Valtteri Bottas’s first race-used Cadillac Formulation 1 helmet will go up for public sale with F1 Authentics, operated by Memento Exclusives.
The Finnish driver wore the helmet on the 2026 season-opening Australian Grand Prix, his first race as a Cadillac F1 driver after the American outfit joined the grid because the eleventh staff this yr.
The helmet encompasses a black and electrical blue design and, whereas it’s in race-worn situation, it’s “remarkably unblemished,” in keeping with the public sale home.
“My race-worn helmet from Melbourne this yr. My first ever race for Cadillac [and] my first ever race for GM,” Bottas defined of the public sale.
“A giant second for me, making my return to Formulation 1, this piece is one thing particular and now, it could possibly be yours. It is going to be auctioned by F1 Authentics, which is the one licensed platform, in the course of the Miami weekend, so test it out. It’s a extremely vital piece for me and it will be superb to share it with you.”
Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac Racing
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The public sale is stay now and can run till Tuesday 5 Might as a part of the F1 Authentics Miami GP Public sale. On the time of writing, the present bid is £3,900, however it’s estimated to achieve between £40,000 and £50,000.
Bottas joined Cadillac after a yr out of a full-time F1 seat. Having misplaced his seat at Sauber on the finish of 2025, Bottas signed together with his former staff, Mercedes, as a reserve driver, however was wanting to safe one other full-time seat for 2026.
The previous Mercedes driver has been joined by ex-Pink Bull driver Sergio Perez to type an skilled driver line-up at Cadillac.
After the primary three rounds of the season, Bottas and Perez sit nineteenth and twentieth within the drivers’ standings, solely forward of the 2 Aston Martin drivers.
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