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The curios kept by motorsport professionals

Keeping momentos of key triumphs is par for the course for motorsport professionals, but what are the most cherished souvenirs picked up by the drivers and engineers who have seen and done it all?

Gary Watkins Dec 25, 2020, 4:06 PM

Motorsport is dangerous. It says so on the entry ticket - if you've been lucky enough to get to a track in 2020.

But the hazard involved doesn't only apply to the participants - it's also a dangerous pastime for those looking to keep their homes in a good state of feng shui, for there are all manner of items for those of a predisposition for hoarding to indulge.

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Author Gary Watkins

Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.