How to buy a piece of a real F1 to decorate your house

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A glass table made from a tire, helmets and more

If you take a look at the product catalog, you will surely want to buy everything. And no wonder. There are replicas of scale helmets or Formula 1 steering wheels, which are items that you could find in some other official store... but if you keep looking, you will find restored pieces that will really make you want to hide your wallet.

Among the best-selling items, you should find the tire converted into a glass table that is offered. There are several teams, such as Aston Martin, Renault or Mercedes, and therefore at different prices, starting at around €600.

You can also pick up F1 body parts sold in an acrylic frame, F1-shaped jewellery, autographed photographs or a cap signed by Fernando Alonso himself. Even a lamp made with components from an F1!

But there is more. if you keep looking you can find some original gloves signed by Valtteri Bottas that are sold for €600, a Kimi Räikkönen suit that costs €3,600 or the balaclava used by Esteban Ocon in the French GP for just over €300.

From time to time auctions are held and they even sell original F1 cars like the 1998 Minardi M198 or the Benetton B198... although they don't give the price.

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If I tell you that for just over 300 euros you can have at home a tire used by Sergio Pérez or Lance Stroll when they competed for Force India/Racing Point, it probably won't seem too expensive and you might even think about going to buy it. But this is where you should keep in mind that it is no longer so easy to buy an item of this type from Great Britain.

Since last January, purchases from Great Britain are considered imports. That is why you will have to pay customs formalities, VAT, currency conversion (this depends on your bank)... and of course, the bill will therefore rise considerably to get the product to your home.

It may happen that you do not know very well what you are going to pay until the transport company contacts you, which is the one that takes care of all this matter. Worth?

You will have to value it and 'run the risk' of facing an extra cost. If all the customs procedures go well, and except for problems with transportation, you can have your product in just one week.

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But it's not all worries. It should also be borne in mind that the products purchased from F1 Authentics, which, as we say, collaborate with the teams on the grid and with F1 itself, have a certificate of authenticity and the assurance that they will reach their destination through an agency. reliable transportation.

If you have taken a look at the web, perhaps you are already thinking about where to put that converted tire on a table, the spoiler of an F1 car or the overalls with which your favorite driver has raced... take note for the letter to the three wise men!