Taxi for Senna, Ultimate edition

Formula 1 can be a tough old game. A sport that can, quite literally, chew you up and spit you out whenever it takes the fancy. However, amid the hotbed of rivalries and competition come some truly incredible sporting moments. And Ayrton Senna hitching a lift on the airbox of Nigel Mansell’s Williams-Renault after the 1991 British Grand Prix is up there with the best of them.

Having pipped the Brazilian to pole, the pair produced a thrilling duel until Senna’s McLaren ran out of fuel on the last lap, leaving him to be classified fourth. Instead of leaving Senna to trudge back to the pits, Mansell pulled over to pick up his rival in a gesture that sent the attending marshals and health and safety officials into a right state.

Regardless, it represents one of the great F1 moments, and has been captured in this 1:12-scale chromed statue. Being the Ultimate Edition, it comes housed in a fitted flight case, complete with a collectors’ pin badge and keyring made from race-used Williams bodywork, and is signed on the base by Mansell himself.
£499.95

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