THE EXPERT VIEW
True museum pieces
The term ‘museum piece’ tends to get over-used these days, but every now and then something crops up that well and truly lives up to that billing.
Signed race-used equipment or clothing is a highly appealing market for collectors, but it’s rare that items come as a set, which is just one thing that makes the race-worn Gerhard Berger suit and helmet we have so special, below. They both came from the Ferrari Museum and date from 1989, when Berger was at Ferrari. He won one race that year (the Portuguese GP), and this suit and helmet were both worn for the final two races of the campaign ( Japan and Australia). Gerhard himself confirmed this.