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Diecast Review: Looksmart 1:43 scale Charles Leclerc 2022 Ferrari F1-75

The front running battle between Max and Charles during last weekend’s Las Vegas GP reminded everyone of what 2022 could have been for Ferrari and Charles. As streamlined as the Red Bull RB18 looked last year, the real ey...
 
 
Book
 

New book review: Unstoppable The Ultimate Biography of Max Verstappen by Mark Hughes

By chalking up another 2023 race victory in Sao Paulo, Max Verstappen appears to be effortlessly and clinically breaking past F1 records that now move him into the elite class of F1 drivers. Back in June, I reviewed James Gray&...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Diecast review: Sparky 1:64 scale 2022 Mercedes AMG W13 Lewis Hamilton

With Lewis’ post race disqualification at COTA US Grand Prix last weekend, Mercedes engineers are obviously still trying to master the modern era ground effects F1 chassis. Last month I posted a short review on Spark̵...
 
 
DVD
 

DVD Review: Hunt v Lauda The Next Generation

When I first came across the cover of this DVD, I thought it was another dramatisation of 1976’s famous F1 title clash between Niki Lauda and James Hunt like Ron Howard’s Rush. Actually, it’s a 2021 documentar...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Review: Max Verstappen 2022 helmet 1:2 scale replica

Barring a DNF in both Saturday’s sprint and Sunday’s main race in Qatar, it’s almost 100% guaranteed that Max Verstappen will be crowned triple world champion this weekend. Earlier this year, I picked up a 1:2...
 
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Diecast review: Spark 1:64 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing RB18

As we move onto the Japanese GP this weekend, it was barely only 12 months ago that Max Verstappen claimed his 2nd world title at Suzuka in Adrian Newey’s interpretation of the new 2022 design regulations – in the R...