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The Chequered Flag THE CHEQUERED March 2016 Issue 1 FLAG F101 MR322G £100 MR191 £295 1985 British Lewis Hamilton Truck Grand signed Formula 1 Prix Silverstone photo, our choice programme. Signed inside by two-time Moto GP World Champion Barry Sheene who later turned to Truck Racing, plus tickets MR225 £295 Pedro Rodriguez De La Vega signed ticket MR273 £100 Patrick Head, Adrian Newey, and Ross Brawn signed 2010 Sixty Years of Formula One Silverstone cover, they were all engineers MR322F £150 1987 Truck Prix signed official MR238 £350 Brands Hatch Graham Hill signed 4 x 6 photo programme. mounted onto card Signed inside by Rod Chapman (7x European Truck Champ) Barry Sheene (2x Moto GP Champ) Davina Galica (F1), Barry Lee (4x Truck World Champ), plus tickets MR117A £175 01303 278137 Michael EMAIL: [email protected] Schumacher signed photo, our choice Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 1 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SIGNED SILVERSTONE 2010 - 60 YEARS OF F1 Occassionally going round fairs you would find an odd Silverstone Motor Racing cover with a great signature on, but never more than one or two and always hard to find. They were only ever on sale at the circuit, and were sold to raise funds for things going on in Silverstone Village. Being sold on the circuit gave them access to some very hard to find signatures, as you can see from this initial selection. MR261 £30 MR262 £25 MR77C £45 Father and son drivers Sir Jackie Jody Scheckter, South African Damon Hill, British Racing Driver, and Paul Stewart. Sir Jackie took Driver, took part in 113 races 122 races, 22 wins and 1996 part in 100 races, winning 27 and winning 10 and so the 1979 World Champion. so 3 World Championships. World Championship. MR263 £12.50 MR196A £12.50 MR264 £12.50 Hans Joachim Stuck, German Driver Desire Wilson, one of only five Henry Pescarolo, French driver from the 1970’s, started 81 races. women to take part in Formula who took part in 64 races One. starting in 1968. MR265 £40 MR260A £20 Father and son Sir Jack and David Dan Gurney, American Driver MR266 £25 Brabham, both F1 Drivers, Sir Jack from the 1960s who took part in Hispania teammates Bruno took part in 128 races winning 14 87 races winning 4. Senna and Karun Chandhok. and so 3 World Championships. ALL 11 COVERS £225 SAVES OVER MR267 £25 £35 MR214D £25 British Formula One Drivers Jackie SUBJECT TO STOCK John Surtees, Champion driver on Oliver (51 Races) and John Watson both 2 and 4 Wheels. (154 Races), plus Rally Driver Paddy £45 per month Hopkirk. over 5 months 2 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF F101 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SIGNED 50 YEARS OF FERRARI IN F1 As you may guess to have produced these covers you had to know your Motor Racing and this Cover Producer did. So he made sure that each signer had driven for Ferrari. MR284 £15 MR187A £25 MR253 £25 Chris Amon, Kiwi Driver from the Cliff Allison, British Driver from Maurice Trintignant, driver during 1960’s and 70’s. the late 1950’s, passed away in the 1950’s and 60’s, passed 2005. away in 2005. MR254 £15 MR155A £20 MR255 £15 Andre De Adamich, Italian Driver Derek Bell, British Driver from the Nicola Larini, Italian Driver from from the 1970’s. late 1960’s. the late 1980’s. ALL 8 COVERS £125 SAVES OVER £25 SUBJECT TO STOCK MR256 £20 MR166A £15 Stefan Johansson, Swedish Driver Arthuro Merzario, Italian Driver from £25 per month over 5 months from the 1980’s, took part in 103 the 1970’s, took part in 85 races. races. BUCKINGHAM MOTOR RACING SERIES BCM01 £15 BCM02 £15 50th anniversary 50th anniversary of Stirling Moss of Tony Brook’s winning his win at Syracuse first Grand Prix with Daventry with an Aintree postmark postmark BCM02S BCM03 £15 £24.95 40th anniversary of Sir 50th anniversary Jack Brabham becoming of Tony Brook’s the first and only win at Syracuse driver to win a World signed by Tony Championship in a car Brooks bearing his own name www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 THE MEN BEHIND THE MICS BUY BOTH £30 MR268 £20 MR269 £15 2010 Silverstone cover, signed by 2010 Silverstone cover, signed by commentators Martin Brindle and presenters Jake Humphrey and Murray Walker. Jonathan Legard. DUKES, DOCTORS AND DESIGNERS Dare we say that sitting behind the wheel may be the easy part, here we list some of the men behind the scenes. MR270 £20 MR271 £45 MR272 £15 2010 Silverstone cover, signed 2010 Silverstone cover, signed by Jean Todt, signed 2010 by McLaren designers Gordon Red Bull Team Principal Christian Silverstone cover, FIA President. Murray and Neil Oatley. Horner and Engineer Adrian Newey. MR305 £30 MR148A £45 Professor Sid Watkins, signed