Archive for April, 2013
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Book Review: My Greatest Race edited by Adrian Ball
Unless they have achieved rare status, many of the older pre-80s F1 books get overlooked or forgotten in old bookstores or collections. I’ve been re-reading a few from my own collection recently. Published in 1974 for the...
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Book Review: Ayrton Senna – A Tribute by Ivan Rendall
I’ve been trying to slowly post reviews of the various Senna books on my shelves and its amazing just how many books have actually been written about him. Ivan Rendall’s “Ayrton Senna – A Tribute” ...
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Book Review: Grand Prix Yesterday & Today by Bruce Jones
Bruce Jones is the author of several excellent F1 history books like “Treasures of Formula One”. In Grand Prix Yesterday & Today, he takes a slightly different twist from his other books by contrasting aspects o...
Diecast models
F1 Diecast Review: Quartzo 1:18 scale Jim Clark Lotus 49
Time for a 1:18 diecast review. Although, Exoto 1:18 Lotus GP cars are highly sought after collectors’ items in the secondary market, especially the beautiful Lotus 72D (Fittipaldi & Peterson models) and the Lotus 49 ...
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Book Review: Formula One Race Circuits by Mirco De Cet
As we head into the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend, I was trying to find books on the Shanghai circuit which had its first race in 2004 and dusted off Mirco De Cet’s 2007 title “Formula One Race Circuits – Th...
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Book Review: inside Ferrari by Maurice Hamilton and Jon Nicholson
It would be a great time to be a fly on the wall in Maranello. After their title campaign failures over the past few years, Ferrari look like they now have the car and drivers in good form this year right from the start (ok, le...
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