Archive for 2013
Book
Book Review: Racers – The Inside Story of Williams Grand Prix Engineering by Doug Nye
Holidays are a great time for re-reading old F1 books. For long suffering Williams F1 fans the only way to enjoy success is to re-live the team’s past glory years. By 1982, Williams had made the big time as a front runnin...
Diecast models
F1 Diecast Review: Spot the difference – Minichamps World Champions Collections vs standard Minichamps
I received an email earlier in the year with a question about the difference between Minichamps’ World Champions Collection series and the normal Minichamps model of the same car. It’s an interesting exercise becau...
Book
Book Review: Jody – An Autobiography by Jody Scheckter
I was watching a video interview of Jody Scheckter the other day (see clip) and it was almost hard to picture the now successful agri-businessman and 1979 F1 champion as a wild accident prone rookie with McLaren (does this soun...
Book
Book Review: Ayrton Senna – Goodbye Champion, Farewell Friend by Karin Sturm
“Ayrton Senna – Goodbye Champion, Farewell Friend” is probably one of the better Senna books that have been published. Written by F1 journalist Karin Sturm, this is a close personal reflection on Senna’s...
Book
Book Review: Fascination Formula 1 by Rainer Schlegelmilch
I bought this book in London back in 1999 and even now in 2013, this still remains one of my favorites. Billed as a celebration of 25 years of F1 photography, Rainer Schlegelmilch’s Fascination Formula 1 is a fantastic co...
Blog Posts
100th Review Milestone!
Ok, time to break out the Moët Chandon! It’s taken almost 18 months but I’ve just reached the 100th book review milestone for F1-nut.com! Very fortunate also that the 100th book review is of the rare classic The Gra...