MR235B £15 The Duke of Kent, signed 2010 2010 Silverstone cover, head of Andy Green, signed 2010 Silverstone cover, President of the the F1 medical side for 26 years, Silverstone cover, holder of the British Racing Drivers Club. passed away in 2012. World Land Speed Record. MR244A £35 MR310 £35 MR312 £35 James Toseland signed 12x8” Carlos Checa signed 12x8” photo, Tom Sykes 12x8” signed photo, signed photo, double Superbike 2011 World Superbike Champion 2013 Superbike World Champion World Champion 4 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF F101 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] 50 Years of Ferrari F1 Victories MR257 £25 MR223A £25 MR258 £50 Patrick Tambay, French Driver Mika Salo, Finnish Driver from the Jose Froilan Gonzalez, driver from the 1970’s and 1980’s. 1990’s. from the 1950’s. MR259 £45 01303 MR201A £40 Gerhard Berger, Austrian Driver Clay Regazzoni, Swiss Driver with with 10 Grand Prix wins. 278137 five wins passed away in 2006. MR241A £25 MR214C £25 MR202A £40 John Surtees, Champion Driver Jacky Ickx, Belgium Driver from the 1970’s with 8 wins and 25 Mario Andretti, 1978 World on both 2 and 4 wheels, including Champion. with Ferrari in 1964. Podiums. All 10 Covers £275 MR232A £15 MR260 £20 Tony Brooks, driver from the Dan Gurney, American driver 1950’s with 6 wins. from the 1960s with 6 wins. Available on request Want to spread the MR313 £35 MR321 £40 payments on these Jonathan Rea signed 12x8” Nick Heidfeld signed 12x8” amazing covers? signed photo photograph Don’t forget to ask about www.buckinghamcovers.com Flexi Pay! Call 01303 5 278137 for full details. 2002 Silverstone covers MR77D £35 MR145B £35 MR82B £25 Damon Hill, British Champion, Nigel Mansell, 1992 British World Sir Jackie Stewart, 3 times World 122 races, 22 wins and 1996 Champion with 31 Grand Prix Champion taking part in 100 World Championship. wins. races. MR279 £40 MR280 £15 MR278 £20 Peter Gethin, British McLaren David Hobbs, British Driver from the Mark Blundell, British Driver from Driver from the early 1970’s, 1960’s. the 1990’s passed away in 2011. 01303 MR281 £15 MR282 £45 278137 John Miles, British Driver with Signed by drivers John Watson, Lotus in the late 1960’s. John Surtees and Howden Ganley. 1996 Silverstone covers MR20A £20 Jonathan Palmer, British Driver from the 1980’s. MR155B £20 Derek Bell, British Driver from the late 1960’s. MR232B £15 Tony Brooks, driver from the 1950s with 6 wins. MR148C £45 The Duke of Kent, President of the British All 4 signed covers £90 Racing Drivers Club. 6 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF F101 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] 2010 Sixty Years of Silverstone cover MR274 £20 Vitantonio Liuzzi, F1 Driver between 2005 - 12. MR202B £40 Mario Andretti, 1978 Formula 1 World Champion. MR275 £30 Adrian Sutil, Formula One Driver, MR276 £35 currently with Nico Hulkenburg, driver currently with Force India. Sauber. MR148B £75 Prince Michael of Kent, visited the Circuit over the Week-end. MR218A £35 Bernie Ecclestone, the head of Formula One, signed Bernie. MR273 £100 Signed by Engineers Patrick Head, MR277 £35 Adrian Signed by the Co Founders of the Brabham Newey and Team Sir Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac. Ross Brawn. Don’t forget, you can always use - our Flexible Payment service It’s simple and INTEREST FREE. Divide the total by up to 12 months. We then hold your order safely for you. It is extremely popular and flexible. Talk to any of our team to find a payment plan that suits you. FlexiPay is a great way of getting covers or collections that you want but can’t pay the full amount straight away. And it’s much better for you than putting it on your credit card and paying interest to the bank! We prefer you to pay by credit or debit card for this service. Our minimum monthly payment is £10. www.buckinghamcovers.comFlexiPay 7 FORMULA 1 MOTOR SPORT CHARITY MEMORABILIA COVERS (1950 - 1976) Around 15 years ago a series of covers was started to commemorate fifty years of Formula 1, the idea was to do one cover a year and get each signed. The series was never quite finished, but now does offer some great covers and fantastic signatures. For the first time we have been offered access to this great stock and listed here are the signatures available. Our plan is to place an order with our suppliers around every ten days, so there may be a slight delay before your order is sent. For those of you tempted to buy a number of these great covers, we will still be able to offer flexi-pay 1950 Alfa Romeo 158 - British Grand 1953 Ferrari 500 - Swiss Grand Prix Prix Silverstone Bremgarten MR1950B GEOFFREY CROSSLEY................
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