Scuderia AlphaTauri and Catawiki, the main on-line market for distinctive objects, are happy to announce an unprecedented partnership, providing all followers the chance to personal a chunk of racing historical past, together with ‘A Decade of Daniel’!
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A collection of 5 on-line auctions will probably be held this 12 months, accessible to everybody, that includes a file variety of over 300 collector’s gadgets rigorously chosen by Catawiki’s motorsport specialists. These embody objects from the F1 crew’s previous and current seasons, alongside these from the Scuderia Toro Rosso and the Scuderia AlphaTauri period.
The objects in an public sale will embody quite a lot of automotive elements – similar to wheel nuts, flaps, entrance and rear wings – to drivers’ racing kits, helmets and pit crew overalls, in addition to mock-ups of precise racing automobiles which have been competing within the Method 1 World Championship.
It should have been a uncommon view for Amsterdam inhabitants at the moment, with Daniel Ricciardo taking his former Method 1 automotive for a spin on the Amsterdam canals. The outstanding experience unveiled the brand new on-line public sale ‘A Decade of Daniel’ by Scuderia AlphaTauri on Catawiki, the web market for distinctive objects. The public sale celebrates Ricciardo’s Method 1 profession and options a number of objects from his legacy, permitting followers to personal a chunk of racing historical past. A part of the particular public sale proceeds will probably be donated to the not-for-profit basis Wings for Life, devoted to discovering a remedy for spinal wire harm.
A Decade of Daniel
Ricciardo offered the important public sale gadgets at an unique occasion in Amsterdam hosted by presenter and racing driver Vittoria Piria. To the delight of followers and spectators, he arrived in model by bringing his STR7 to the occasion by boat. The Method 1 driver, who just lately returned to the grid, shared a few of the most particular reminiscences in his Method 1 profession, mirrored by the gadgets going beneath the hammer.
The highlight is taken by the STR7 Method 1 automotive. Ricciardo drove this automotive throughout his first season at Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2012, scoring his first ever factors in Method 1. The car incorporates a cutting-edge carbon-fibre composite monocoque chassis with the immediately recognisable iconic darkish blue and crimson livery. Including to this one-of-a-kind object, followers can gear up for gadgets from Ricciardo’s 2013 season – the 12 months he earned his seat at Crimson Bull Racing and scored 20 factors within the championship – together with a signed race swimsuit and balaclava.
The ‘Decade of Daniel’ public sale additionally presents different distinctive collectables from the Scuderia AlphaTauri and Scuderia Toro Rosso archives, rigorously chosen by Catawiki motorsports specialists. Highlights embody the STR4 mock-up automotive from 2009, the complete gearbox from the STR8 automotive and Max Verstappen’s Scuderia Toro Rosso 2016 preseason race equipment. Gadgets from the present F1 season, signed by the drivers, can even be a part of the public sale.
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The public sale is a part of a collection of 5 on-line auctions held this 12 months, which purpose at bringing the world of Method 1 throughout the grasp of its passionate supporters. Over 300 collector’s gadgets will attain their followers this 12 months.
The primary public sale broke all earlier data on Catawiki, attracting greater than 200,000 distinctive guests – as removed from Amsterdam as Japan and Hawaii – and counting over 2,500 bids. This immense response from followers displays the craze for sports activities memorabilia, one of many fastest-growing classes on Catawiki.
Marc Jans, Method 1 skilled at Catawiki, mentioned:
With the ability to put Daniel Ricciardo’s Scuderia Toro Rosso debut automotive up for public sale is one thing distinctive. This automotive has conquered the concrete and Amsterdam canals, including a novel chapter to its journey.
Daniel Ricciardo, Scuderia AlphaTauri driver, commented:
I keep in mind firing up the STR7 automotive on race day, giving me goosebumps. I felt a variety of confidence in that automotive. I’m so excited to permit racing followers to personal particular objects from the primary years of my racing profession!
The net public sale ‘A Decade of Daniel’ with over 70 distinctive objects is now open on Catawiki, and followers can place their bids till September third, 2023. Extra auctions by Scuderia AlphaTauri and Catawiki will probably be held in September, November and December this 12 months.
