mrgrieves, I’ve met drivers at the Autosport show. There are typically a handful there each year from different categories and there’s even an area devoted to autographing. As a result, I have a Jordan hat signed by Martin Brundle as well as lanyards signed by Eddie Jordan, Allan McNish, Matt Neal, Takuma Sato (he was particularly great), David Coulthard (he took a lot of tracking down since everyone and his dog wanted his signature) and Alex Brundle.
These are not my most prized F1 memorabillia, though I treasure the memories attached to them. That would be my 2008 Force India/Fisichella T-shirt. It’s one I was given by a very kind friend, who was given it by one of their friends, who was working at Force India during the time Giancarlo Fisichella did his 200th race. Everyone on the team got a customised version of the Force India T-shirt with the Italian flag and “Fisico 200 Grands Prix Monaco 2008″ on the back.
My favourite team is Force India and my favourite driver is Fisico, so to have something supporting both at once – particularly something with that sort of history attached to it By sheer luck, it’s even the right size for me. Suffice to say I wear it when watching most F1 and sportscar races…