Estonian Toomas Napa was probably one of the most talented USSR racing drivers. Napa clearly had potential as a Formula 1 driver and only the Iron Curtain prevented him from showing his talent at the highest level.
Napa was Estonian carting champion in 1969-1971 and won Soviet Formula 4 Championship in his first season in single-seaters in 1974. He competed in USSR Formula 3 in 1976 (3rd place) and in 1981-1987 seasons winning five F3 titles (1982-1985 and 1987). Napa has an extraordinary winning record in Soviet F3 – he won more than half of races he started (13 wins in 22 races).
His highest international success was the victory in the Cup of Peace and Friendship in the 1987 season when he finished in his Estonia 21M runner-up in all four races of the series. The model represents Napa’s Estonia 21M from the 1985 Cup season when Toomas took 2 victories in 5 races of the season and finished the Cup runner-up behind East German Uli Melkus.
In the final stages of his racing career Napa became vice-champion of the Estonian Formula 3 in 1989 and won the Baltic Formula 4 in 1990.
Note the red and white helmet of Toomas Napa, reminiscent Clay Regazzoni’s helmet color scheme. You will see similar helmets on some other Soviet racers. The fact is that the supply of the USSR national team was centralized, and the Soviet Auto Federation purchased identical red and white Boeri helmets for the members of the national team in the mid-1980s.
| Season | Series | Event |
| 1985 | Formula Easter | Cup of Peace and Friendship |
| Driver | No. | Entrant |
| Toomas Napa | 72 | USSR National Team |
| Scale | Manufacturer | Collection |
| 1:43 | Boris Pershin | |
| Cat. No. | Quality | Rarity |
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Conversion of Estonia 21 model be PCT from de Agostini Avtolegendy SSSR Collection
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