With assist from his spouse Corinna, seven-time Method 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher has signed a helmet for an upcoming charity public sale with the initials ‘MS,’ per a report from the Every day Mail. There are a number of extra signatures on the helmet, together with all the different residing F1 World Champions.
The helmet will probably be auctioned off to boost funds for Sir Jackie Stewart’s Race In opposition to Dementia charity. Stewart’s spouse Helen was recognized with the illness in 2014. The group is aiming to fund a brand new blood check trial that’s at present being developed by the College of Cambridge.
The old-school white helmet, that includes a Royal Stewart tartan band across the prime, was worn by the three-time world champion throughout his racing profession. The helmet will probably be showcased Sunday on the Bahrain Grand Prix the place the 85-year-old Stewart will do an exhibition run across the observe in his 1973 title-winning Tyrrell 006, whereas carrying the helmet supposed for public sale.
Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell 006 Ford
Photograph by: Motorsport Photos
Stewart instructed the Every day Mail: “It’s fantastic that Michael might signal the helmet on this worthy trigger – a illness for which there isn’t a remedy. His spouse helped him, and it accomplished the set of each single champion nonetheless with us.”
Schumacher, who final raced an F1 automobile in the course of the 2012 season, ended his profession because the winningest driver within the sport’s historical past till Lewis Hamilton toppled his file just a few years later. The German racing legend has been absent from the general public eye since a tragic accident in December of 2013 whereas snowboarding that left him with a severe head damage.
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