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New Book Review: AJ – How Alan Jones climbed to the top of Formula One by Alan Jones and Andrew Clarke
Autobiographies of world champion drivers are always at the top of any F1 fan’s reading list. When 1980 champion Alan Jones published his autobiography “Driving Ambition” back in 1981 (reviewed here), the WilliamsF1 drive...
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Autocourse vs Automobile Year
I received an email question from a reader asking about the value of Automobile Year annuals – which also invites the question about the relative differences between Autocourse and Automobile Year. I posted earlier in the...
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Rare Book Review: Ferrari Monoposto
With crunch time for Seb and Ferrari this weekend, the spotlight is on the Scuderia again. Ferrari’s new focus and early wins this year reminded me a lot of the 1990 season with Prost (Vettel) and Mansell (Kimi) in the 6...
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Book Review: Race without End by Maurice Hamilton
Toto Wolff has been irked by Eddie Jordan’s recent mutterings about Mercedes selling the team and winding back to being just an engine manufacturer. As a former team owner, Eddie does have form. I was a big fan of the Jordan F1...
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Book Review: Ayrton Senna – The Legend Grows by Christopher Hilton
It was just a matter of time before Lewis Hamilton drew level with Ayrton Senna’s total pole positions (and no doubt he will eclipse Schumi’s all time record soon too). The photos of Lewis with Senna’s helmet brings back memor...
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Honda – still dreaming?…
This weekend I was reading an online magazine published by Honda back in 2015 marking their renewed partnership with McLaren in 2015 (hint: just google ‘Honda Mag 58’ for the link). Fast forward 3 years to June 2017...
