Author Archive
Book
Book Review: McLaren Formula 1 by Rainer Schlegelmilch and Hartmut Lehbrink
It’s now mid-season and McLaren definitely seem to be fumbling around to the point of being dangerously close to losing some of their prestige team tag (echoes of WilliamsF1 circa 2011?). It’s hard to imagine the te...
DVD
Blu-Ray review: 1: Life on the Limit
May the young & gifted Jules Bianchi finally rest in peace. Last year’s Suzuka crash was a shocking reminder that F1 will always have a danger element. The film 1: Life on the Limit was billed as must see F1 documenta...
Book
Book Review: Stewart Formula 1 Racing Team by David Tremayne
Are Red Bull Racing in or out? Just like Mercedes AMG who was once Brawn and Honda in earlier incarnations, Red Bull were once Jaguar and before that were originally the Stewart racing team. David Tremayne’s 1999 book on ...
Book
Book Review: To Hell and Back by Niki Lauda
Ever since Ron Howard’s Rush movie, like many 1976 F1 season memorabilia, the resale price of Niki Lauda’s autobiography “To Hell and Back” has increased markedly (especially the hard cover edition). ‘To Hell and Ba...
Blog Posts
Thoughts: The F1 calendar
If you’re a long time F1 fan, it’s hard not to be a little disheartened at the gradual disappearance of the historic European circuits. With rumors of Monza disappearing along with the missing German Grand Prix (Hoc...
Book
Book Review: The Grand Prix Tyrrells Jackie Stewart Cars 1970-1973 by Doug Nye
Formula 1 cars in the early 1970’s had very muscular look distinct to that era – high airboxes, wide noses and big fat rear tyres. Tyrrell, Lotus and McLaren were the dominant teams but the Jackie Stewart-Tyrrell Fo...
