“Seeing Red"
By Michael Mate
Dimensions: 23" x 31"
Now Available Autographed by Mika Salo and Eddie Irvine!
This scene depicts Ferrari driver Mika Salo in the pits at the 1999
German Grand Prix. Salo was the replacement driver for Michael Schumacher,
who had broken his leg at the British Grand Prix. Salo led for much
of the race, but team orders were given to allow teammate Eddie Irvine,
who was battling Mika Hakkinen for the World Championship, to take the
lead. Salo finished in second place, one second behind the victorious
Irvine. Following the race, Irvine presented Salo with the victory
trophy as a gesture of his appreciation.
Autographed by Mika Salo and Eddie Irvine,
with signing photo: $199.95
Artist Signed and Numbered: $149.95
Limited Publisher Proofs: $74.95
Unframed Canvas Giclee: $395.00
Stretched Canvas Giclee: $495.00
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Autographed by Mika Salo
& Eddie Irvine
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Artist Signed and Numbered
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Limited Press Proofs
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Mika Salo, born in Helsinki, Finland on 30 November,
1966, is a fomer Scuderia Ferrari F1 Driver. He was three times Finnish
Karting Champion before moving into professional motorsports. During his
Formula 1 career, which included 110 starts, he raced for the legendary
names of the sport, including Lotus, Tyrell, Arrows, Sauber, Toyota, and
the penultimate: Ferrari.
Salo came to Scuderia Ferrari in 1999 when he was selected to replace
Michael Schumacher, the best Formula 1 driver in history, after Schumacher
suffered a broken leg in the British Grand Prix. While leading to a certain
victory at the 1999 German Grand Prix, In what to many was a controversial
decision by the team directors, Mika Salo was instructed to allow
his team mate Eddie Irvine to pass and claim the win. Although Irvine
may have benefited from team orders he was quick to thank his team mate
in the post race press conference; "What a star Mika was today! This was
his race and he will be getting the trophy: I would feel bad if it was
sitting on my mantelpiece instead of his. He's a boy wonder and he did
an absolutely fantastic job today. Incredible!"
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Eddie Irvine, born in Northern Ireland, began his
professional racing career in 1983. He progressed to Formula Three
racing in 1988, before moving on to Formula 3000 in 1989. He got his break
in the top of the Formula racing series after he started racing for Jordan
in the Formula 3000 series in 1990, and was subsequently picked up by the
Jordan Formula One team in 1993. His reputation steadily increased in Formula
One, eventually leading Ferrari to sign him to partner Michael Schumacher
in 1996.
1999 was his most successful season. He won four races,
taking the Drivers' Championship to the last race, finishing a close second
to McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen. He left Ferrari the following year
for the new Jaguar Racing team and was the only driver to get Jaguar to
the podium in their short F1 history; he achieved this feat twice.
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