In 1991 F1 was at a fever pitch in Japan. The last 5 years in a row, the Suzuka Grand Prix was set to be the defining race to crown that season’s champion. Not only that, Honda was responsible for all 5 of those F1 Constructors Championships creating a nation-wide fervor for all things F1 racing in Japan.

A small Japanese card company called Amada decided the timing was right to re-enter the sports card market.

The 1991 Formula 1 Fighting Spirit Set were sold in Japanese candy stores in cardboard hanger packs that hung over the register.

They are notoriously condition sensitive. These were packs grabbed by kids who had no idea they were holding the greatest driver of all time.

As fate would have it, in the 1991 season a rookie driver named Michael Schumacher started to create a massive buzz as he was consistently knocking at the gate of the established F1 order at the time of Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell. In the 1992 set, Amada added Schumacher’s card.

This copy is the highest grade recorded for this legendary drivers card. It is graded in an impossible BGS Mint 9.

It is one of the rarest collectibles for F1 and Schumacher collectors made all the more unique because of its pristine condition.