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Book Review: 630 Days to the Top: The Story of the World Champion BMW Turbo by Uwe Mahla
Let’s take a look at another F1 engine book. I loved the unique aero designs of Gordon Murray cars, particularly the Brabham BMW turbo era cars of the early 80’s. A celebration of the BMW turbo engine powering the Brabham BT49 ...
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Book Review: The Story of the Ford Grand Prix Engine by John Blunsden and David Phipps
In the last few F1 seasons, the engine has been the single most determining factor for the dominant form of the Mercedes AMG team. The sport has seen many famous power units delivering successful winning eras for many teams ...
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Book Review: Mercedes Benz Grand Prix Racing 1934-1955 by George C. Monkhouse
Will the Mercedes continue to be a cut above the rest in 2017? You only need to look back at the domination of the Silver Arrows during WWII and the 1950s to know that the German marque take their racing very seriously. Aside f...
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Rare Book Review: The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs: My Terrible Joys by Enzo Ferrari
Whenever there is political unrest within Ferrari, I always can’t help imagining what the great il Commendatore would be thinking. In 2017, we can only look back at some of the few books written by Enzo himself for some g...
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Book Review: Ferrari F1 1964-1976 by Piero Casucci
If the rumours are true, Ferrari are removing the white strips from their race livery and going back to the full red coloured chassis for the 2017 season. The famous red and white Ferrari race cars that come to mind were the 3...
Diecast models
Diecasts: 2016 a year in review
2016 was an interesting year for diecast collectors. If you were a Minichamps F1 collector, 2016 provided a good opportunity to pickup previously hard to find cars due to their re-released World Champions collection and Senna c...
