1979 Gilles Villeneuve, Jean-Pierre Jabouille & René Arnoux Signed French Grand Prix Podium Champagne Bottle

The original Moët & Chandon podium bottle from the 1979 French Grand Prix at Dijon-Prenois, signed in person by all three podium finishers—Jean-Pierre Jabouille (winner), Gilles Villeneuve, and René Arnoux—in the immediate aftermath of the race.

The 1979 French Grand Prix is remembered for two reasons, each momentous in its own right. Jabouille’s victory delivered Renault and the turbocharged engine their first Formula 1 win, a technological breakthrough that would reshape the sport in the decade that followed. The battle for second has since passed into legend: over the closing laps, Villeneuve, in the Ferrari 312T4, and Arnoux, in the Renault RS10, fought wheel to wheel in one of the most ferocious duels the sport has ever witnessed. Villeneuve—widely regarded as one of the most gifted and instinctive drivers in Formula 1 history—secured second, with Arnoux third.

The present bottle was awarded to Villeneuve on the Dijon podium that afternoon. After the race, it entered the personal collection of Ferrari chief mechanic Paolino Scaramelli, where it remained undisturbed for decades until his passing, and has never previously been offered for public sale. A podium-issued bottle from Villeneuve’s most celebrated race, bearing the signatures of all three finishers and supported by direct provenance from a senior Ferrari insider, represents a convergence of historical importance and personal provenance unlikely to be repeated.