Mika Hakkinen & Nigel Mansell Dual Signed 12x8 Mclaren Launch 1995 F1 Photograph

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Rare Mika Hakkinen & Nigel Mansell Dual Signed 12x8 Photograph at the F1 Mclaren Launch in 1995 at Westminster Hall (opposite Westminster Abbey).

Taken by Bruce Malcolm and Mika Hakkinen has signed & added 'The Finn 95' & Nigel Mansell signed and added 'Best Wishes' on the photograph. 

From the Bruce Malcolm collection.

Nigel Mansell made a brief return to Formula One with McLaren. The McLaren-Mercedes cockpit was initially too small for Mansell, and he had to miss the first two races whilst McLaren redesigned the monocoque. His eventual return for the 1995 San Marino Grand Prix was disappointing, and he was outpaced by Häkkinen. After another disappointing race at the Spanish Grand Prix Mansell and McLaren parted ways, and Mark Blundell drove the second McLaren for the remainder of 1995. Mika Häkkinen suffered serious head injuries after a high-speed crash during the first qualifying session on the Friday of the 1995 Australian Grand Prix. The fast actions of the medical crew, including performing an emergency tracheotomy, saved his life, and he later returned to the track in 1996. Later that year, Mansell revealed that he intended to "fight for the championship with Williams", but the Williams team chose David Coulthard instead.