bell Star helmet with 1968 Snell number A361188, 7 1/8 size Bell-Toptek, painted black with drivers name and three coloured stripesrepresenting his old school Wellington College, blood type ‘GP.A RH.POS’ painted on the crown, overall worn with evidence of accidentdamage and scorching to rear of helmet, fitted with visor, togetherwith a photograph depicting the accident at Zandvoort on 16 May1971 in the March-Holbay 713S, that damaged the helmet, 32 x43cm, mounted on card, the back stamped ‘Copyright Cor BruinsmaFotograff...Amsterdam-Z’.£5,000 - 7,000€6,100 - 8,600On the 16 May 1971 while competing in heat 2 of the formula 3 racesat Zandvoort, Hunt suffered a very serious looking accident when hewent off at Tarzan on lap 11, he overturned his March and the rollbarwas ripped off, luckily he wasn’t wearing crotch straps and slid downin the car and was very fortunate to escape injury, this helmet borethe brunt of the impact, it took eight people to lift the car and extracta dazed Hunt from the wreckage. The helmet is offered for sale atauction from the collection of photographer Miss Chantale Lecluse.Miss Lecluse and James Hunt were in a relationship from 1971 to1974, and during this time they lived in a London flat. According toinformation supplied by the vendor, this helmet was never used againand stored on a shelf in the flat. At the end of their relationship, theymoved out of the flat and parted ways, at that time this helmet was leftto the vendor.Miscellaneous Automobilia167A rare hardwood model of the Bugatti Royale‘Coupe Napoleon’,finely detailed model of the Type 41 chassis number 41.110, the car asused by Ettore Bugatti personally, constructed from a variety of woodsincluding walnut, ebony, birch, maple, tulipwood, sycamore and otherrare hardwoods, with inlaid bonnet and coachwork details and rollingwheels, 59cm long, together with a full list of materials used in theconstruction.(2)£500 - 700€610 - 860Automobilia | 43