Archive for 2013
Blog Posts
The new Rush movie and the Lauda vs Hunt revival?
I just watched the new trailer for Ron Howard’s movie “Rush” and the racing scenes are looking good. Lots of retro Marlboro logos and cigarettes too. No doubt it will be typical Hollywood melodrama, but I also...
Book
Book Review: Grand Prix de Monaco by Rainer W. Schlegelmilch and Hartmut Lehbrink
As everyone revs up for the glitz of Monaco this weekend, its time to checkout a book on F1’s most famous race on the calendar. There really has been no shortage of excellent books published on the Monaco GP. One of the b...
Diecast models
Rare and hard to find Spark F1 models
I’ve received quite a few emails about Spark models. I wrote a post earlier this year with lists of rare and hard to find Minichamps F1 models which I also get a lot of email questions about, so it makes sense to write a ...
Book
Book Review: Speed Addicts by Mark Hughes
If there was a prize for a F1 book cover that didn’t quite do justice to the superb photography and content hidden inside, the award just might go to Mark Hughes’ book, “Speed Addicts”. No disrespect to ...
Book
Book Review: Conquest of Formula 1 – The inside story of the men who took Honda to victory by Christopher Hilton
As everyone cheers Honda’s decision to return to Formula 1 in 2015, its hard not to get all misty eyed nostalgic about Honda’s heritage and past success in the sport (if only they had stayed on in 2009!). There have...
Book
Book Review: Remembering Elio by Lorie Coffey
Tomorrow, May 15 will be the anniversary of the passing of the mercurial Italian F1 driver, Elio De Angelis. Remembering Elio by Lorie Coffey is another great book from the consistently excellent motorsport publisher Coterie Pr...
