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Formula One Australia New Zealand Story John Smailes book cover
Formula One Australia New Zealand Story John Smailes book cover
Formula One Australia New Zealand Story John Smailes book cover

New book review: Formula One – The Australian and New Zealand Story by John Smailes

In 2021 Daniel Ricciardo is probably the most recognisable Australian in the F1 paddock but after that epic seasonal finale at Abu Dhabi GP, F1’s most famous Aussie may now actually be race director, Michael Masi! Add to ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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A look at Formula One trading cards and top prices

F1 trading cards have been around for a long time but ever since Topps secured the licensing rights for Formula One in 2020, the collectors market has transformed by opening up to a new collector demographic (arguably even non-...

 
 
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Lewis Hamilton Through the Lens book cover
Lewis Hamilton Through the Lens book cover
Lewis Hamilton Through the Lens book cover

Book review: Lewis Hamilton – Through the Lens by Bruce Hales-Dutton

Considering Sir Lewis Hamilton has clocked up 7 world titles equaling Michael Schumacher, it’s amazing that there are less books about Lewis compared to the German weltmeister. Maybe it’s that books are less popular...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Emergence of Crypto and NFTs in Formula 1 (and what it means for F1 collectors)

Congrats to Max and Red Bull on their COTA win last weekend! The 2021 season has been a welcome breath of fresh air and change from the last few years of Mercedes/Hamilton predictable dominance. Recent media comments have obser...

 
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Hotwheels Ferrari F2004 Schumacher 1:18
Hotwheels Ferrari F2004 Schumacher 1:18
Hotwheels Ferrari F2004 Schumacher 1:18

Rare and hard to find Hot Wheels F1 diecasts

Unlike the wide range of 1:18 scale F1 model makers today, in the late 90’s and early 2000’s retail F1 collectors were for the most part limited to choosing between Hotwheels and Minichamps for 1:18 scale diecast models. Hotwhe...
 
 
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Senna Hard Edge of Genious Hilton book cover
Senna Hard Edge of Genious Hilton book cover
Senna Hard Edge of Genious Hilton book cover

Book Review: Ayrton Senna – The Hard Edge of Genius by Christopher Hilton

While making some long overdue updates to the Best Ayrton Senna books page on the site, it dawned that there are still a number of older Senna books I’ve forgotten to post reviews of. The obvious one is the rare Monumenta...