F1 auctions on Catawiki: Perfect to engage fans with memorabilia
Formula 1 fans love to engage with memorabilia from their beloved sport’s history through getting replica helmets or drivers’ gloves. Catawiki is one of those websites who offer the chance for fans to bid for historical pieces of their favourite drivers and their auctions put F1 lovers closer to the legends.
Formula 1 is undoubtedly one of the greatest categories in the history of sports and to study its history represents a big challenge. However, with only 20 events per year and documentation about each race from 1950, Formula 1 history is very complete. Given the sport’s history and its simplicity in terms of knowing what occurred on each race, finding memorabilia from the most historied races or other events since 1950 can be possible.
On Catawiki, F1 collectors will find weekly auctions run by a group of experts in the field to help complete the auctions with the most unique and special items, thus securing the highest quality and offering the best items for collectors. They describe themselves as an inspirational marketplace for the unusual, unexpected, and unique.
Currently, they are running an Exclusive F1 Auction which features more than 20 historied items from the 1980s to 2018. Of course, at the top of the list, you will find an Ayrton Senna helmet, possibly the single greatest piece for every collector.
Ayrton Senna testing the Williams FW08 Ford (1983)
Senna’s 1983 helmet, the one he wore during his first F1 test for Williams, is the highlight of the auction. The Brazilian champion wore the helmet on the 19th of July of 1983 when he drove an F1 car for the first time in his life. The three-time World Drivers’ champion drove the Williams FW08C.
The rest of the list offers Lewis Hamilton’s racing gloves signed by the five-time champion or his racing boots from 2018. Other interesting lots which can be found on the list are a Sebastian Vettel replica racing suit from his historical 2013 season and the particularly awesome rear wing of Riccardo Patrese's Alfa Romeo 185T from 1985.
Definitely, auctions have become a perfect way to engage F1 lovers with the best collection pieces in the history of the sport. It is a great way to bring Formula 1 legends closer to the special fanbase of the pinnacle of motorsport. If you had the chance to choose one item from F1 history, which one would it be?
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