RACING great Nigel Mansell raked in £1.3million flogging memorabilia from his glittering F1 career. Among the 178 items sold off by the moustachioed 1992 world champ were helmets, race suits and trophies. The most expensive was the ­helmet from his first F1 victory — the European GP at Brands Hatch in October 1985 — which sold for £68,400. Two “5NM” personalised registration plates fetched £50,400, while a 72cc motorbike he rode in the pits sold for £24,000 at the auction at Sotheby’s, London. His 1992 French GP trophy sold for £25,200, a race suit, boots and gloves from 1992 for £21,600, and a 1994 steering wheel for £9,600.

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