Andre Villas-Boas is ‘sick’ of cars and motorbikes and has a helmet belonging to Ayrton Senna, who died 30 years ago and is worth almost 100 thousand euros – Nacional

The fortune that André Villas-Boas accumulated as a football coach allowed him to feed an “addiction” that he had since childhood, a collection of objects related not only to the ball but also to his second passion: motor sport.

The new president of FC Porto has a vast collection of model cars, luxury automobiles (a Porsche 911, a Ferrari F40, a Lamborghini Miura), motorcycles and helmets, including one belonging to Ayrton Senna, which can fetch enormous prices. In 2019, a copy of the eternal champion, who died 30 years ago, was purchased for an additional 90 thousand euros. This Bell XFM-1 had been used by Senna in the 1988 season.

André Villas-Boas with Ayrton Senna’s helmet
Photo: DR

“My collection starts in England with this car here,” said Villas-Boas in an interview with the YouTube channel Standvirtual, pointing to the Ferrari. “Luckily my professional life has allowed me to collect cars,” he added.

“And then gradually she [a coleção] was transforming”, he continued as he guided the camera to his side.the ‘man cave’ full of “memories linked to the automotive world”. It’s in this room in your mansion near Avenida da Boavistain Porto, which also contain photos of his adventures, books about racing and motorcycle and car events, and some portraits, including one with Michael Schumacher.

But the big highlight is Ayrton Senna’s helmet, which is next to the helmet of Portuguese Miguel Oliveira and which Villas-Boas shows off with pride.

When the Brazilian driver died, 30 years ago this week, Villas-Boas was a 17-year-old young man with the dream of being an F1 driver or footballer, as he said in an interview with ‘Sábado’.