A Riccardo Patrese Bell helmet, 1979,

Goodwood Festival of Speed|12 July 2024, 11:00 BST|Chichester, Goodwood

A Riccardo Patrese Bell helmet, 1979,

Snell number A378589, white with blue concentric hoops increasing in width, with Britax and Goodyear logos, with Bell tinted visor fitted with Warsteiner named driver logo strip, (foam lining distressed), used condition, chin strap buckles rusted, presented to John Neale by Riccardo Patrese.

Footnotes

From the Estate of the Late John A Neale (1938-1984).

John's interest in all things Motorsports started when he was a schoolboy. When he left school, he began his engineering apprenticeship at Day & Coles Garage, Wellingborough. A keen driver, he was a fierce contender in Hillclimb and Rally events, which later led to him becoming a scrutineer. His career progressed when he took a job as a Mechanical Engineer for Ford, where his attention to detail and engineering skills were recognised and he was asked to work as an engineer in Formula 1. Joining the Ambrosio Tabatip Shadow Racing team in 1977 working on the Chassis DN5B and DN8 cars as a race engineer with Riccardo Patrese, Tom Pryce, Jackie Olivier, Arturo Merzario, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Renzo Zorzi and Alan Jones. He moved to the Arrows Team, where he stayed as Riccardo Patrese's mechanic until 1981. When Patrese moved onto Martini Racing for the 1982 season, John remained at Arrows for two more seasons as a senior engineer.

Further lots from this collection can be found in Bonhams Festival of Speed Online auction, sale number 29836, bidding is open from 5-19 July.

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SALEROOM NOTICE Please note this lot now comes with a letter of provenance, as well as a selection of photographs of the vendors father with Riccardo Patrese, while he worked as his mechanic and engineer. Please also note that the image for lot 29 is incorrectly numbered in the paper catalogue as lot 30, but is numbered correctly online as lot 29.

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