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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...
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Book Review: Murray Walker’s Formula One Heroes by Murray Walker and Simon Taylor
I recently dusted off “Murray Walker’s Formula One Heroes” when re-arranging some older books in storage. Published in 2000, this book was typical of the F1 books from that era and in many ways is a book versi...
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Book Review: Graham by Graham Hill with Neil Ewart
When you think of the most decorated Monaco GP winners – Senna and Schumacher immediately come to mind. It wasn’t until I read his autobiography, that I’m now convinced the real king of Monaco is Graham Hill! Why? Graham...
Diecast models
1:43 Diecast Review: Mercedes W05 Minichamps Mercedes Dealer Edition
Since their McLaren partnership days, Mercedes have produced (with the help of Minichamps) a special 1:43 scale production run of their F1 cars for their dealers. The packaging and display cases are bigger than the normal Minic...
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Magazine Review: Autosport Legends – Ayrton Senna
I don’t normally include magazine reviews but if you’re a Senna fan, there is one particular magazine issue that is arguably better than a lot of Senna books that have been published. It’s one of Autosport mag...
Blog Posts
Thoughts: Is F1 getting boring?
Time for the occasional rant post…If you read the latest F1 news, seems like the never ending debate about the entertainment value of F1 and the spiraling cost for teams is in full swing. The latest F1 calendar and the gr...
